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Leaving the hidden palace, Qin Le returned to the hill where he had started. With a thought, he retrieved the deadly weapon in his hand and nurtured it in his dantian.

He looked down at the communication jade still connected to his palm, and spoke calmly, "Your Majesty, in the future... I'm afraid similar attacks will only increase, won't they?"

The Jade Emperor's voice was unwavering, giving a definite answer: "It's not 'I'm afraid,' it's certain. They will spare no effort to rescue more of their kind and expand their power."

"Can the Celestial Realm... withstand it?" Qin Le asked directly, "There are ten such strongholds."

There were originally ten strongholds belonging to the traitors.

If the intelligent Chaos Beasts occupy and transform all ten strongholds, it would mean ten similar dangerous lairs, each guarded by a Quasi-Saint and teeming with Great Luo Golden Immortals and Golden Immortals.

If a group led by just one Flame Bull is already this troublesome, imagine if there were nine of them... the consequences would be unimaginable.

Qin Le could think of this obvious threat, and the Jade Emperor, who ruled the Heavenly Court and oversaw everything, was naturally even more aware of it.

But anticipating problems is one thing; being able to effectively deal with them is another.

Hearing Qin Le's question, the Jade Emperor's voice became somewhat heavy: "It's difficult. If all ten strongholds develop to their current scale... the Heavenly Realm will be forced to lose several important battlefields."

This is a cold-blooded assessment based on the current balance of power between the two sides. The Celestial Realm's top-tier combat power is truly stretched thin.

The fact that they were able to quickly dispatch the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden to provide assistance during the previous attack on Nebula City was already the limit.

If the intelligent Chaos Beasts at all ten strongholds launch attacks simultaneously or in batches, the Celestial Realm simply cannot muster enough powerful warriors to intercept and suppress them one by one.

"It seems... we can only let them run rampant for a while." Qin Le let out a soft breath, his tone tinged with helplessness, but his eyes remained calm: "We'll deal with them all at once in a few years."

"Well, for now... this is all we can do." The Jade Emperor's voice also carried a sense of helplessness, but it also contained a hint of expectation.

The Jade Emperor knew what Qin Le meant by "a few years later".

Now, Li Jiuyuan has shed the burden of countless ages of bloodshed and holds the foundation of the Great Dao. A few years is enough for her to reach that supreme realm.

If successful, the birth of a new saint will be enough to sweep away these so-called intelligent chaotic beasts.

A few years is but a fleeting moment in a war that often lasts for millennia.

However, Qin Le and the Jade Emperor also understood that even if they could not completely stop it, they had to do their best to delay and weaken the expansion of the intelligent Chaos Beast.

Their existence and growth are inevitably closely linked to the timing mentioned by Chaos.

Now, it's a race against time.

It remains to be seen whether Li Jiuyuan will ascend to the holy throne first, or whether the opportune moment awaited by Chaos will arrive first.

After exchanging a few more words with the Jade Emperor, Qin Le cut off the communication.

He took one last look at the distant, illusory palace hidden in the void, then raised his hand to summon a flying magical artifact. The artifact transformed into a seemingly ordinary emerald green bamboo leaf.

Qin Le stepped onto the bamboo leaf, and with a slight thought, the bamboo leaf carried him, transforming into an inconspicuous stream of light, quietly soaring into the sky and flying towards the direction of the next traitor's stronghold marked in the information on the Law Source Stele.

The reason he stopped hunting there was not because he was soft-hearted, but because his efficiency had become extremely low.

Although the spacetime disturbance caused by the Flame Bull did not harm him, it made the spacetime structure inside the palace extremely unstable, greatly increasing the difficulty for Qin Le to perfectly conceal himself.

This also allows those Golden Immortal-level Chaos Beasts to detect the barely perceptible spatial fluctuations before he makes his move, thus enabling them to dodge in advance.

Continuing to entangle them is pointless; it would be better to investigate other strongholds and ascertain the enemy's overall strength and weaknesses.

Time slipped away quietly amidst the rush and exploration. In the blink of an eye, another half a year had passed.

Two full years have passed since Qin Le and his group ascended to the Heavenly Realm.

In the past six months, Qin Le has also investigated two other traitor strongholds based on intelligence.

The result was predictable—they had already been overtaken by the intelligent Chaos Beasts and replaced.

At the same time, Qin Le's infiltration became less foolproof.

