Those words struck every heart like a needle driven deep.
It was true.
Even with his power suppressed by the laws and his strength diminished, he had escaped the siege of more than thirty Great Luo True Realm experts.
How terrifying would he be at his full strength?
At the peak of the Unity Realm?
Or... had he been at the peak of the Unity Realm all along?
The thought of such a terrifying being holding a grudge against them made everyone's heart tremble.
"Are we just going to let this go?" one true lord asked, unwilling to accept it.
"If we don't, what can we do?" another shot back. "Go into the Storm Eye and look for him?"
A suffocating silence fell over the hall once more.
Despair, resentment, and fear spread through the crowd.
"Things haven't reached the worst point yet."
Celestial Pivot True Lord, who had remained silent until now, finally spoke.
He swept his gaze across the crowd and said gravely, "We lost. That is a fact."
"But we are not without means to strike back."
Every gaze turned to him again.
"He is indeed strong—absurdly strong." A cool light flickered in Celestial Pivot True Lord's eyes.
"But he also revealed his greatest weakness."
"What weakness?"
"He needs Fortune," Celestial Pivot True Lord said, enunciating each word.
"He needs vast amounts of Fortune to scour the Dao Mark from his body and break those Rule Shackles."
"That is our opportunity."
"You mean..." True Lord Shenluo's heart stirred.
"If we can't bring him down, then let everyone in the Primordial Universe do it!"
Celestial Pivot True Lord's lips curved into a cold smile.
"Doesn't he need Fortune? Then we'll cut off every source of it!"
"Doesn't he want to find somewhere to hide and slowly recover his