The instant the talisman paper linking countless threads of karma shattered, the Heaven-Stabilizing Sage knew that Chen Yan had returned to the world.
He had been waiting all along for this day to come.
Decades ago, the epoch-shaking duel between the Heaven-Stabilizing Sage and the Devouring Wasteland Supreme Saint had ended with both sides gravely wounded.
Among the more than ten thousand True Purity Realm Sages who had distinguished themselves over the past forty million years in the Three Thousand Realms under Heavenly Monarch Qingluo's rule, the Heaven-Stabilizing Sage, Yin Ji, ranked among the five strongest.
But without that talisman token from the Purple Mansion Heavenly Monarch, the Heaven-Stabilizing Sage could never have escaped the Devouring Desolation Demon Sage's Myriad Realm Domain.
Without heaven and earth authority, the Devouring Desolation Demon Sage would have been no match for the Heaven-Stabilizing Sage.
Yet deploying the Myriad Realm Domain was unquestionably part of the Demon Sage's arsenal.
This meant that the Devouring Desolation Demon Sage held an absolute advantage against any True Purity Realm cultivator who had not mastered heaven and earth authority.
Even the Heaven-Stabilizing Sage had to admit that, with no other trump cards left, he could hardly feel confident of victory against the Devouring Desolation Demon Sage once the latter deployed the Myriad Realm Domain and wielded heaven and earth authority within it.
But fight he must.
Even if Chen Yan had not returned to the Heaven-Stabilizing Continent, Yin Ji had long since decided to fight another decisive battle against the Devouring Desolation Demon Sage within the next ten years.
This was the best opportunity, while the Demon Sage's Myriad Realm Domain had yet to be fully repaired.
Once the Demon Sage's Myriad Realm Domain returned to its former state, it would all be too late.
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