Ever since the peace agreement at Yaochi's Myriad Races Grand Gathering had been signed, the Big Dipper had remained far from quiet, even though no Saints had emerged.
Those below the Saint Realm fought over opportunities and tempered themselves against one another, stirring up waves of bloodshed.
One prodigy after another succeeded in slaying their Dao.
They replaced the older generation and became the main force in the clashes.
Originally, the number of human powerhouses at the Immortal Three-Stage Dao Slaying level had been rather embarrassingly low.
Fortunately, the Sacred Body had entered the Immortal Three stage ahead of time, forcibly holding things together.
Once the other prodigies also entered the Immortal Three stage and the ancient races' advantage was gradually neutralized, the clashes became even more spectacular.
Ye Fan in particular, the Sacred Body, relied on having entered the Immortal Three stage first, along with combat power that had always made him invincible among equals, to suppress even the Ancient Emperor's Sons.
In a fair confrontation, he killed Yuan Gu, the Primordial Lake prodigy who had become unbearably arrogant after successfully slaying his Dao—a descendant of the Emperor Yuan who had returned to his ancestral bloodline and could rival an Ancient Emperor's Son.
This established the Sacred Body's supreme prestige.
Many had originally believed that the Sacred Body had merely gotten a few steps ahead in realm by luck. Though the Sacred Body's talent was extraordinary, and a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body was said to rival a Great Emperor—
The Ancient Emperor's Sons were each no weaker than Ancient Emperors in their youth. It should have been a fierce contest between dragons and tigers.
Yet who could have expected the ascendant Yuan Gu to be cut down so easily?
This even triggered another standoff between Saints.
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