Tai Yu.
Yu Ruins.
Yellow sands stretched endlessly beneath a darkened sky.
The Seventeenth Prince stood at the spot in the canyon where he had once obtained the Oracle Furnace Cauldron. His face was pale, his expression dazed, and he looked utterly lost.
This was also where the blood sacrifice had taken place. Yue Lijun, Si Dao Cangsheng, and several high-ranking officials from the Tai Yu Heavenly Temple and Primordial Chaos Army Prefecture had been sacrificed alive by Li Tianming, reduced to dregs. Their agonized cries had resounded throughout the entire Yu Ruins.
"News has come from the Source of Ten Thousand Evils and Dreams. Your Eldest Imperial Brother has failed."
Suddenly, an ancient, weathered voice drifted from the clouds ahead.
The Seventeenth Prince shuddered. He looked at the silhouette in the clouds. It was very tall, yet seemed ethereal and indistinct. The figure had clearly always been part of his life, yet the Seventeenth Prince often felt that he was impossibly far away.
"Imperial Father... Your Eldest Imperial Brother had a Primordial Evil Demon. How could he fail? At the very least, he should have been able to take the Source of Ten Thousand Evils and Dreams..." The Seventeenth Prince's voice was hoarse and trembling as he voiced the part he could not understand.
"It's perfectly normal. Even the Primordial Evil Demons fear me now." The figure's shoulders shook as he laughed. "Those who follow the Dao have many to help them; those who abandon it have few supporters. I have already abandoned the Dao, so it's only natural that they fear me. They won't let Li Tianming lose so easily. Ideally, he and I will both suffer heavy losses. Then everyone will be happy..."
"Abandoned the Dao?"
It clearly was not a good term.
The phrase often symbolized