Before they knew it.
The two had strolled onto a hillside.
The hill was high, offering a view of one corner of the Five Aggregates Immortal Domain and the scattered lights of Five Aggregates Ten Thousand Cities. The vista was so vast it felt unreal.
Yet this was the magnificent realm they had raised bit by bit.
"Heavenly Wheel, you were an artifact spirit." Chen Xun looked into the distance and chuckled. "Back then, I always thought you would live until heaven and earth grew old, perhaps even outlive this Dao Ancestor. Never did I expect you would not even outlive Ke Ding."
His words carried undisguised mockery, as though he were ridiculing Heavenly Wheel Immortal Elder as some short-lived ghost.
After all, aside from Gu Lisheng and Song Heng, Heavenly Wheel had been one of the oldest monsters back then.
He remembered... a very, very long time ago, when this old fellow had led them across the Primordial River. Eternal Ancient was now one of the Immortal Venerables.
At those words, Heavenly Wheel did not bicker with Chen Xun. Instead, his laughter became even heartier, faintly echoing between heaven and earth before gradually turning incomparably bold.
"Artifacts will eventually reach the day their spirits perish."
"It is merely that the environment of my Eternal Ancient is too good. My master's Dao Artifact ultimately could not bear the Immortal Dao he created. But... this old man can be said to have perfectly fulfilled my master's grand wish, allowing his Heavenly Wheel Dao to flourish throughout the Cultivation World. No regrets, no regrets! Hahaha!"
"Heh heh, is that all?"
Chen Xun snorted disdainfully and waved a hand. "This Dao Ancestor has already forgotten Tian Qi. I never expected an old bastard like you to still remember him."
"Old thief, this old