His Primordial Spirit shattered, and his Sage Body shattered as well.
This time, Yuanshi's injuries were far worse than those he had suffered fighting the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
No one had expected it.
How could the gulf between Yuanshi and Daochen, both Sages, be so vast?
Was Yuanshi too weak?
No-Daochen was simply too strong.
Not only did he possess numerous treasures, but his endlessly emerging techniques were too many to count.
Never mind Yuanshi-even Laozi, the leader of the Three Pure Ones, with the Heaven and Earth Yellow-Gold Exquisite Pagoda and the Taiji Diagram protecting him-
Had he taken Daochen's attack head-on-
His fate would likely have been little better than Yuanshi's.
Seeing Yuanshi reduced to such a state, Laozi and Tongtian, as well as Zhunti and Nüwa, all stopped fighting at the same moment.
They stood quietly in the void above the Eastern Seashore.
None had any intention of attacking again.
The outcome was already clear. Fighting on would only be futile.
If they wanted to contend with Daochen-
The Three Pure Ones could not do it, nor could the two Sages of the Western Land.
Perhaps only by joining forces could all five Sages gain the strength to challenge him.
None of the Sages present felt certain of even that.
Even if they had felt certain-
They would not have dared try lightly.
The price they would have to pay was simply too great.
So great that even Sages did not dare make the attempt lightly.
Especially Yuanshi.
His Sage Body had now shattered repeatedly, and even his Primordial Spirit had been ground out of existence. Had he not anchored his Primordial Spirit in the void upon attaining Sagehood, gaining the protection of the Heavenly Dao's primordial will-
After today, the name of the Jade Clarity Sage,