Wu Shattered Star River

Yao Ao instructed his subordinates to relay the message to Xiong Guanshan, Zhen Ji, and Ye Tianfan. Subsequently, he teleported all the way to the Heavenly Domain and entered the secret realm filled with rivers of laws.

“Emperor Yao!”

“Greetings, Your Majesty!”

“Greetings, Emperor of the Northern Region!”

Many Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators inside were alarmed. Yao Ao nodded slightly, then began to sense the situation of a group of experts. After sensing for a moment, disappointment appeared in his eyes.

Another year had passed, yet none of the experts had broken through, causing his heart to sink slightly.

A group of Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators nearby saw the disappointment in Yao Ao's eyes, and their faces showed shame. But there was nothing they could do. Many of them had cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years and had never been able to break through. Could they break through after cultivating in this treasure land for a few years?

If breaking through to the seventh level of the Dao Ancestor Realm was so easy, there wouldn't be only a few seventh-level Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators in this world.

Yao Ao ignored this group of Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators. He turned his gaze towards several Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators who were in secluded cultivation within the rivers of laws. After looking at them for a few moments, a glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes.

There were five Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators in deep secluded cultivation: Ding, the City Lord; another was the Clan King of a large clan in the Northern Region; the third was the Third Lord of the Eastern Region; the fourth was the Clan King of the Heavenly Ape Clan in the Southern Region; and the fifth was a Dao Ancestor Realm expert from the Western Region.

These five experts, whether they hadn't noticed Yao Ao's arrival or were unwilling to wake up from their deep secluded cultivation, didn't open their eyes and remained in seclusion.

If there was no comprehension, it would be impossible to enter deep secluded cultivation, which meant that these five experts had all gained some insights.

These five experts were all very strong, having been stuck at the sixth level of the Dao Ancestor Realm for many years. This time, their insights didn't necessarily guarantee a breakthrough, but at least there was a glimmer of hope.

Yao Ao slowly flew past the five experts, sensing their states. After sensing them all, he flew back.

“Your Majesty!”

A Dao Ancestor Realm cultivator asked, “Do they all have hope?”

Yao Ao pondered for a moment and said, “Ding Pifu has a greater chance. In addition, the Ape Clan Leader and Lord Liu also have hope, and the other two also have a chance.”

“However, this sort of thing sometimes depends on fate. If you can pierce that layer of window paper, you can pierce it. Otherwise, even if you can sense the world inside the window paper, you just can't pierce it, and you may wander outside the door for the rest of your life.”

A group of experts nodded in agreement, deeply moved.

Many of them felt that breaking through to the seventh level of the Dao Ancestor Realm was even more difficult than breaking through to the Dao Ancestor Realm itself.

Above the seventh level of the Dao Ancestor Realm, each level was more difficult than the last. The eighth level was even more difficult, and no expert had been able to break through to the ninth level since ancient times.

To break through to the seventh level of the Dao Ancestor Realm, one had to reach the sixth level at a very young age. The younger the age, the greater the possibility of breaking through.

For example, Zhen Ji was very young, so her breakthrough was very smooth.

Xiong Guanshan and Ye Tianfan were not old when they broke through. Yao Ao even broke through to the seventh level of the Dao Ancestor Realm after only cultivating for tens of thousands of years. That's why Yao Ao was able to break through to the eighth level, becoming the second strongest person in the world, second only to Cang Ri Tian.

Yao Ao sensed again for a moment and said, “Cang Ri Tian in the Central Region has already begun to set up a super teleportation formation. This formation is estimated to take more than two years, so... you still have two years.”

“Two years later, I will bring Ye Tianfan, Xiong Guanshan, and Zhen Ji in!”

Yao Ao continued, “Regardless of whether any of you can break through to the seventh level, we will all lead you to attack the Central Region.”

“This battle... we have no retreat. Either we fight to the death and return in triumph, or we will be completely suppressed by the Heavenly Lin Clan and never be able to rise again!”

A group of experts' hearts trembled, and they bowed, but no one spoke.

