After their discussion of the Dao ended, Yuan Yan did not continue traveling through the Primordial World with Nuwa and Fuxi.
Instead, they exchanged jade talismans, which they could use to contact one another. So long as the other party did not use the power of the Great Dao to block the talisman, they could even sense each other's location. Then, they went their separate ways.
After two encounters, their relationship had indeed grown closer, and they could be considered kindred friends who appreciated one another, but they were not yet friends who would risk their lives for each other.
If they traveled together and encountered ordinary treasures, that would be fine. No matter how they were divided, neither side would care.
But if they encountered treasures such as high-grade innate spiritual treasures or top-grade innate spiritual treasures, neither side would be able to ignore them, making them difficult to divide.
One misstep might instead damage the friendship between the three of them.
Furthermore, although Nuwa and Fuxi had broken through in cultivation after their discussion of the Dao, the injuries they had sustained in their battle against Xuan Mo had not fully healed. They needed time in seclusion to recover and to stabilize their newly advanced cultivation realms.
Now that they planned to find a place to enter seclusion for a time, they naturally had no intention of traveling with Yuan Yan.
After bidding Nuwa and Fuxi farewell, Yuan Yan followed his own plan, traveling through the Kunlun Mountain range while making his way toward Jade Void Peak.
Less than three Epochs later, Yuan Yan successfully arrived at Jade Void Peak.
By coincidence, Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian had already returned from traveling through the Primordial World and were cultivating in seclusion at the Three Pure Ones Palace on Jade