Time flowed on, and ten years passed.
Dragon Court grew increasingly low-key, beginning to abandon most of its territory and retreating into a single corner. In doing so, it sought to consolidate its forces and evade the great calamity.
In contrast to Dragon Court's gradual decline, after the Heavenly Lord's return, the Sacred Dynasty stood at the height of its power. Recently, turmoil had erupted beyond the heavens, and the Sacred Dynasty moved most of its resources there to lay down an unparalleled grand formation.
This sight left those great cultivators utterly shaken.
Such an unparalleled grand formation was being established—it was undoubtedly connected to the Heavenly Lord.
Such massive activity could not be concealed, and the Heavenly Lord had no intention of hiding it.
He wanted to tell the world that his reincarnation tribulation had reached completion and that he was preparing to charge toward a realm above the Ninth Heaven of the Great Dao.
After receiving Luo Chen's guidance, the Heavenly Lord began cultivating the Heavenly Dao God-Sealing Record. He felt himself growing ever more aligned with the providence of heaven and earth, and his heart brimmed with confidence.
Yet there was also a drawback. Cultivating the Heavenly Dao God-Sealing Record meant completely severing oneself from the Heavenly Dao fruit position; in the future, one would no longer be able to bear the providence of the Heavenly Dao and ascend to the Heavenly Realm.
Where there was gain, there was loss. If Ling Yun successfully bore Heaven's Mandate Dao Fruit, his future achievements would be no less than those gained from ascending to the Heavenly Realm.
Back then, Lu Xun had not ascended to the Heavenly Realm through the ordinary method of merging with the providence of the Heavenly Dao and bearing a Heavenly Dao fruit position. He