"So this is the fifth level?"
Looking at the three immortal halls before them, everyone murmured softly, their expressions turning grave.
Chen Nianzhi looked up and saw three plaques hanging above the halls, respectively reading: 'Heavenly Puppet Immortal Hall,' 'Vault Ruins Ancient Hall,' and 'Year's End Ancient Hall.'
"Heavenly Puppet, Vault Ruins, Year's End—these were the three peak Supremes of the Desolate Heaven Ancient Hall."
Primordial Dao Ancestor spoke slowly, with a hint of sorrow. "Heavenly Puppet, Vault Ruins, and Year's End—these three peak Supremes once dominated the ancient ages."
"Now they have all returned to dust, unable to awaken even after tens of millions of kalpas."
Chen Nianzhi nodded and could not help recalling the legends of these three Supremes.
The higher one's cultivation, the greater the gap between cultivators became.
The threshold for a peak Chaos Heavenly Emperor was being able to contend against three Chaos Heavenly Emperors working together, though generally speaking, one could at most fight five alone.
But after reaching the Dao Integration Supreme realm, the minimum standard for a peak Supreme was the ability to stand against five ordinary Dao Integration Supremes joining forces.
Some powerful peak Supremes could even suppress ten ordinary Supremes by themselves.
The three peak Supremes of the Desolate Heaven Ancient Hall in the past had all been extraordinary figures. Legend had it that Heavenly Puppet attained the Dao through puppetry.
He commanded two Supreme puppets and seventy-two puppets at the Heavenly Emperor realm. With them forming a puppet grand formation against enemies, he could suppress even ten ordinary Dao Integration Supremes joining forces.
Vault Ruins and Year's End, the other two peak Supremes, were even more mysterious. Legend said that they rarely acted, yet when they joined hands, they could even strangle peak Supremes.
"Vault Ruins and Year's End