With Sima Dai's final arrival, all those Yu Ding Zhenren and his fellow disciples had planned for were gathered, stationed in twelve directions.
Xu Kun's gaze swept across the crowd before settling on the old man holding the golden lotus.
He had seen this man before. He was Jiang Ziya—the one who had returned Daji to his side and gifted him the Book of Heaven: Investiture of the Gods and the God-Slaying Whip!
Moreover, he looked exactly like the grandfather Xu Kun had seen in Daji's lost memories and when he had obtained the Six Ding Divine Fire!
As Xu Kun looked at him, Jiang Ziya's gaze also fell upon him.
He held the Twelfth Grade Golden Lotus of Merit forward, his gaze solemn and expression grave. "Do not disappoint the expectations of your elders!"
"Gather the powers of the Twelve Ultimate Dao and lend our new Human race lord a hand!"
Jiang Ziya hurled out the golden lotus. The twelve summoned Lords of the Ultimate Dao activated their respective Ultimate Divine Weapons, pouring their power into it and engraving twelve torrents of energy onto the swaying lotus petals.
As they released their power, the light on their Ultimate Divine Weapons gradually dimmed, and their faces turned pale.
"Everyone..."
First, the Twelve Moon Maidens had risked life and death simply to help him succeed. Then, fifteen second-generation seniors of the Chan Sect, including the Twelve Golden Immortals, had sacrificed themselves to the Dao. Now, the twelve Lords of the Ultimate Dao had released their own power.
All of it was to help Xu Kun successfully overcome this calamity!
"Please ascend the lotus platform!"
Jiang Ziya shouted. The Twelfth Grade Golden Lotus of Merit, its petals engraved with the powers of the Twelve Ultimate Dao, spun as it descended and bore