"Two Dao Venerables honor me with your presence, yet I failed to welcome you at the door. I hope you'll forgive me!"
Li Yun opened the gate himself and invited the two Great Dao Divine Lords inside.
Heaven-Reaching Dao Venerable and Sacred Flame Dao Venerable exchanged a glance. Both looked somewhat surprised.
"I am Heaven-Reaching... I've heard that you're overbearing, Fellow Daoist Li Yun. You even wounded Eclosion Heavenly Venerable so badly that he had no choice but to flee the Zhoutian Sword Domain."
"I thought you'd be difficult to get along with. Who would have expected you to be so easygoing?"
Li Yun smiled faintly. "That was just a clash of tempers. What brings you two here today?"
Heaven-Reaching Dao Venerable smiled.
"We haven't come to offer advice. We've been away for years, and when we heard that Eclosion Heavenly Venerable had been wounded by Fellow Daoist Li and forced to flee, we worried something had happened in the Zhoutian Sword Domain. So we came to speak with you."
"What we didn't expect was that you haven't condensed your Great Dao Divine Image yet?"
Li Yun frowned. "That's right. I haven't. Do you two think I'm unqualified to speak with you?"
Heaven-Reaching Dao Venerable hurried to deny it. "How could we?"
"Quite the opposite!"
"You wounded Eclosion Heavenly Venerable and forced him to flee before you'd even condensed your Great Dao Divine Image. Your strength is astonishing."
"If you don't mind my asking, how much Dominator's Authority have you cultivated in each of your three thousand Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones? Have you passed a thousand?"
Li Yun made no attempt to hide it. He nodded and said frankly, "I have."
"No wonder..."
"Your Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones have passed a thousand in Dominator's Authority, yet you still haven't condensed