There was no point in saying anything now. The final battle might be in two years, a battle to determine the fate of the world.

Either they defeat the Central Region, and there is still hope to maintain the status quo, or they fail and are completely suppressed by the Heavenly Lin Clan.

As for a great victory and the destruction of the Heavenly Lin Clan?

A group of experts didn't hold out hope. Not to mention that they had no confidence in breaking through to the seventh level of the Dao Ancestor Realm, even if one of these Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators could break through, they still wouldn't be able to completely suppress the Heavenly Lin Clan.

Cang Ri Tian and Cang Xun Ni were too strong, as were Cang Huang and Tong Shan. Even if there were five Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators on this side, they would not be able to completely suppress the Central Region.

Of course...

If two could break through, and this side had six experts above the seventh level of the Dao Ancestor Realm, then there would be hope for a great victory.

But a group of experts didn't dare to think about it. Breaking through to the seventh level of the Dao Ancestor Realm wasn't something that could be done just by wanting to. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been so many years without the birth of another seventh-level Dao Ancestor Realm cultivator besides Zhen Ji.

“Everyone!”

Yao Ao glanced at the group of experts and said, “Don't think too much. Life and death are destined, wealth is determined by heaven. We just need to work hard. Whether the final result is good or bad, we'll leave it to God!”

After speaking, Yao Ao flashed and flew away, no longer staying here. His staying here would affect the cultivation of this group of Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators.

“Seclusion!”

After Yao Ao left, the group of Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators dispersed, some entering the river of laws, some wandering in the secret realm, each cultivating in seclusion.

…

Time flowed like water, trickling by. In the blink of an eye, another year had passed.

Each region was very calm, but many small pieces of news had spread.

The atmosphere in the five regions had become tense. Many large clans knew that the war that would determine the fate of each clan might break out in at most a year.

Many large clans had already begun to prepare a way out, dispersing their clansmen to various places. Many large clans knew some entrances to the void realm, transferring elite clansmen into the void realm to preserve some sparks.

Of course, these large clans were clear that once the outside was captured, the clansmen outside would be destroyed or enslaved, and their clan would almost have no hope of rising again.

There were too few resources in the void realm. Living there was just a way to survive. Sooner or later, the entrances and exits to the void realm would be found by large clans, and then they would either be enslaved or destroyed.

Over the years, many clans in the Land of Bitter Winter had glorious pasts, but now their lives were very miserable, basically dependent on large clans, with no hope of rising again.

Unless the clan endured humiliation for hundreds of thousands of years, and a top genius appeared in the clan. If this genius didn't die young and grew up smoothly, he could lead the clan to become strong again.

But this probability was very small, because large clans would suppress small clans, not allowing small clans to have hope of rising. There were only so many resources in this world. If one clan rose, it would inevitably affect the survival of other clans.

For example, Jiang Han and Ye Wanqiu back then.

The Grand Lord wanted to attack them, and the Third Lord and the others agreed, just because they didn't want Jiang Han and Ye Wanqiu to rise, because that would threaten their ruling position and damage their interests...

In recent years, each region had started a mode of rapidly increasing troops.

The Southern Region was the most powerful in rapidly increasing troops, opening most of the treasure lands and taking out massive resources. During this period, many experts had been cultivated, and there were very many Emperor-level Heavenly Emperors and Saint Sovereigns.

But time was still too short, too short. If the Southern Region had started rapidly increasing troops hundreds or thousands of years ago, several Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators might have been born by now.

“This great war is coming too quickly!”

Outside Heavenly Blessing Cave, Seventh Ancestor received the news and his face was full of bitterness. Qing Ning's cultivation speed was terrifying, and it was estimated that she would soon reach the fourth level of the Dao Ancestor Realm.

If Qing Ning was given tens or hundreds of years, she could easily break through to the seventh level of the Dao Ancestor Realm.

Unfortunately...

The great war was about to break out, and Seventh Ancestor couldn't predict the fate of the Southern Region.

Once the Southern Region was breached, the Heavenly Lin Clan would definitely not let Qing Ning go. At that time, he didn't know if she could escape the pursuit.