His words rang out.
Gu Changqing slowly raised his bleary, drunken eyes and stared straight into the boundlessly lofty Heavenly Dao Void, which embodied the supreme will.
Gulp...
He took another swig of wine and let out a burp.
That defiant stance, those flippant words, traveled through endless space and time and spread throughout the Primordial World.
In an instant.
Every Mighty Expert watching this place, without exception, was dumbstruck.
An uproar!
After a deathly silence came a heaven-shaking uproar!
"He's mad! This Gu Changqing has truly gone mad!"
"What did he just say? Let the Heavenly Dao erase him? He'll wait right here?!"
"My heavens... this isn't arrogance anymore. He's courting death! He's blatantly pointing right at the Heavenly Dao's nose and shouting defiance!"
"Defying heaven! This is truly an act of defying heaven! He's defying the very highest heaven!"
Countless Mighty Experts reeled, waves surging through their minds, each one's heart tossed by towering breakers.
They had seen arrogance before, but never arrogance like this.
Clashing head-on with the Heavenly Dao Will in front of Dao Ancestor Hongjun was practically tying his head to his waistband and dancing wildly on the edge of the Ninefold Netherworld.
Thrilling!
So fucking thrilling!
Everyone held their breath, waiting for the world-destroying Heavenly Dao Divine Punishment to descend.
As they saw it, the Heavenly Dao Will stood supreme and governed the order of the Primordial World. How could it tolerate such provocation from a living being?
Surely, thunderous wrath would follow, bringing down supreme power to erase this Gu Changqing, who knew neither the height of heaven nor the depth of earth, from existence!
One breath.
Two breaths.
Ten breaths.
An incense stick's worth of time passed.
The entire Kunlun Ruins, and even the entire Primordial World, remained deathly silent.
The Heavenly