A Great Age Is About to Begin, Heaven and Earth Undergo a Cataclysm

"Was it intentional?"

Shui Yan'er was taken aback when she heard her mother's "questioning".

Suddenly, her beautiful eyes lit up!

[Yes!]

[I think I could intentionally lose to him!]

Looking at her mother's "kind" smile, her heart was filled with endless... regret!

Oh dear! How come I didn't think of that!

[If I had known, I wouldn't have used so much force!]

"How dare you say that!" The sect leader was so angry at her remorseful expression that he almost fainted!

"No, Mother!" Upon seeing this, Shui Yan'er quickly raised three fingers and swore to the heavens, "I swear! I really did use all my strength just now!"

"But... but I just... can't resist!"

She looked at her wrist, which should have been indestructible, yet still bore a faint red mark. Her eyes were filled with a shock that words could not describe!

[That guy...]

[What kind of monster is it?!]

Upon hearing this, the anger on the Water and Fire Sect Master's face gradually subsided.

Instead, there was a deep... solemnity!

She knew that her daughter, although usually unreliable.

However, when it comes to "strength," they would never lie!

In other words...

[Yan'er, she really, without holding back, was defeated by that little guy who had just broken through to the Golden Core stage in a pure contest of strength...]

[... crushed them?!]

This thought stirred up a tidal wave in her heart!

[Could it be...] The image of that calm yet domineering figure in green robes uncontrollably surfaced in her mind.

[I... I really should... accept the consequences of my bet?]

[Pah! What am I thinking?!]

She quickly dismissed this absurd thought!

However, at that very moment!

"BOOM--!!!!"

An indescribable, boundless aura, seemingly originating from the primordial era, erupted without warning from the deepest part of the Immortal-Abandoned Continent!

In an instant!

The winds and clouds changed color! Heaven and earth resounded!

The entire Immortal-Abandoned Continent trembled violently!

"Wh... what?!"

The sect leader of the Water and Fire Sect was horrified!

Shui Yan'er was completely dumbfounded!

They could clearly sense that the spiritual energy in this world, which was already nearly depleted, was now, at this moment, frantically... reviving! surging! at an unbelievable speed!

In the blink of an eye!

The concentration of spiritual energy throughout the entire Immortal-Abandoned Continent has been forcibly raised to a new level!

Martial Sect! Storm Mountain! Purple Thunder Sect!

On the Immortal-Abandoned Continent, all those who were in seclusion— Golden Core cultivators, Nascent Soul, and even the lords of holy lands who had long since withdrawn from worldly affairs—suddenly opened their eyes and looked up at the sky in horror!

Their faces were filled with an indescribable mix of ecstasy and excitement!

"Spiritual... spiritual energy is reviving?!"

"A... a great event! It's really coming!"

Within the Water and Fire Sect.

The sect leader's face showed no joy whatsoever; instead, it was filled with an unprecedented... solemnity!

"A time of great strife..." she murmured to herself, her eyes filled with deep worry.

She knew that the revival of spiritual energy was an incredible opportunity!

But it also means endless... slaughter and... strife!

[Although, that little fellow is a peerless genius, unparalleled throughout history.]

But... he still needs time to grow...

She glanced at the sky, which was already shrouded in endless auspicious clouds, and her heart was filled with an immense sense of urgency!

[Judging from this...]

Those guys from the "Upper Realm" are probably about to descend!

Meanwhile, on the Immortal-Abandoned Continent, in a forbidden land long forgotten by the world.

What no one noticed was...

Then came that earth-shattering cataclysmic change.

Nine broken stone pillars, entirely black, with ferocious dragon carvings coiled around them, are slowly rising from the cracked earth!

At the top of each stone pillar is a simple, ancient-looking pedestal.

And those already dilapidated pillars, nourished by the increasingly abundant spiritual energy, began to slowly... repair themselves at a speed visible to the naked eye...