Chessboard, Chess Pieces, Beyond the Board

Whether it was the Eight Great Sects, the Demon Sect, or the Demon Race, all of them were watching the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins.

Every major power wanted to claim the inheritances hidden in the deeper reaches of the ruins.

For now, however, neither Primal Chaos Realm Dao Venerables nor Myriad Forms Realm Dao Lords would enter the fray. They merely used Nirvana Realm cultivators as chess pieces.

Dao One Sect encampment.

Yi Mengdao had ended all his battles a year ago and immersed himself in cultivation. Streaks of Xia Guang rose from his body. Various Great Dao Prototypes intertwined around him as Dharma Conch Blasts resounded.

After advancing to the Nirvana Realm, he had not stopped cultivating for even a single day, unleashing every bit of foundation he had accumulated in the Essence Core Realm.

He had passed the Nirvana Wind Tribulation and the Nirvana Fire Tribulation, advancing directly to the Nirvana Realm Late Stage!

"Inhale... exhale..."

With one breath in, clouds and rain seemed to gather around him. With one breath out, thunder seemed to explode at his side.

Abruptly, he opened his eyes, and boundless flames erupted within them.

"Jiang... Shu..."

Ever since his defeat at the Mystical Power Tournament, it was as if he had lived beneath Jiang Shu's shadow all along!

He had finally thought that he had entered the Nirvana Realm and gotten ahead of Jiang Shu. As long as he cultivated swiftly, he might yet overtake Jiang Shu.

Yet then came word that Jiang Shu had become famous in a single battle in the Endless Sea Domain, passed the Wind Fire Tribulation, and advanced to the Nirvana Realm Middle Stage!

Now, he himself was still at the Nirvana Realm Middle Stage, still comprehending Great Dao Prototypes one by one.

Meanwhile, Jiang Shu had