After Lin Yi returned to the Chaos Holy Land, he devoted himself to studying the Chaos Body. Years passed. Ye Fan brought his Sacred Body to Great Perfection, slew a Great Accomplished Tyrant Body in the cosmos, and challenged the Forbidden Zones.
With two people in one lifetime capable of matching the Ancient Supremes, those Ancient Supremes grew even more wary.
The Heavenly Court and the Chaos Holy Land remained on good terms. Both Ye Fan and Lin Yi were honorable men.
Even if their paths put them at odds, it was only a rivalry. All that mattered was who took the next step first.
A hundred years later, the Heavenly Court rejoiced. Ye Fan had broken through. Through Ultimate Sublimation, he had reached the peak of his life and attained the Dao by an alternative path. His combat strength rose again.
Still, no news came from the Chaos Holy Land. Perhaps Lin Yi had broken through and kept it quiet. Perhaps he had not broken through at all.
Most people guessed that he had. After all, he had always been far ahead of Ye Fan.
Over a thousand years later, the Immortal Ascension Road opened again. Not long after Ye Fan destroyed several Ancient Supremes, he made the ultimate leap and became an emperor!
There was still no news of Lin Yi. Deep within the Chaos Holy Land, he remained in seclusion for more than a thousand years.
The nine Sacred Mountains of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Ground had long since collapsed, but trees still flourished there. At its center lay a vast Abyss that plunged deep underground.
For more than two thousand years, upheavals had shaken the world. Several Forbidden Zones had been leveled or vanished, leaving only this one.
For all those years, no one had