The eighth-tier physical body had completely dissipated, yet the energy still swirled around the seed.
This meant the seed had not yet fully digested it.
Even so, the sprout of the seed had begun to grow larger, with signs of branches and leaves beginning to form.
"Very good."
Chen Fan was very satisfied with this scene. "Once the energy is digested, continue feeding it."
The Tunneling Rat: "..."
It looked at the City Lord with resentment.
The seed is mine... You are being excessively diligent.
"Heh."
Chen Fan smiled and explained, "It's fine, consider it a trade. I provide the soil for the seed's growth, and you just need to let me sense it occasionally. The seed is still yours."
The Tunneling Rat relaxed. "Okay."
It was no longer about a trade.
It was about the seed being unable to leave Chen Fan, this great benefactor.
At least, it, the Tunneling Rat, didn't have the ability to nurture it with an Emperor's physical body.
"Then it's settled."
After letting the Tunneling Rat put away the seed, Chen Fan continued, "Next, our goal is simple. Without angering the Yin Yang Dao Master, we need to grow stronger. Only when I reach the eighth tier, or rather... possess the power to contend with the eighth tier, can we interact with him."
"Also, the entire South is the Yin Yang Dao Master's territory. The Yin Yang Great Dao is everywhere, and I need to comprehend it."
He never underestimated anyone.
Chen Fan was very wary of someone who could contend with ninth-tier beings.
He needed to develop in secret now and dared not clash with the other party directly.
Their purpose in coming to the South this time was simple... consensus.
To make the City Lord powerful.
The entire Realm of Life and Death believed that the City Lord could lead them to their strongest point.
"Let's start now." Chen Fan closed his eyes.
This was the first time he had meditated in the chaos since leaving the Thunder Domain.
It didn't count when he was in the Hell Yang Realm.
Oh, right, the Hell Yang Realm was gone, devoured by a neutral eighth-tier great world.
With all its eighth-tiers annihilated, the Hell Yang Realm was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
That eighth-tier great world, after devouring the Hell Yang Realm, had directly joined the Five Realms Alliance.
"My things are not so easily taken," Chen Fan sneered.
The East, he would return.
The destruction of the Hell Yang Realm was directly related to him.
For this matter, he needed the Five Realms Alliance to provide a reasonable explanation.
His thoughts gradually returned, and he finally closed his eyes.
Buzz.
His consciousness began to spread.
Yin Yang.
The Yin Yang power in the South was very active.
After all, the overlord here was the Yin Yang Dao Master, so it was normal for the Yin Yang power to be active.
The entire South was enveloped by Yin Yang.
Where Yin Yang existed, nothing could escape the eyes of the Yin Yang Dao Master.
His consciousness slowly sank into all the Yin Yang Dao rhythms.
This was not the first time he had done such a thing.
Opening his eyes within the Yin Yang, with the vastness of his seventh-tier divine sense, he could only cover a region of the South.
His divine sense surged out like a tide, containing Yin Yang.
"Such powerful Yin Yang force," Chen Fan sighed.
The Thunder Domain was truly lacking now.
It was a bit weak.
Not so here.
The Yin Yang force here was very dense.
More than ten times that of the Thunder Domain.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, a light exclamation reached Chen Fan's ears.
Chen Fan remained calm, having anticipated this the moment he merged into the Yin Yang.
The Yin Yang Dao Master.
A light chuckle, tinged with surprise, came through, "I didn't expect a fellow Yin Yang Daoist to visit the Southern region of my Tenth Land. May I ask what your intention is in exploring my Southern domain with Yin Yang?"
Chen Fan responded calmly, "I heard that the overlord of the South has attained Dao through Yin Yang, and can even contend with the ninth-tier Brightness. I came here in admiration, wishing to discuss Dao with the Dao Master."
They spoke to each other across the void.
"Discuss Dao?"
The Yin Yang Dao Master chuckled, "It's not impossible. There aren't many who cultivate Yin Yang. Meeting one is fate. However... are you, with your seventh-tier cultivation, going to discuss Dao with me, an Emperor?"
Qualification.
I am eighth-tier, you are seventh-tier.
You need to show your qualifications to discuss Dao with me.
This was the meaning behind the Yin Yang Dao Master's words.
"Alright."
Chen Fan did not refuse. "Please guide me, Dao Master."
Although he said "guide me," Chen Fan's tone carried strong confidence.
The Yin Yang Dao Master sensed it and responded calmly, "Please."
Boom.
The Yin Yang trembled.
The power of two immensely vast long rivers manifested in the eyes of the Yin Yang Dao Master.
Chen Fan roared, "My Yin Yang cultivates the Dao of Reversal. Yin Yang reverses, battling time, seeking moments..."
Buzz.
Instantly, the Yin Yang churned.
Time flowed within the Yin Yang, constantly moving.
The turbulent Yin Yang seemed to be searching for past memories.
Scenes from the past played out in the long river, with immense waves crashing.
Those waves represented supreme experts and significant past events.
Every drop of Yin Yang water was a scene.
"Rise."
Suddenly, Chen Fan let out a great shout.
He pulled a wave from the long river.
Within the scene, a battle was taking place, with two experts engaged in combat.
Hiss.
Chen Fan made a move, extending a finger.
A divine light bloomed and fell upon the two individuals.
It did not intend to kill, but merely left a mark on them.
At the same time, a voice entered their minds: "I am Yin Yang. I am conducting an experiment on you two. A thousand years later, you two will travel to the Southern region."
There were no more words, only simple instructions.
"This is not without reward. A thousand years from now, when you two enter the Southern region, you may cause your Great Dao to resonate and call out the name of the Yin Yang Dao Master. At that time, a grand fortune will await you."
"Yin Yang Dao Master?" The two were shocked.
The name of the Yin Yang Dao Master had spread throughout the Tenth Land a thousand years ago.
"Yes."
The two dared not disobey.
They understood that perhaps... they had encountered a grand fortune.
Subsequently, the Yin Yang dissipated.
The scene returned to a thousand years later.
Chen Fan smiled, "Dao Master, please wait a moment."
"..."
The Yin Yang Dao Master responded after a long pause, "This Emperor will wait."
Although the Yin Yang Dao Master saw that the other party had dug a huge pit for him, he didn't care. If the other party truly used Yin Yang to change the past, then they would be qualified to discuss Dao with him.
Neither of them was in a hurry, waiting quietly.
At the same time...
In the East of the Tenth Land.
A wandering Chaotic Ranger suddenly had a memory appear in his mind.
It was abrupt, like a buried memory being unlocked.
"The thousand-year deadline has arrived."
The man's face broke into a smile, and he looked towards the South. "Yin Yang Dao Master, what experiment are you conducting?"
He didn't understand, but he knew this was a grand fortune.
Boom.
The next moment, the man directly carved a path towards the South.
This person was already wandering at the edge of the East and South, waiting for the thousand-year deadline.
It only took him three days to appear in the South.
The next moment...
"Junior Lan Guang, I abide by the thousand-year pact, resonating my Great Dao, and pay my respects to the Yin Yang Dao Master." His voice boomed like thunder.
Lan Guang was a fourth-tier Heavenly Emperor. In the Tenth Land, where eighth-tiers were commonplace, he was very weak.
His Great Dao resonance could only travel a short distance before dissipating.
However, it didn't matter.
He believed that the Yin Yang Dao Master would surely hear him.