"I will certainly give my full cooperation!" Celestial Venerable Hongxuan understood that this might be his only chance to redeem himself.

After returning to Tuo Mountain,

Fu Manman reported the matter to White Jade Capital. She quickly received instructions from Mao Ancestor of the Three Elders Pavilion Great Freedom Official. Mao Ancestor instructed her to be responsible for the investigation.

Fu Manman actually wanted to refuse. She had her own selfish desires, and had been using the convenience of the Patrolling Dao to search for traces of her husband in various places.

But she was, after all, a Little Freedom Official, and had to take on the responsibility.

She thought to herself, "I wish I hadn’t accepted this position back then."

In the first few years as the Human World Executor Dao, she completed the patrol work of Changsheng Continent, and then went to White Jade Capital to report on her duties. Coincidentally, just as she arrived, a Little Freedom Official had died of old age. Then, she was inexplicably persuaded into becoming the new Little Freedom Official. The absurdity of the situation was equivalent to the elder of the Luo Family persuading Fan Wubing to form an alliance of Dao marriage with Luo Qingyao.

"Alas."

Gu Lan asked, "Why are you sighing, Junior Sister Manman?"

Fu Manman gazed into the distance, not answering why, but softly said, "Why don’t you stay with me for a while before returning to He Yue Village, Senior Sister Gu?"

Gu Lan was taken aback, "Why is that?"

"I’ve wandered outside alone for over twenty years, and finally met someone familiar." Saying this, Fu Manman wasn’t the least bit shy.

Gu Lan was indeed a person not very good at refusing, especially to those close to her.

Although she wanted to go back to farming, since Junior Sister had said something like this, wouldn’t it be a bit too cruel to refuse?

"Well... all right. But I can’t stay with you too long, you know. There are still fields to tend to in the village..."

Song Weiyu, as a master, immediately said, "Lan’Er, stay with Little Manman for a while. In those days, I’ll go back and help you tidy up the village. Although my Immortal Farmer Skill isn’t as good as yours, it’s still no problem just taking care of the fields."

"How can that be! I’m always troubling you, Master."

"It’s decided then!" Song Weiyu said in a masterful tone.

"This..."

Song Weiyu knew Gu Lan well from their close companionship, and understood what she was thinking. She definitely wanted to know from Fu Manman how Fan Wubing was doing all these years. Moreover, she had been staying in the fields for decades and should come out to see the world; otherwise, she wouldn’t have been coaxed and cajoled by Celestial Venerable Hongxuan’s words earlier.

"All right." Though reluctant to leave her own fields, the prospect of staying with Fu Manman made Gu Lan look forward to it.

The next day, Song Weiyu boarded the Flying Ship for her return journey.

Meanwhile, Fu Manman, along with Gu Lan, started her investigation into the Path of the Demon Lord.

Soon, Fu Manman realized that leaving Gu Lan behind was a wise decision. Her Evolutionary Dao proved immensely useful! It was simply the best Dao for investigating matters.

As they delved deeper, they set their sights on the Lost Land in the northeastern corner of Taiping Continent.

...

[Obtained a trace of Ying Huo’s power]

This prompt suddenly brought Fan Wubing back to his senses.

Back in the Sea of Eternal Life, the Ying Huo-transformed Xianchan had eaten the Ying Huo who wanted to kill him, then spat out a chunk of flesh for him to eat.

After consuming that flesh, he gained a trace of Ying Huo’s power.

However, just like when he first obtained the Great Wilderness Cyan Dragon Horn, there was only the name "Ying Huo’s power" without any other information.

Now, deep in the Fallen Immortal Land, within the Obsession Furnace, after consuming so many obsessions and True Demon Blood Patterns, he had accumulated another wisp of Ying Huo’s power,

directly indicating that the True Demon was related to Ying Huo.

And Ying Huo was related to the Heavenly Dao.

Wouldn’t this imply that the True Demon had a close connection with the Heavenly Dao?

Fan Wubing had always found the birth mechanism of True Demons strange; the Obsession Furnace, sensing the power of the Tribulation Immortal, directly spawned a True Demon of the Tribulation Immortal to counter it. It was as if it had been calculated.

