Extremely terrifying.

Surrounding the bay, several nearby large new continents such as the Spirit Realm and the Taiqing Realm have now almost become ghost towns, with all cultivators having evacuated, leaving behind trillions of acres of land.

After all, cultivators everywhere know just how frightening the Southern Sea celestial wind can be. Once the Dao Sect truly attracts those forces, the closer to the bay one is, the more susceptible they are to influence.

Ordinary cultivators simply dare not approach!

Eleven years passed, and the Dao Sect’s first attempt failed!

They did not successfully trigger the Southern Sea celestial wind; instead, there were several horrifying tsunamis that swept across the Southern Sea, submerging half of the Taiqing Realm and other realms, causing catastrophic disasters. Fortunately, people had already evacuated.

Twenty-three years later, the Dao Sect’s second attempt also failed, but this time, the disturbances caused by the Dao Sect were even more terrifying. There was a massive explosion over the Southern Sea, detonating some unknown hidden anomalous qi points deep within, releasing large amounts of anomalous qi in a gray mist that covered millions of miles, with no one daring to approach.

Another seventeen years passed—

In this year, all the Dao Sect immortals gathered, summarizing all past problems, and went into seclusion for as long as three years. Finally, in the fourth year, the array was activated again.

Just the various experiments and considerations took over sixty years.

The outside world was in an uproar, with voices questioning the actions of the Dao Sect, believing that their actions unwarrantedly brought about the disaster over the Southern Sea, turning many holy lands of the Taiqing Realm and Spirit Realm into ruins, with calls for criticism unending.

The Dao Sect stood unwavering, the array roared into operation, and this time, after a brief calm over the Southern Sea, suddenly, as if from an extremely distant unknown realm, terrifying black clouds appeared layer upon layer, darkening the entire sky over the Southern Sea. Gray mist ran rampant, and within it, one could vaguely hear the roars of some terrifying creature!

The entire Spirit Realm was suddenly astonished.

"... Could it be that the Dao Sect truly intends to summon the Southern Sea celestial wind?"

"This is madness... after enduring three hundred years of chaos, we finally have a few years of peace, and now the Dao Sect wants to drag us all down!"

"Shut up! If there truly is a terrifying celestial wind deep within the Southern Sea, what the Dao Sect is doing is undoubtedly correct, for those who bear the pain for the people must not let them perish in the snowstorm. Send someone to immediately dispatch a batch of resources to support the Dao Sect!"

Everyone was paying attention.

Around Nanfu Island, the great array had reached its most critical moment.

...

In the retreat location.

Li An was highly vigilant, placing the puppet in the cave mansion, while he himself hid in a "human-shaped cave" under the puppet’s mat.

This human-shaped cave was dug out one-to-one according to his body size. Once inside, it was as if he was buried within, fitting tightly. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

He used the aura of the Life Seed to completely conceal himself so that anyone scanning with Divine Sense would find it difficult to detect the presence of another person hidden within the stone cave.

He was ready to summon heavenly thunder at any moment to strike down any intruders.

He also had his escape route planned.

In his view, if the other party truly has an unyielding intent to kill him, this period would be the most opportune time.

Because the Dao Sect masters, including the Withered Fate, were all exerting every effort in summoning the Southern Sea celestial wind, leaving them unable to spare any attention for someone as insignificant as Li An.

The more it was like this, the more dangerous it became.

He calmed his mind and held his breath, not knowing how much time had passed when suddenly he felt a movement at the entrance.

Inside Li An’s retreat location, there was now an attractive figure.

This person was none other than Tan Qingxue!

She...

Had come.

With the help of Li Yunxiao, she easily bypassed all the protective arrays without alarming anyone.

What had arrived was merely her Primordial Spirit!

"Fellow Daoist Li, long time no see."

Tan Qingxue spoke first, her voice clear and melodious.

The "Li An" sitting cross-legged on the mat opened his eyes, visibly surprised to see the beauty before him, and said, "Fellow Daoist Tan, why have you come..."

He glanced outside, his expression changing, and said, "Did you... enter secretly?"

"Is it surprising?"

Tan Qingxue’s words were calm as she approached Li An, her dress fluttering, her figure graceful, gazing intently at his face.

"Are you here... to kill me?"

Li An’s voice was somewhat hoarse.

But Tan Qingxue did not answer this question, instead sighing softly, "Li An, do you still remember the Qingyang Market back in the day?"

Li An replied, "I dare not forget."

Tan Qingxue sat down as if she were an old friend, saying, "At that time, I loved you desperately, with no hope for the Immortal Dao, only hoping you would give me a child to accompany me through the rest of my life."

"Unfortunately, you only sought to remain forever in the Immortal Dao, so cold-blooded."

She sighed softly, "To be honest, if it weren’t for your resolve back then, I wouldn’t be the Tan Qingxue I am today."

Li An said, "This is all thanks to Fellow Daoist Tan’s own fortune; how could Li An dare to take credit."

Tan Qingxue sighed, "Fellow Daoist?"

Li An said, "Or perhaps, Lady Li?"

"Do you care whether I am Lady Li or not?"

Li An remained silent.

"After you returned to the Dao Sect from the Immortal Fall Secret Realm, I thought you would come looking for me, but unfortunately, you did not."

"You had already asked me for a letter of divorce, as someone else’s wife, how could I dare disturb you?"

"If I were not someone else’s wife, would you then disturb me?"

Li An fell silent once more.

Each question seemed to add only a touch of disappointment and trouble to his heart, but Tan Qingxue’s mind did not have much fluctuation, for she had long anticipated all of this.

"You saved me three times before."