"Pop–"

Accompanied by the sound resembling a bottle cap opening, the Curved Realm Ark seamlessly merged back into the Primordial Heaven and Earth.

The entire process was very smooth, without a single tremor.

"We've arrived at Qingqiu."

Yu Yuan nudged Huo Ling'er, who was tightly clinging to his arm and refusing to let go, "Just stay put in Qingqiu… Didn't you say you wanted to learn from Bai Ling how to use spears and staffs?"

"There will be plenty of chances to learn!" Huo Ling'er wrapped her arms around Yu Yuan's arm, gently shaking it while pleading sweetly, "Good junior brother, I want to go to the Northern Continent too.

I am a superior Golden Immortal after all, surely I can be of help to you, just take me with you~"

"Just stay put in Qingqiu, that would be the biggest help to me," Yu Yuan replied, slightly annoyed, as he tried to pull his arm away.

"Cough cough, let go first... Are you a mangy dog? You are a dignified Golden Immortal of Jie Sect, aren't you afraid of becoming a laughing stock by acting so shamelessly?"

"Not afraid!"

Huo Ling'er said nonchalantly, "Anyway, you won't be able to leave me behind!"

Yu Yuan raised an eyebrow, her words making it sound as if he were some kind of heartbreaker.

At that moment, a celestial figure in white appeared, her beauty delicate and playful, as she greeted with a smile, "Lady greets the young master, greets the Immortal."

Huo Ling'er quickly let go and took a couple of steps back, slightly embarrassed, "Fellow Daoist Bai Ling no need for formalities... Just now, I was merely playing around with my junior brother; please don't take it to heart."

Yu Yuan gave her a curious glance.

So, she wasn't completely ignorant after all.

Bai Ling shook her head and smiled, "Your childhood companionship with the young master is profound, and in my heart, there is only admiration, how could I take offense?"

"That's good, that's good... Oh, has your Dao Xing improved again?" Huo Ling'er looked at Bai Ling somewhat surprised, "Last time we met, you hadn't yet attained Golden Immortality, but now not only have you achieved it, you are even about to have the Three Flowers gather atop... At this rate, won't you soon achieve Daluo?"

Bai Ling glanced at Yu Yuan, a faint blush spreading across her tender, jade-like face, "Perhaps it's because the young master has helped me with cultivation more frequently lately."

"Oh?"

Huo Ling'er looked at Yu Yuan with surprise and a slight dissatisfaction, "Junior brother, if you have such Divine Skills, why haven't you helped me cultivate?"

"Cough cough!"

Yu Yuan, not sure if she was intentionally pretending or genuinely clueless, quickly changed the topic, looking towards Bai Ling, "Any news about the Northern Continent in the past two days?"

Bai Ling was responsible for compiling the daily news from various regions, so she knew these matters like the back of her hand. Upon hearing the question, she promptly answered:

"The news from yesterday mentioned some disturbances appearing in the Northern Continent; many Demon Gods are converging towards Cui Ping Mountain in the central region, but the specific details have yet to be unearthed."

Yu Yuan nodded.

News from the Northern Continent took about two to three days to reach here, so Bai Ling was not yet aware that these Demon Gods were contesting for the Chaos Bell Fragments.

He then inquired about other pieces of intelligence and felt more prepared in his heart.

This journey might be tougher than expected.

It took him a while, but he finally convinced Huo Ling'er to stay in Qingqiu temporarily, then summoned the Chasing Sun Chariot and "Ao Yi," choosing the sibling of the Heavenly Emperor as the driver.

Fairy Yun Hua, who had never undertaken such a task before, reluctantly accepted the role driven by her great debt to Yu Yuan. She took her place at the driver's position, grasped the reins in both hands, and immediately the methods of driving the Chasing Sun Chariot flashed through her mind.

"Drive!"

Moments later, following Fairy Yun Hua's shout, nine majestic Dragon Souls materialized from the void, were reborn flesh and blood, and were enveloped in golden flames.

The next instance, the nine Divine Dragons exerted their strength, pulling the palatial chariot and transforming into a streak of golden light that disappeared into the skyline, speeding northward.

...

Above the vast ocean, fierce winds gathered dark clouds.

Yu Yuan continued northward on the Chasing Sun Chariot.

Above was the deep blue sky and the blazing sun, while below were dark clouds and tumultuous seas.

Qingqiu was originally in the northern part of the Southern Continent, only separated from the Northern Continent by a strait.

With the speed of the Chasing Sun Chariot, the strait was quickly crossed.

Before him, an endless and vast expanse of grey-black mist appeared.

That grey-black mist enveloped the whole of the Northern Continent!

To be precise, it wasn't mist, but miasma!

Legend has it that an ancient battle between the Witch Demon clans caused a great calamity to the Primordial Heaven and Earth.

Buzhou Mountain, acting as the Heavenly Pillar, fractured and collapsed, the Primordial Land was shattered into pieces, the Heavenly Vault cracked, the Heavenly River Water flowed backward, and countless beings perished as a result.

To support the Heavenly Vault, Tongtian, the Sect Hierarch, cut down the Divine Turtle of the North Sea, taking its limbs to erect at the four poles of Heaven and Earth.

Eventually, the sky was mended, but the Divine Turtle had had enough.

It was an innate Spirit born during the creation of Heaven and Earth, equivalent to the innate Divine beings, but it had been idly living in the North Sea without transforming, still hopeful of achieving Sainthood—only to face the catastrophe brought by the Witch Demon war that collapsed the sky.

How was the collapse of the sky related to it?

It wasn't the one who broke it!

It hadn't even left the North Sea, yet Tongtian charged into the North Sea in a flash and chopped off its legs.

This was genuinely a disaster falling from the sky, who could it even reason with?

Though Tongtian acted to support Heaven and Earth and save all beings, was it not part of those beings?

How unjust!

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