Great music was almost silent.
Tribulation Lightning descended.
The Primordial Simplicity Patriarch and the One Origin Patriarch belonged to the same era, and the times at which they had attained the Dao were close.
But the latter had advanced to the Fourth Realm after only 2.2 million years, while the Primordial Simplicity Patriarch had not reached it until he was 6.8 million years old. There was a considerable gap between them in the number of True Immortal Calamities they had survived.
The One Origin Patriarch had already endured nearly eight thousand calamities.
The Primordial Simplicity Patriarch had endured far fewer.
This time, he faced only his 6,451st True Immortal Calamity.
With the Primordial Simplicity Patriarch's cultivation and divine abilities, and an Ancient Immortal Artifact in hand, even surviving seven thousand rounds of Tribulation Lightning would not have been difficult.
Naturally, he passed through this one with ease.
The Tribulation Lightning emptied the void.
A path opened.
Amid the thunderous rumbling, the astral winds, lightning, and fire surrounding the Immortal-Fall Battlefield were forced apart. As the Primordial Simplicity Patriarch pressed deeper, a passage gradually opened behind him.
"Go!"
"Keep up!"
The One Origin Patriarch called out and was the first to leap in after him.
Then—
Chen Jichuan, Fudan Zi, and Patriarch Zhengyuan followed close behind.
After them, the 6,400 True Immortals of the Dao Gate plunged inside.
Once they had entered, the aura of Tribulation Lightning at the outermost edge began to fade. The astral winds, lightning, and fire that had been pushed aside closed together again, sealing off their route in and their way back. From outside, not a trace of the passage remained.
The Primordial Simplicity Patriarch continued forging a path ahead beneath the Tribulation Lightning.
The One Origin Patriarch, Chen Jichuan, and the other True Immortals followed