Afterwards, upon acquiring the Heaven-Man Dual Cauldrons, the national destiny grew increasingly prosperous, and even began to extend and absorb the Dragon Vein's national destiny of the Han Empire. When Zuo Ci discovered this, he didn't find it unusual; after all, this was the way throughout history.

The absorption was particularly smooth this time. Considering Liu Bei was a Han Imperial Kinsman and indeed a revival under Guangwu, the previous national destiny offering little resistance was quite normal.

Under Zuo Ci's watch, a new generation of Dragon Vein national destiny grew rapidly, soon taking shape. At that time, Zuo Ci was rather proud of himself; however, before he could take pride, the already formed Dragon Vein national destiny began to grow stronger, extend toward the southwest and northwest, and even branched!

At that moment, Zuo Ci felt a collapse within, having never seen such a capricious national destiny. The westward extension of the national destiny made the National Grace significantly thinner, and the branches extending were far less grand than the Central Plains, even somewhat precarious.

Worse yet, passing through the three mountains in the northwest, the national destiny split into four; passing through the four major tributaries in the southwest, it split into five, making the entire national destiny explode into nine lines, each incredibly thin and sparse, seemingly ready to dissipate at any moment.

Zuo Ci was truly on the verge of collapse at that time; nearly half of the Han Empire's national destiny extended out, if dispersed, Zuo Ci stated he wouldn't need to consider dying, he would turn to ashes like the Lishan Goddess.

Helpless, Zuo Ci could only find someone to clean up the mess. Although immortals always used national destiny for peculiar purposes, regardless of which immortals, they all possessed the ability to watch over national destiny.

In the current dire situation, Zuo Ci reckoned that the national destiny that the Han Empire painstakingly gathered together would disperse under his watch due to some unknown reason, and he'd likely get struck by lightning as soon as he stepped out.

In a desperate move, Zuo Ci conveyed a message via incarnation to all living immortals once expelled from the Central Plains, asking them to help watch over the branches of national destiny, allowing them to refine themselves without harming the destiny.

Honestly, after the turmoil of the Heaven-Man Dual Cauldrons, those malicious-minded immortals have mostly died off; the remaining ones alive are masters among masters, such as Nan Dou and Northern Abyss, super masters of Ultimate Inner Qi Manifestation who are extremely difficult to kill.

Determined to pull this mixed bag down with him if misfortune befell him, Zuo Ci directly told this group of malicious-minded immortals to find nine powerful immortals to follow his command obediently to watch over the Dragon Vein national destiny, while others help him find the cause of the erratic extension.

Otherwise, before half of the Han Empire's national destiny extended and dissipated, Zuo Ci, the guardian of the Dragon Vein national destiny, would directly use the dissipating half for cursing these bastards, prompting the remaining nineteen malicious-minded immortals to come.

Nine were assigned to guard the Dragon Vein, with six more tasked to use Daoist Sect techniques to retract smaller branches attempting to extend further from the nine major branches to reduce wastage, while four immortal began researching why the national destiny is wandering.

Naturally, this group hasn't yet figured out much, but they did often refine themselves using the national destiny, and as the refining increased, their connection with the destiny also deepened a lot, which resulted in this group of malicious-minded immortals experiencing daily pain mixed with joy.

During the Han and Huns war, nearly all of the northern national destiny was merged into the Han Empire's national destiny; the heavens expanded further upon the Northern Huns' downfall, the nine branches also swelled and extended a section again, increasing the workload for this unfortunate group of immortals.

However, these immortals are indeed malicious-minded, meaning they are adept at wrongdoing, so several guessed parts of the cause, and as the Yizhou and Kushan war began, Northern Abyss and Nan Dou rushed southward directly to verify.

"Northern Abyss, I see the opponent looking to strike." Nan Dou silently transmitted to Northern Abyss.

"Ha." Northern Abyss's expression remained indifferent, suggesting a somewhat dismissive attitude.

