The sun and moon revolve, and time flies by.

Even for the Four Heavenly Sacred Domains, ten days is but a blink of an eye. For the past ten days, no one has even noticed that the central location of the Nine Yuan Mountains in the Green Wood Prefecture has turned into a void.

Moreover, with the shadow of Zhou Xingdou's divine image from that day still lingering, the powerful figures who came to investigate the divine phoenix phenomenon had already designated the Nine Yuan Mountains as a place not to be trespassed.

Now, with Qing Yanjing, a quasi-emperor level grandmaster of formations, covering him, Zhou Xingdou will not be able to break through her formation cover unless he cultivates the extraordinary phenomenon of becoming an emperor.

However, compared to the carnage within the formation, the hundred-mile void has been extremely calm for the past ten days.

Qing Yan sat upright on the array, his eyes closed as he cultivated, but most of his mind was still focused on the array beneath him, in order to prevent the previous situation from happening again.

Although there was no place to stand in the void, with her as a grandmaster of formations, it was not difficult for her to set up a mountain and river spirit gathering formation at will, which also gave Xiao Tianzuo, who had the lowest cultivation level, a place to stand.

Empress Huangtian was also focused on recovering her strength. In the past ten days, apart from being disturbed by that trace of blood and qi, no one disturbed her.

However, his state was extremely strange. Although he was sitting cross-legged in the Mountain and River Gathering Spirit Array, there was no movement of absorbing energy around him, and he didn't even breathe. He was like a person who had died in seclusion.

If Luo Bailian hadn't pulled Xiao Tianzuo aside to explain, Xiao Tianzuo would have almost thought his senior had died from qi deviation several times, kowtowing in anguish and preparing to find a place to bury the Desolate Heaven Empress.

Over the past ten days, Xiao Tianzuo and Luo Bailian have become extremely close. It is unknown whether Luo Bailian's affection for Xiao Tianzuo stems from Zhou Xingdou's genuine acceptance of him as his disciple.

During these ten days, Xiao Tianzuo was almost inseparable from Luo Bailian. Even when he went out of the Jiuyuan Mountains to gather information, he wanted Luo Bailian to come with him. Luo Bailian never resisted and even helped Xiao Tianzuo with his cultivation questions from time to time.

Although the systems of the Primordial Origin and the Four Heavenly Sacred Domains are slightly different, they are essentially the same. Xiao Tianzuo also benefited greatly from them. From this point of view, Luo Bailian is much more qualified than Zhou Xingdou, his true master.

Today, Xiao Tianzuo and Luo Bailian once again ventured out of the Nine Yuan Mountains to inquire about the Desolate Heavenly Dynasty and the Great Palm Heavenly King Zhang Santian.

However, since today was the tenth day, Zhou Xingdou was likely to emerge from seclusion. Even though the two had not found out any valuable information, they did not stay in the city for long and left Qingmu Prefecture before noon, heading back to the Jiuyuan Mountains.

"Old Luo, your cultivation is so high, why did you make me run around like this? We could have just teleported back."

Xiao Tianzuo was covered in sweat as he leaped and bounded across the mountainside.

In the Four Heavenly Sacred Domains, only experts at the Refining Technique Realm can fly. Xiao Tianzuo, a mere Spirit Gathering Stage cultivator at the Refining Essence Realm, can only tread the air. However, treading the air consumes too much power, and even Xiao Tianzuo, at the Spirit Gathering Stage, cannot tread the air for too long. It is far less easy than traveling at full speed.

Fortunately, he had mastered the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique and developed tens of thousands of giant elephant particles. His speed and endurance had already surpassed countless realms. Otherwise, traveling from Qingmu City back to the Nine Yuan Mountains would have taken a long time and exhausted him to death.

Behind him, an elderly man clad in black armor calmly soared through the air, smiling faintly as he looked at Xiao Tianzuo, who was covered in sweat, and said:

"Your comprehension is high, but your talent is not outstanding. Compared to your master, you are far inferior. Even though you have now inherited your master's techniques and the power contained in your body far exceeds your realm, you find it difficult to control. You need to move your body more to gradually activate and control it."

In fact, considering the Green Wood Manor, Xiao Tianzuo's talent was not bad, but he was far inferior to Zhou Xingdou, and even Luo Bailian's talent was superior when he was young.

Moreover, his cultivation was ultimately too short. Even though his comprehension was extremely high and he created tens of thousands of giant elephant particles when he mastered the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique, he could not unleash the power of those tens of thousands of particles and still needed to adapt and refine them.

However, Luo Bailian had also gained some understanding of Xiao Tianzuo during these ten days, so he added with a smile:

"Don't worry, my lord has not yet emerged from seclusion. Once he does, I will not let you waste your time here and will take you back immediately."

Xiao Tianzuo was not lazy; he was just afraid that he was too slow and would not be able to keep up with his master when he came out of seclusion.

Now that Luo Bailian had given him his assurance, he stopped complaining. However, his speed did not slow down because of Luo Bailian's assurance; on the contrary, it continued to increase. The force of his feet was so great that every leap deformed the mountain!

Seeing this, Luo Bailian nodded slightly. He did indeed think highly of Xiao Tianzuo, not only because he loved him, but also because he recognized his character and perseverance.

Furthermore, he had no children in his life, so he inevitably took care of Xiao Tianzuo, who was close to him.

However, as he nodded, Luo Bailian's expression suddenly changed, and his flying body instantly stopped in mid-air as he turned to look behind him.

Xiao Tianzuo seemed to sense something as well, and stopped leaping to look behind him. But at that moment, the pupils in his eyes suddenly shrank, his body trembled, his face turned pale, and he revealed a look of fear.

But Xiao Tianzuo and Luo Bailian were looking in the direction of a mountain peak, and now there was another figure on that mountain peak that was originally terrifying to be alone.

The figure was not tall, seemingly less than five feet tall, probably less than 1.6 meters, but no one would laugh at him because of his height, because that body, which was less than five feet tall, exuded a terrifying power that made people tremble.

The figure, less than five feet tall, was a man with a pointed mouth and monkey-like face, and a lean build. If it weren't for the white Bagua robe he was wearing and the terrifying aura he exuded, he would probably only be mistaken for a slightly ugly monkey.

But his aura, which could freeze heaven and earth, made it impossible for anyone to belittle him. Although he stood there like a monkey, he made people feel that he was the center of heaven and earth, and all things were born with his thoughts and died with his thoughts!

We cannot defeat them by force!

Although Luo Bailian was not as shocked as Xiao Tianzuo, his expression was not very good either, because he could feel that he probably wouldn't last a single move against this man. Even though he was now comparable to a Supreme with the Chaos Black Armor, he was still no match for this monkey-like man!

The monkey-like man, with a blank expression, looked at Luo Bailian, who was on high alert, and Xiao Tianzuo, who was stunned, and said calmly:

"I have been restless for the past ten days. After some calculations, I discovered that I was destined to suffer a fatal calamity. I never expected that this calamity would be caused by you two ants."

The man's voice wasn't noisy at all; rather, it was rather pleasant, quite different from his appearance.

The voice wasn't loud, but Luo Bailian and Xiao Tianzuo, who were not close to each other, heard it very clearly, as if it were a whisper in their ears.

Upon hearing that voice he had dared not forget day and night, the fear and terror in Xiao Tianzuo's eyes vanished instantly, replaced by an extreme crimson, and his face became extremely ferocious:

"Zhang Santian, the Great King of Palms!"