The lingering echoes of discourse from Shangqing Palace's Dao Discussion Platform still drifted amid the immortal clouds as Lu Yuan took a single step out of Kunlun Mountain Dao Field.
His Profound Yellow Daoist Robe stirred without wind. The pressure of a Great Luo Dao Lord receded into his body like a withdrawing tide, yet it still made the void tremble faintly.
Wherever Lu Yuan passed, all living things lay dormant. Even the lands of Witch and Demon Clan conflict that he had once needed to skirt with utmost care were now cowed by his invisible majesty.
As his auspicious cloud flashed past Buzhou Mountain, the corner of Lu Yuan's lips rose slightly—once, the road to this Dao field had required him to conceal his tracks, terrified of being discovered by the fierce gods patrolling for the Witch and Demon Clans. Now, he could ride the clouds straight ahead, treating the hegemons of the Primordial World as though they were nothing.
Back when he had first stepped into the Golden Immortal realm, passing through this place had often left his heart pounding and his spirit shaken, fearful that some great power might plot against him. Now, the rank of Profound Yellow Dao Lord had been bestowed upon him, and all the laws of heaven and earth sensed his Dao. The protection of the Sanqing Saints was like an invisible heavenly canopy, causing karma itself to yield before him.
Lu Yuan's expression remained calm, but countless emotions stirred within his heart. "The struggle for supremacy in the Primordial World, the bloodshed of countless races... in the end, one must rely on one's own great power."
Attaining the rank of Great Luo Dao Lord, condensing the Innate Profound Yellow Dao Fruit, bearing the inheritance of Pangu's "Profound Yellow Emperor" Dharma Aspect, and