A Barrier Across the Dao, Impossible to Cross! Not Even the Interception Sect Gets a Pass? How Did They Get Through?

The wind blew hard beneath the high sky.

An old Daoist loomed like a mountain peak.

His hair was tied in twin topknots, his bearing marked by the two colors of Heaven-Earth.

He wore a dark Daoist robe, with white cranes soaring through the clouds.

He had the air and bearing of an immortal, radiant glow shining around him.

Spiritual light rose a thousand fathoms above his head; his heart held all creation.

He spoke nothing of the Nine-Reversal Golden Core, having cultivated a Saint Body of perfect spiritual clarity.

Amid his solemn majesty shone the divine immortal light of one who had mastered the Immortal Dao, pressing down on every Interception Sect disciple bound for the East Sea Coast until none could advance.

Or rather,

it was not just the Interception Sect disciples.

Along the East Sea Coast, thousands of sails and countless Immortal Ships were stopped there.

None could advance another step!

"Randeng! I don't care if you stop others, but why are you blocking us merchants on our way to trade? When did we ever offend you?"

"Old Ancestor Randeng, you can see that I cultivate the Money Great Dao, not the way of the Interception Sect. Stopping my business blocks my Great Dao. Do you really have to go this far?"

"Senior, why block our path for no reason? We haven't offended you. We're only going to do business."

"Randeng, do you have a death wish? Do you think this is your Kunlun Mountains? Keep blocking my way and I'll call people over to kill you!"

"The master of this trade voyage is under the protection of Yun Zhongzi, master of the Immortal Market in the Interception Sect's Heavenly Palace Immortal City. We ask you to show some leniency, Senior..."

Countless figures turned their eyes toward