Unless...
The red-haired old man before him
was no ordinary Great Emperor,
but a Supreme Great Emperor.
Among the elements of water,
the power of mutual generation and restraint was immense.
Even if Hong Chidao's cultivation was slightly higher than Xuan Yuan Haoran's,
he could not possibly overturn the natural dominance of water over fire!
"What? Surprised? Don't tell me you thought I was, like you, merely some petty Great Emperor?" Hong Chidao said with a smile.
Everyone's expressions stiffened, and they felt their hearts stop for an instant. A petty Great Emperor?
Could it be...
this red-haired old man was not a Great Emperor,
but a Sage?
But how was that possible?
How could Xiao Chen, a youth from the Mortal World, have a Sage backing him?
How could this world, where the Great Dao was incomplete, possibly nurture an existence at the level of a Sage?
"There were rumors before that Xiao Chen had a Sage behind him, one who had slain three Great Emperors for him. Could the rumors be true?"
"But the rumors said that the Sage behind Xiao Chen was a peerless demon serpent with a head full of gray hair, not this red-haired old man!"
The higher-ups of Dao Peak Mountain were astonished. They suddenly recalled that rumor which had once seemed absurd and laughable to them.
There was a Sage behind Xiao Chen!
High in the sky, the onlookers found it equally unbelievable.
A Sage?
The Sage behind Sword Demon had died before!
And now another fucking Sage had appeared?
Just who in the world was Xiao Chen?
In this age of declining Dharma, where Great Emperors were practically gods among men, he had already summoned two Sages.
"No, this is too earth-shattering. I must send word to my Lineage and have them