[After Su Miao finished presenting her treasures on the Light Curtain, she took out a thumb-sized fragment, dark with the hues of Chaos throughout, and handed it to Laozi.
"Master Father, take a look at this.
Uncle Zhunti said this thing seemed to have quite an origin."
Laozi accepted it, and Saint Power silently seeped into the fragment.
The next instant, his usual gentle smile faded, replaced by an almost solemn expression.
"It is one of the missing fragments of the Creation Jade Disk..."]
Bi Xiao's breath caught.
"...The Creation Jade Disk? The one in the Dao Ancestor's possession?"
Yun Xiao's gaze gradually darkened.
"On this trip, Little Senior Sister even found a fragment of the Creation Jade Disk."
Zhao Gongming's first reaction was much the same as Bi Xiao's and the others', but his second thought was to go treasure-hunting in the Blood Sea.
The moment that idea surfaced, he dismissed it himself.
The Jie Sect had only just enjoyed a few peaceful days. Besides, treasures like this were not something they could hope to possess.
For Little Senior Sister to find it was because her Fortune defied the heavens and her blessings ran deep. Others could only envy her.
Li Changchou's fingers abruptly clenched within his sleeve.
The Creation Jade Disk.
Of course he knew what that was!
A Chaos Supreme Treasure, famed alongside the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe and the Chaos Green Lotus. The largest fragment in Hongjun's possession was the foundation upon which he achieved Dao Integration and sainthood.
And the fragment in Laozi's hand on the Light Curtain had been unearthed from Minghe's innermost treasury.
"It had chosen long ago."
Li Changchou repeatedly turned over those words Laozi had spoken on the Light Curtain.
Who was that "It"?
The Heavenly Dao?
Or... something else?
He raised