Master of Strange Dao

Several compasses served as the array eyes, positioned on a larger array base, and once activated, streams of light began flowing above the array base.

A rough map of the western region of Dazhen offered by the Wei Clan floated there.

In less than one incense stick's time, the flowing light mirrored onto the map, continuously narrowing the scope.

Finally, it transformed into a light spot on the map, about half a palm in size.

A dean gestured and nodded.

"Not bad, the first time getting it down to an eight hundred-mile radius.

However, he's hiding in the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land, and such a large area is still too dangerous.

Keep trying, if we can narrow it down to a hundred-mile radius, then we can notify the powerful entities to strike.

Then we can study through combat on how to capture him alive."

On the third day, Yu Ziqing received the news that these deans didn't even try their backup plan, but instead located Wei's Ancestor within a hundred-mile range through bloodline contact.

Then, two top entities had already set out for the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land.

"Yang, tell them, can a powerful zombie harm that guy?"

"You came to ask me this? Look at you worrying, I've got things to do." Old Yang curled his lips and turned away.

He still needed to discuss how to capture and study Wei's Ancestor.

After all, that guy's strength is formidable, but it's unfortunate he's been thoroughly studied. As long as he can't strong-arm ten skills into submission, otherwise, that's it.

On the seventh day, Wei's Ancestor was speeding forward under a thick ice layer.

His body was shattered, slowly recomposing as his expression grew terrifyingly gloomy, biting his teeth in fury.

Earlier, he sensed someone was locating him.

Unfortunately, they couldn't pinpoint him accurately.

Who'd have thought that a top entity would come, disregarding honor and unleashing indiscriminate attacks within a hundred-mile radius in the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land.

The scattered power wasn't very strong, yet contained a peculiar vibrating force.

Then he was exposed.

Another dishonorable top entity blocked his retreat and ambushed him, forcibly shattered his body.

Three days, three battles, he fought against two opponents, maintaining a stalemate, because they couldn't kill him, and he had a chance to counter-kill them.

But a third top entity appeared.

This entity activated the Great Sun True Fire in the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land, also mobilized the Extreme Cold Stream, and didn't get caught.

He knew this was definitely intended by the Yang Devil, as he couldn't get in either.

By today, Wei's Ancestor realized that if this continued, those tracking him all the time would eventually trap him.

Suddenly, the thick ice layer behind him collapsed, the Great Sun True Fire collided with the falling Extreme Cold Stream, triggering a violent explosion, shockwaves under the thick ice continuously rambling, causing more widespread devastation.

At this moment, a stream of light appeared from the side, captured by Wei's Ancestor.

A jade scroll instantaneously shattered into powder, information emerged in Wei's Ancestor's mind.

"Head north, circle around the ice plain, go to the deep sea.

They have several deans determining your location using maps.

Only the deep sea has no maps."

Wei's Ancestor didn't know who provided him with this information, guessing it was Qingping.

After much deliberation, Wei's Ancestor headed north but didn't rush to leave the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land.

Since the event with Liang Shi, he no longer trusted Qingping, knowing that leaving the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land would mean losing his geographic advantage.

Elsewhere, he couldn't ensure escaping from four top entities.

Moreover, who knows if more entities are yet to strike.

The zombie capable of tearing him apart, hurting his core last time hadn't appeared.

Until now, he still didn't fully understand what went wrong, only healing here for a while.

Time slowly passed, the first confrontation ended.

A strong entity tool used by them received some wounds and retreated to heal.

The deans gathered substantial feedback and started orderly discussing the next steps.

Wei's Ancestor lacked insight, but Qingping understood clearly.

He didn't track Wei's Ancestor but realized this ancestor wasn't inclined to follow his advice.

Growing somewhat anxious, dragging this further will certainly cause major trouble.

If he could kill Wei's Ancestor, he'd have acted long ago, taking him out first.

This guy is a true escape artist, with an incredibly strong life force, even with four top entities cooperating, none left a mark.

Time continued flowing, a year passed in a blink.

A group of deans treated it like completing a major project, busily engaged, truly indifferent to an earlier or later end for Wei's Ancestor.

Because now, they were actively researching.

This group, incapable of idleness, ventured along the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land's edges for research.

Unknowingly, they were nearing the southwestern corner of Dazhen's western region.

This was where it bordered the northern Wilderness, where the calamity began years ago.

Yu Ziqing was no longer in Dazhen, continuing to pursue his own matters.

Bringing out entities queued in the Mud Sea of the Muddied World one by one, finding paths for them, transforming them into the third state like Che Lun, proved quite cumbersome, not achieved overnight.

Moreover, his recent cultivation approached advancement, finally hitting a bottleneck.

The shackles' constraints felt ordinary before, yet at the bottleneck, they're effective.

This finally gave Yu Ziqing a feeling of needing to find a way to breakthrough.

Natural breakthroughs were his norm.

Now, he finally felt the pressure other cultivators faced, wondering how long one might stay stuck without breaking through.

Yu Ziqing clearly sensed his need for a breakthrough, with the current connection between Refining God and Body Refinement, it seemed insufficient and required further deepening.

He was just an ordinary Great Cultivator, how come it's time to start comprehending the Dao?