"Showcase the Martial Dao?"
Black Wind Great Venerable's thoughts were a tangled mess. At the same time, he noticed that the force that had been constantly invading and tugging at him had weakened considerably—
That force came from the Three Divine Hairs.
The force hadn't vanished, but it had weakened enough to free him from the pain.
Only then did he understand many things. He also realized that the person before him was someone he couldn't possibly contend with, and he felt fear and helplessness over his earlier, reckless thoughts.
Clearly, a succession of unexpected blows, wild emotional swings, and the shattering of his will had left him drained of power, among other things. Together, these factors had opened countless gaps and flaws in Black Wind Great Venerable's thoughts. He couldn't even keep his emotions and thoughts in check, which had led him to entertain such an absurd idea as a snake swallowing an elephant.
"No, compared to this person, it's not a snake swallowing an elephant at all. It's a snake swallowing the starry sky, a giant hand, a divine dragon! This is insubordination!"
He sensed the other man's aura, though the man wasn't deliberately releasing it. It was calm, without anything particularly unusual about it, just like the ordinary mortals Black Wind had seen back when he was in the mortal world.
But this was simply impossible. An ordinary mortal had appeared deep in the Time River, opened up a space, and suppressed time. Creating a physical body at the level of the Sixth Realm was effortless for him. None of it made any sense!
What's more, Black Wind Great Venerable had encountered the Blood Purgatory's master and the Heavenly Court's Emperor Lords. He felt an instinctive reverence for people like them, could sense their mountain-like presence, and