"Looks like my current strength still falls a little short."
Xiao Yan shook his head lightly, though he was hardly discouraged. After all, so many people throughout the Great Thousand World's history had failed to accomplish this. Strong as he was, his strength had yet to reach such an outrageous level.
"In that case, I'll have to choose the second method."
Xiao Yan pushed his palm forward, moving the Dou Qi Continent a suitable distance away. The immense flaming hand instantly contracted, restoring the Dou Qi Continent to its normal state, before the countless flames condensed into a Chaos Furnace a thousand feet across.
"I'll leave a set of coordinates here first, then find a continent in the Great Thousand World and carve out a new territory where the Dou Qi Continent's cultivators can live."
Xiao Yan smiled faintly. After fixing the Chaos Furnace above the Deception-Heaven Great Array and leaving a few instructions for everyone on the Dou Qi Continent, he transformed into a streak of light and flew back into the Great Thousand World.
In just a single day, he had returned to the Great Thousand Palace.
"You're back, Brother Xiao Yan."
Qin Tian paused briefly, then delight appeared on his face.
With Xiao Yan's return, he had probably brought all the powerful cultivators from his homeland into the Great Thousand World. Granted, in Qin Tian's eyes, even all the cultivators of that lower plane combined might not be worth more than Xiao Yan alone.
But this meant that, now that Xiao Yan had returned, he would probably seldom leave the Great Thousand World again.
Someone capable of exchanging blows with the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor was an immensely important pillar of support for the entire Great Thousand World!
"Brother Qin, I'm back."
Xiao Yan smiled faintly.
"There's