Although the turmoil among the Four Ancient Nations did not become known throughout the entire Immortal Realm, it caused quite a stir in dozens of nearby states.
Initially, no one had faith in the Vermillion Bird Ancient Nation, believing the outcome was already determined. They thought the Vermillion Bird Ancient Nation would either submit or perish.
However, when the final news spread, it shocked the world. The Divine Son of the Jun family arrived with the Four Guards of Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain, displaying overwhelming power.
The person behind the Azure Dragon Ancient Nation was revealed to be the Champion Marquis of the Panwu Divine Dynasty.
The subsequent news made everyone's scalp tingle with shock. The Divine Son of the Jun family forcefully destroyed the Champion Marquis's avatar. Even the Azure Dragon Nation's ruler was casually killed by his guardian.
This contest between the Jun family's Divine Son and the Divine Dynasty's Champion Marquis ended with Jun Xiaoyao's complete victory.
However, many knew that the arrogant and temperamental Champion Marquis would not tolerate such a great loss.
Sure enough, within a few days, news spread from within the Panwu Divine Dynasty. Champion Marquis Yang Pan challenged Jun Xiaoyao to a battle atop the Purple Forbidden City.
The chosen date coincidentally fell on the same day the Divine Dynasty's Princess Wu Mingyue would select her consort.
This news created massive waves like a boulder dropping into the ocean.
Many understood Yang Pan's ulterior motives. Because on the day Princess Wu Mingyue selected her consort, countless forces would come to the Panwu Divine Dynasty to attend the ceremony.
Under such circumstances, the heat and influence of their battle would reach its peak.
If Yang Pan could truly defeat Jun Xiaoyao, the news would spread throughout the entire Desolate Heaven Immortal Realm in the shortest time possible.
At that time, the invincible myth of the Jun family's Divine Son would instantly shatter. The Champion Marquis could then rise to prominence by stepping on Jun Xiaoyao's reputation.
It must be said that Yang Pan's choice showed some cunning.
"Is that Champion Marquis really so confident in himself?" many discussed.
"Don't underestimate the Champion Marquis. He was chosen by the Panwu Emperor's Spirit Sword, and there are rumors he's the reincarnation of the Panwu Emperor."
"That should be just a rumor, but the Champion Marquis is indeed not weak. He's considered a top figure among the younger generation."
"Wonder if the Jun family's Divine Son will accept the challenge?"
"Let's wait and see..."
While others in the Immortal Realm waited for Jun Xiaoyao's response, he hadn't sent out any news.
This surprised many people. Could it be that the usually flamboyant Jun family Divine Son had become cowardly?
Little did they know that at this moment, Jun Xiaoyao was in the Vermillion Bird Ancient Nation's palace, studying the bronze compass.
He had already assembled the four compass pieces into a complete compass.
The complete compass appeared quite ancient and profound, carrying the weathered breath of time.
However, Jun Xiaoyao temporarily didn't know how to use it.
"Perhaps the time to use it hasn't come yet?" Jun Xiaoyao speculated.
The entire Immortal Realm hadn't had news of the Bronze Immortal Palace appearing for a long time.
Perhaps the time hadn't arrived yet.
When news of the Bronze Immortal Palace emerges again, this compass should prove greatly useful.
Thinking of this, Jun Xiaoyao stored the bronze compass in his spatial artifact.
"This journey has yielded quite good results," Jun Xiaoyao mused to himself.
Most importantly, he obtained the bronze compass.
Secondly, he also obtained the Ancient Saint Weapon, Phoenix Cry Mountain, through signing in at the palace.
Furthermore, he unified the Four Symbol Ancient Nations.
Now the power of the Four Symbol Ancient Nations far surpassed the previous scattered Four Ancient Nations.
Although still not comparable to the Immortal Dao Lineages, it was already considered a very top-tier force.
"A battle atop the Purple Forbidden City?" Jun Xiaoyao murmured.
