Li Zhiyi

"Back then, I repeatedly built up the anticipation, set a time, and put on a show for the world to see. In truth, I had entered the Ancient God Forbidden Land ahead of time to hunt Ancient God Beasts.

"My chosen prey was Ming Yan Mao!"

It was the red-eyed infant that had been nurtured inside the Blood Sun embryo.

Chen Yan's face turned cold. He had nearly been led into the Ancient God Forbidden Land by Ming Yan Mao and killed, too.

That day, Ming Yan Mao had taken him away in full view of the world.

Lu Xunyang shook his head slightly.

"Who could have expected the Dream Eater to appear? The two peak Ancient God Beasts joined forces to suppress me, making me miss my chance again and again.

"Fail once, and you'd be suppressed forever."

Lu Xunyang sighed.

The Immortal Body had kept him from dying, but Chen Yan's arrival was what had begun to change everything.

"Then, Master Lu, you've already killed the Dream Eater." Chen Yan's eyes flashed. He was curious about Lu Xunyang's current realm.

"I'm still at the peak of the Eighth Order." Lu Xunyang shook his head slightly.

"To hunt an Ancient God Beast, one person has to kill it. If we could have joined forces, why would I have come here alone?"

He looked at Chen Yan.

"Without you, I never could have killed the Dream Eater."

A smile appeared on his face.

"But now I possess Immortal Will, and my Soul Clone has long since grasped the true essence of Horizontal Refinement—far surpassing what I once knew."

Confidence surfaced in his eyes.

He hadn't reached the Ninth Order, but that didn't mean he'd grown weaker.

After struggling in the Ancient God Forbidden Land for so many years, he was