The five Yuan Sages looked at Daoist Qing Shuo, standing unharmed behind Zhang Yu, and fell silent as well.
Among the five of them, if any one were annihilated, they could be restored through the workings of their Dao arts. Yet Zhang Yu possessed a similar capability.
Qing Shuo and Bai Wang shared the same origin and breath as him. So long as he himself did not perish, no matter how many times the two were destroyed, he could reconstitute them with a single thought.
Chen Zhishe glanced at the Tai Ji Yuan Sage who had reappeared atop the Jade Lotus and said in a grave voice, "This person seems not to be the same as before."
Controller Zhuang said, "Whether he is or is not, all belongs to this Dao."
Zhang Yu nodded. It was not difficult to see that the Tai Ji Yuan Sage before them was no longer the previous one, but rather the Tai Ji Yuan Sage within everyone's conceptual image.
Yet to those five, there was truly no difference. So long as the Dao arts remained, so long as the conceptual image remained, they themselves remained.
Nor had their latest round of attacks been entirely without effect. From it, he had made another discovery. When Daoist Tai Ji had just reappeared, he had clearly seen the phantom image of the Treasure Lotus pause for an instant.
Clearly, even if these people could swiftly restore themselves, they still relied upon the Treasure Lotus in certain respects. In terms of the greater situation, this was much the same as drawing people forth from Turbid Darkness. So long as there was sufficient Supreme Aura, nearly anyone could be rescued and brought back.
Yet the growth of the Dao Lotus could never be ignored. Although the five Yuan Sages