"If you won't attack, I will." Nan Dou transmitted to Northern Abyss.

"Aren't you afraid of becoming entangled with karma?" Northern Abyss suddenly inquired.

"I'll just wash it away within the national destiny; you should know my nature is meant to create life, yet I've strayed to the dark path, I enjoy taking life." Nan Dou's icy voice conveyed to Northern Abyss.

"Able to wash away karma, thus acting without fear?" Northern Abyss did not even look at Nan Dou, "Become a puppet controlled by the urge to kill, are you still yourself?"

"Hmph, I agreed to guard the Dragon Vein national destiny for Zuo Ci just so I could freely eliminate all those I despise!" Nan Dou's voice, laced with murderous intent, transmitted to Northern Abyss.

Seeing Northern Abyss silent, Nan Dou once more transmitted to Northern Abyss, saying, "Northern Abyss, seems Nanhua spoke correctly back then, you are indeed too cowardly."

Noting Northern Abyss's lack of reaction, Nan Dou coldly snorted, unfazed even if alone, having secured a backup at the Dragon Vein he guarded; should it turn unfavorable, he'd self-destruct, killing Northern Abyss too, ending it all.

Hence, Nan Dou once more donned a benevolent facade while observing the three large monks opposite, "Big monk, do you think the Han Dynasty or the Kushan Empire will prevail?"

The big monk maintained folded hands, unmoved, "Certainly the Kushan Empire."

"But I believe the Han Empire will." Nan Dou revealed a look of puzzled amusement.

"If consensus is unreachable, we may as well await the outcome." Another big monk respectfully folded his hands towards Nan Dou.

"But I can't wait any longer." Nan Dou displayed a serene smile, "Could the three of you perhaps enlighten me?"

Without waiting for the third monk to speak, Nan Dou transformed into starlight, charging forward while golden light akin to glass erupted from the three monks.

That moment, purple-blue starlight frantically sliced the golden glass light enveloping the monks, while they slowly reached for the flowing light, instantaneously compressing the surrounding light as if confined.

Just as the flowing light was confined, about to be grasped by a massive hand, Northern Abyss sidestepped, directly removing the right arm of the monk capturing Nan Dou from the front, as the confined light vanished suddenly, reappearing behind the remaining two monks, with left hand for Director of Life and right hand for Overcoming Calamity, turning the two monks into Vital Energy.

In the next instant, Northern Abyss flicked his embroidered robe sleeve, directly absorbing the Vital Energy into his sleeve, only to witness the sleeve quiver, followed by no further movement, as even the monk whose arm Northern Abyss removed transformed into Vital Energy absorbed within.

"Hmph, I truly believed you wouldn't intervene." Nan Dou sneered.

"Indeed, merely a thought." Northern Abyss dismissed Nan Dou's comment, "Seems the opponent is indeed very profound."

"Have you two discovered anything new?" Yet another immortal flew over, questioning Nan Dou and Northern Abyss.

"Nothing; we were preparing to attempt pulling the southernmost national destiny to see if it could activate Kushan's destiny." Nan Dou sighed.

"However, the current issue is, Kushan doesn't have national destiny." Northern Abyss addressed the newcomer, "By the way, if I'm not mistaken, their destiny is permanently fixed."

"Permanently fixed national destiny?" The newcomer doubted, "How could such a thing be possible? If national destiny could be permanently fixed, the Han Dynasty would have become an eternal empire long ago."

Northern Abyss retrieved a faint Radiance from his sleeve, "The Kushan Empire's national destiny is presumably solidified onto individuals and artifacts. Acquire the artifacts, eliminate those individuals, and directly obtain it, though the persistent Kushan National Grace means that solidified destiny can barely be plundered, only suppressed."

"We can imitate it." Northern Abyss succinctly proposed.

"Though feasible, we can't accomplish it." The newcomer nodded in agreement, "Continue investigating other methods; I'll go consult with Zuo Ci."