Eternal Tale

Three days later.

In the Wild Heaven Region, by the Dark Sea, there stood an ancient building on a cliffside island.

Ji Yan sat by the window, his eyes gleaming with insight as he softly uttered, ”Understood.”

Tian Li and Qian Shan stood quietly behind Ji Yan, one on each side.

”The evidence against the Flood Dragon clan of the Eight Veins, erase it.”

”Yes.”

Qian Shan’s gaze sharpened as he nodded slightly, ”It seems Lord Crossing the World has decided to spare the Flood Dragon clan.”

”His heart has never been ruthless enough,” Ji Yan replied with a faint smile, savoring the tea in his cup. ”But even if he spares them, we must ensure the Ghost Face Clan keeps a close watch on them.”

”...Understood.” Qian Shan glanced at Ji Yan from the corner of his eye.

”If they act out again, it will no longer concern Crossing the World; it will be between us.”Ji Yan’s expression softened as he turned his gaze outside the window, shifting the topic, ”How are things on the Primordial Great World battlefield and with the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance?”

”Quite chaotic. The Immortal Palace can no longer control the situation. A Heavenly Venerable has already fallen, and a blood rain has descended upon one of the heavenly regions.”

Qian Shan frowned deeply, which was not a good sign. ”Destructive war artifacts are overturning mountains and seas, and the immortal order of the Primordial Great World has completely collapsed.”

”What about the ancient immortal kingdoms and the immortal ancient forbidden lands there?”

”They haven’t intervened much. The kingdoms have launched a national war and entered the battlefield beyond the boundary, while the forbidden lands haven’t even sent out a single Heavenly Venerable, remaining silent.”

Qian Shan’s voice was deep, constantly monitoring the situation on the Primordial Battlefield. ”There are reports from several grand worlds of sightings of the Three-Eyed Ancient Immortal Clan, with frequent anomalies in the sky.”

Ji Yan lifted his gaze, tapping his finger lightly on the table as if in thought.

Tian Li took a deep breath, swallowing hard, as he found it increasingly difficult to discern Ji Yan’s realm...

After a long while, Ji Yan turned his head and asked, ”What about the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance and the other immortal alliances?”

”They are still engaged in a fierce battle with the Three-Eyed Ancient Immortal Clan in the Primordial Great World, but the Nine Heavens Shadow Clan is the main force, as if they intend to annihilate all the Three-Eyed Ancient Immortal Clan beings.”

”That’s not right.”

Ji Yan shook his head, his smile deepening, ”The Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance’s ability to unite the immortal alliances of the grand worlds has been in the making for a long time. The Nine Heavens Shadow Clan is likely just being used.”

Qian Shan’s gaze sharpened, ”The Human Clan’s Milky Way... that immortal of the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance.”

”My position is too low to speculate on their purpose, but I know what we should do now.”

Ji Yan slowly stood up, a hint of coldness flashing in his amiable gaze, ”The Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance is mobilizing a large number of experts to the battlefield, and the immortal order of the nine grand worlds is chaotic and unstable.”

”Ji Yan, what do you mean?!” Qian Shan took a deep breath.

”Our current power and strength are insufficient to confront the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance head-on. We should be thinking about how the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance is structured internally and how we can take over in the future.”

”Think about the fundamental purpose of the Boundless Great World in establishing the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance.”

”Of course, it’s to stabilize the grand world’s immortal order! For the positive development of the immortal path, not to return to that chaotic era of survival of the fittest and slaughter.”

Ji Yan answered his own question, his aura becoming profound, ”I’ve investigated past battles against the heavens, and it’s always been the leader’s lineage that faced the battles, while the forces of the other grand worlds remained untouched.”

Upon hearing this, Tian Li’s pupils slightly contracted... So that’s how it is.

”Ji Yan... but this time...”

”The leader has not only mobilized all the forces of the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance but also involved the immortal alliances of the grand worlds. Even if another battle against the heavens is launched, what remains of the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance will be an empty shell.”

Ji Yan’s hair fluttered lightly behind him as he turned with a wave of his sleeve, looking at Qian Shan and Tian Li, coldly stating, ”If anyone launches another battle against the heavens this time, it will be a certain death!”

”If it’s just for fighting and killing, even if we wipe out everyone in that lineage, do we still have the cards and ability to reshape the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance? To suppress the rebellions of the nine grand worlds?”

”Or do you think the Boundless Myriad Clans will give us so much time, spending thousands or even tens of thousands of years to reshape the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance...”

