That figure was none other than him.
It was the Elder of Chaos, the ancient demon god born from Chaos who belonged to the same generation as Dao Ancestor Hongjun!
The instant the Elder of Chaos appeared, Laozi and Yuanshi's expressions tightened.
Perhaps the aura surrounding him was simply too soul-shaking, too incomparably vast, for Laozi and Yuanshi abruptly regained their composure.
Taiqing Laozi, who had seemed possessed by madness just moments earlier, and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, who had been fanning the flames beside him, both felt their hearts quake!
Neither dared show the slightest negligence. They immediately bowed slightly and saluted the figure respectfully.
"Greetings, Senior Chaos."
Yet.
The Elder of Chaos paid their salutes no heed, not even sparing them another glance.
On his ashen face, his sinister eyes merely swept indifferently over Laozi and Yuanshi.
That glance carried not a trace of emotion, yet it left the two Heavenly Dao Sages feeling as though they had fallen into an ice cavern, their bodies rigid!
It was utter disregard born of a difference in the very level of their existence!
As though, in his eyes, the mighty Heavenly Dao Sages were merely two slightly stronger ants, unworthy of mention.
Of course, Laozi and Yuanshi also understood that the Elder of Chaos bore them no hostility.
Rather, ever since Gu Changqing had seized the Chaos Bead through trickery and force, the Elder of Chaos had seemed trapped in some sort of inner demon, wearing that sinister expression at every moment.
Immediately afterward, the Elder of Chaos withdrew his gaze and turned it toward Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who had remained silent on the other side.
Within Zixiao Palace, the atmosphere froze utterly at that moment.
The two supreme beings who had emerged from Chaos simply stared at one another.
After