Although Ji Yuan was still some distance from Black Desolation, the commotion there was simply too great. Even Ji Yuan, out at sea, could faintly sense the fierce collisions between righteousness and evil.
It was indeed a little earlier than he had originally expected, but the arrangements and preparations had begun even earlier. By now, a month or two sooner made little difference. To Ji Yuan, before the Dragon Clan finished opening up the Desolate Realm and before the Desolate Realm collided with the present world, the struggle between righteousness and evil was merely a grueling war of attrition. His opponents likely saw it the same way.
That might sound cruel, but it was the truth. If there had been no people such as Ji Yuan and Yue Cang playing chess on behalf of Heaven and Earth, and no Ancient Desolation Ferocious Beasts within the Desolate Realm, then this War of Righteousness and Evil would inevitably have dragged on for ages. Once both sides had suffered casualties and one side finally gained an absolute upper hand, it would slowly cleanse Heaven and Earth.
Perhaps by then, the Heavenly Dao would gradually recover, or perhaps an even greater calamity would be triggered. After enough years had passed, everything would gradually settle.
But reality had no ifs. Ji Yuan knew very well when the outcome of this game would be decided. Many of the arrangements he had made over the years might still appear somewhat weak, yet they were by no means useless.
Two days later, Tianyuzhou had already come into view ahead of Ji Yuan. Yet someone was waiting for him in the sky above the Northern Coast of Tianyuzhou, as though she had accurately foreseen his route of flight.
Phoenix Xi Huang stood alone upon the clouds, awaiting Ji Yuan's