The melee raged, yet above the Blood Sea, one figure had yet to make a move.
Ancestor Minghe.
He stood quietly at the edge of the Blood Sea, his bloody radiance withdrawn, his aura suppressed to its lowest, like a shadow that had become one with the battlefield.
The warriors of the Witch Clan, Demon Clan, and Asura Race were all fighting bathed in blood, yet he merely watched the five battles between Sages deep within Chaos, bloody light slowly swirling in his eyes.
He remembered Pan Xuan's words.
Slay a deity, and he could achieve Proving the Dao through Slaughter, breaking through to become a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.
Each of those five battles between Sages shook heaven and earth.
Yuanshi faced God, primordial azure qi crashing against holy light, neither gaining the upper hand.
Tongtian fought Zeus fiercely, sword light interweaving with thunder as Zeus dodged in disarray.
Di Jun grappled with Odin, the power of the stars colliding with the Spear of Fate, the outcome still undecided.
Taiyi and Brahma remained deadlocked, the tolling of the Chaos Bell shaking the Reincarnation Vortex.
Yet Ancestor Minghe's gaze remained fixed on one battle.
Pan Xuan and Laozi, fighting Hong Jun together.
This was his true target.
Zeus, God, Odin, and Brahma were merely the Four Sovereigns of the Gods of Chaos.
But Hong Jun was the root of it all.
He was the one banished from the Primordial World, the one who had allied with the Four Sovereigns, the one who had created demon creatures to invade the Primordial World, the one who had laid down layer upon layer of defenses and traps.
Killing any one of the Four Sovereigns could certainly allow him to attain Sagehood.
But taking Hong Jun's head would truly be Proving the Dao through