After roughly forty-nine days, the Dao Lord Assembly ended.
All the Dao Lords departed one after another, and Qi Yuan was no exception.
However, before he left, a Dao Lord called out to stop him.
"Young friend, wait."
"Old man, what do you want with me?"
Qi Yuan looked at this ordinary-faced Dao Lord.
This Dao Lord was none other than Gou Dao Lord.
His face was so plain that, tossed into a crowd, he would be utterly unremarkable—hard to notice, without the slightest sense of presence.
"Young friend, your talent is the greatest this old man has ever seen. Perhaps you do not think much of the Dao Lord realm and have chosen True Spirit Reincarnation.
"This old man wishes to say that the waters of True Spirit Reincarnation run deep."
Gou Dao Lord spoke with a grave expression.
"This old man does not know how many ages I have lived through, but I have seen far too many true geniuses.
"They became stuck at the World Lord realm and refused to break through, ultimately choosing True Spirit Reincarnation.
"Among the World Lords who chose True Spirit Reincarnation, this old man alone knows of seventeen thousand two hundred."
Gou Dao Lord wore a reminiscing expression.
Most of those World Lords possessed extraordinarily high talent. Some had willingly chosen True Spirit Reincarnation, while others had done so at the command of Dao Lords.
Some of those World Lords had even had the hope of grasping a Dao and entering the Dao Lord realm.
Yet becoming a Dao Lord meant entering the cycle, so they would rather undergo True Spirit Reincarnation.
"So many World Lords have undergone True Spirit Reincarnation, and even the number of Dao Lords is in the double digits, but... not a single one has returned." Gou Dao