The level 10 represents the pinnacle of perfection, where everything is eternal, and boundless power resides.

Feng Yuan directly tried to glimpse the Dao of Heaven, attempting to search for his closest blood relatives. However, his brows furrowed as he found nothing.

How is this possible?

There were only two potential reasons for this result: either his mother had already passed away, or someone even stronger than him was hiding her presence.

Feng Yuan narrowed his eyes. No matter the truth, he needed to confirm it for himself.

However, after more searching, he still found nothing. It became clear that a stronger entity was indeed concealing her, which is why he couldn't detect anything. Normally, even if his mother were deceased, he would have sensed it.

"Use cultivation time: one hundred thousand years."

Since his current cultivation wasn't enough, he decided to increase it.

"Does the host wish to suppress the fluctuation of cultivation?" The system's cold voice echoed in his mind, and Feng Yuan immediately chose to suppress it.

His aura started rising sharply.

"Breaking through to the level 10 realm Mid layer... the 10 Perfection... Early-layer Level 11 ... Mid layer 11 ... Late-layer Level 11 ..."

This one hundred thousand years of cultivation allowed him to break through an entire major realm. However, Feng Yuan frowned slightly and said again: "Use two million years of cultivation."

His aura surged again, rapidly rising as if he were cultivating personally, without any side effects.

"Late Layer level 11.. Early-layer Level 12 ... Mid Level 12 ... Late-layer Level 12 ... Early Level Ancient Saint..."

These two million years of cultivation allowed Feng Yuan to ascend two major levels.

At this point, Feng Yuan felt as though he could do anything, as if the entire world was under his control. His divine sense spread out, instantly covering the whole Eastern Domain, and everything that happened entered his mind,here were no secrets before him. He realized that if he so wished, he could wipe out the entire Eastern Domain with just a wave of his hand.

So, this is the Ancient Saint Realm, huh?

Feng Yuan probed again, and this time he finally detected a faint trace of his bloodline.

Found her!

Upon reaching such a level, many truths about Heaven and Earth became clear to him naturally. He now knew that above the Ancient Saint Realm, there was the Supreme Sage Realm. Beyond that was the Emperor Realm, which was divided into three Levels : Quasi-Emperor, Emperor, and Ancient Emperor. However, the last person known to have reached the Emperor Realm had disappeared several hundred thousand years ago.

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Just as Feng Yuan was about to fully dedicate himself to the search, the surrounding void began collapsing, spreading rapidly. It seemed that the world could no longer withstand his power. If he insisted on probing further, millions of miles would be reduced to nothingness.

What's happening?

Feng Yuan's brow furrowed. Could it be that the Dao of Heaven in this world is so weak?

Quickly pulling back his senses, Feng Yuan pondered how to find his mother without causing the void to collapse and countless lives to perish. He knew that forcing his way forward could destroy a large part of the Eastern Domain.

After much thought, Feng Yuan decided to stop.

Since his mother was still alive and protected by such powerful cultivators, he reasoned that she would be safe for now. Though he couldn't pinpoint her exact location, he knew for sure that she was still within the Heaven of the Unknown. As long as she was there, they would meet sooner or later.

Furthermore, the one obscuring her presence was likely a Late-layer level 10 or higher. With such immense power, it wouldn't be hard to locate her in Heaven of the Unknown, given enough time.

But still... What's wrong with this world's Dao of Heaven?

Feng Yuan focused on the Dao of Heaven in the Heaven of the Unknown, sensing that it was incredibly weak, as though it was on the verge of collapse.

Suddenly, a strange voice echoed in Feng Yuan's mind, and the power of the Dao of Heaven around him began fluctuating violently.

What is this!?

Feng Yuan was stunned, his expression turning serious. It seemed as though the Dao of Heaven was communicating with him, much like a wild beast pleading for help. The voice was filled with anguish, despair, and fear.

Just as Feng Yuan tried to investigate further, the presence of the Dao of Heaven vanished without a trace, leaving him with nothing.

What's going on!?

His brow furrowed. Something serious was happening within the Heaven of the Unknown, but he had no idea what it was.

Even with his previous strength, Feng Yuan hadn't noticed anything amiss. It was only after breaking through to the Ancient saint Realm and investigating the Dao of Heaven that he became aware of this mysterious situation.

This world was hiding something.a profound secret.

Even with all his probing, Feng Yuan couldn't find an answer, leaving him feeling perplexed.

As for his mother, Feng Yuan realized that he didn't need to search for her. The people who had placed a bounty on the Feng family through the Dark Sentinel, would know where the Feng family was and likely attack them soon.

Interesting.

Feng Yuan smiled. If everything were calm and peaceful, it would be boring. He had plenty of trump cards left, and if worse came to worst, he could use all of his accumulated cultivation,hundreds of billions of years of power were enough to reach an unfathomable level.

If that didn't work, he still had the summoning card for System.

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Since the annihilation of the four great families, the Feng family had entered a period of rapid development.

After inheriting the wealth of the four great families, the Feng family had become unimaginably rich, possessing over thirty billion spirit stones alone. In addition, there were countless natural treasures and assets that would provide them with a continuous stream of resources.

Among the four great families, the He family had been the smallest, with a population nearing ten thousand, but the Wang family was even more formidable, boasting nearly seventy thousand people.

Despite their large families and high expenses, they had still managed to amass vast amounts of wealth.

With fewer members in the Feng family, this meant that each person received a greater share of resources. Originally, the resources for the main branch had increased tenfold, but after the destruction of the four great families, their resources had increased another threefold. Even the branch families saw their resources triple.

Half a month after the fall of the four great families, the surrounding cities, Myriad Demons City, Vastmile City, and Snowgale City, all came to the Feng family to offer their congratulations.

In the eastern part of the Heaven of the Unknown, there were five major cities: Ancient Revival City, Vastmile City, Snowgale City, Flat Sun City, and Wind and Snow City.

These five cities had similar levels of strength and were in an alliance, similar to a coalition of nations. They managed their own affairs but provided mutual support against external threats.