Within the void-like Dao Realm.
A gaunt old demon sat atop a Netherworld Blood Lotus, surrounded by ominous Karma Fire. A greedy, violent glint suddenly flashed in his eyes. "The Profound Yellow Great Dao? A disciple of Shangqing? Such a manifestation of blooming... This child has boundless potential and a Sage backing him! If I don't eliminate him today, once he grows stronger, he'll become a grave threat to my Devil Dao! Kill!"
Inside an ancient cave dwelling floating in a rift in the River of Time, ghostly flames flickered in the eye sockets of a ruined skull. "Heh heh... So what if he's a Sage's disciple? While he has yet to attain the Dao... my 'Myriad Souls Corroding Dao Curse' is best at contaminating the origin... I'll erase his true spirit!"
"Nothing's more enjoyable than killing a genius!" Other ancient beings, hidden in the abyss and treading forbidden ground, sensed the location and condition of Lu Yuan's imprint and began harboring wicked intentions.
For beings like them, the might of a Sage was certainly terrifying. But the Primordial World was vast, and there were ways to obscure the secrets of Heaven and flee far away afterward.
In the Contention of the Great Dao, either you died or I did. There was no room for the slightest mercy! All the more so when facing a Sage's disciple, a great enemy of the future!
Kunlun Mountain, Shangqing Palace.
"Wretch! How dare you!"
Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master's expression darkened, and his sword-like brows shot up! A fierce Sage's might that pierced through eternity erupted with a thunderous boom!
The entire Shangqing Palace was instantly filled with bone-chilling sword qi, and the void seemed to freeze! All calm vanished from Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master's eyes as fury surged within him!
He didn't even