The Four Dogs of Immortal Pivot indeed lived up to their reputation.
In the Void Darkness Land, Lu Yang let out a deep sigh. He was not too angry; after cursing them out, he calmed down and began considering his way forward.
"Though the situation is fairly critical, it hasn't reached the point of a Dead Save. After all, when I initially chose my cultivation level and restored my Great True Lord cultivation, the Heavenly Dao showed no reaction whatsoever. It only detected the anomaly when I circulated dharma power and shrank the earth to an inch."
Thus, the Hundred Lives Book remained reliable.
If he had to put it bluntly, a Great True Lord's presence was simply too conspicuous—like a firefly in the dead of night. So long as it existed, it was impossible not to draw attention.
"But what exactly is the Heavenly Dao?"
Lu Yang sat cross-legged in the Void Darkness, his brow tightly furrowed as he recalled that fleeting sensation. He murmured softly, "Heaven and earth possess their qi; all things possess their destinies."
Fortune, Destiny.
When he had spoken with the old man of Star Soul before, these two had been listed among the Five Great Heavenly Numbers. It had even been stated outright that someone among the Four Dogs of Immortal Pivot cultivated them.
"Now that I think about it, it may be the Sword Pavilion Dao Lord and the Dao Court Lord. One cultivates Fortune, the other cultivates Destiny, and together they constructed the Heavenly Dao? Using the primordial qi of all heavens to govern the fate of all things... no, something still feels incomplete. It doesn't seem like a whole entity."
Lu Yang's brow gradually tightened.
"If it were the true Heavenly Dao, bearing such an Image, how could it stop at