All living beings gazed up, entranced, at the countless figures gradually receding into the distance. Their hearts brimmed with longing; they wished desperately to be among them.
Envy nearly spilled from their hearts. "What kind of opportunity is this? Every soldier of the Dao Origin Divine Hall gets to become immortal together! Why wasn't I blessed with such fortune?"
The Heaven Forbidden Zone rumbled in the void. Inside, the Supremes watched, their faces twisted with jealousy.
"Why do those ants get to become immortal while I must struggle through this mortal world and suffer every hardship? It isn't fair!"
"I deserve a share of this chance at immortality! If even Great Abilities can become immortal, why can't I, a Great Saint? I'm joining the Dao Origin Divine Hall right now. I'm going to become immortal!"
Others grew greedy. Intent on breaking through the obstacles and seizing the Dao Origin Divine Hall cultivators' path to immortality, they roared in a frenzy.
But just as they moved, a hand wreathed in Immortal Radiance appeared out of thin air. Bearing boundless pressure and laws of order, it came crashing down.
Those who tried to steal the path to immortality had no time even to scream before that terrifying power reduced them to ash.
"Fellow Daoists, let us ascend to immortality together!"
Another Supreme, having lost his senses, emerged. Yet even he could not withstand the enormous hand that appeared from nowhere and blotted out the sky.
Mysterious runes shone across the hand, brilliant light streamed over it, and boundless pressure and terrifying power of law surged within.
Rumble!
The hand slammed down with the force of ten thousand thunderbolts. Space collapsed in its wake, and time itself seemed to stand still.
"I was wrong! I'm willing to submit and join Dao Origin!"
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