Wang Lian immediately understood that he had been trapped within the other party's divine ability. This was no longer mere speed, but a higher-dimensional force—a distortion of the world itself.
Rumor had it that Zhao Xiaoxiang possessed a sword called Heaven and Earth Gapless. No matter what escape art an enemy used or where they fled, Zhao Xiaoxiang would always be faster!
This kind of conceptual power was already almost on par with a Great Sovereign.
There had long been rumors that, as a blood relative of the Dao Ancestor, Zhao Xiaoxiang possessed a fortune left behind by the Dao Ancestor. Yet no one had ever proven it, nor was there any way to do so.
At this moment, Wang Lian had undoubtedly witnessed it for himself.
The Dao Ancestor truly deserved to be called an anomaly.
Wang Lian himself could already be considered a protagonist-like figure. He picked up treasures while walking, and could comprehend the Dao even while eating or drinking, yet it had still taken him a hundred years to reach the second level of Half-Sovereign.
He had studied the Dao Ancestor's past. The Dao Ancestor began to rise at sixteen, became invincible beneath the heavens at nineteen, and at twenty-one performed Opening Heaven and Establishing the Way, founding a lineage and becoming an ancestor. Then, at twenty-two, he vanished for three years. Upon his return, at the age of twenty-five, he slew the old monsters of the previous era one sword at a time, carving out peace beneath heaven. Later, he even fought a terrifying existence that sought to restart the universe.
Though no one knew the outcome of that battle, the restarting of the universe had indeed been put on hold.
Compared with the Dao Ancestor, Wang Lian's little bit of fortuitous opportunity was no