The Blood River Old Ancestor had been an eighth-order powerhouse of this era, but he had perished completely dozens of kalpas ago, leaving behind only some of the Blood River Sect's inheritances.
Gao Xian had Yuan Wuxian to thank for obtaining the Blood River Celestial Venerable Transformation Origin Book.
It was also because he had acquired this divine artifact that Gao Xian had set the Taixuan Divine Image upon the path of the demonic sects.
Looking back now, the Blood River Celestial Venerable Transformation Origin Book was useless in a fight, but it could help him absorb blood essence and lingering souls. This method of advancement was indeed swift as lightning, saving him countless hours.
Gao Xian was a pragmatist. As long as something worked, that was enough. He held no respect for the Blood River Old Ancestor either. He was merely an old devil; there was nothing more to say.
Though he used the Blood River Celestial Venerable Transformation Origin Book, he had never slaughtered a single innocent. Upright in conduct and unashamed in bearing, he could be called open and honorable!
He was absolutely unlike a demon such as the Blood River Old Ancestor.
Facing the Innate Ten Thousand Spirits Blood River Banner, Gao Xian could not help but hesitate. He was not truly an inheritor of the Blood River Sect. What if the Blood River Old Ancestor had not died cleanly and had left behind a wisp of lingering soul within it? What then?
"No, even if that old man didn't die cleanly, there's nothing to fear!"
Gao Xian suddenly realized something. He had been treating the Blood River Old Ancestor as an eighth-order cultivator, and that in itself was a mistake.
The Blood River Old Ancestor had attained the Dao and become eighth order in this