Grandmother Yao wished to make a trip to the Northern Plains in search of immortal light, and Old Madman and the others naturally did not stop her.
The Heavenly Jade Holy Maiden stepped in to fill the vacancy, announcing her return to the ranks of the Heavenly Jade Three Elites. News of this spread beyond the sect, causing another great stir—the foremost holy maiden of the Eastern Wasteland from six thousand years ago had reappeared in the world.
For the Heavenly Jade Holy Maiden, already at the peak of the Great Saint realm, her next step was to challenge the Quasi-Emperor realm.
The Celestial Pivot Ancient Scripture could support her only this far.
After all, even the founding patriarch of the sect had been no more than a Human Race Quasi-Emperor.
After some consideration, the Heavenly Jade Holy Maiden decided to abandon the Celestial Pivot Ancient Scripture and instead cultivate the Human Race's mother scripture: the Lunar Ancient Emperor's supreme art, the Lunar True Art.
With the Human Emperor Seal and the Undying Moon Laurel Tree—two supreme holy artifacts that suppressed the fortunes of the Human Emperor Lineage—her path to the Dao would become incomparably smooth.
Several more years passed. The Starry Sky Ancient Road leading beyond the domain, controlled by the Extraordinary Scholars Academy of the Central Plains and hailed as the strongest trial road in Human Race history, was announced open.
Wu Shi, the Green Emperor, and the Demon Emperor had all once walked this heaven-treading road. Even three Human Race Sacred Bodies had fallen upon it. Countless predecessors had braved fire and water for it, pressing forward one after another.
As soon as the ancient road opened, geniuses from every faction swarmed toward it, followed by crowds of companions.
Yet Eastern Saint Ye Fan, who was