The Woodcutter Elder, Xiang Taixu

Destiny Observatory.

Tianshu, Earthmother, Xuanming, Huangxing, the Four Great Elders, stood respectfully below.

Above them stood an elderly man in a cyan Daoist robe.

He was the First Elder, the Observatory Master of Destiny, Tianyunzi.

Though they were all elders, even if the Four Great Elders were tied together, they would not be worth a single finger of Tianyunzi's; he could crush them all with ease.

Beside Tianyunzi stood a woodcutter, a firewood blade slung across his back.

He was Great Chu's First Ancestor, the Yin Yang Old Ancestor.

Clad in coarse linen, half his face smiled like an infant while the other half glared like a vicious ghost. Beneath his feet swam a yin-yang fish. Looking upon him felt like day and night had been overturned, reincarnation endlessly circling.

If Chu Jiang had been here, he would certainly have recognized this man as the old madman who had blocked his path in the Taixuan Secret Realm of Yun Province.

"Chu Jiang reached this stage in such a short time. He truly possesses heaven-bestowed talent. Compared to him, even the Destiny Observatory's Chosen One falls short by a notch."

With his hands behind his back, Tianyunzi gazed toward the Great Chu Imperial Capital and spoke calmly.

He released no aura, yet simply standing there gave off an immense pressure. He bore the air of an immortal, his bones forged of Dao.

Tianyunzi was not from this world. He came from the Outer Realm and had arrived in this world through a fortunate coincidence.

The Yin Yang Old Ancestor shook his head.

"Destiny has never been appointed by decree."

"The true Chosen Ones rise from the humblest dust, treading over fields strewn with corpses, defeating every heavenly prodigy and killing their way out."

"Only the one standing atop the world can