[Year 5, you observed for a while and confirmed that the Myriad Immortals Alliance would make no moves in the near future, then went to the Bottom of the Abyss. Jiang Yao was already on the verge of a breakthrough.] [Year 8, Jiang Yao easily broke through to the next realm, rooting her Great Dao in this Grotto-Heaven and becoming its second Taiyi Immortal Lord. You did not rush Jiang Yao, instead planning to let her enter seclusion and stabilize her cultivation first. Meanwhile, you took this time to continue observing the Myriad Immortals Alliance's movements.] [Year 98, Jiang Yao stabilized her cultivation after less than a hundred years in seclusion. Over these years, the Myriad Immortals Alliance made no moves. You took this time to rearrange the Tianyan Sect's Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation. With Immortal Lord Muling standing guard, the Tianyan Sect's Elders could respond even if the Myriad Immortals Alliance did make a move. After leaving these arrangements in place, you entered the Eye of the Great Dao with Jiang Yao...]
At this point, the simulation stalled again.
As expected, the simulated images also grew blurry.
Xu Changxing waited a little longer before the simulation text began scrolling again.
``` [Year 500, you and Jiang Yao emerged from the Eye of the Great Dao together.
You regulated your breathing where you stood for a moment, then prepared to return to the Tianyan Sect.
However, after returning to the Tianyan Sect, you were shocked to discover that only crumbling walls and ruins remained.
You immediately stirred your Great Dao and used a time-reversal technique to view what had happened here.
The scenes you brought back filled you with extraordinary fury.
Two hundred years earlier, the Immortal Monarchs of the Myriad Immortals Alliance had suddenly attacked the Tianyan Sect.