"They escaped?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Li was taken aback.
It seemed like they hadn't realized what was happening.
They escaped?
Yin-Yang School in the Central Continent?
Why run away? Where can they run to?
Lu Li completely bewildered, while Zou Moshan and Zou Yu beside him had even more complicated and unpleasant expressions.
There was both sorrow and anger.
There's also something else that's hard to explain or articulate.
Yinyang Qingfan then gave a general, complete account of what had happened.
"About two years ago, the Yin-Yang School artifacts that Zou Moshan carried with him suddenly began to exhibit strange behavior."
"He sensed something was wrong and used Secret Method to divine the Lineage, obtaining a divination result that revealed his spiritual connection."
"Finally, we learned that... the Three Venerables of the Yin-Yang School have left the Eastern Wasteland."
Yinyang Qingfan didn't finish his sentence.
The meaning is clear: by leaving the Eastern Wasteland, the Three Venerables of the Yin-Yang School are essentially abandoning their Lineage.
The Yin-Yang School faction in the Central Continent, leaderless, is destined to perish.
They didn't know the key details, but they could roughly guess some of them.
The heroes of the North and South died in battle, while the Western Sea was captured.
When the news reached Central Continent, the Hundred Schools were bound to take action.
As the key culprit, Yin-Yang School naturally bear this responsibility.
Thinking of this, Yinyang Qingfan pondered for a moment, then secretly transmitted his voice to Lu Li.
" Dao Lord, in my guess, it's very likely that the Hundred Schools are forcing the Yin-Yang School of the Central Continent to act."
"I want to use his superior status to fight."
"However, the price of becoming a Venerable is enormous. It's likely that these three Venerable of the Yin-Yang School abandoned their Lineage and escaped from the Eastern Wasteland using Secret Method."
Hearing this, Lu Li roughly understood what was going on.
My mind was still full of doubts.
Having escaped the Eastern Wasteland, does that mean there's no consequence?
Yinyang Qingfan seemed to know what Lu Li wanted to ask, and then spoke.
" Dao Lord, you may not know this, but the Imprisoned Dragon has no vast universe. Those Mahayana path must conceal their aura if they wish to ascend."
"Once you leave your self-isolated place, the Heavenly Dao will notice, and you will be tainted by the Qi of the Middle Thousand, making it impossible for you to ascend in the future."
"But if you have just left the isolated place, do not stay there for long; quickly disappear into a deserted place in the starry sky..."
"In the desolate starry sky, where no races or groups exist, no living landscapes or Spirit Vein, the reach of the Heavenly Dao Dao's will is extremely weak."
"If these three can conceal themselves in the starry sky before their auras are completely exposed, and then use an array to isolate themselves, they can wear down their opponent over time."
"After this... there will still be an opportunity for ascension."
"It's just that the Lineage has suffered."
" The Lineage suffered? What do you mean?"
Lu Li was even more curious; these Mahayana secrets were quite novel to him.
It is obvious that after reaching the Mahayana in the Imprisoned Dragon Realm, further advancement becomes extremely difficult.
It's like some kind of strange rule, or perhaps an incomplete rule-making process.
To ascend, one must strictly adhere to these complex and difficult rules.
"As Mahayana, he is already the strongest below the Immortal Dao."
"The moment he escaped from the Central Continent, no matter how well he concealed his aura, his Mahayana cultivation level would inevitably be detected by the Heavenly Dao."
"The power of Heavenly Dao is immense; it can detect things instantly. Bloodlines are connected, and if it knows of any deception, the descendants of Yin-Yang School will inevitably be implicated."
"These three have retreated to a deserted place in the starry sky, letting time wear them down; perhaps in twenty or thirty thousand years, they will have the opportunity to ascend again."
"But for future generations, let alone ascending to the highest level, as time goes by, even those with Spirit Root will become increasingly rare."
When these things were mentioned, Yinyang Qingfan's expression became very serious.
There was even a hint of melancholy in it.
Of course, it wasn't because of the Yin-Yang School in the Central Continent; to her, these clansmen were almost all just nominal clansmen.
What truly made her feel desolate was the Imprisoned Dragon Realm.
Or perhaps, it's the Imprisoned Dragon Realm without its upper realm.
For her, who had once ascended to the highest celestial position.
