"Forbidden!" Ye Tian silently recited in his heart. At once, the entire world seemed to freeze solid, and Xu Dao Lin discovered in terror that he could no longer move.
In Ye Tian's eyes, this man's cultivation realm was not particularly high, and his talent was merely passable. The Golden Immortal realm was already his utmost limit. What gave him the advantage was that, after the fall of the Hundred Flowers Sacred Ground, he had become the first expert in Southwest Dao State to reach the Golden Immortal realm.
With that head start, he had been able to suppress those who came after him without restraint.
Although the founding patriarch of the Mysterious Heaven Sect had also been a Golden Immortal, as a descendant of the Hundred Flowers Sacred Ground, she had been destined to avoid fighting Xu Dao Lin, lest she attract the attention of the Seven Great Sacred Grounds. Moreover, not long after she established the Mysterious Heaven Sect in the city, she had vanished outright.
The truth was just as Ye Tian had guessed. This man had become a Golden Immortal tens of thousands of years ago, and the Golden Immortals he had suppressed were too numerous to count. The ones who remained were only a tiny fraction. More had long since become piles of bleached bones, buried at the foot of Chaotian Peak, serving as nourishment for the entire Chao Tian Sect. At the same time, they were trampled beneath the feet of Chao Tian Sect members for all eternity.
Even now, he was merely at the Golden Immortal mid-stage. Had he not somehow acquired the origin of Kuishui Origin Power, someone would likely have long since broken through his shackles, advanced beyond the Golden Immortal realm, and perhaps even destroyed the Chao Tian Sect.
But