The geniuses who had perished in the giant turtle's maw did not reappear. Yet those who had escaped its jaws returned.
Blessed Nation had long been weak; the superior states showed it no pity, and its ruler and minister showed it no compassion.
But the people had loves and hatreds of their own.
In the end, like prairie fire catching dead grass, after being carried by the wind for so many years, it blazed across the plains overnight.
Yin Guan had clearly escaped back then, yet he still spared no expense in using the treasure he had obtained from Ten Thousand Immortals Palace through Nine Deaths, One Life, to challenge Ji Yanyue.
The result of that challenge was that Ji Yanyue remained entirely unscathed, while he, thousands of miles away, suffered grave injuries and vomited blood on the spot.
Then had that Thousand Calamities Eye truly returned without merit?
At this moment, the curse power constantly twisting across Ji Yanyue's body, like leaf veins and branching roots, was the answer.
That mouthful of blood Yin Guan had spat out in the nameless tavern was the true declaration of this challenge.
From that day onward, his curse upon Ji Yanyue had not ceased for a single day.
Water droplets could bore through stone; piled earth could become a mountain.
In Dao Calendar 3918, he had already attained Divine Presence, trampling a rugged path into a Heaven-Connecting road.
In Dao Calendar 3921, he returned to Blessed Nation, slew ruler, minister, and general, overturned the old court, and withdrew unscathed.
In Dao Calendar 3923, he took part in the battle to slay the True, and was already able to use curse power to influence Zhuang Gaoxian.
Today was already Dao Calendar 3927!
Cursed continuously by such a Yin Guan for nearly six years...