At that instant, everyone finally understood why all six Saints had set out, and why they were all heading for the Netherworld Blood Sea.
It was because someone else in this world had attained Dao! But this person had not become a Saint; he had become a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal.
A Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal who could attain Dao without Hongmeng Purple Qi!
Minghe!
These two words—Minghe's name—had already been deduced by countless great powers.
This great power who had emerged from the Blood Sea had remained unknown until now.
No one had ever seen him.
Even when Dao was taught at Zixiao Palace, he had never appeared.
But now, the moment he emerged, it was earth-shattering and heaven-shaking. He had already become a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal.
A Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal had attained Dao through his own efforts and could stand on par with a Saint!
And precisely because of this, the six Saints had descended upon the Blood Sea together.
Above the Blood Sea, the six Saints arrived one after another. Nuwa, the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti stood in three directions, surrounding Minghe.
The expressions of All Sages were extremely grave as they stared at Minghe in silence.
Yet the auras of All Sages were constantly clashing against Minghe's.
Minghe's aura was exceedingly tyrannical and fierce, just like his Way of Slaughter.
It stirred the heavens and earth until they rumbled and trembled without cease.
All Sages could not suppress Minghe through aura alone.
Therefore, they could only fight.
At this time, after a long silence, Laozi, the eldest brother among All Sages, finally spoke.
"Minghe, congratulations."
The other five Saints also offered their congratulations.
No matter what Minghe was like, now that he had attained Dao, he was on the same level as them.
Naturally, All Sages had to congratulate him.
Minghe opened and closed his eyes, then gave a soft laugh and shook his head. "Did you all come to my Blood Sea merely to offer congratulations?"
"Or are you planning to offer courtesy before resorting to force, intending to suppress me?"
All Sages exchanged glances. Laozi said, "Fellow Daoist, it seems you already understand."
"You are an anomaly, and now you have defied Heaven's will. That is why we have descended to suppress you."
"Are you willing to surrender and seal yourself within the Blood Sea?"
At Laozi's words, Minghe could not help but laugh. His laughter grew louder and louder, like rolling thunder that scattered the clouds overhead.
At the same time, a system notification sounded in Minghe's mind: "Ding! Detected that the host is facing suppression by the six Saints. The host may make one of the following choices."
"Choice One: Surrender and seal yourself within the Blood Sea, accepting suppression by All Sages. Reward: one portion of the Origin of Life and Death."
"Choice Two: Rise up in resistance and battle All Sages. Kill at least one Saint. Reward: one portion of the Origin of Time."
"Choice Three: Acknowledge that you are outmatched but refuse to be suppressed. Abandon the Blood Sea and flee the Primordial World. Reward: one portion of the Origin of Space."
Hearing the system notification, Minghe was not surprised. He had expected it already.
After all, his attainment of Dao was a major event. Moreover, all six Saints had arrived together, intending to suppress him.
The system had to make an appearance somehow.
The rewards for these choices were more or less the same: the Origin of Life and Death, the Origin of Time, and the Origin of Space.
One choice out of three.
With a flicker of thought, Minghe swiftly made his choice. "System, I choose Option Two."
Being suppressed was impossible, and fleeing was equally impossible.
That left only one option: battle.
In this battle, he would kill a Saint!
Minghe's laughter abruptly stopped, and the atmosphere instantly became somewhat stagnant.
Even the winds, clouds, and currents of air between heaven and earth seemed frozen, becoming a painting.
Perhaps even after countless ages had passed, no being who saw this painting would ever forget it.
It was a scene of Minghe facing the six Saints alone.
The next moment, the painting shattered. One of the six Saints made a move.
That Saint was Zhunti.
Although all the Saints had arrived, they still had their pride before so many watching eyes.
Moreover, someone had to test the waters and probe Minghe's true strength.
Among All Sages, the one to step forward was Zhunti.
There was no helping it. Among the Saints, Zhunti held the lowest status.
As the sixth junior brother—and merely a nominal disciple at that—the dirty, exhausting, and dangerous work all fell to Zhunti.
Zhunti nodded to Jieyin, then stepped forward. A seven-colored, crystalline, translucent tree branch appeared in his hand.
This branch was Zhunti's Treasure of Attaining Dao—the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree. It had been refined from a branch of his true form, the Bodhi Tree.
Seven-colored light gleamed from the branch, carrying a terrifying aura of extinction.
A single glance seemed enough to make one feel endless serenity and extinction, a sensation of transcending all troubles and attaining eternal freedom.
Moreover, the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree had something in common with Minghe's Innate Five-Colored Divine Light.
The Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree could also sweep away all things. It did not even require the distinction of the five elements; earth, wind, water, fire, space, and all else could be encompassed. Anything it struck would be swept away.
But whether the Innate Five-Colored Divine Light or the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree was stronger depended on whose ability was greater.
For example, during the Investiture of the Gods, Kong Xuan used the Innate Five-Colored Divine Light to sweep away an unprepared Zhunti.
If Kong Xuan had possessed a Saint's cultivation then, Zhunti would truly have fallen and been unable to escape.
Unfortunately, Kong Xuan was only a Quasi-Saint. In the end, his Five-Colored Divine Light was broken, and he was instead converted by Zhunti.
The moment Zhunti attacked, he went all out, sweeping forward with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.
He intended to sweep Minghe into it and suppress him directly.
The seven-colored light blazed brilliantly, pure and liberated, extinct and tranquil. It was about to strike Minghe and sweep him away.
But at that moment, Minghe let out a long howl and attacked as well. He swung two bloody sword lights, and in that instant, the sword lights shifted through countless phenomena.
This sword strike was the first to draw a reaction from Tongtian among the Three Pure Ones, and surprise appeared on his face.
At the same time, the two bloody sword lights crossed the sky like two vast Blood Rivers.
Carrying an aura of indifference and mercilessness, they met the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree head-on.
Zhunti had already been extremely wary of Minghe. After all, Minghe had taken slaughter as his Dao, so his combat strength was bound to be terrifying.
Thus, Zhunti had attacked with all his strength, wielding the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree in pursuit of certainty.
But only when Minghe struck did Zhunti truly sense the terror. His primordial spirit, entrusted to the Heavenly Dao, throbbed violently and issued constant warnings.
Boom!
The next moment, the sword lights collided with the seven-colored radiance. In an instant, the seven-colored light was torn apart.
Streams of terrifying killing intent burst through the seven-colored radiance, utterly unstoppable.
In an instant, the bloody light seemed to dye the entire sky red.
Minghe's sword lights had already cleaved through Zhunti's Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, and in the next moment, they slashed fiercely across Zhunti's body.
With a splattering sound, a wound appeared on Zhunti's body, and Saint's blood sprayed into the air.
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