As the saints discussed the details, a vast, boundless Heavenly Dao pressure suddenly descended from above the Underworld.
The pressure carried no hostility, yet it made every saint feel a tremor in their hearts.
An elderly figure holding a bamboo staff slowly emerged from the void.
His beard and hair were completely white, his expression impassive. It was Hongjun Daozu, who had long since merged with the Dao in the Purple Cloud Palace.
Seeing this, the saints all rose and bowed.
Hongjun's gaze passed over the crowd before finally settling on Ye Xuan.
A trace of surprise flickered in his utterly placid eyes.
"You wish to connect the two worlds. This matter is of great importance," Hongjun said slowly, his voice like the grand sound of the Great Dao resounding beside everyone's ears.
"Does the Dao Ancestor believe it cannot be done?" Ye Xuan looked at Hongjun calmly.
At his current realm, he no longer feared Hongjun in the slightest, so his words naturally carried confidence.
"No. This will be a great blessing for the Primordial Wilderness," Hongjun gave an unexpected answer.
Having merged with the Heavenly Dao, Hongjun had just deduced the heavenly secrets. He discovered that if they could connect to another supreme world and even merge the origins of the two worlds in the future, the Primordial Heavenly Dao would undergo an unimaginable evolution and sublimation.
For one who had merged with the Dao like him, this was likewise an immense fortune.
"I shall lend you a hand," Hongjun offered proactively.
Ye Xuan nodded slightly. This was precisely the outcome he had hoped for.
With Hongjun acting, opening the passage would be much easier.
The group left the Underworld and arrived at the edge of the Primordial World. Before them lay an endlessly roiling sea of chaos.