Chen Yan had long since prepared numerous contingency plans for the Outer Dao's encroachment.
Even though this incursion began in the north of the Azure Crossing Continent, it did not disrupt his plans.
Under Chen Yan's intervention, the Immortal Dao developed far faster across the Azure Crossing Continent in this Reincarnation than it had in the previous one.
That accelerated development was not reflected solely in the speed of cultivation.
Xu Sheng had already broken through to the Wanhua Realm in the 109th year.
And by the 127th year, sixteen Spirit 통 Realm cultivators had emerged on the Azure Crossing Continent.
Of those, seven came from the Heavenly River Academy in the Azure Crossing Continent's Far Eastern Lands.
As for where the accelerated development of the continent's Immortal Dao was chiefly reflected...
Communication and transportation networks.
Under Chen Yan's strategy for this Reincarnation, almost every year, he used his Great Evolution Art to generate tens of billions of superior spirit stones, along with countless pieces of jade capable of conducting spiritual energy with the greatest possible efficiency. He then distributed these cultivation resources through various channels to the cultivation factions throughout the Azure Crossing Continent.
The superior spirit stones were used to establish a Ferry Ship network, while the jade, with its exceptional speed of conducting spiritual energy, was used to build the Azure Crossing Continent's communication network.
This swiftly connected the entire cultivation world of the Azure Crossing Continent. Although it would not produce an instant improvement in the cultivation speed of its Immortal Cultivators, it would make the foundations of the Immortal Dao in this realm more secure.
In the previous Reincarnation, for instance, a cultivation faction whose understanding of the Immortal Dao far surpassed that of the outside world might have arisen in some corner of the