The One That Escaped

Yuan swept his gaze over the cave abode, quickly taking in its condition. He nodded. "That'll do."

Chen Yuan withdrew all his Origin Power.

"I already know which Great Dao you're missing."

Yuan smiled. "Brother, you're in luck. The Great Dao you're missing is within my territory, so I won't have to make a trip outside."

"Oh?" Chen Yuan froze, unable to stop himself from asking, "But I've clearly explored every Source World within your territory. How could I have missed one?"

"You collected Origin Power by entering Origin Space to comprehend it, right? Then it's normal that you missed it."

Yuan smiled and explained, "That Great Dao doesn't exist within Origin Space. It is controlled by a cultivator."

"Coincidentally, that cultivator is a lifeform from the Yuan Desolate Ancient World."

"What?"

Chen Yuan was stunned. "In this world?"

"That's right." Yuan nodded. "This Innate Great Dao was originally one of the origins of the Yuan Desolate Ancient World. Back then, the Yuan Desolate Ancient World did not possess forty-nine Great Daos, but fifty!"

"What mattered was that all fifty origins were exceptionally compatible. Under the influence of a certain origin, the powers of all fifty could be combined, producing strength that surpassed any Source World."

"That was why the Yuan Desolate Ancient World caught the attention of the Innate Hunyuan Lifeforms."

At this point, Yuan shook his head and sighed before continuing, "At the time, more than a dozen Ancestors of Hunyuan joined forces with over a hundred World-level Hunyuan Lifeforms to attack the Yuan Desolate Ancient World."

"That era was long ago. Our Cultivator Faction had only three lords then. The three of us had to join forces just to barely fend off those Ancestors of Hunyuan. We simply lacked the strength to protect the Source Worlds."

"Fortunately,