Three Flowers Gathering at the Peak, Invulnerable to All Laws-This Is the Grand Luo Dao Fruit!

At the same time.

An intangible aura descended from the heavens, silently settling onto Niu Ben.

Niu Ben's body trembled. He could sense that this was the Fortune bestowed by heaven and earth after the entire Ox Clan had gathered.

Just then.

A figure appeared at the entrance to the Great Hall.

"Ahem."

The newcomer coughed twice.

Every ox turned to look.

Seeing the arrival—no, the arriving ox—Niu Ben raised an eyebrow slightly.

It was the old ox who always told the young calves stories of the Ox Clan's ancient glory in the clearing.

The Ox Clan experts kneeling on the ground recognized him as well, and puzzled expressions appeared on their faces.

This old fellow usually babbled nonsense and bragged endlessly. What was he doing here now?

Niu Ben looked at him without speaking.

BOOM—!!!

A terrifying aura far surpassing every Golden Immortal and Grand Unity Golden Immortal within the hall erupted from that old ox's frail, withered body!

That aura was so desolate, so ancient, so tyrannical!

It seemed not to belong to this era, but to have crossed the endless river of time from the bloody age when Chaos had first opened and all races had fought for supremacy!

The mere aftershock of that aura made the sturdy Great Hall, forged from ten-thousand-year mystic iron, hum violently. Fine cracks visible to the naked eye even appeared across its walls!

Crack!

Crack, crack, crack!

It seemed ready to collapse into dust beneath this pressure at any moment!

Above the old ox's head, three crystalline lotus flowers containing endless Dao principles slowly emerged. They spun gently, radiating a might capable of suppressing eternity!

Of the three lotus flowers, one represented "essence," one represented "vital energy," and one represented "spirit"!

Upon every lotus, countless Great Dao runes rose and faded, while divine chains of heaven and earth's laws intertwined!

Three Flowers Gathering at the Peak, Invulnerable to All Laws—this was the Grand Luo Dao Fruit!

This might swept outward, no longer restrained in the slightest!

What?!

In an instant, every Ox Clan expert in the Great Hall—including the Yellow Ox Clan Leader and the Barbarian Ox Clan Chief—turned pale with shock. Their eyes widened round, their faces filled with utter disbelief!

"Thud!"

"Thud!"

Some of the weaker Golden Immortal ox demons could not even remain standing before this pure Daluo pressure!

Their legs shook violently like sieves. Unable to bear the trembling that rose from the depths of their souls, they collapsed one after another, gasping for breath, their eyes holding nothing but endless terror!

It was as though what stood before them was not an old ox, but a supreme Demon God who had stepped out of ancient myth!

Even the Yellow Ox Clan Leader and Barbarian Ox Clan Chief, two peak Grand Unity Golden Immortals, had gone deathly pale, their Dao Hearts shaken to the core!

The magic power they had been so proud of was as insignificant before this aura as an ant facing a divine dragon in the Nine Heavens Above!

They were not on the same level at all!

Niu Ben's face also showed surprise.

Divine light flashed through his eyes as he instantly saw through the old ox's true nature.

A Grand Luo Golden Immortal!

Three Flowers Gathering at the Top was the mark of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal's Dao Fruit!

This old fellow was actually a Grand Luo Golden Immortal!

A living, breathing Golden Immortal Demon King!

At that moment, the entire Great Hall fell deathly silent.

Monstrous waves surged through the minds of every member of the Ox Clan, and their thoughts nearly came to a halt!

None of them could have imagined that this decrepit old man, who had bragged in the clan for hundreds of thousands of years and whom nobody respected, was actually a genuine Golden Immortal Demon King!

Madness!

This world had gone completely mad!

In the past, the old ox would always chew on a grass root as he lazily lay in the sun on a hillside, bragging to newborn calves that he had personally witnessed the Ox Clan Progenitor split apart the Divine Mountain.

He also claimed that he had fought shoulder to shoulder with ancient great powers, charging in and out of the battlefield of the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity seven times.

He also claimed to have drunk immortal brew from a Primordial Golden Immortal's Dao Field and eaten the Phoenix Clan's undying divine medicine.

But not a single ox believed him. They had merely thought he was spouting lunacy, a muddleheaded old fool.

Quite a few oxen had even mocked and ridiculed him behind his back.

But now, this resplendent Grand Luo Golden Immortal pressure, like the might of heaven itself and capable of suppressing eternity, could not possibly be fake!

Could everything this old fellow had said be true?

Remembering how they had mocked a living Grand Luo Golden Immortal countless times, the hides of every ox bristled at once, and a chill shot from their tailbones straight to their scalps!

If he held a grudge, one breath from him could wipe out their bodies and souls!

In an instant, everyone's gazes darted back and forth between Niu Ben and the old ox.

The same thought arose in every ox's heart.

This old ox had hidden himself so deeply. Had he suddenly revealed his cultivation to contend with the new king for the position of Ox Clan ruler?

The moment that thought appeared, the atmosphere in the Great Hall became incomparably tense, so heavy it seemed as if water could drip from it.

That was it!

It had to be!

In the Primordial World, strength reigned supreme!

Only a Grand Luo Golden Immortal was an overlord of a region, only one had the qualifications to be called king!

Though Niu Ben was the new king, his cultivation was ultimately only that of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal. How could he contend with a true Grand Luo Golden Immortal?

Today, the Ox Clan would likely witness a world-shaking battle for the throne!

But in the next moment.

The old ox hunched over and walked forward step by step. Amid countless tense, doubtful, fearful, and stunned gazes, he made his way beneath the throne.

His steps were slow. Each one seemed to land upon the hearts of every ox, making their heartbeats skip.

At last, he stopped three steps away from the throne.

Then, he made a move that caused every ox's mind to crash and their thoughts to freeze completely.

The body that everyone had believed should stand tall against heaven and earth, the supreme majesty belonging to a Grand Luo Golden Immortal—all of it was withdrawn at that moment.

His knees gave way, and he deeply, devoutly prostrated himself before Niu Ben upon the throne.

Thud!

That dull sound of his kowtow was like Nine Heavens Thunder, exploding in the depths of every ox's soul!

"Niu Qing greets My King."

The old ox announced his name.

Niu Qing!

This was also the first time every ox in the hall had learned the true name of this mysterious old ox.

"You hid your cultivation within the clan. You must have some secret, I presume." Niu Ben looked at the kneeling Niu Qing below, his voice calm as water.

That bearing made the Ox Clan experts, whose hearts were already in turmoil, feel even greater reverence for the figure seated upon the throne, as though looking up at a towering mountain.

"That's right." Niu Qing raised his head. His clouded old eyes were now filled with sharp brilliance and fervor.

It was the fervor of someone who had found the faith of his life!