"Silent One."
As those two words left his lips, the entire dark space seemed to have its throat seized by some indescribable force. Everyone fell into an involuntary silence.
Neither Black Spirit nor the nine great powerhouses who had emerged from the darkness with the Silent One could speak.
Not a single one of them.
Yet the being on the Dark Throne smiled and said:
"Silent One... That is indeed an interesting path."
The Silent One remained silent.
"But it's a pity that choosing the Forbidden World as the Place of Proving the Dao was not wise."
The being on the Dark Throne spoke softly:
"This world is not easy to silence."
The Silent One looked toward the Dark Throne. In his clear, dark eyes, a trace of admiration appeared. He understood that his path held no secrets from the one seated there.
With a single casual remark, the being on the Dark Throne had already broken through his current Dao of Silence!
"Because this world will not fall silent easily, it has value."
The Silent One spoke. He had never said so much before:
"What use is reaching the Supreme Dao if you cannot prove the strongest?"
"Shamanic Dance used the Dao of 'Ignorance' to get half a step ahead of many Supreme beings. He called himself the third strongest under heaven and oppressed my Senior Brothers for many years... Yet the Dao of Ignorance ends at the sight of silence!"
A steadfast resolve lay in his gaze.
The Supreme Dao proven by Shamanic Dance was called "Ignorance." It was a Supreme Dao, yet it stood half a step above the other Supreme Daos...
"Ignorance" did not mean ignorance in the ordinary sense. It meant placing oneself in a state of ignorance: only by knowing nothing could one know