Outside the Mythic Heavenly Court.
Over three hundred Dao-Treading Creatures, over five thousand Dao Ancestors, over a hundred thousand Dominators, and over two million Heavenly Venerables stood in dense ranks, divided into their respective factions.
Though they were divided into separate factions, they clearly belonged to two great camps.
One was led by the Eighteen Outer Daos, including such colossal powers as Dao-Walking Mountain, the Heavenly Meng River, the Hong Sea, and the Myriad Source Pool.
The other was led by kings and marquises, each exuding an intimidating aura and terrifying majesty, dressed in the robes of the Mythic Heavenly Court's nobility, elegant and distinguished.
Dao Gu had displayed the terrifying strength of a Fourth Step Dao-Treading Creature and called himself the Heavenly Emperor's servant, deeply shaking all the great powers.
A Fourth Step Dao-Treading Creature was already extraordinarily terrifying.
If he really was the Heavenly Emperor's servant—
Then how terrifying must the Heavenly Emperor be?
He, too, must be a Fourth Step Dao-Treading Creature!
Who could remain unafraid of two Fourth Step Dao-Treading Creatures joining forces?
Thus, however unwilling they were, the vast majority of factions had obeyed the Heavenly Emperor's decree, with all their Dao Ancestors, Dominators, and Heavenly Venerables coming today to pay their respects.
Dao-Treading Creatures were, in essence, Dao Ancestors as well, and naturally fell within the scope of the Heavenly Emperor's decree.
However—
It was only the vast majority.
Some Outer Dao factions, kings, and marquises still had not come.
"Dream-Awakening Heaven, the Initial Source Pavilion, and the Immortal Dao Academy... those three actually didn't come."
"And Marquis Ligian, Marquis Chongyang, Marquis Pingdao, Marquis Shenming, Heaven-Bearing King... fifteen kings and marquises haven't come either."
Marquis Shengya stood at the rear of the nobles, silently noting the Dao-Treading Creatures absent from both the Outer Dao