Ximen Yu's certainty gave Li Fan pause, and his thoughts began to turn inward.

Time flows, and changes follow in order. Is this a natural transformation of the Xuanhuang World itself, or is it the work of some external force?

His first instinct was to think of that elusive figure who was often spoken of but rarely seen—the Heavenly Venerable Dao Teacher.

Who else could it be? If any cultivator within the Xuanhuang World were capable of reshaping heaven and earth so effortlessly, it could only be the creator of the new methodology.

But if my guess is correct, and the Xuanhuang World is on the verge of falling into the Immortal Ruins, why hasn't the Heavenly Venerable Dao Teacher fled? Why has he spent thousands of years tirelessly transforming the world instead?

He remembered...