My gorgeous wife Chapter 2425 - 2393: Winds Rising

The duel would last for a year.

And Li Chen, taking advantage of this year, began his seclusion after finding a suitable place on the Nine Heavens Continent.

A few Dao Saints also left, each in their own direction.

As for the major forces originally targeting Li Chen on the Nine Heavens Continent, under such a monumental duel, they could only raise a lot of noise but ultimately settle down.

After all, involving battles at the level of Dao Saints was not something that these small forces could easily meddle in.

If it were only one or two Dao Saints, it might not be an issue, but this event involved eight or nine Dao Saints. Even for them, it was not something they wanted to intervene in.

However, what made the major forces on the Nine Heavens Continent gnash their teeth was that the person who had fooled them was still living leisurely. They didn’t even dare to harbor thoughts of causing trouble.

If the opponent were truly a Dao Saint-level powerhouse, it would be understandable. But the problem was, even until the end, they still hadn’t figured out the exact cultivation level of that white-haired youth.

No matter what, in a year, everything would become clear.

The major forces on the Nine Heavens Continent secretly discussed whether they should also send powerhouses to the Dreamfall Battlefield to observe when the duel began...

Of course, these matters were not of concern to Li Chen.

After bidding farewell to Leiyang and others, Li Chen found a secluded, spiritual energy-rich mountain forest and set up an area with Formation and Restrictions, beginning the most intense cultivation effort yet.

He planned to ascend from Heavenly Level Fifth Rank to break into the Palm Realm after the Ninth Order within the year!

The process of this duel was spread by some powerful individuals who witnessed it, garnering interest not only from the participants and the major forces of the Nine Heavens Continent but also attracting strong interest from many powerhouses in the Jiankong Realm.

After all, with the established rules in the Jiankong Realm, it was typically tranquil among Dao Saints, with few conflicts arising.

Such an interesting event likely hadn’t occurred in the Jianmu Universe in tens or hundreds of thousands of years. Many powerhouses expressed strong interest and arranged to go to the Dreamfall Battlefield together in a year for the spectacle.

The Jiankong Realm was incredibly vast, and while distance was not an issue for Dao Saints, it was a different story for cultivators below the Palm Realm.

Hence, many cultivators below the Palm Realm chose to set off at the first opportunity upon hearing the news.

After all, witnessing a battle between Dao Saints was not something easily encountered. Even just observing would be of great benefit to them.

All of a sudden, the Jiankong Realm was astir.

...

It was not only in the Jianmu Universe.

At that moment, elsewhere in the Vast Nihility, another significant event was unfolding.

The Tree Realm Universe.

Outside the Vast Nihility, it was the most complete universe among the Six Great Universes.

Within the other Five Great Universes, some powerhouses who had reached the Dao Saint Peak and found no further progress would choose to head to the Tree Realm Universe.

And the completeness of the Tree Realm Universe indeed lived up to their expectations; many Dao Saint Peak powerhouses, upon arriving in the Tree Realm Universe, successfully achieved breakthroughs that had eluded them for countless years, reaching the Founding Realm, capable of covering the heavens with one hand.

Some of these Founding Realm powerhouses left the universe, establishing their own Minor Universes in the Vast Nihility, where they procreated their own clans and cosmic forms.

Others remained in the Tree Realm Universe.

Over time, with countless years of accumulation, the number of powerhouses in the Tree Realm Universe had reached an astonishing level.

This was because, besides those Dao Saint Peak powerhouses, many other powerhouses also came for the reputation, hoping to advance to higher realms in such a complete universe. And as a complete universe, the Tree Realm Universe also boasted many local geniuses.

It could be said that the Tree Realm Universe was now the true core of the entire Vast Nihility!

The grand phenomenon of a thousand universes in the Sea of Realms was already a thing of the past, and even the Sea of Realms had become a cosmic ruin akin to a no man’s land.

Now, the Tree Realm Universe was truly the center of all universes!

Outside the Tree Realm Universe, not far away, Minor Universes were frequently visible.

These were left by various Founding Realm powerhouses.

With the Six Great Universes as the core, supplemented by many Founding Realm powerhouses’ Minor Universes, they formed the new Sea of Realms!

This was the current pattern of the entire Vast Nihility.

On this day, within the most secretive and significant part of the Tree Realm Universe, the Tree Core Realm, a major event occurred.

"Prime Ancestor!"

"Someone, quickly! The Prime Ancestor is not well!"

"Quickly! Gather the best Medical Pill Masters in the entire Tree Core Realm!"

Surrounded by a group of people, an old man leaned against a wooden chair.

Although it was wooden, the chair seemed as naturally formed by tree roots, so seamless and coherent.

Curiously, the old man on this wooden chair seemed to be merging with it, his body wrapped in the tree roots.

"There’s no need." The old man’s voice was weak, but as his words carried, everyone around him fell silent.

Among those present, the one with the lowest cultivation was an Ancient Ancestor of the Heaven and Earth Realm!

The strongest was a man whose eyes seemed to contain the birth and death of stars, with an unfathomable aura. Just standing there, he gave others the feeling of ants gazing at the stellar seas!

There was no doubt, this was a genuine Founding Realm powerhouse!

Yet even such a man looked at the elderly man on the chair with immense respect, mixed with a hint of sorrow.

Because he knew that this time, the elderly man was truly beyond help.

Not even he, a Founding Realm powerhouse, could save him.

"I should have died long ago." The old man surveyed the surrounding powerhouses, a satisfied smile on his face, like an ordinary elder who had long since made peace with life and death and was at the end of his time.

Yet only the powerhouses present understood that if the elderly man’s identity were revealed, universes large and small in the entire Vast Nihility would tremble!

Prime Ancestor!

Back when the Six Great Universes were at the Divine Wood Stage, owner of the World Tree, now the Tree Realm Universe!

The old man smiled faintly, without a hint of cultivation fluctuation in his body, "To have lived until now, to have watched you children grow to this point, I, this old man, am truly content. And I, indeed, should die. Isn’t that so, old friend?"

The old man spoke, lifting his head to look at the tree behind the chair.

The crystalline tree trembled slightly, sending forth a wave of consciousness.

"You... should not die. But I cannot save you."

This wave of consciousness brought silence to all present.

For they knew if even the owner of this consciousness wave said so, then there was no hope from anyone else.

If even a complete universe’s will could do nothing, how could anyone else?