Time passed. The Origin Mother Cauldron and the Crystal Skull remained with the Saint King, receiving treatment.
Meng Chuan never asked about them, as though he had forgotten them.
But that was not the case.
Meng Chuan was simply waiting for the right moment to handle everything together and settle it in one stroke.
After the Crystal Skull and the others went to the Primordial Imperial City, though, they learned much more about Meng Chuan and stopped worrying.
Yuan was someone they could trust!
Meanwhile, the mood across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands grew steadily heavier.
Something was happening at the Border Wasteland Emperor Pass.
The Foreign Realm had been moving frequently of late, seemingly preparing a major assault on the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
As it happened, the Foreign Realm's unrest was not entirely unrelated to Meng Chuan and the Supremes of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
Wang Changsheng had slain several Foreign Realm Supremes and exchanged the life of one at the Human Dao Pinnacle for protection during Immortal Ascension.
Qingjing had also slain Foreign Realm Supremes in succession, doing her part for the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
Many other Supremes and cultivators of every level had cast aside their old caution for merit and the Treasure it could buy, striking out boldly.
They had used everything from joint ambushes to schemes and tricks. In a short time, rather too many of the Foreign Realm's high-level Human Dao cultivators had died.
How could the Foreign Realm tolerate that? It sent reinforcements at once, intent on attacking the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
Such was the relationship between the two: the Foreign Realm used the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands to train its troops. In the eyes of its mighty ones, all they had to