Time passed gradually and four months were gone in the blink of an eye...
During this period, Qin Nan had fully comprehended the Monarch Arts and God Arts. Under Little Worm's guidance, he arrived at a special place in the Dragon Soul Ancient Palace called the Battle Dragon Blood Pond.
The Battle Dragon Blood Pond was constructed with lots of monarch blood of the Ancient Purple-Golden Battle Dragons. Not only would it strengthen Qin Nan's flesh and monarch force, but it would also significantly improve the battle intent in his monarch heart.
Qin Nan did not hesitate. He immediately went into seclusion in the Battle Dragon Blood Pond instead of searching for more Abstruse God Pieces.
After all, the God Horoscope Contest was still around eight or nine years away. His priority, for the time being, was to improve his cultivation.
Little Worm and Sima Kong did not cultivate, but left the Dragon Soul Ancient Palace and extended their hands to other forbidden grounds.
As for Zhuang Cidao, the World's Imperious Ruler, the Boundless Sea of Agony, the Frost Queen, and the rest of the Martial Monarchs who had found their way deep into the Dragon Soul Ancient Palace, they quickly discovered that most of the successions and fortunate encounters had already been looted. All that was left were things that were not worth mentioning.
Meanwhile, the fifteenth-ranked Lunar River happened to be accessible too, thus the crowd left without bothering to search the place any further.
On top of that, Sheng Tianjing and Xuesha's group spent great efforts to investigate Duan Qing's true identity but came up empty-handed. They had no choice but to withhold the murderous intent in their hearts for now.
Within the four months, nothing major took place in the Abstruse God Space. However, a few shocking incidents had taken place in the half-God region.
Since the alliance between the Anti-Heaven Alliance and the three ancient tribes had been established, two Martial Gods of the South-Heaven Sacred Ground stepped forward and led Martial Monarchs and Martial Progenitors to hunt their enemies down.
In addition to that, the South-Heaven Gate listed twenty-eight people as two-starred enemies in one go and sent people to hunt them down. Some of them were Martial Monarchs too.
However, as the hunt began, successors of the Godly Exterminator Forbidden Ground, the Wretched Disaster Forest, and the Nine Words Ancient Sea began to appear, like the bamboo shoots after a rain. They suddenly became active on the stage in the half-God region.
As a result, the atmosphere in the half-God region suddenly felt similar to that of an approaching storm.
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Meanwhile, in the endless rift of the half-God region, the Martial Serendipity Pavilion...
"It seems like Qin Nan achieving the Martial Monarch Realm by himself has greatly shocked the Monarch Ranking, God Ranking, and the South-Heaven Gate. In just four months' time, they have already set up many precautions. It's highly possible that the setup they have been planning for had been significantly modified too."
The young man of the Martial Serendipity Pavilion grinned while staring at the stone slab in front of him.
It had been a while since he had last seen something like this. The last time he was in a similar position was eight thousand years ago.
The Magical Hair Sword God beside him remained silent. His fingers were moving rhythmically knocking on the stone slab, as if he were waiting for something.
A brief moment later, the seemingly ordinary stone slab suddenly emitted a magical glow, lighting up the entire place.
"They are finally making a move after such a long time. I almost thought the Dao Origin old guy had changed his mind. Magical Hair, when do we start?"
The eyes of the young man flickered as he asked.
"It starts now, Sun and Moon, spread the net."
The Magical Hair Sword God took out a unique badge and transmitted a message.
"Very well, we've done all we can for Qin Nan. It's all up to him now and whether he can break the rules that have existed for thirty thousand years and start a whole new era!"
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Time gradually passed. Three days later, in the half-God region, on top of a mountain with an ordinary presence of Qi in the South-Heaven Sacred Ground.
"Master, when can we leave this place and join the outer domain?" A young teenager at the age of thirteen or fourteen asked a white-haired old man.
"It’s hard to say, we shouldn't have come here if we’d known this would happen..."
The white-haired old man shook his head with a sigh.
Those who were assigned to the Mystical Tone Peak of the South-Heaven Sacred Ground were responsible for collecting all kinds of information in the Canglan Continent. They were the lowest-ranked in the entire South-Heaven Sacred Ground, thus it was almost impossible for them to improve their status and join the outer domain.
In addition to that, since the South-Heaven Sacred Ground had started recruiting countless disciples of the Middle Continent, the South-Heaven Sacred Ground had been running low on resources.
Even if they managed to contribute greatly, the chances of them being promoted were still very slim.
"Mas...master...master...this is big, something big is happening!" A young man ran toward the white-haired old man and blurted out, "Thirteenth has just returned with the latest news. The place that disappeared over three thousand years ago is about to reappear!"
"What? That place is going to appear again?"
The white-haired old man was swarmed with astonishment!
"Quick! Spread the word, ask Thirteenth to keep an eye on it and let all Mystical Tone Guards head to the Heaven River Mountain Range at once. I want every detail to be reported back!"
The white-haired old man quickly reacted and gave the orders!
"Master...what's that place?"
The young teenager was utterly confused.
"It's the seventh forbidden ground that has disappeared for almost three thousand years...anyway, your chance of joining the outer domain is finally here!"
Even though the white-haired old man was trying his best to control his emotion, his voice was trembling due to the excitement.
An hour later, in the half-God region, the Martial Principle Sect, the Jade-Lake Sacred Ground, the God Beast Forbidden Ground, the Lost Herb Garden, the Battle Tribe, and the rest of the formidable factions each had an insignificant group of people experiencing strong excitement.
In the half-God region, there was no faction like the Shadow Pagoda that was specialized in collecting information. As such, many factions would assign those without great talents to collect information from all places in the Canglan Continent.
"Quick! Hurry up! Send someone over!"
"Twelfth! Where's twelfth? Send him over now!"
"I'll notify the elders, you all better keep a close eye on it!"
"Our chance is here, you’d better not waste it. Try your best to seek out the information!"
"Quick..."
These cultivators who were dispirited and had no sense of presence in the various factions suddenly became restless!
To them, discovering a piece of shocking news would mean countless herbs, artifacts, Monarch Arts, and promotion!
And now, their chance had arrived!
The reason being that the seventh forbidden ground that had vanished for three thousand years—the Dao Origin Heavenly Mountain—had appeared again!