The Purple Robe Gold Crown Man merely stood there casually, without any particularly terrifying aura about him.
Yet the air between heaven and earth was filled with a suffocating, murderous chill, as though it had frozen solid, making it hard to breathe.
Mu Bai, Ji Heng, and Jian Dushan all wore unprecedentedly grave expressions.
"Heaven and man resonate; the Dao joins with the heart."
Su Yi spoke softly. "Could Your Excellency be from above the River of Destiny?"
His expression was as calm as before, as though the changes in the atmosphere between heaven and earth were nothing to him.
The Purple Robe Gold Crown Man said, "Is that your first question?"
Su Yi nodded. "Yes."
The Purple Robe Gold Crown Man also said, "Yes," effectively admitting Su Yi's guess without reservation.
"My Daoist title is Qing Li. I come from the Three Purities Temple. What you see before you is a strand of my willpower."
The Purple Robe Gold Crown Man said, "This flesh-and-blood Dao body of mine was transformed from an immortal secret treasure. My willpower sits within it like a soul, allowing me to evade the God Domain's source power."
Qing Li!
Three Purities Temple!
Willpower!
There was no need to think further. This Purple Robe Gold Crown Man called Qing Li was a genuine Immeasurable Dao Lord, a terrifying existence who had set foot upon the Eternal Pathways.
He was exceedingly frank, seemingly disdaining to hide anything, even openly revealing his own circumstances.
This also showed just how confident he was, how full of assurance.
Su Yi recalled something.
After he had slain the Cloud River God Lord back then, the sect-protecting treasure under the latter's control, the "Shangqing Seal," had suddenly fled, only to be intercepted by the First Lifetime Heart Demon hiding within the