”If Crossing the World ascends to the Nine Heavens, we have no leverage to negotiate with the strongest myriad clans of Boundless. This generation’s Nine Heavens Alliance Leader has left no retreat.”

”The result would be only one: the Boundless Myriad Clans would personally reshape it, to reestablish the dignity of the immortal path, and we would naturally be rebels, possibly even executed before billions of beings.”

”Even if we don’t go, Crossing the World’s cultivation is astonishing. Even if he ascends to the Nine Heavens alone, not even an immortal can kill him, even if he can escape alone.”

”But with the grand world in rebellion, implicating everything, after the great extinction of the evil spirits from beyond the boundary, with dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of immortals arriving, how many people can he protect?”

Ji Yan’s words were shocking, ”Throughout the vast history of immortals, grand world rebellions have never ended well, and this is definitely not the result Crossing the World desires.”

”Ji Yan...” A chill suddenly spread through Qian Shan’s heart, realizing he hadn’t considered everything so thoroughly.

Tian Li’s lips trembled as well, only thinking of following Lord Crossing the World to ascend to the Nine Heavens.

Ji Yan’s expression softened, ”Therefore, now is the time for development, to swallow the immortal industries amidst the chaos. If anyone resists, then kill them, and in the future, we will establish this Nine Heavens order.”

”If we achieve great success, there can be no room for mercy. The path we walk with Crossing the World is different.”

”Yes!”

Tian Li and Qian Shan simultaneously bowed their heads in agreement.

”Have Yun Xihan stationed at the Star Pivot. This place is crucial for our future development. Investigate the structure of the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance, recruit immortal talents from the grand worlds, Dao Institutes, Dao Palaces, and Immortal Palaces must not be overlooked.”

”Even if it takes spirit stones, we must produce a batch of cultivators, especially those proficient in refining, formations, and talismans. Whatever price other immortal pavilions and forces offer, our garbage recycling plant will offer double, triple, quadruple!”

”And build a separate domain, relocate spirit veins, don’t be stingy with spirit stones, this is a millennia-long plan.”

”If it’s a sect, jointly purchase the immortal path’s discarded materials from various heavenly regions, the sect will be our garbage recycling plant’s outpost!”

”If it’s a grand family or a major force, sign immortal path agreements for long-term cooperation in immortal materials, bringing them aboard this warship.”

”Also, send a message to Senior Black Bull, we still need ten thousand Five Elements Decomposition Arrays! We’ve already stepped out of the Xuanwei Heaven domain, laying out the entire Great World of Taiyi, this is fundamental.”

”Everything is for the seamless takeover when the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance collapses!”

A rare ambition flickered in Ji Yan’s eyes, his expression unusually solemn, ”With the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance erupting in a great war, the situation is treacherous, so the plan we made in the Immortal Prison must also change.”

”Understood!” Tian Li and Qian Shan bowed and shouted, ready to follow!

”When crossing the tribulation, lock onto the grand world’s Immortal Prison location.”

Ji Yan’s expression turned icy, the amiable look at the corner of his mouth vanished, ”Whether the Immortal Prison is a living being or not, it must be under our control, Crossing the World has already sent the Heavenly Origin Treasure Pill.”

”Everyone, this pill can break through the shackles of aptitude, don’t let Crossing the World down.”

Ji Yan exhaled lightly, his expression softening a bit, ”We can now live one more lifetime than the myriad clans, you are all prodigies of your respective heavenly regions, I won’t say more about cultivation.”

Tian Li and Qian Shan nodded solemnly, silently committing everything to memory.

”The Five Aggregates Sect is Crossing the World’s sect, send more cultivation methods and body refining spiritual herbs there, as Crossing the World currently lacks low-level immortal resources.”

Ji Yan meticulously arranged everything, leaving nothing out, ”Those disciples have low cultivation and mediocre aptitude, and the Wild Heaven Region lacks a place for training, help them resolve this in other heavenly regions.”

”Yes!”

”We won’t have much interaction with this sect, just provide some basic immortal resources, and once the Five Aggregates Sect is firmly rooted in the Wild Heaven Region, sever ties.”

”Ji Yan?!” Tian Li’s eyes widened slightly, what did this mean, he still wanted to join the Five Aggregates Sect!

”This is the last piece of pure land in Crossing the World’s heart, I understand him.”

Ji Yan smiled, waving his hand gently, ”Since we met in the Immortal Prison, he has been traveling with his family, even extinguishing his immortal essence in the world, forced to feign death, so let’s not disturb his sect too much.”