Yi Jinghai

Why had those eight Dao-Transcending Immortals cut down their own cultivation at all costs to enter the Immortal Path and stand in the way of seekers of immortality from all realms? No one knew.

But Kong Jiao believed that their desperate efforts to stop the immortality seekers of all realms were surely connected to the great catastrophe the Palace Master had unleashed in the Immortal Realm.

Though those Dao-Transcending Immortals who had survived the Heaven-Collapsing Tribulation had preserved their lives, each of them suffered from various problems.

Just as True Lord Ruiyun had been unable to leave the Five Elements Grotto-Heaven.

The Void Immortal was half-mad.

Then there was Huangfu Wuqin, who had always suppressed her Dao Fruit. She usually traveled through the realms with only the cultivation of a peak Zao Xuan, revealing her full strength only when fighting Dao-Transcending Immortals.

Perhaps the reason lay upon this path to immortality.

"No wonder the White Emperor slew that Witch God back then."

"Presumably, when the old man ascended back then, he encountered something similar. That was why he struck out in fury and slew the Witch God."

Kong Jiao watched the brutal battle in the distance and, in an instant, considered many questions.

Yet regardless of what those immortals who had clung to life after escaping the Immortal Realm were after—

One thing was certain: those quasi Dao-Transcending Immortals were the enemies of every Zao Xuan True Person upon this path to immortality.

They were also Kong Jiao's enemies.

During the time Kong Jiao had been observing the battle, his True Soul, nourished by endless Dao resonance, had risen steadily in realm.

It soon reached the late Zao Xuan stage, with no sign of stopping.

In Kong Jiao's view, he could not be the only Zao Xuan to receive such