The intelligent Chaos Beast seemed to have mastered a peculiar secret technique, allowing it to subtly sense the presence of the creature when it approached or was preparing to attack.

Qin Le knew without guessing the source of this secret technique—it must have come from the Chaos itself.

Having suffered a great loss, the Flame Ox obviously reported his predicament to higher authorities.

Although this secret technique cannot help them attack Qin Le in different times and spaces, it can greatly enhance their early warning capabilities, making his sneak attacks much more difficult.

This made Qin Le somewhat depressed.

The enemy is not only strong and organized, but also knows how to keep up with the times and constantly update its countermeasures, making it far more difficult to deal with than those traitors who only know how to hide.

In the past six months, the activities of the intelligent Chaos Beasts have been unusually frequent and rampant.

They demonstrated remarkable coordination, with teams from different outposts even cooperating to launch joint attacks on areas of relatively weak defense.

With their strength far exceeding that of ordinary celestial generals, and their lightning-fast attack speed, they successfully rescued a large number of suppressed Golden Immortal and Great Luo Golden Immortal level Chaos Beasts from various battlefields.

Most disturbingly, it even included hundreds of quasi-saint level, mindless chaos beasts!

This is undoubtedly extremely bad news for the Three Realms. The enemy's high-end combat power is expanding at a visible rate.

However, the Celestial Realm seemed somewhat powerless in the face of this situation.

The absolute shortage of top-tier combat power makes it difficult for them to effectively intercept or counter the attacks of intelligent Chaos Beasts, and they can often only passively defend and reduce losses.

Qin Le was temporarily at a loss as to what to do about this.

With his current combat strength, relying on the Emperor's Fire and the Ferocious Weapon, he can easily deal with Golden Immortals, but he would struggle to achieve much against groups of Great Luo Golden Immortals or even Quasi-Saints who have early warning capabilities.

Fortunately, the resurrection point created by Qin Le has become the Heavenly Realm's greatest source of confidence at this moment.

No matter how devastating the attack by the intelligent Chaos Beasts was, the soldiers of the Celestial Realm no longer had to endure the despair of casualties.

The worst outcome is simply retreating to the respawn point, and returning to the battlefield fully recovered a day later.

This almost rogue mechanism greatly stabilized morale and gave the Celestial Realm the resources to maneuver and endure with the enemy.

Otherwise, the activity of the intelligent chaotic beasts over the past six months alone would have been enough to cause incalculable personnel losses on the front lines of the Heavenly Realm.

In the Heavenly Court, within the Secret Realm of Time.

Qin Le sat cross-legged, his body emanating a vast and profound Daoist aura, a Daoist aura that directly reached the level of the Heavenly Dao.

He was giving a sermon to his companions in front of him—Chen Yun, Chu Xiaonan, Lu Qingshuang, Luo Qiuyue, Li Yanran, and Wang Zhiheng—once in two years.

Under the influence and guidance of the Dao, the six people were immersed in a deep understanding, and each of them gained a deeper and more essential understanding and sorting out of the laws they held.

Meanwhile, in the mortal realm, those relatives who had received Qin Le's special gifts were also quietly surrounded by this shared Daoist energy that transcended spatial barriers.

At Qin Le's home, Qin Shoudao and Lin Wanrou, who were arguing heatedly about the details of a certain pill formula, suddenly stopped talking at the same time.

The profound Daoist principles flowed through my heart, and those originally tangled and difficult alchemy techniques seemed to be gently parted by an invisible hand, becoming clear and bright, and inspiration flowed like a spring.

In the dean's office of a certain cultivation academy, Shen Qingyan, the older cousin who was working on official business, suddenly paused in her hand holding the jade pen.

A natural flow of Daoist energy emanated from her body, causing the dormant laws within her to resonate slightly. She involuntarily closed her eyes and entered a rare state of profound enlightenment.

In a certain trial realm, my cousin, who was fighting against a powerful demon beast, suddenly found his moves becoming increasingly fluid and sharp. His understanding and application of magic and supernatural powers were rapidly deepening and improving under the blessing of Daoist principles.

In addition, there were her older cousin's parents, her older cousin's parents, Qin Le's grandparents, and Qin Le's maternal grandmother...

All the close relatives who wore the gifts given by Qin Le experienced varying degrees of enlightenment and improvement in their respective lives and spiritual practice at this moment.

This gift from Qin Le is quietly benefiting everyone he cherishes in this unique way.