Some of these spirit bodies resembled the law spirit soldiers he had cultivated before, yet they also appeared markedly different.
The spirit bodies within the painting possessed more powerful, stable auras. They did not require deliberate expenditure of law power to sustain them and seemed to be independent entities, merely refined into the painting by the Primordial Unity Dao Ancestor through some special method.
The instant the painting appeared, the countless birds and beasts within it, the demons roaming among towering ancient trees, and the humanoid spirit bodies all seemed to sense an inexplicable danger at once. Their gazes turned in unison toward the outside of the painting.
Even as Lu Xiaotian was greatly astonished, an inexplicable chill rose within him.
He had already discerned the origins of these spirit bodies. They were all independent entities, various living beings that should once have truly existed, only to be refined by the Primordial Unity Dao Ancestor into their present state through some special means.
This old monster looked every bit the transcendent immortal, with the bearing of one who had attained the Dao, yet his actions were exceedingly ruthless. Though he was unlike the Puppet Emperor, who had swept through other realms with Nine Nether Weak Water and devoured countless living beings, the various spirit bodies within this amber painting still numbered in the billions.
Ever since he had subdued the formation realm spirit and rescued it from its predicament, the Primordial Unity Dao Ancestor had displayed considerable cultivation and strength, though nothing especially shocking. It now seemed that he had deliberately been concealing his capabilities all along.
Only now, when faced with sufficient danger—personally led by the Imperial Throne Law Spirit and confronting the soul-power assault of its entire clan—did the Primordial Unity Dao Ancestor truly reveal his formidable edge.