Throughout Heavenly River Academy, no one knew why Xu Sheng had chosen to take his own life.
But anyone with sense could guess that it was surely connected to the Outer Dao's corruption.
Three more years passed after Xu Sheng's death.
It was also the 138th year since Chen Yan had descended upon Azure Crossing Continent.
Chen Yan had nearly exhausted every method he could think of, yet the Outer Dao's corruption had ultimately returned with renewed force.
This time, the Outer Dao still came from the Far Northern Lands of Azure Crossing Continent.
In less than the time it took an incense stick to burn, it had finished corrupting a Village in the Far Northern Lands.
And the Outer Dao Puppets that emerged were not all mortals...
Outer Dao Puppets of the Wanhua Realm.
Chen Yan finally realized just how terrifying the Outer Dao was.
The Outer Dao did not need to completely corrupt Immortal Cultivators before it could "copy" the abilities of those it corrupted.
From the instant an Immortal Cultivator was infected by the Outer Dao, everything he possessed already belonged to it.
The sight also plunged Chen Yan into prolonged contemplation.
Was there truly a way to defeat and overcome the Outer Dao?
Perhaps not.
After all, even the Void Return Realm Heavenly Monarchs, who could observe the River of Time and transcend time and space, suffered terrible headaches because of the Outer Dao's assaults.
With the appearance of Wanhua Realm Outer Dao Puppets, Azure Crossing Continent in the second Reincarnation no longer had any means of resisting.
The Outer Dao corrupted the entire world like rotten wood collapsing before a storm. No land and no person had nearly any power to resist.
Yet Chen Yan still observed everything happening on Azure Crossing Continent.
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