After Shi Feiyang brought Heaven Beyond Divine Mountain back down to the mortal world, he did not immediately venture out. Instead, he chose to conceal his brilliance, bide his time, and recuperate.
The experts went into seclusion to comprehend the Dao and refine their arts, while everyone else worked hard to resume production and rebuild their homes. Collapsed mountains were reshaped and rebuilt as circumstances allowed, severed waterways were reconnected, abandoned land was reclaimed, and polluted water sources were purified...
Under Yuan Hua's direction, everything proceeded in good order. Everyone fulfilled their duties and worked alongside their own kind, creating a flourishing scene of countless undertakings rising anew from ruin.
It truly felt like the beginning of a new cycle.
Seeing that they did not emerge, Divine Lord Giant Wood, Deng Yin, and the others all deduced that they had suffered devastating losses. Perhaps even all their experts had perished, while Shi Feiyang, the chief culprit, must have suffered grievous damage to his vitality—or even been annihilated in body and spirit...
But Shi Feiyang was adept at schemes and elaborate plans, with tricks enough to fill a bag. Neither side could be certain, so both turned their attention to Lin Han.
Lin Han remained stationed in the capital and had not returned to Heaven Beyond Divine Mountain. He had merely received a Flying Sword Message.
Heaven Beyond Divine Mountain was also sealed off both inside and out, completely isolated from the outside world. No one knew precisely what was happening within, and they could not even send someone over to probe the truth.
Divine Lord Giant Wood knew that the gods in heaven had spared Shi Feiyang and allowed him to return to the mortal world, but he had no way of knowing the exact extent of the casualties.
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