Beginningless Origin Land, Mysterious Void.
A white-haired old man happened to pass through the void where the Zi Dao Creation Space was located. Seeing Purple Qi swirling within and Origin Essence scattering about, he was seized by the urge to plunder it, so he summoned a spell and attacked the barrier.
Sensing the disturbance, Zi Dao flashed out of the barrier and appeared before the old man to question him.
The old man was disdainful. Without another word, he turned and attacked Zi Dao.
Zi Dao resisted with all his strength, but his own cultivation was inferior to the old man's. He was struck by the attack, leaking a trace of Origin Essence, and fled back into the space to discuss a response with Shang.
Zhang Xuan, who had been lounging comfortably in the great hall, naturally sensed it. With a thought, he arrived. He glanced at Zi Dao without saying anything, then appeared directly behind the old man attacking the barrier.
"Have you attacked enough?"
"You entered my space. What exactly do you want?"
With a thought, Zhang Xuan teleported the old man into the space.
The old man stared at Zhang Xuan in shock, terror filling his heart.
He was an Early Source Realm Venerable. Yet he had been so casually teleported into someone else's space?
Could he... could he be a Source Lord? The old man was horrified as the thought struck him.
With a thud, he dropped to his knees. "Senior, spare my life! I-I didn't know this was your cultivation grounds. As they say, ignorance is no crime. Please, Senior, forgive this Junior just this once, considering I didn't know beforehand."
Zhang Xuan smiled. "Forgive you?"
"This Seat hates it most when beating the young brings the old, beating the old brings someone even older,