"Five years?"
Yu Chen sensed the changes in the surrounding aura.
Five years was the greatest extent to which he could influence the principles left behind by the Five Directional Gods. After all, the collapse of those principles was not merely a natural dissipation caused by the loss of the Five Directional Gods' support; it was also the result of resistance from numerous Dao Realm cultivators.
Yu Chen could slow the rate of the natural collapse, but he could not affect the assaults of those Dao Realm cultivators. At most, his influence could only keep the principles in a stable state of decay under those assaults, preventing repeated impacts from causing widespread collapse.
"That will be enough!"
Yu Chen calculated the distance between the Shang Kingdom and the Xia Dynasty. With his help, if they could not win within five years, they would inevitably be dragged into a protracted war. Another ten years would make no difference.
Having made up his mind, Yu Chen contacted Shang Jun, then patted the Seven-Colored Deer on the head and pointed in a direction. The Seven-Colored Deer glanced over, lifted its hooves, and leaped, its body merging into the Dao laws and principles of the five elements of heaven and earth as it raced toward the Dao Palace beside Shangqiu.
Yet this time, Yu Chen deliberately intended to reveal himself. Pure qi surged above his head, resonating with the aura between heaven and earth.
The Seven-Colored Deer was affected as well. The moment it entered Shang Kingdom territory, its body emerged from the five elements, and it could only proceed step by step toward the Dao Palace. With every hoofstep, threads of light sprouted in the void, while a streak of rosy cloud appeared at the horizon.
When the rosy clouds first emerged, they