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Within an incomparably majestic imperial palace, in a vast hall suffused with endless pressure, two figures sat facing one another.

One was a white-bearded elder clad in snowy white robes, with six curved horns. He was none other than Mangya Overlord.

The other was a black-robed young man who appeared plain, yet possessed an exceptionally distinctive aura.

"I never expected that little fellow I took in back then to grow to this extent."

"The Ultimate Dao... Even I never imagined that, without anyone realizing it, you would embark upon the legendary Ultimate Dao."

Mangya Overlord looked at the black-robed youth before him, filled with emotion.

Refining a Sith Race war weapon, slaying Hou Five City Lord, establishing Guiyi City... any one of these deeds was enough to leave this old fellow, who had lived through countless ages, astonished.

Not to mention gaining a foothold in the universe's core region, within the Eight Great Source Domains, and even spreading his fame back to the Flame Dragon Domain at the edge of the universe.

Lei Zhan shook his head with a smile. "It was all a matter of fortuitous chances. If Master had not taken me as his disciple and carefully guided and nurtured me, who knew how long I would have had to struggle before embarking upon the Ultimate Dao? Not to mention the achievements my Second Primordial Spirit has made today."

Lei Zhan understood this clearly in his heart.

The Ultimate Dao was inherently difficult to comprehend. Had he not joined the Mangya Kingdom and gained access to the accumulated foundations and inheritances of the Mangya Twelve Palaces over endless ages...

Had Mangya Overlord not accepted him as a disciple, giving a little World Realm cultivator like him the chance to observe the 'Dao' of a powerful Overlord...

Then even