Tread Flat the Otherworld! Completely Devour Its World Origin Essence!

The heavy bronze gates of the Purple Heaven Palace swung fully open, revealing the ancient Dao Field within, vast and profound.

Saint Taishang flicked his fly whisk and stepped inside first.

Primordial Heavenly Lord and Tongtian Cult Master followed close behind.

Niu Ben walked calmly beside the Three Pure Ones, his hands clasped behind his back and his expression composed.

Saint Nuwa, Zhunti, Jieyin, as well as Haotian, Zhen Yuanzi, Ancestor Minghe, and the others, also restrained the magical power fluctuations radiating from their bodies and filed in obediently.

There were no elaborate or luxurious decorations within the Dao Palace.

Only wisps of pure, primordial Chaos Dao qi flowed slowly across the floor, turning into a thin mist.

Everyone took their places according to the seating order of old.

Taishang, Yuanshi, and Tongtian stood at the very front, in the center.

Nuwa stood to one side, while Zhunti and Jieyin stood on the other.

Niu Ben stood half a step beside the Three Pure Ones. His aura was tranquil, yet his entire presence faintly rivaled the Dao resonance of the whole Purple Heaven Palace.

Behind them stood Sub-Saint Great Experts such as Haotian, Zhen Yuanzi, and Ancestor Minghe. Every one of them held their breath, not daring to make the slightest sound.

Buzz!

A Nine-Colored Auspicious Cloud suddenly gathered out of thin air above the high platform at the very top of the Great Hall.

Three thousand chains of divine order descended from the depths of the void, producing crisp metallic clanks.

An aged figure clad in a simple grayish-white Daoist robe silently appeared atop the cloud bed.

The figure's face was withered, his eyes closed. Not the slightest powerful aura leaked from him, yet every Saint present felt a heavy pressure deep within their Primordial Spirit Sea.

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