But regardless of whether Heaven Swallowing Dao Child had any contingencies, or whether his strongest foundation contained any flaw, one thing was beyond doubt: this man was extremely mysterious and elusive. Probably very few people knew what he truly looked like.
As for this, one could look to the time Meng Zhao fought Wei Qi and mistook him for Heaven Swallowing Dao Child. It was not that Meng Zhao lacked discernment; the other man's cultivation was simply too high, while Heaven Swallowing Dao Child himself had hidden too deeply. Coupled with the characteristics of their martial arts, they were truly difficult to distinguish.
"Are you certain that the person you saw and dealt with was Heaven Swallowing Dao Child, rather than someone else?
"As far as I know, Heaven Swallowing Dao Child cultivated the Human Path's Heaven Swallowing Sun Devouring Great Law. In order to forge the strongest martial foundation, he raised nine substitutes. Three formed a group, each cultivating part of the Heaven Swallowing Sun Devouring Great Law's essential teachings. Even the weakest were innate top-tier experts.
"In the past, the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child seen by people throughout the Jianghu Martial Arts World, and even the Demonic Path, was in truth merely one of his substitutes.
"Yet even as substitutes, with the supreme demonic art that was the Heaven Swallowing Sun Devouring Great Law, their combat strength was far from ordinary."
If Peach Blossom Scholar's mention of Heaven Swallowing Dao Child had merely stirred the curiosity of Beitang He, Mad Fist, and the guards, then Meng Zhao's words left them utterly shaken, at a loss for how to describe it.
There was such an extraordinary person in the Divine Land's martial world?
Not only them—even Peach Blossom Scholar himself froze upon hearing this news. The folding fan in