A thousand years later.
Nan Hua finally noticed that something was amiss.
Seated cross-legged upon the lotus dais of Heavenly Mountain, his deep gaze turned beyond the heavens. "...Chong Que."
"...Dao Ancestor."
"Fellow Daoist Ji Yan!"
The sound was chaotic. It descended from the heavens and spread toward unknowable lands.
Tiandi was silent.
For a long while, there was no response.
Nan Hua's gaze sharpened, and the Luo Heaven Immortal Eye emerged. His expression abruptly shifted. "...Those are traces of the Past Great Dao phenomenon. This is bad. How could they leave without notifying me? Why guard against even me?"
He slowly rose to his feet, his fingers continuously forming calculations.
"Past Law, Heavenly Foundation Stone... ah..."
Nan Hua sighed. Those two methods alone left him somewhat powerless. Had the Dao Ancestor not wanted to lure Fang Chen'ai in back then and "trap" him, Fang Chen'ai could forget about ever reflecting upon the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory.
He also knew it.
Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory must have gone in search of that ethereal Chaos Sea.
They had not taken him along because they naturally still needed him to continue contending with Fang Chen'ai in the Three Thousand Immortal Domains, to protect the Myriad Domains Immortal Gate and prevent it from disrupting the grand plan of establishing the heavens.
"No matter." Nan Hua sank into thought. "So long as it exists, no matter how many years pass, the Dao Ancestor will surely lead Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory to find this place. It will not be too late for me to go then. What matters now is exhausting Fang Chen'ai from within."
He still had to wait for Eternal Ancient to establish the heavens, for the Dao Ancestor to find the Chaos Sea, and for them to enter the "Shadow Immortal