Linlong getting together with Yue Tong was something that had never happened in your memories. The appearance of such a situation was obviously the butterfly effect brought about by your actions. Most likely, Linlong's original plan to join forces with Han Lan and kill you had failed. Then, as you rose rapidly all the way and your reputation grew ever greater, she was probably unable to eat or sleep in peace.
With Yue Tong stirring up trouble, finding another chance to kill Linlong would become much more difficult. Although his strength was still within the range you could handle, it would be hard to land a killing blow. Due to his racial traits, Yue Tong was even harder to kill than many Immortal King Fourth Realm existences. He had truly poured most of his abilities into defense. Perhaps that was also why Linlong had chosen him.
In the 882,617th year, personnel from three Immortal Mansions—Zhendong, Zhennan, and Zhenxi—began rotating their deployments. Some powerful Immortal Kings who had obtained Imperial Domain slots also secretly left the Immortal Mansions they had originally guarded.
They were replaced by lower-realm Immortal Kings or Peak True Immortal Realm cultivators holding one-use Dao treasures, and the defensive level was raised.
Although you had received no news, Xue Que's aura suddenly disappearing told you that the Imperial Domain had already opened...
In the 882,628th year, Linlong's younger sister, Lin Yan, a True Immortal Fifth Realm being, discovered a wealthy "fat sheep" at an Auction House in the Spirit Palace.
Ordinarily, Lin Yan did not often engage in murder and robbery. But one of the treasures on her target was the Breakthrough Pill she needed.
Moreover, the fat sheep's cultivation was merely that of an Eight-turn Golden Immortal. For someone of such strength to possess a rare Second-ring