Those at the Half-Step True Immortal realm mostly possessed countless legendary deeds throughout the Immortal Realm, their prestige resounding far and wide.
He had immediately detected the matter from such a minute change only because, many years ago, a fleeting thought had once crossed his mind: sever the Dao Immortal Path, restrict the emergence of True Immortals of every Dao, and shift the Great Dao rules of the Immortal Realm elsewhere.
Yet as one True Immortal after another emerged, the Great Daos balanced one another, and he no longer possessed such power.
Having attained the Dao for hundreds of millions of years.
Xuan Li had mastered ten thousand Daos. He knew how to give rise to ten thousand Daos from a single Dao, and his understanding of certain Outer Daos was in no way inferior to that of the Nine Tribulations Dao Venerable before him. His strength was unfathomable, and he was invincible beneath the heavens.
His expression grew grave as several possible targets flashed through his mind in an instant.
However.
That great power capable of influencing the Great Dao rules of the Immortal Realm continued to intensify in silence. With one step, he vanished from the Heaven Territory.
One hundred thousand years later.
Over these years, he had secretly traveled the world, seeking out the relics of several True Immortals, yet he still could not uncover who was acting behind the scenes.
Until he went to the Chaos Sea and found that old friend from long ago.
"Primordial Daoist friend."
"Qingxu Daoist friend."
"Over these many years, have you not noticed that something is slightly amiss with the Great Dao rules of the Immortal Realm?"
Xuan Li looked solemnly and meaningfully at the Dao Body of the Primordial Saint Venerable. "The Immortal Realm is vast. I can no