NOVPUBAll believers gazing at that Great Sun had eyes filled with veneration that stemmed from their souls, not brainwashing by the power of incense offerings’ will, but a will solidified after thousands of generations of bloodline inheritance.
Long before thousands of generations, the Eastern Glory Divine Monarch governed their ancestors, and after thousands of generations, faith had spread from their bloodlines into their souls.
Countless living beings’ willpower held aloft that arrogant sun, as though intended to replace the Great Sun that had hung in the Primal Chaos Realm for countless years.
The Eastern Glory Divine Monarch’s eyes, the color of burnished gold, surveyed the many local deities present, his majestic voice carrying the might of heaven and earth, rang out.
"Giant Mountain’s affair, I have come to know.
The killer, Falling Clouds Taoist Shen Yuan!"
"I shall personally eliminate Falling Clouds Taoist, to uphold the might of Eastern Glory!"
As the words fell, the Great Sun above the main hall transformed into a Taiyang Chariot.
The Eastern Glory Divine Monarch drove the Great Sun, inspecting the Desolate Far Region!
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Within the Desolate Far Region, where few footprints trod, even though Shen Yuan’s clash with Giant Mountain Divine Venerable had shattered a wasteland as if heaven and earth were collapsing, in truth, there were no witnesses.
However, as soon as Giant Mountain Divine Venerable fell, and the Eastern Glory Divine Monarch emerged to admit that it was Falling Clouds Taoist who killed the Giant Mountain Divine Venerable, the entire Great Yin was shaken.
If others claimed Falling Clouds Taoist had killed Giant Mountain Divine Venerable, some might harbor doubts, but the words of Eastern Glory Divine Monarch himself would certainly contain no falsehood.
The Eastern Glory Divine Monarch has achieved the status of Divine Monarch for tens of thousands of years, one of the top Divine Monarchs in the Primal Chaos Realm, and even ordinary modern-day Immortals in the Donghuang Domain would struggle to contend with him.
Besides, it was rumored that Eastern Glory Divine Monarch had a connection with the Upper World’s Donghua Emperor, that he was a local deity enlightened by the Donghua Emperor during a dreamlike journey through the myriad worlds, which allowed him to ascend early to the status of Divine Monarch.
How then could such a formidable personage easily utter falsehoods?
When Falling Clouds Taoist first slew True Monarch Yu Changming, some still managed to explain it away as luck, leveraging the benefit of Immortal Artifacts.
But slaying Giant Mountain Divine Venerable for the second time could no longer be covered up with words like coincidences or fortune.
Inside the Primal Chaos Realm, the vast majority of True Monarchs never managed to slay an equal in strength in their lifetimes, let alone Falling Clouds Taoist achieving two consecutive kills against powerful adversaries.
Under the influence of such splendid battle achievements, Falling Clouds Taoist’s name directly surpassed that of many saints and sacred sages of the Grotto Heavens Sacred Land.
Some even ventured that the title Falling Clouds Taoist no longer suited Shen Yuan’s identity, and he should be called by the name of Supreme Taoist.
As ordinary cultivators debated endlessly about Shen Yuan slaying Giant Mountain Divine Venerable, the Great Grotto Heavens Blessed Land and Imperial Clans, too, turned their sights towards the Desolate Far Region.
No sooner had Eastern Glory Divine Monarch emerged than he used his birth sign Immortal Artifact to cross several domains, seeking to trace Shen Yuan’s whereabouts.
The Eastern Glory Divine Monarch, transcending ordinary modern-day Immortals, personally taking action to eliminate Shen Yuan, should have been effortless.
However, upon arriving in the Desolate Far Region, Eastern Glory Divine Monarch suddenly discovered he could not find any trace of Shen Yuan.
Apart from the chaotic battlefield testifying to Shen Yuan’s confrontation with Giant Mountain Divine Venerable here, no further clues existed.
No matter whether Stars Divination Divine Venerable was requested to employ divination, or the current Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion to use the stars for deducing, not a trace of Shen Yuan could be found.
Shen Yuan seemed to have disappeared from this world entirely.
This phenomenon immediately brought to mind the previous event when Little Clarity Void Grotto Heavens aimed to pinpoint Shen Yuan using the 10 Realms Soul Pursuit altar, only to yield no results even after expending vast resources.
For an entire month thereafter, every day a golden Taiyang Chariot would arrive from the east to inspect the Desolate Far Region, its fiery radiance bearing the will of the Divine Monarch, spilling over every corner of the vast Desolate Far Region.
Yet even so, nothing was found.
The patience of Eastern Glory Divine Monarch had long been exhausted over this month.
He even once wanted to purge the entire Desolate Far Region, to destroy everything within, but ultimately he refrained because of the will of Great Yin’s Imperial Court.
In the end, after a fruitless month of searching, Eastern Glory Divine Monarch left the Desolate Far Region, leaving behind three of the six Great Divine Venerables to search for traces of Shen Yuan.
