"Dao Ancestor, Ten Thousand Scroll Heavenly Book—is what you said true?"
Fairy Yutong's face was filled with urgency. As the foremost powerhouse of the Spirit World, she rarely had moments when she lost her composure like this. One could well imagine just how extraordinary this intelligence was.
Peacock did not speak. After all, she did not know Li Yutong.
"She's one of us." Lin Xuan nodded to her.
Only then did Peacock lower her guard.
And with this slight delay, Li Yutong had already descended before them.
"What did you say just now? That fellow calls himself Dao Ancestor and wants to refine the Ten Thousand Scroll Heavenly Book?"
"That's right." Yuanyuan nodded.
Fairy Yutong's face turned as pale as paper, and her murmured words entered their ears. "Dao Ancestor... I never thought he had truly cultivated to such a realm, and even obtained the Ten Thousand Scroll Heavenly Book."
"Fairy, just what is a Dao Ancestor, and what kind of treasure is the Ten Thousand Scroll Heavenly Book?" Lin Xuan could not help asking.
"Dao Ancestor... actually, I have spoken of it before." Fairy Yutong sighed, her face full of sorrow. "The earliest True Immortals were born with transcendent strength, but that does not mean they could not cultivate and advance. Yet unlike cultivation, which has eight realms, a true Immortal has only one goal in cultivation, and that is Dao Ancestor..."
"Dao Ancestor?"
"That's right. Although there is only one realm, it is far more difficult than a mortal cultivating to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage. A Dao Ancestor can be said to have grasped all the laws of the Primordial Chaos universe, a truly omnipotent existence."
"Then was the True Person Huayu of the past a Dao Ancestor?" Yue'er could not help speaking up.
"No. Huayu was only