Heavenly Dao birth and death was an omen of the Heavenly Dao, but it did not merely foretell that the sages would be halved. It also foretold the collapse of the Heavenly Dao of this world. Since the Heavenly Dao was about to collapse, the Heavenly Dao Eye closed its eyes in mourning.
All kinds of rumors and speculation left the billions of living beings in this world deeply uneasy.
This unease had even reached the front lines battling the Holy Hall. The frontline troops, too, harbored deeply unsettling guesses, even rumors, because they had not received combat orders for a very long time.
An incomparably oppressive feeling shrouded the entire foreign realm.
Everyone felt as though a bowstring were slowly being drawn taut, leaving them breathless...
The topic returned to Dao Mountain.
At the summit of the seventh level of Steps on Dao Mountain, all was quiet as an ancient long night.
No birdsong, no insect chirping, no human voices...
Because this place was extraordinarily special.
To reach here, one had to fully comprehend the Seven Laws of Heavenly Dao. How could ordinary people possibly achieve that?
Of course, there was another way to arrive: using a sage's Heaven-Reaching Sage, earth-shaking Great Divine Ability to clash head-on with the Seven Laws of Heavenly Dao.
Yet this method was, in truth, a false proposition.
Before the sages of this world assumed the karma of the Heavenly Dao, they did not belong to this Heavenly Dao. If one used a sage's combat strength to oppose the Seven Laws of Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao would directly deem it a provocation. When the Heavenly Dao Eye opened and closed, it could probably erase one with ease.
Thus, throughout the long span of three thousand years, none of this world's eighty sages had