Divine Land.
The void.
Heavenly Remnant Lord and Golden Silkworm Ancestor fell silent.
"Eighty-two."
"In just ten thousand years, eighty-two members of the One Origin Dao Gate have attained True Immortalhood."
"Do you two still think Divine Land needs to be preserved?"
Scarlet Blood Patriarch looked at the two demons and said gravely, "When the One Origin Dao Gate produced ten True Immortals in forty thousand years, we could ignore it. When another two ascended over the next eighty thousand years, we could ignore that too. But now the One Origin Dao Gate has shown the dagger hidden in its map, and new True Immortals are falling like rain. Are we still going to sit by while they occupy Divine Land and sweep the cosmos clean?"
Scarlet Blood Patriarch had mixed feelings himself.
He had hoped the One Origin Dao Gate would produce more True Immortals. That would help him pressure Golden Silkworm Ancestor and Heavenly Remnant Lord into making up their minds, breaking with the Dao Gate entirely and abandoning any thought of preserving Divine Land World.
But during the first eighty thousand years, the One Origin Dao Gate had dragged its feet. Only two disciples under Zhou Yan had attained True Immortalhood.
Scarlet Blood Patriarch had been rather disappointed.
Then, over the last ten thousand years, the tide had turned.
In a display that left all Divine Land wide-eyed, the One Origin Dao Gate had produced eighty-two new True Immortals in one burst.
On average, one in every hundred-odd Peak Fourth Rank disciples of the Dao Gate had attained True Immortalhood.
One had ascended every century or so.
For ten thousand years,
the Wind-Fire Tribulations outside Golden Wind Mountain Sea had come one after another.
Another would flare up without warning.
At times, three or five True Immortals