The moment Tai Shao spoke, Chu Mo's spiritual perception trembled. He did not know whether he was imagining it, but it felt as though someone had glanced their way from afar.
Calling a Heavenly Venerable directly by name-aren't you afraid he'll look over? He frowned at Tai Shao. She seemed to read his mind, yet remained as cheeky and carefree as ever.
"What are you afraid of, Du You?" Tai Shao said lightly. "Don't worry. The Heavenly Will Patriarch is quite confident and generous. Everything is within his permission."
After that brief explanation, she continued where she had left off. "Though you endured the trials of the Past Illusion, Du You, Dragonkind had already declined by then. You still don't understand their true strength.
"In the Primordial Beginning era, the Dragon Ancestor's [All-Existence] symbol weighed upon heaven and earth. All living beings, in all their myriad forms, fell within the bounds of All-Existence and could only follow its Dao.
"Even after the Dragon Ancestor first fell and then ascended, his strength diminished not one whit. Thus, after that Heavenly Will Patriarch attained his Dao, he severed his own subconscious and transformed it into Fuli Heaven's Will, making Heaven's Will manifest. Only then could the Human Race follow Heaven's Will and wrest the profound wonders from All-Existence's grasp, little by little.
"The reason the Fuli Heavenly Dao is called Heaven's Will is precisely because it is the will of a Heavenly Venerable."
Chu Mo nodded in realization. "No wonder..."
No wonder the cultivators of the Heaven's Will Sect, regardless of their realm-whether Qi Refining or Mahayana-still revered Heaven's Will with utmost sincerity, even if their cultivation reached the heavens.
Heaven's Will was their founding patriarch. How could they not obey?
His gaze flickered, and something immediately occurred to him. He looked