"Hmph!"
Deadwood Heavenly Venerable snorted. He couldn't be bothered to argue further and spread the Star Map open with a wave of his hand.
The battered Star Map lay across the table.
An ancient, desolate aura spread from it.
The disdain on Dao Lord Guichen's face froze.
He looked down, and his eyelids twitched twice.
The Star Map depicted an unfamiliar Star Domain.
Its Laws were in chaos, space lay shattered, and death zones were everywhere. Even a Quasi-God could lose his life there with one careless step, let alone an ordinary expert.
But none of that was the worst part.
What truly made Dao Lord Guichen's skin crawl were the words marked in vermilion.
"Activity area of the True God 'Law.'"
"Sleeping place of the True God 'Silence.'"
"Suspected Dao Field of the True God 'Wu.'"
The names of True Gods known only from ancient legends crowded the Star Map.
Seven long-established True Gods in all.
There were also coordinates for more than thirty ruins, each marked "extremely dangerous."
Dao Lord Guichen nearly dropped his teacup.
He was insane.
That old fossil Deadwood had truly gone insane.
He had actually mapped the Primordial Land?
The value of this thing was beyond measure.
Even ten more Heavenly Origin Grand Worlds like the one he had just offered up might not equal a corner of this tattered map.
Dao Lord Guichen was shaken to his core, but his face betrayed nothing.
He hadn't learned much else during his time at the Dominator's side, but he had picked up a thing or two about looking composed.
He gave the Star Map a cursory glance, raised his teacup, and blew on it.
There wasn't a hint of steam rising from it.
But he had to keep up appearances.
"Hmm. Not bad."
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