But the Desolate Far Region was, after all, not the territory of the Donghuang Divine System, and the patience of Great Yin Imperial Dynasty towards the Donghuang Divine System was limited, unable to tolerate three powerful Divine Venerables occupying the region for an extended period.
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Finally, half a year after the fall of Giant Mountain Divine Venerable, the other three Divine Venerables also left the Desolate Far Region, leaving behind only a portion of the Incense Offering Canonical Gods to hold the fort.
One year later, all deities of the Donghuang Divine System were expelled.
The Desolate Far Region returned once again to its original desolation.
Beneath a shroud of night, a space pathway that looked like a miniature black hole quietly opened up in the depths of the giant rift torn asunder by Shen Yuan’s battle with the Giant Mountain Divine Venerable.
Shen Yuan, holding the Heaven’s Decree Secret Order carefully, stepped out from the space pathway.
After confirming that everything was as usual around him, Shen Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Right after slaying Giant Mountain Divine Venerable, Shen Yuan’s Star Astrology Divine Power sent him a warning, and through tracing the star astrology karma, he quickly realized he was being targeted by Eastern Glory Divine Monarch.
According to the original history, his direct confrontation with Eastern Glory Divine Monarch should have happened after the Great Schism, when Eastern Glory Divine Monarch and Kuang Tianjie teamed up to instigate the Demon Transformation turmoil.
However, it began with Giant Mountain Divine Venerable seeking him out, followed by Eastern Glory Divine Monarch taking action, prompting Shen Yuan to sense a trace of intervention in destiny.
But there was not enough time left for Shen Yuan to calmly think through the reasons, as the crisis posed by Eastern Glory Divine Monarch was imminent.
At that moment, Shen Yuan had two choices, the first was to use the Heaven’s Decree Secret Order to return to ten thousand years before.
Spanning ten thousand years, even if Eastern Glory Divine Monarch had the means to reach the heavens, he could not locate Shen Yuan, which was the safest method.
Yet making that choice would mean that Shen Yuan’s journey through ten thousand years of time could only come to a hasty end.
Without the reward of a side mission this time, Shen Yuan returning to ten thousand years prior might not have another Heaven’s Decree Secret Order to traverse time once more.
Having no choice, Shen Yuan could only opt for the relatively risky second method, which was to hide within the Secret Realm Square-Inch to avoid detection.
In a normal state, given Eastern Glory Divine Monarch’s ability, he could easily uncover the presence of the secret realm; Shen Yuan would have nowhere to hide.
Thus, Shen Yuan took an alternative approach, using the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption Great Divine Power to completely destroy and revert the Secret Realm Square-Inch back to Turmoil, casting it into the Endless Void and evolving it into a realm that was on the verge of being pioneered.
Shen Yuan concealed himself within the Turmoil, severing all karma and Heaven’s Secrets, and using the suppressing powers of his status grid from Star Astrology Divine Power and the Heavenly General Great Divine Power to hide his presence.
Beneath layers of protection, this method indeed fooled Eastern Glory Divine Monarch.
The Divine Monarch, maneuvering an Immortal Artifact, turned the Desolate Far Region upside down to no avail in searching for Shen Yuan’s whereabouts.
After Eastern Glory Divine Monarch left, Shen Yuan did not choose to reveal himself immediately but opted to continue his cultivation within the chaos, waiting for the right time.
A full year passed by before all deities of the Donghuang Divine System withdrew, and only then did Shen Yuan choose to emerge from the chaotic Secret Realm Square-Inch.
Having confirmed his own safety, Shen Yuan did not choose to linger in the Desolate Far Region.
Even though the Donghuang Divine System had withdrawn, the Desolate Far Region, as the battleground where he faced Giant Mountain Divine Venerable, still posed significant risks.
With a flick of his index finger through the space, he opened a secret spatial pathway and stepped confidently into it, disappearing within the Desolate Far Region.
In the days that followed, Shen Yuan opened up numerous spatial pathways, some leading straight to the vast isles of the Endless Sea, others stretching to the frigid Northern Polar Regions, virtually connecting the entire Primal Chaos Realm.
Shen Yuan created so many spatial pathways naturally to prevent the possibility of the Donghuang Divine System’s deities making a surprise return attack, detecting the traces of the spatial pathways, and tracking him down.
After traversing dozens of lengthy spatial pathways, Shen Yuan finally beheld a vast expanse of territory.
Looking over the endless fields that stretched across the plains, innumerable villages, and towns were interspersed amongst the fields with a constant flow of people, while the golden qi of humanity fate blazed like torches over the firmament, enveloping the land.
Seeing the scene before him, Shen Yuan finally let out a sigh of relief.
Arriving here meant that the crisis brought by Eastern Glory Divine Monarch had temporarily ceased.
As the Master of the Deities, Eastern Glory Divine Monarch would definitely not rashly set foot in this place, as it would be tantamount to a provocation against the Great Yin Imperial Dynasty, an unforgivable act that the Great Yin Imperial Dynasty absolutely could not tolerate.
Because this place has a name known across all realms.
Jiu Province!
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