Perhaps, True Demons were created by the Heavenly Dao?

But, this didn’t quite make sense. What necessity would the Heavenly Dao have to create True Demons?

So many puzzles.

Fan Wubing checked his Blood Bar, [10698 billion].

"Hmm, not bad, it increased by nearly six thousand billion in just a month. The satiation of the Lord of All Beings and the Bone of Time has also reached 0.02%, moving a step closer! Wait, a month?!"

Oh no!

He was late for work by an entire day!

Fan Wubing was in shock. Feeling the obsessions here had been too engaging; if not for the prompt of gaining the Ying Huo’s power, he would likely have continued slumbering.

"Damn, I should set an alarm!"

Without thinking further, he executed a Dragon Walk, stepping directly out of the Fallen Immortal Land, heading towards the northeastern Lost Land, casually leaving a Dragon Thousand Body to oversee those True Demon workers.

When he finally arrived at the Slaughter Hall in a hurry, and rushed into Jiang Sha’s sleeping chamber, he immediately saw Jiang Sha herself, who had opened her coffin lid, sitting inside with only her head showing.

Fan Wubing felt a pang of guilt, "Sorry, I’m late."

Jiang Sha rested her chin on the coffin, smiling, "I thought you weren’t coming. It’s fine, you came, and that’s what matters."

Fan Wubing looked apologetically, "You’re really tolerant of me." He began the process of incense lighting and bathing.

Jiang Sha watched his busy figure, tilting her head slightly, "You’re all I have left."

Fan Wubing was taken aback, "What do you mean?"

Jiang Sha’s expression remained serene and natural, "Three days ago, Qingqing’s life reached its end." A hint of sadness flashed in her eyes, "The curse’s erosion on her was worse than I imagined. But she always kept it from me. So now, you’re all I have left."

Fan Wubing’s brows knitted, "Where is she now?"

"She wanted to return to the Immortal Continent. Her hometown is there."

"You wait here for a moment." With that, Fan Wubing sat down and closed his eyes.

Curious, Jiang Sha asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Save her life."

Having said this, Fan Wubing found Liu Qingqing’s Fire of Life within the Map of All Living Creatures. Then, he began to bestow vitality to it.

The Life Dao’s bestowal of vitality was not something that could extend lifespan. After all, longevity itself fell under the purview of the Destiny Dao, not the Life Dao. Yet, since the Yan Dao Era of the Great Wilderness, no one had been able to comprehend the Destiny Dao. The beings of this world are unworthy of controlling destiny.

However,

Fan Wubing had the Lord of All Beings.

With a 0.02% satiation, the Lord of All Beings gained more possibilities.

Much like the ancient Great Wilderness nurturing life.

On a distant Flying Ship,

A gaunt Liu Qingqing stood on the deck, gazing upon Taiping Continent, where she had spent her youth. Her cloudy eyes reflected past scenes. She reminisced about her time with the Hall Master. She still remembered the snow that fell on the day the Hall Master fell into the Demon Dao, forced to leave the Immortal Continent for Taiping Continent.

"Hall Master... Qingqing is going ahead..."

She closed her eyes, leaning against the railing, feeling the wind, feeling the clouds.

In a moment, she suddenly saw a giant white dragon flash through her mind.

Startled, she opened her eyes and looked around, but saw no dragon.

Then, she noticed a strand of hair falling from her forehead.

Frightened and paralyzed, she couldn’t regain her composure, as if in an eternal dream.

She saw the strand of hair falling from her head,

Remarkably, it was grey-white.

An ancient liveliness surged through every inch of her flesh and her Purple Mansion Divine Soul.

She didn’t understand what had happened; she had somehow gained an extra fifty years of life!

Without hesitation, she prepared to leap from the Flying Ship back towards Taiping Continent. But in the next moment, she saw the air in front of her suddenly twist and form words.

"Don’t come back, wait for us in the Immortal Continent."

Liu Qingqing’s brow twitched. She instantly recognized that this was the Hall Master’s handiwork.

She whispered to herself,

"The Immortal Continent... Is it that what began there should also end there?"