A future opponent and one who could absolutely be considered a great enemy.

Under such circumstances, it was only natural that Lu Yuan wanted to learn more about him.

Moreover, as time continued to pass, the power of the Separation of Heaven and Earth was growing weaker and weaker.

In the future, Immortals would eventually descend.

Lu Yuan was certain that though he had relied on his formidable strength to drive those Outer Cosmos beings out of the solar system, it would not be long before they returned. There was no helping it. His strength was indeed terrifying, but it had not reached the point where he could completely disregard everything.

There would still be crises in the future.

And in order to face those crises, Lu Yuan had to make proper plans in every aspect.

Meanwhile, Jiang Ningxian and Jiang Haokong did not answer immediately.

Truth be told, they did not know much about the Ji Clan's Holy Son either.

They only knew that he was extremely powerful.

They also weren't sure why he valued Zhou Yunqiong so highly.

After some time, Jiang Ningxian's gaze shifted slightly. She suddenly said, "I have heard some rumors about this before. The Ji Clan has been searching the various starfields for descendants of its scattered branch bloodlines. Anyone whose bloodline purity reaches a certain standard is brought back to the Ziwei Starfield for cultivation.

"And for certain special cases, they give even greater attention. However, in the end, those people vanish without a trace, as if they evaporated from the world."

The Ji Clan was an ancient great clan. In the past, their ancestors had produced both a Human Sovereign and a Celestial Emperor, and they had developed for many years since then.

Aside from Earth, they had many collateral bloodlines in other places as well.

The Zhou Family was only one of them.

Now that Jiang Ningxian had revealed that the Ji Clan searched for people with strong collateral bloodlines to cultivate, only for those people to never be seen again afterward, the circumstances seemed to spur other speculations easily.

"So Zhou Yunqiong may have been one of the bloodlines the Ji Clan valued?" Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

But even so, he still did not know what the Ji Clan's Holy Son wanted to do.

He was certain that there had to be some secrets behind this matter.

Unfortunately, he currently had too little information and could not infer anything from it.

"I will have my clan investigate as well. Perhaps there will be new discoveries in the time to come," Jiang Ningxian spoke again, deciding to mobilize the power of her clan to investigate the matter clearly.

She also felt that there was something going on behind what could be seen on the surface.

It was impossible for someone like Zhou Yunqiong to suddenly be valued for no reason.

After all, the Ji Clan's Holy Son held an extremely high status.

"All right." Lu Yuan nodded and said nothing more.

He knew this matter could not be rushed. Moreover, he had just broken into the Great Sage Realm.

Although he could fully control his strength, the battle he had experienced this time had indeed been more intense than any before it. He needed to return and rest.

After that, the three of them chatted for a while longer before parting ways.

"To think he could directly disperse even the projection of the Ji Clan's Holy Son while still one realm lower. Sis, the person you are interested in is certainly beyond ordinary," Jiang Haokong could not help sighing as he watched Lu Yuan's departing figure.

For some reason, a faint blush colored Jiang Ningxian's beautiful visage, but she quickly recovered and said, "What do you mean, the person I am interested in? If you don't know how to choose your words, then don't say anything at all."

"Yes, yes, I won't say anything anymore."

Jiang Haokong usually carried himself with a proud, untouchable air, the kind that made outsiders think twice before provoking him. But this was his elder sister, and had the natural authority of an older sibling over him, so he wisely kept his mouth shut.

***

Inside the room, Lu Yuan sat cross-legged.

Strands of golden vital qi surged continuously around him.

When he sensed the immense energy within his body, he could not help sighing inwardly.

The Great Sage Realm was indeed extraordinary.

However, during this process, Lu Yuan also discovered wisps of purple light flowing within his golden vital qi.

When my battle intent reached its peak, the Celestial Emperor's Ancient Token in my mind seemed to stir. Is it related to this?

He pondered for a moment, then cast aside all distracting thoughts and focused his attention entirely on his mind.

There, the Bodhi Tree still stood.

It shed strands of radiance.

Below the canopy, the Innate Spirit sat cross-legged. Before it was the Celestial Emperor's Edict, which already bore many true names.

All of them were beings who had been conferred as Celestial Court gods. Above the Innate Spirit's head, the Celestial Emperor's Ancient Token rose and fell, releasing faint streams of purple light.

This Celestial Emperor's Ancient Token had been formed from the fusion of three tokens.

Lu Yuan's understanding of it was also very limited. Aside from the fact that it could confer gods and bestow traces of Providence, he had no clear idea of anything else.

Originally, after learning these things, he would only think of the Celestial Emperor's Ancient Token when he had to add names to the edict.

But during his battle with the Ji Clan's Holy Son, when his battle intent was at its strongest, the Celestial Emperor's Ancient Token had also stirred. This made Lu Yuan feel that perhaps this object had other uses. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Unfortunately, after studying it for a long time, he discovered that it was still the same as before.

"Do I really have to find the remaining ancient tokens?"

At this, Lu Yuan felt somewhat troubled.

He had no idea where the remaining ancient tokens were, so where should he start?

There were also the Nine Cauldrons connected to them. So far, he had only found three of them, and he did not know where the rest were.

Since the last time, the search for both of these things had entered a standstill.

And because more and more matters had come up recently, he had not paid attention to them.

However... from the looks of it now, he could try searching for them again.

After all, the Outer Cosmos beings eyeing them covetously from space had temporarily been driven away.

As for those who had already descended, after everything that had happened, they would definitely settle down for a long period of time.

This period was the perfect opportunity.

At the same time, Lu Yuan had a feeling in his heart that these two things would definitely be of tremendous help to him in the future.

After all, what he would face in the future would not only be Outer Cosmos beings, but also those Extracosmic Heavenly Demons.

The Nine Cauldrons anchored Huaxia's Providence.

As for the Celestial Emperor's Ancient Token, although he did not know its exact purpose, anything connected to the words "Celestial Emperor" could not possibly be simple.

At this thought, Lu Yuan took a deep breath.

He did not dwell on the matter further and began stabilizing his cultivation.

The Great Sage Realm was the final realm of the Sage Realm.

One more step above it was the Immortal Realm.

He knew very clearly that this step was extremely important. Even with his foundations, fully crossing it would require a great deal of time and effort.

However, Lu Yuan did not lack energy right now. After all, he did not need to worry about anything in Celestial Court. The most pressing issue was time. Who knew how much longer the Separation of Heaven and Earth could hold?

Who knew when those so-called beings from beyond the realms would appear?

He had to take all of that into consideration.

Of course, matters still had to be handled one step at a time.

First, the most important things were the Celestial Emperor's Ancient Token and the Nine Cauldrons.

The Nine Cauldrons were not much of a problem. As long as even one of them remained on Earth, he would have a way to find it.

The Celestial Emperor's Ancient Token, however, was indeed very troublesome. In his previous life, Lu Yuan did not have much knowledge about it either. As such, it seemed he could only make long-term plans for it.