The development of the Stomach World had gradually entered the fast lane.
Meanwhile, because Wuzhuang Temple had withdrawn from the outside world, all of the Earth Ancestor's remains had been recovered by Jailer Hall. With no outside enemies interfering, the Daoist sect had taken control of the overall situation within a mere century.
Zhou Zuosan had no intention of interfering with the outside world. He chose to watch the changes unfold, focusing on excavating internal potential.
The struggle between Immortals and gods in the Stomach World would, barring unforeseen circumstances, continue for nearly ten thousand years, until the Supreme Heavenly Demon completely descended upon the present world.
The battles upon the rivers had already raged for thousands of years.
Tempered by brutal warfare, quite a few originally weak races had risen one after another. Some once-powerful races, meanwhile, had failed to keep up with the times and ultimately become appendages of other races.
The Heavenly Dao Worm people were one such example.
Although the worm lineage possessed two Earth Immortals, they were unsuited to direct combat and ultimately became a branch of the Dao of Non-action Monastery, specifically handling logistics.
The Heavenly Dao Worm people had been willing to become subordinates partly because of Han Li.
Although Han Li's fate after Ascension remained unknown, the Heavenly Immortal official position connected to the Heavenly Dao Tree still radiated a scorching light.
That showed Han Li was not only unharmed, but that his cultivation had actually improved.
Beyond the river battlefields lay vast stretches of towns, where tens of millions of cultivators lived, along with hundreds of millions of mortals on the outskirts.
Before they realized it, they had become accustomed to war day after day, and each new generation had grown increasingly bellicose.
Without the Supreme Heavenly Demon, the practice of