Yang Yan laughed heartily, then gently shook his head and said nonchalantly:

"As the saying goes, planning is with humans, but success is with heaven. No one can control the future; my arrangements are just doing my best."

"If things really turn out as I predict, by that time I won't have the ability to stop you."

Blue Sky Knight rolled her eyes at Yang Yan:

"Tsk tsk! It sounds nice. With your scheming, handing the academy and these things to me, how could you not have some preventive measures?"

Yang Yan said nothing, which was akin to agreeing with her guess.

In fact, that was indeed the case.

Yang Yan naturally had also thought about the situation he mentioned.

At the same time, he also had corresponding preventive measures.

After handing over the Fire Origin to Blue Sky Knight, Yang Yan received a message from Xiaocao.

Jing Hong and the others had already returned to the villa.

Zhou Hanyun and Zhou Hanyu were happily staying at the academy, saying they'd stay here for a few days.

Yang Yan did not object.

The academy had various defense mechanisms he set up.

As long as they were in the academy, things like their previous kidnapping in Manhattan would never happen again.

He himself had a pile of things waiting to be handled, so he returned to the villa to meet Jing Hong and the others.

After returning to the villa, Xiaocao informed him that Jing Hong and the others were waiting in the backyard.

Yang Yan hurriedly followed over.

From a distance, he heard the voice of that rascal Juechen, seemingly horsing around with another fatty, Fuzze.

Just as the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together.

These two, much like him, despite being grown-ups, often acted without propriety.

Jing Hong was, as usual, sitting seriously on the chair with a gloomy face like a sulking gourd.

Behind him, Juechen and Fuzze were juggling several balls in the air like they just came out of a circus.

Judging by the looks, these two were having a competition!

The others were much quieter.

Red Dust and San Qian were playing pool.

San Qian wasn't very skilled; as soon as Yang Yan entered, he noticed him secretly using space manipulation to cheat.

Red Dust didn't bother to argue with him, pretending not to see.

Mu Qingcheng and Frost Heaven were on the side, discussing what shade of nail polish looked better.

The other three swords were sent by Yang Yan to pick up representatives of Hidden World powers and weren't present.

"Moonlight Boss, you're here, quickly help me see how many balls he actually threw; my eyes blurred, couldn't count them."

This Fatty Fuzze seemed to have good eyesight; as soon as Yang Yan entered, he noticed and pointed at Juechen, whose hands were spinning like propellers, tossing a hundred or so balls.

"You say, despite both being fatties, why are others' hands so dexterous?"

"Whereas yours, besides being plump like pig trotters making one feel hungry, they're pretty useless."

Yang Yan didn't answer his idle question but instead joked teasingly.

Hearing this, Fuzze was immediately discontent.

He grumbled:

"His hand speed was trained lacking a girlfriend; as for Master Fatty, I don't know how many women outside threw themselves at me!"

"Ah!"

As soon as he finished, Fatty let out a scream similar to a pig getting slaughtered.

Juechen, playing with balls in hand, launched them all at him.

Yang Yan felt quite fortunate for Fatty.

Bear in mind, Juechen usually played this with darts and daggers.

"Alright, let's discuss serious matters!"

After Juechen and Fatty finished their playful antics, Yang Yan slightly gathered himself.

Everyone also instantly became serious.

They understood Yang Yan's style.

If there weren't urgent matters, Yang Yan wouldn't have called them back from their important investigations.

"San Qian, speak about the information you've gathered about the Space Origin!"

Once everyone was seated, Yang Yan first opened his mouth directing his gaze at San Qian.

"We have some progress; based on the previously discovered location of the Origin and the information gathered over this period."

"We can basically conclude that the Space Origin is hidden within the space turbulence linking the present world and Hidden World."

San Qian's response allowed Yang Yan to breathe a sigh of relief.

Before this, he was worried San Qian hadn't discovered the whereabouts of Space Origin.

After all, without the Space Origin, his planned arrangements wouldn't have any necessity to proceed.

San Qian speaking so assuredly also meant that the Space Origin was practically located.

As for how to acquire it, that was no longer an issue.

"Then San Qian will accompany me to those areas of space turbulence, what about you all?"

Yang Yan shifted his gaze from San Qian to sweep across the others.

Jing Hong was the first to speak, stating he hadn't found any clues about other Powers of Origin.

Yang Yan didn't take it to heart.

After all, these Origins scattered throughout Hidden World and the present world in remote places aren't easy to find.

Juechen, Frost Heaven, and Mu Qingcheng had good luck; the places they explored already had traces of the Power of Origin.

This meant that among the seven people Yang Yan sent to gather information, four Origins had been found in that period.

They were the Space Origin discovered by San Qian, Water Origin discovered by Frost Heaven, Light Wood Origin found by Juechen and Mu Qingcheng.

Along with the Thunderfire Origin obtained earlier, among the ten ironclad Origins, Yang Yan and his group now mastered six.

"Next, San Qian will accompany me to those Time Turbulence Space Areas, and the others will be tasked to quickly retrieve the remaining three Origins."

Upon understanding the intelligence they brought back, Yang Yan made arrangements.

According to previous plans, his goal was every ironclad Power of Origin.

But given the urgency of the situation, they could only collect as much as they managed to find.

As for the matters of Longevity Sect, amidst the imminent large-scale invasion crisis by external Demon Race, he had no time to pay attention.

"Boss, do these Origin powers relate to the upcoming battle?"

As soon as they returned, Xiaocao informed them about the Demon Race issue.

Upon hearing Yang Yan's arrangements, Juechen chimed in from the side.

Yang Yan nodded, hiding nothing from his inner plans:

"The Demon Race currently cannot breakthrough the Heavenly Dao Barrier, but with their strength and Manhattan as a mole, their invasion is just a matter of time."

"I and Ao Tian plan to have this war take place in Hidden World, requiring the use of Space Origin for this."

"In case we truly struggle to resist, I will completely sever the passage between Hidden World and the present world."

"At that time, even if we all perish in battle, we must at least safeguard the present world."

Speaking in the end, Yang Yan's expression turned especially solemn and serious:

"Apart from Space Origin, other Powers of Origin are our last hope to remain in the present world."

"Even if I sever the spatial connection between the two worlds completely, given enough time Demon Race, even if they can't stitch them together entirely, could set up a Space Passage to the present world."

Later, Yang Yan also shared the news of giving Thunderfire Origin to Lei Ming and Blue Sky Knight.

Once he finished speaking, everyone couldn't help but look at each other, as the atmosphere became particularly heavy.