Chapter 1413: Half A Year
Li Luo remained in seclusion for a total of half a year. During this period of time, massive changes took place in the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent. All of it was due to the changes to the World's End River Region.
Firstly, news of Li Jingzhe's death had shocked the entire Heavenly Origin Divine Continent. It had been many years since a King had fallen, and it was even a Quasi-Triple Crown. This caused countless people to lament the fact. Such an expert's death was a massive loss for the living beings in the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent. And before news of it had settled in, they were then taken aback by yet another development.
Tantai Lan had become a Greater Transcendent Duke and taken over Li Jingzhe’s role as the new Lineage Chief of the Dragon's Fang Lineage. Her name, which had caused a stir within the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent twenty years ago, once again resounded throughout it. Many were completely surprised by her talent and achievements. After all, when she and Li Taixuan were chased away all those years ago, they were merely ordinary Dukes. Even though they had crushed all their peers, people like them were found in every generation. They had risen to prominence briefly before being forgotten by everyone else. That was why no one had ever imagined that she would return with such power!
They all understood the implications of her title. The number of Greater Transcendent Dukes in recorded history was even lower than the number of Triple Crowned Kings! It was the culmination of incredible talent, an immense foundation, and also miraculous opportunities.
After Tantai Lan took over, the other powers sent their congratulations, including the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin. They had to pinch their noses and make amends, even going to the point of expressing that all of the enmity formed from all those years ago were due to Qin Jiujie's decisions and had nothing to do with them. Now that Qin Jiujie had turned traitor and Qin Lian was dead, the enmity between them was as good as resolved.
Thus, Tantai Lan's name resounded through every corner of the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent. The Tantai Lan was considered a prodigy of her generation twenty years ago, but at the moment, she had truly stepped into the ranks of the giants on the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent. Her every word and action would send tremors throughout the continent.
Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e had also become famous in their own right. Their battle with Qin Lian had been revealed to the world. The fact that the two had set off on the Path of Ascension had spread throughout the continent as well. Li Luo had chosen to destroy one of his Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfrieds in order to obtain a pyrrhic victory over the eighth-grade Duke Qin Lian. This incredible achievement was written into the Empyrean Chronicle. This glorious act was embedded on the very first page of it. All the other geniuses who had left their marks on the Empyrean Chronicle were instantly eclipsed by this.
A second-grade Duke beating an eighth-grade was incomprehensible. That display of power was enough to place him at the top of the rankings in the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent. However, just as his reputation was on the rise, he had secluded himself in the mountains, retreating from the furore. Therefore, the excitement died down fairly quickly.
After all, there were more important things going on in the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent. Specifically, the Other Disaster that had been unleashed on the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin's territories. The scale of which was far vaster than any ever seen before. A roiling, black tide filled with innumerable Others scattered across the region like a plague as it wreaked havoc. The tens of thousands of miles it engulfed were all transformed into inhospitable wastelands filled with death. It was a catastrophe for living beings.