Beyond the sea.
A group of Immortals dressed in white robes and skirts watched the scene from afar.
"Chen Yuan really didn't lie to me. Let's go!"
The white-clad man at their head let out a faint laugh.
In the next moment,
all the Immortals transformed into streaks of Flowing Light and charged into the battlefield in Yu Prefecture.
"The Immortals are here!"
"Oh no!"
"Damn it!"
Roars rang out.
The experts of Yu Prefecture and Great Xia hadn't expected a battle like this to draw out the Immortals, who had been in hiding all along.
Tie Prefecture.
Two figures sat atop a mountain.
Ji Chen, dressed in white, held a bowl of steaming noodles and took a satisfied sip of the broth.
Beside him, Seventh Dao Child Ying furrowed her brows as she watched the distant scene.
"Since Lord Chen is so powerful, he may even surpass Lord of Formations."
"That's for certain."
Ji Chen gave a faint laugh.
"Chen Yuan is the second greatest Monster of the Human Race in ten thousand years."
"Who's the first?" Ying asked in surprise.
"Chen Yan's younger sister," Ji Chen said.
"But Chen Yan's younger sister was born too late. She's been cultivating the Dao for only a few years."
"What about Chen Yan?" Ying asked, thinking of that terrifying figure.
Even if Chen Yan might have fallen by now,
the oppression she'd felt when Chen Yan had fought the seven Dao Children alone still seemed to linger.
"Chen Yan..." Ji Chen's brows lifted slightly.
"Chen Yan had no talent to speak of. He was even less gifted than you."
"Less gifted than me?" Ying found that hard to believe.
"He was certainly less gifted than you, but talent wasn't what made Chen Yan powerful."
Ji Chen sighed.
"In his current state,