Recently, news of the Champion Marquis's challenge had spread widely, and Jun Xiaoyao naturally knew about it.
He hadn't responded because he had been studying the bronze compass.
However, now Jun Xiaoyao didn't plan to respond either.
After all, he had already planned to personally attend on the day Wu Mingyue selected her consort.
As for the Champion Marquis, he would just suppress him along the way.
"Yang Pan, what lies ahead is hell..." Jun Xiaoyao smiled.
He knew that Yang Pan possessed the Panwu Emperor's Spirit Sword and was also a person of destiny.
In his eyes, that was just green leeks ready to be harvested.
Just as Jun Xiaoyao was calculating how to harvest Yang Pan later.
Far away in the Black Desert State, one of the Three Thousand Dao States.
This was a sparsely populated state, with vast stretches of wild mountains and desert wastes.
Among the Three Thousand Dao States, it was considered one with fewer cultivators, more desolate.
At this moment, outside a mountain range emanating primitive aura in the Black Desert State.
A youth wearing cyan robes, with handsome and delicate features, was kneeling on the ground, his eyes blood-red, howling to the sky.
It was Xiao Chen.
After the Yuantian Secret Treasury incident, following Azure Dragon Elder's guidance, Xiao Chen came to the Black Desert State, preparing to search for the ancient nest containing that ancestral dragon nest's ancient monster.
But just now, he accidentally learned news about the Azure Dragon Ancient Nation from a passing cultivator.
His father, the Azure Dragon Nation's ruler, was killed by Jun Xiaoyao's guardian.
The entire Azure Dragon Ancient Nation had fallen and merged into the Four Symbol Ancient Nation.
Now Xiao Chen didn't even have his identity as the Azure Dragon Ancient Nation's crown prince anymore.
He had thoroughly become a commoner without any background.
"The revenge for killing my father, the hatred for destroying my nation, Jun Xiaoyao, I Xiao Chen will definitely skin you alive, pull out your tendons, crush your bones and scatter them to the wind. If I don't achieve this oath, I won't live as a human!"
Xiao Chen howled to the sky, extreme hatred and rage surging in his heart.
Beside him, Azure Dragon Elder's soul form appeared, his old face extremely ugly.
He had said Xiao Chen was a child of national destiny, but now, there wasn't even a nation anymore.
More importantly, that thing was gone.
"Sigh, that bronze compass must have fallen into the Jun family Divine Son's hands. This youth truly planned too deeply," Azure Dragon Elder sighed deeply.
How could they know that from the moment Jun Xiaoyao met Bai Yu'er, he had already begun preparing to subdue the Four Ancient Nations.
As for the bronze compass, that was an unexpected bonus.
"Ancestor, I must become stronger, I must kill that Jun Xiaoyao, I must kill him!"
Xiao Chen's gaze was blood-red, his blood vessels about to burst, his entire person like one possessed.
"Xiao Chen, calm down, your dao heart is about to fall into demonic ways!" Azure Dragon Elder furrowed his white brows and shouted coldly.
"Fall into demonic ways, haha, so what if I fall into demonic ways, I must kill Jun Xiaoyao, no matter what price I pay!"
Xiao Chen's delicate face twisted, as fierce as a ghost!
"Have you forgotten, you still have two last trump cards, the Supreme Being's blood in the ancient nest, and Wu Mingyue and the Panwu Divine Dynasty," Azure Dragon Elder said.
These words were like cold water poured on Xiao Chen's head, making him instantly calm down.
"Right, I haven't lost yet, I still have Mingyue, I will marry her, she will definitely help me." Xiao Chen took a deep breath.
Thinking of that incomparably beautiful lady, Xiao Chen's mood gradually settled.
Even if he lost his father and lost his nation.
At least, there was still a beauty who would accompany him and help him.
However, Xiao Chen didn't know.
Wu Mingyue had concealed from him the news that she was Jun Xiaoyao's female slave.
If Xiao Chen eventually found out, it's unimaginable how mad he would become.