A Contest Between Two Old Monsters

Once Chen Yang understood that the Gold Ring held Nangong Jinghe's true form, he no longer feared him as he once had.

Taking form in an object and lodging one's soul in an artifact was convenient, but it also placed countless restrictions on Nangong Jinghe. Many of his methods and abilities were beyond his reach.

That was why Luo Qianchou could stand at the pinnacle of Azure Waves' prodigies, while Nangong Jinghe could not even squeeze onto the second page of the Gold Ranking.

Luo Qianchou had truly abandoned his former cultivation, endured a brush with death, and descended to the Lower Realm to cultivate anew. He had cut off every path of retreat.

Nangong Jinghe, on the other hand, had come solely for the opportunity of Creation Origin, using a clever shortcut to send down a fragment of his soul.

His true body still sat securely above the Void Realm, retaining its Void Stepping Realm cultivation.

Even if this hunt for treasure in the Lower Realm failed, or his soul fragment was damaged, the foundation of his cultivation would remain untouched. He would only need to spend more time recovering.

At that thought, Chen Yang had a rough grasp of Nangong Jinghe's purpose.

His true body in the Void Realm must have encountered some formidable bottleneck on his Dao Path.

Through contact with Outer Domain cultivators, he and Luo Qianchou had learned of the Creation Origin and obtained a method to refine it.

But competition in the Outer Domain was too fierce, so he had turned his gaze to Canglan Continent below the Void Realm.

From his conversation with Luo Qianchou that day in the Blood Demon Blessed Land, Chen Yang could see that their contest hinged on two things.

The first was how long Luo Qianchou would take