It was plain to see.
They were delighted that the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory had ascended and vanished.
An invincible Dao heart and the vigor of the strong were things for the young. Old cultivators who had lived through ten thousand ages all sought stability.
The Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory had ascended as an entire realm.
Those True Immortals chose to ignore it. It would have been a lie to say they felt no joy. Even Qingxu True Immortal and Saint Venerable Yuan Chu felt so, because the True Immortal Realm still held infinite possibilities. Heaven and Earth were boundless and vast, and the Great Dao had yet to reach its end.
They did not envy the Eternal Ancient Immortal Realm in the slightest. Not at all.
"They left a little too hastily."
Some unknown being spoke leisurely, their words echoing through the River of Time.
Yet no one knew who it was.
Xuan Li, the most ancient True Immortal, had been driven into paranoia by the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace and the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory. When the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory descended, he had actually been the most terrified deep down—especially after that point when they had severed the True Immortal Realm's Dao for fifty million years.
"They dared to sever the True Immortal Realm's Dao for fifty million years back then, leaving behind the pain of ten thousand ages. If they descended later, they would dare to treat all living beings as blades of grass, slaughter every powerful cultivator of the myriad Daos, and leave only the venerable Eternal Ancient myriad Daos to monopolize all Dao Fruits between Heaven and Earth."
Even now.
Xuan Li finally dared to speak.
"Qingxu, enough. The Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory could not possibly possess such power. Ascending as an entire realm