Taiyi Devil Lord fixed Gao Xian with her emerald-green eyes and said calmly, "No advice. I merely wanted to see clearly what Heaven's mandate looks like."
Gao Xian laughed soundlessly. "Have you seen it clearly, Fellow Daoist?"
Taiyi Devil Lord turned to look at the western sky. The setting sun had already sunk beneath the desolate desert, leaving only a blood-red afterglow at the horizon.
She seemed to be speaking to herself, yet also seemed to be calmly stating it to Gao Xian. "I have cultivated for dozens of epochs. I only knew that the Great Dao was ever-changing; I never knew Heaven had its own mandate."
She paused, and her tone abruptly turned icy. "If Heaven has a mandate, then I will slay Heaven and change that mandate!"
To Taiyi Devil Lord's surprise, Gao Xian actually nodded in agreement. "If Heaven has a mandate, wouldn't people like us become a joke?"
Taiyi Devil Lord fell silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled. Her features were stunningly beautiful, yet her smile now brimmed with heroic spirit and bared edge. "With such awareness, you are indeed a cultivator of our path."
She had originally held Gao Xian in great contempt. This cultivator was too young. Though he wielded the Myriad Calamity Yin Talisman Spear, he had taken a shortcut.
For him to reach this position, it could not be because his wisdom and abilities were truly so exceptional!
As for killing the Origin Demon, that did not count as any remarkable feat either!
But upon hearing Gao Xian's words, she realized that this young cultivator at least possessed sufficient awareness. Reaching this point had not been entirely due to luck.
She raised her voice. "To fight a powerful foe like you to the death is a delight as well!"
"Having cultivated