At the words "Dongxuan," Shi Lan's pupils contracted. She still remembered clearly what Chu Hanzhou had told her back when she competed in the Yunlai Immortal Palace tournament.
In ancient times, so that the Daoist sects could endure in Lingyang, the Dongxuan Supreme Elder of the Firmament Palace had forcibly entered the realm. He was submerged by Heavenly Punishment, his Primordial Spirit transformed into the Dao, and he merged with the Lingyang Realm.
From what Meng had just said, there was clearly something deeply suspicious about all this. Someone had begun laying plans for Lingyang's transformation as far back as ancient times.
Since Dongxuan had met such a fate, Shi Lan couldn't help wondering whether the other two peerless powerhouses who had fallen in Lingyang had also left something behind.
"May I ask, Supreme Elder, what effect does the Heavenly Dao imprint have on the authority of the Heavenly Dao?"
Lingyang Realm's current situation was already perilous. Shi Lan truly didn't want to see any more unexpected complications arise.
"The two are unrelated. No matter what sort of being wields the authority of the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao imprint will not change. It connects to the world's origin."
After learning the secret hidden within the divine king's blood essence, Meng seemed rather pleased and casually explained:
"With the Heavenly Dao imprint protecting him, even if someone holds the authority of the Heavenly Dao, they cannot take his life. His origin is already bound to Lingyang as one. Although his cultivation is only at the peak of the Other Shore, if Lingyang rises to become a great world, then within Lingyang, unless the world itself is shattered, even I would find it difficult to kill him."
"Even the Heavenly Dao can't harm him?!"
Shi Lan couldn't help drawing in a