A Strange Chaosworld

Ju Hua ignored the Red-Robed Dao Lord's pleas for mercy. He stared at him in puzzlement for a while, then said bluntly, "You're far too weak—much weaker than an ordinary First Step Dao Lord. Are you really a Dao Lord?"

"I, I..."

At Ju Hua's assessment, the Red-Robed Dao Lord's face flushed crimson. After stammering twice, he finally revealed the truth.

Once he had, Ju Hua understood. So this fellow had broken through by taking a Heaven-Stealing Life-Death Pill. No wonder he was so weak!

World Realm cultivators who could find their own path were few and far between. Most, driven to despair, would seek outside help.

The Heaven-Stealing Life-Death Pill was the most typical kind of outside help!

A World Realm cultivator at the peak only needed to take a Heaven-Stealing Life-Death Pill to become a Dao Lord, guided by the pill. However, such Dao Lords were exceedingly weak—even weaker than Dao Lords who had followed the most ordinary path!

What's more, Dao Lords who took a Heaven-Stealing Life-Death Pill found it hard to make further progress. After becoming Dao Lords, most of these cultivators remained at the First Step. Only a tiny handful, blessed with heaven-defying fortune, managed to reach the Second Step. Not one had ever reached the Third Step!

Ju Hua asked the Red-Robed Dao Lord a few more questions, and soon understood everything.

The Red-Robed Dao Lord really had been a World Realm cultivator. He had spent all his savings to buy a Heaven-Stealing Life-Death Pill at Dao Lord Bing Li's Treasure Contention Meet. As soon as the meet ended, he had taken the pill and become a Dao Lord.

And because he had spent every last coin acquiring the pill, he had decided to make a fortune through robbery.

It was hard to say