"Divine Firmament Land is an open world."
Tiger Taisui still sat at that gap in the wall, looking across the dim narrow alley at the shabby old residence opposite. "It was not an owner forced to abandon it out of helplessness; it was not that its creator had died, nor that its lifeline had run dry... While the Divine Firmament King was still at his peak and its own resources were at their most abundant, the Divine Firmament King voluntarily relinquished his authority and opened it to every living being across all heavens and worlds.
"Demons, ghosts, humans, devils, beasts, gods... He did not merely treat them all equally—he did not even look upon them. Then, when he departed for the Chaos Sea, he left behind everything he possessed, allowing any who used it to take what they wished. The Divine Firmament King's breadth of spirit truly earns this seat's admiration."
Chan Fayuan and Ji Xingkong, one pursuing and the other fleeing, had already circled the Skybreath Wasteland several hundred times—and would continue their chase.
Watching the spectacle from afar, Lu Ximing said, "I imagine his cultivation has long ceased to be bound by external things; he has no need to seek without..."
While continuing to stoke Chan Fayuan's Raging Fire, Ji Xingkong found time to toss over a remark: "If he truly had no need to seek without, why did he fight for the position of Demon Emperor back then?"
Tiger Taisui turned his amber eyes sideways and said with unusual seriousness, "He harbors a great ideal."
Ji Xingkong did not continue the argument. He could hardly take two beatings at once.
Lu Ximing laughed. "Tiger Celestial Venerable seems to hold the Divine Firmament King in very high regard."
"Great ideals are fated not to receive much recognition at