[Sure enough, after discussing the Dao with Immortal Wusui, your Great Dao of Heaven and Earth advanced another step, reaching the level of the third form of Three-Foot Sword.]
[After the war with the Duohe Tribe ended, you became a household-name hero among the Wujiang Clan.]
[To reward your contributions, Immortal Wusui gave you the newly acquired Immortal-level Yaksha Dao-Soldier armor and placed one-fifth of the Yaksha Dao-Soldiers under your command.]
[From then on, you became the Wujiang Clan's second most important figure, surpassed only by Immortal Wusui. However, you were not blinded by such empty fame and devoted yourself entirely to cultivation.]
[After becoming a Primal Fiend King, your cultivation showed no sign of slowing down. In a mere ten years, you mastered the Dao of the Gale and the Dao of Blazing Fire one after the other.]
[Not long afterward, you reached the thirty-sixth level of the Fiend Prison and defeated the three Fiend Immortals imprisoned there.]
[When word got out, it caused a sensation throughout the Wujiang Clan. Immortal Wusui even admitted frankly that you had long since surpassed him.]
[You paid no attention to the adulation of your clansmen, for you had just encountered a heaven-sent opportunity.]
[After suppressing the three Fiend Immortals imprisoned on the thirty-sixth level of the Fiend Prison, you looked back over this spatial prison, which was said to have been built by Immortal Witchriver.]
[Its intricate structure, ingenious design, and interlocking details... all of it fascinated you.]
[After studying the Fiend Prison's structure in depth, you seemed to gain an insight and immediately returned to the ancestral grounds to enter seclusion.]
[That seclusion lasted a full thirty years.]
[During that time, Immortal Wusui came to check on you. After confirming that your life was not in danger, he did not disturb you.]
[After all, for an Immortal like him, entering seclusion for decades or even a hundred years was perfectly normal.]
[Thirty years later, you emerged from your residence with a smile on your face.]
[You had good reason to be happy. This seclusion had brought you considerable gains.]
[Not only had you advanced your Great Dao of Heaven and Earth another step, reaching the Domain of the Great Dao, but you had also combined it with the Dao of Blazing Fire, the Dao of the Gale, and the Dao of Rainwater to create your fifth ultimate move-the Sky Rend Claw.]
[You estimated that, using the Sky Rend Claw, you could defeat an Immortal of Immortal Wusui's level in a single exchange.]
[You also made a delightful discovery: the Sky Rend Claw was so powerful that it could tear through the space of the Wujiang Immortal Mansion.]
[You naturally knew what that meant.]
"That move back then was the right one, after all..." Zhou Qing nodded slowly.
Having his simulated self comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth back then had been an offhand decision. He had not expected it to bear fruit so quickly.
[Once you realized you could forcibly break through the spatial barrier of the Wujiang Immortal Mansion, you immediately informed Immortal Wusui.]
[When Immortal Wusui heard the news, he found it hard to believe and took a long time to finally accept it. But then he became ecstatic, eager to explore the outside world.]
[Because a spatial passage forcibly torn open was extremely dangerous, only experts at the level of Earth Immortals or Loose Immortals could enter. In the entire Wujiang Clan, only you and Immortal Wusui were suitable candidates.]
[But neither you nor Immortal Wusui was willing to let the other take the risk alone, so you decided to enter the spatial passage together and look out for each other.]
[But then another thought occurred to you both: if the two of you, the clan's Immortal-level combatants, left, wouldn't Immortal Duohe become the sole dominant power in the Wujiang Immortal Mansion?]
[To prevent this, you chose: one, suggest that Immortal Wusui take Immortal Duohe along; two, propose that the two of you join forces to kill Immortal Duohe.]
"Leave together." Zhou Qing quickly made his choice.
At his level, killing Immortal Duohe would not be much of a problem, even without joining forces with Immortal Wusui.
But there was really no need. He might have slaughtered the Duohe Tribe without mercy before, but deep down, he truly was not a bloodthirsty person.
Taking Immortal Duohe along meant one more person to scout the way, which better served his interests in the simulation.
[The moment he heard you wanted to take Immortal Duohe along, Immortal Wusui instinctively objected. Only after you earnestly persuaded him did he reluctantly agree.]
[And so, you went together to the Duohe Tribe to invite Immortal Duohe to join your plan.]
[However, because of what you had done in the Duohe Tribe before, its people gave you no chance to speak and attacked at once.]
[Unfortunately for them, they had misjudged your strength. You suppressed several Primal Fiend Kings on the spot.]
[At that point, Immortal Duohe, who had been watching the show from behind the scenes, could no longer sit still and immediately came out to play the good cop.]
[You wasted no words and laid out your plan in full.]
[But Duohe, who had fought the Wujiang Clan for more than a hundred thousand years, was extremely cautious and instinctively assumed this was a plot of yours.]
[Immortal Wusui had already been unhappy about this cooperation, and Immortal Duohe's attitude only made his anger flare higher.]
[As a member of the Wujiang Clan, he was proud by nature, yet to prove that the matter was genuine, he actually made an Oath to the Heavenly Daos on the spot.]
[The vast majesty of the Heavenly Daos could not be faked, so Immortal Duohe could only accept the truth, dumbstruck.]
[Over the next few months, Immortal Wusui and Immortal Duohe each made arrangements for their respective tribes after their departure.]
[You, meanwhile, searched for the weakest spatial node in the Wujiang Immortal Mansion so you could open a more stable spatial passage.]
[Half a year later, you gathered at the entrance to the Heavenly Fiend Secret Realm.]
[Looking at the familiar Wind-Calming Stele before you, you were filled with emotion. It was what had first brought you into contact with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and you had not expected this place to be the weakest point in the Wujiang Immortal Mansion's space as well.]
[Then, with zero startup frames, you unleashed a Sky Rend Claw, frightening Immortal Duohe, who stood beside you, so badly that his face turned pale. He realized that this move of yours was powerful enough to threaten his life.]
[Wherever the Sky Rend Claw passed, a dense web of cracks immediately appeared, like a mirror shattering on the ground.]
[You followed with several more Sky Rend Claws in succession. The once-tiny cracks widened until they formed a massive black hole.]
[Looking at the black hole, which radiated a terrifying presence, Immortal Duohe instinctively took a step back, only to find you and Immortal Wusui looking at him with subtle expressions.]
[This is bad, Immortal Duohe thought. Clearly, he had realized he was being used as a guinea pig.]
[That was right. A major reason you had spared Immortal Duohe was that you wanted him to scout the way for you. It was also the reason you had used to persuade Immortal Wusui to agree to take him along.]
[Seeing that you and Immortal Wusui remained silent, as though you were about to make your move the next moment, he steeled himself and rushed into the spatial passage.]
[Seeing this, you and Immortal Wusui exchanged glances, then jumped in after him.]