She knows too many secrets and has witnessed too many past events.
The Imprisoned Dragon Heavenly Dao may seem cold and ruthless, but isn't it also a helpless measure?
Without the connection to the upper realm, cultivators here have no chance of ascending to immortality.
The Imprisoned Dragon Heavenly Dao is naturally untouched by the immortal spiritual energy of cultivators at the time of their ascension.
If this continues, the Heavenly Dao will become chaotic and weak.
Moreover, if cultivators here were to use deceptive methods to smuggle themselves into the other world...
That Imprisoned Dragon Heavenly Dao not only lacked the nourishment of immortal spiritual energy.
It would also result in the needless loss of the essence and vitality of a Mahayana being.
Although one or two Mahayana are nothing to the Imprisoned Dragon Heavenly Dao.
But it could take ten thousand years, twenty thousand years, a hundred statues, two hundred statues, or even a thousand or ten thousand statues.
This is true for countless planets and continents throughout the entire Imprisoned Dragon Realm.
Over time, the Heavenly Dao will inevitably suffer a severe blow.
It's possible that even the power of a middle-level thousand could be reduced to Small Chiliocosm.
By then, let alone ascension.
Even among Mahayana, and even those Tribulation Transcendence and attained Dao Integration, it is extremely difficult to find one.
Upon discovering that there were cultivators who had been deceived, the Imprisoned Dragon Heavenly Dao had no choice but to eradicate them at their root.
Such severe penalties are merely a temporary solution and do not address the root cause of the problem.
Moreover, after attaining Mahayana, how many of them truly care about their community?
As long as there is still hope, what does it matter if future generations in this world have no chance to cultivate?
Don't say that Heavenly Dao is heartless; people are heartless too.
Shaking his head, Yinyang Qingfan said no more.
The demise of the upper realm resulted in the creation of incomplete, bizarre, and even chaotic rules for the lower realm.
In such a chaotic world.
If there are no major changes, the Imprisoned Dragon Realm will not only be reduced to Small Chiliocosm, but it will also be destined to perish sooner or later.
"There's definitely a sense of chaos here."
"However, on the other hand, according to Yinyang Qingfan, if I wanted to smuggle myself into the other world..."
"After the Tribulation Transcendence, preparations must be made. Only after the Tribulation Transcendence, and one's body and spirit are cleansed and the Heavenly Dao is obscured, can one be isolated from the myriad energies of this place."
He recalled Yinyang Qingfan's earlier reminder.
Lu Li also felt that the situation was slightly tricky.
He is currently at the Void Return, only one Dao Integration Realm away from Tribulation Transcendence.
Once you cross the Dao Integration, you must, like the Hundred Schools of the Central Continent, choose a state or region and isolate yourself from the world.
To be honest, this move, to put it nicely, is an attempt to gain an advantage through advancement.
To put it bluntly, it's tantamount to self-imprisonment.
The so-called Central Continent is nothing more than a huge prison cage.
No, not just Central Continent, this entire realm truly lives up to its name.
Faced with this situation, Lu Li had no choice.
He hadn't decided which state or region to choose yet.
If possible, perhaps... Lu Li would choose the entire Eastern Wasteland as his territory.
While lost in thought, Lu Li realized there was another problem.
If Venerable of the Yin-Yang School have already vanished into the uninhabited places of the starry sky.
So what rules should the Hundred Schools of the Central Continent follow next?
Zou Moshan seems to understand this issue better than Yinyang Qingfan.
When Lu Li looked over, he had already stepped forward and clasped his hands in a fist salute to Lu Li.
Zou Moshan, who was born and raised in the Central Continent, has a deep understanding of the temperaments of Hundred Schools.
They also knew how the Hundred Schools would treat Yin-Yang School after their own family lost its authority.
Indeed, the phrase "Yinyang Qingfan" has largely come true.
If nothing unexpected happens, he and Zou Yu will very likely become the main bloodline of the Eastern Wasteland Yin-Yang School in the Eastern Wilderness.
Taking a deep breath, Zou Moshan spoke heavily.
" Dao Lord, in my humble opinion, after the Hundred Schools have finished their chaotic struggle for the division of Yin Yin-Yang School... they will draw lots to select a supreme ruler!"