The Southern Continent's Gu Clan, the Northern Continent's Ice Palace, the Eastern Continent's Supreme Sect!

Yinyang Qingfan had already witnessed many of the extraordinary qualities of the Dao Court.

It's not that the Dao Court has achieved great success in many areas.

It is mainly in the various subtle manifestations that the potential contained within is simply enormous.

However, there are parts of it that Yinyang Qingfan doesn't understand.

It's like the Spirit Puppet Hall Artifact Manufacturing Division.

She witnessed a dying mortal having his soul extracted by a cultivator.

After undergoing a complex Law Artifact of crafting and enhancing magical artifacts, it was ultimately implanted into an ordinary puppet.

This puppet is exquisite, its body covered in human skin.

Infused with soul, it becomes even more vibrant.

For a moment, it was impossible to tell whether it was a human or a puppet.

"What good does it do him to live on in the body of a puppet and in the spirit of a soul?"

"I understand that the academy accepts cultivators, but why does it accept mortals and provide them with resources for cultivation?"

Yinyang Qingfan murmured, his guesses becoming clearer.

Despite her reluctance to admit it, she knew.

Yes, Lu Li's extraordinary abilities are enough to prove it.

He is definitely not from this area.

His ideas, his system, his Dao Court.

There were unusual signs everywhere.

Even the loyalty and faith of the Dao Court disciples moved her.

No one forced them, and no one supervised them.

Everyone genuinely believed in the Dao Lord and the Dao Court.

This high degree of ideological unity is more terrifying than any Cultivation Method Divine Ability.

Perhaps... fate has truly chosen this person.

Yinyang Qingfan sighed softly, the scrutiny in his eyes gradually transforming into complexity.

Perhaps the prophecy really does have something to do with him.

Yinyang Qingfan is a clever person.

He was even a very intelligent monk.

From a collateral descendant of a powerful clan, to the head of the Lineage, and then to one of the most dazzling figures in this world.

She even escaped the calamity that transcends this realm, a calamity that even truly powerful beings cannot avoid.

She understood that a smart person wouldn't do anything foolish.

When you realize something is wrong, you should try to salvage the situation immediately.

Hidden high in the Dao Court, Yinyang Qingfan Fan's complex emotions gradually hardened.

" Lu Li... fine, if you really do..."

"I will be your protector!"

With that, he finished speaking.

Yinyang Qingfan stopped thinking about it.

He concealed his figure in the void.

She knew that Dao Court and Lu Li would need her.

That day isn't far off.

The entire Eastern Wasteland was in turmoil because of the changes in the Western Continent.

When that day truly arrives, she will show Lu Li her worth.

Yinyang Qingfan raised his head.

His gaze was fixed on the distance.

It was as if I could see beyond the Western Continent.

I saw the Endless Sea.

There, waves surged, and countless enormous sea monsters stirred up the Raging Waves.

Further afield, across the three continents of the southeast and north, the illusory shadows of Fate Pattern float in all directions.

The prodigies were astonished, and the major repair teams mobilized in unison.

The Eastern Wasteland is too vast.

So vast that even if one were to Foundation Establishment and exhaust their lifespan, it would be difficult to cross the vast ocean.

Even the most brilliant Hundred Schools of Thought, with their Heaven-Piercing abilities, would need a hundred years to make their move in the Western Continent.

But the pieces have already moved.

Southern Continent, deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

A figure stood atop a sheer cliff.

A pale green mist swirled around it.

Countless tiny insect shadows could be vaguely seen wriggling in the mist, emitting a fine but piercing buzzing sound.

Gu Yuan, the number one prodigy of the Southern Continent, Middle Spirit Transformation.

" The Dragon Qi of the Western Continent..."

He murmured softly, his fingertips gently caressing a blood-red Gu worm.

"If I can nourish my natal Gu with Dragon Qi, my Ten Thousand Insects Devour Heaven technique may reach its pinnacle."

The void behind him twisted, and an aged figure appeared.

"Young Master, the clan elders have a discussion."

" The Western Continent is far from my Southern Continent, and it involves crossing Endless Sea, making the journey fraught with danger and unpredictable consequences."

"Dangerous?"

Gu Yuan interrupted him calmly and turned around.

Countless wriggling insect shadows were reflected in his eyes.

"The path I cultivate is inherently perilous."

He raised his hand, and a blood-red Gu worm slowly crawled across his fingertip.

"Besides... do you think I'm only after that Dragon Qi?"

The old man was taken aback.

A meaningful smile curved at the corner of Gu Yuan's lips.

