As for the survivors of the Three Clans War among the three tribes and the powerful figures who had allied themselves with them, not a single one had emerged whole after the war. They also bore an immense amount of Bloodshed Karmic Force.
To recover from their Dao injuries while burdened with such vast Bloodshed Karmic Force, no one knew how long it would take. Nor did anyone know how many would fail to endure and perish. In their condition, they simply had neither the time nor the energy to clear the Three Clans Battlefield.
Moreover, at precisely this time, the Primordial World's new generation of Innate Divines had yet to mature, break through to Great Firmament Golden Immortals, or enter the world.
That was why no one had cleared the Three Clans Battlefield, allowing this heaven-defying opportunity of Creation Dao to fall into his hands.
And if he had entered the world any later, everything might have turned out differently!
As for whether restoring the Earth Veins in the west counted as an opportunity of Creation Dao, Yuan Jie, Yuan Yan's Dao Body, had the most say in the matter.
Only after Yuan Jie rushed to the Western Continent did he gain an accurate understanding of just how barren the west was.
Although the war between the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes had spread across the entire Primordial World and created countless Three Clans Battlefields, few of them had formed Blood-Baleful Domains capable of affecting the workings of heaven and earth.
The blood baleful aura and resentment from most Three Clans Battlefields would be drawn along the Earth Veins and gather in the Blood Sea. Under the operation of the laws of heaven and earth, the corpses of the three tribes' powerful figures would return to heaven and earth, nourishing the world.
Only a small portion formed Blood-Baleful Domains, either because the Earth Veins had been damaged or because too much blood baleful resentment had clogged their flow.
But precisely because of this, the corpses of those who had died in battle would also remain behind.
With such a vast trove of resources, so long as the Earth Veins had not been completely destroyed, even if they had shattered into countless segments and become riddled with cracks, he could easily mend and restore them after reconnecting the broken Earth Veins.
But the Western Continent...
It could only be said that Luo had truly been ruthless!
Using the Mount Sumeru Ancestral Vein as the trigger, he had detonated the Earth Veins of the Western Continent, directly blasting away most of them into nothingness. Part of the Earth Vein origin that had dispersed had also become part of the Outer Heavenly Demon Realm after Luo swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao.
This meant that across most of the Western Continent, not even a single broken Earth Vein could be found. Without Earth Veins, there was nothing to reconnect or repair. To obtain Earth Veins, one could only create them from nothing—and reconnecting and repairing them was on an entirely different level of difficulty from creating them from nothing.
As for some regions that still contained damaged and broken Earth Veins, there were no Demon Clan corpses or other usable resources. Even if the broken Earth Veins were moved and reconnected, their cracks and fractures would not be so easily patched and restored.
The time, effort, and cost required for such repairs were far more than dozens of times greater than restoring the broken Earth Veins of the Three Clans Battlefield, yet the gains were pitifully small. It was far inferior to purifying the Three Clans Battlefield and reconnecting, repairing, and mending its Earth Veins.
Thus, purifying the Three Clans Battlefield and reconnecting, mending, and restoring the Earth Veins was a tremendous heavenly opportunity. But restoring and mending the Earth Veins on the Western Continent was merely exhausting drudgery.
However, Yuan Yan knew none of this yet.
Though doubts lingered in his heart, he also knew well that opportunities in the Primordial World had always gone to whoever arrived first.
No matter what reasons lay hidden behind this, the most urgent matter was to seize this readily available Creation Dao firmly in his grasp!
After pondering for a moment, a sharp gleam flashed through Yuan Yan's eyes. He had already made his decision. He had to immediately gather the Three-Selves Dao Bodies and head together to the Three Clans Battlefields that required clearing, completing the cleanup and restoration in the shortest possible time.
Though he would not be slow working alone, there were far too many Three Clans Battlefields that needed clearing. With his strength alone, even if he worked day and night without rest, who knew how many years it would take?
Over such a prolonged period, countless variables could arise. Who could guarantee that another powerful figure would not discover this opportunity of Creation Dao in the next moment and covet it?
By then, trying to monopolize this Creation Dao would be nothing but a fool's dream.
Since that was the case, he might as well act now, while no one knew, together with Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling, and speed things up! Even if others discovered it later, they could seize the initiative first. Every bit they gained was a bit more.
With his mind made up, Yuan Yan no longer hesitated in the slightest! The aura of the Great Dao surged around him as his consciousness followed the unseen connection and linked with Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling.
In an instant, his gaze pierced through the Infinite Void, seeing Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling in the western, northern, and southern continents respectively, impossibly far away.
These three Dao Bodies had been manifested through the Primordial Gourd Vine by his Departed Self, True Self, and Dao Self. He possessed absolute control over them, and their minds were connected.
Thus, the instant he connected with the three of them, their thoughts became one, and Yuan Yan immediately understood everything they had experienced during this period.
The Western Continent had actually become like this? Yuan Yan was slightly startled.
He had originally thought that clearing the Three Clans Battlefields that required attention and reconnecting and restoring the damaged Earth Veins was a great opportunity. Perhaps restoring the Earth Veins of the Western Continent would also be a great opportunity!
But now, it seemed these were entirely different matters. One was an opportunity of Creation Dao, while the other truly was nothing more than hard labor.
Yet in the next instant, Yuan Yan cast the thought aside. At present, the most urgent matter was clearing the Three Clans Battlefields that needed clearing.
"Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, Yuan Ling!" Yuan Yan's will was transmitted directly. "Stop everything you are doing and come meet with me at once!"
Immediately, the three figures, each seventy percent similar to Yuan Yan, shuddered at the same time, and brilliant light burst from their eyes.
Without the slightest hesitation, they stopped what they were doing, each tore open the void, and crossed space toward Yuan Yan's location.
After only a few breaths, the space around Yuan Yan suddenly split open with a massive crack.
Three figures with vast auras, each seventy percent similar to Yuan Yan, strode out calmly and stood steadily in the void. The four faced one another from afar, their auras resonating.
Yuan Jie spoke first, his voice steady. "Main body, what are your plans this time?"
Although Yuan Yan's thoughts were connected with theirs and he knew everything about them, that did not mean they likewise knew everything about Yuan Yan.
Of course, at the instant their thoughts connected, Yuan Yan had also passed some information to them, so they were not entirely unaware of the situation.
"First, deduce the locations of the battlefields where Great Firmament Golden Immortals participated and which require clearing and restoration. Clear and restore those first, then deal with the battlefields without Great Firmament Golden Immortals that still need clearing." Yuan Yan had already prepared his answer.
Although the war between the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes had nearly spread throughout the Primordial World, there were not many battlefields where Great Firmament Golden Immortals had fought—probably only around a hundred.
Though most of those hundred or so battlefields had ended with both sides perishing together, there were still some exceptions.
Those exceptions also needed their Earth Veins reconnected and restored, but the corpses and treasures of the fallen had already been taken away. There were not as many benefits to be gained there, so they could be left for later.
However, the reason only around a hundred battlefields had involved Great Firmament Golden Immortals was not because the three tribes and those allied with them had only that many Great Firmament Golden Immortals.
Rather, the main forces of the three tribes—all their Primordial Golden Immortals and the overwhelming majority of their Great Firmament Golden Immortals—had fought a decisive battle on the main battlefield.
On that battlefield, Primordial Golden Immortals were the true main force, while Great Firmament Golden Immortals were merely supporting players. As for cultivators below the Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm? Unless they could form great formations, they likely were not even qualified to join the battle. Though they had participated, they were nothing more than cannon fodder.
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