"How many years have the Hundred Schools of the Central Continent suppressed our Southern Continent? Ten thousand years, perhaps?"

"You think Hundred Schools really invited us to join this game out of kindness?"

He chuckled softly, a laugh tinged with coldness.

"It's nothing more than using one tiger to devour another."

"Then why, young master..."

"Because tigers can also eat people."

Gu Yuan's eyes were deep and unfathomable as he gazed northward.

"That dragon from the Western Continent, capable of attracting the personal attention of Hundred Schools, must be extraordinary."

"If we can get his help, we might be able to form an alliance."

If not...

He paused, and the Gu worm on his fingertip suddenly swelled up to the size of a fist, its ferocious mouth opening and closing.

"Then I will refine him and use his Dragon Qi to help me attain enlightenment."

"As for the Hundred Schools... hehe."

"Do they think my Southern Continent is still the Savage Wilderness land it was ten thousand years ago, a place where we can be slaughtered at will?"

Gu Yuan slowly clenched his fist, and countless Gu worms surged out from his sleeve, covering the sky and blotting out the sun.

"Pass down the order: the Gu Clan of the Southern Continent, prepare for the western expedition."

The Northern Continent, a frozen, snow-covered plain.

An ancient ice city stands majestically.

High above the Ice City, in an ice crystal palace, stood a young man in white armor with his hands behind his back.

His face was handsome, but his expression was aloof.

Bing Wuhen, the number one prodigy of the Northern Continent, Late Spirit Transformation.

" Western Continent..."

He spoke softly, his voice like the colliding of ice crystals, clear and ethereal.

A deep, resonant voice sounded from behind.

"Wuhen, are you really going?"

An old man with a profound aura, as deep as the sea and with white hair and beard, emerged from the sky.

Bing Wuhen did not turn around.

"My master once said that if I wanted to break through to the Void Return in my Ice Soul Mystic Art, I needed a wisp of extremely yang and strong energy to neutralize it."

" Dragon Qi is the ultimate yang and the strongest."

The old man remained silent for a moment, then slowly spoke.

" Western Continent is thousands of miles away, and the journey requires crossing Endless Sea, you..."

"Master."

Bing Wuhen interrupted him, his tone remaining calm.

"I have cultivated the Dao for three hundred years, and have never left the Northern Continent."

"For three hundred years, I have observed all things on the icy plains, comprehended the Way of the Mysterious Ice, and believed that I had glimpsed the gate to the Great Dao."

"But only today do I understand."

He turned around, his icy blue eyes reflecting the swirling snow.

"Observing all things on the icy plains is ultimately just observing."

"Understanding the Dao of Profound Ice is ultimately just understanding."

"Without the prodigies of heaven and earth, how can one attain enlightenment?"

The old man was stunned and remained silent for a long time.

After a long silence, he let out a long sigh.

He took out an ice crystal from his pocket and handed it to Bing Wuhen.

"This is a protective item passed down through generations of the Northern Continent Ice Palace masters; it can withstand an attack from Perfected Void Return."

Bing Wuhen accepted it and nodded slightly.

"Thank you, Master."

He turned around, took a step, and stepped into the swirling snow.

The white-armored figure gradually disappeared into the vast expanse of the icy plain.

In the Eastern Continent, there is a sect floating in the clouds of the mountains.

Several figures stood by the railing, looking down at the masses below.

The leader was dressed in a black brocade robe and held a folding fan.

He had a handsome face and a refined demeanor.

Qing Huayu, the number one prodigy of the Eastern Continent, Early Void Return.

"Is that trivial matter in the Western Continent really worth such a big fuss in the Central Continent?"

Someone behind him sneered.

Qing Huayu did not respond.

He gazed westward, his eyes deep and unfathomable.

He paused for a moment before speaking slowly, his voice calm and even.

"Ten thousand years ago, the Emperor Jin also rose to power in the same way."

"What, you want to see it again?"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the people behind him changed drastically.

You mean...?

"I didn't say anything."

Qing Huayu interrupted him, put away her folding fan, and looked westward.

"The master has given orders."

"This means that the dragon might actually succeed."

"My Azure Lotus Supreme Sect is a branch of the Technique School. Even if you look down on this dragon, you must obey the orders of our master."

"Go ahead, there's bound to be some excitement here."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qing Huayu's tone wasn't overly excited.

What good is being a genius? In the end, you're still being driven by others.

" The Gu Clan of the Southern Continent, the Ice Palace of the Northern Continent, and my Upper Sect of the Eastern Continent."

"This dragon of the Western Continent... he's got quite the influence!"