When he had first attained the Dao, he had seen nothing wrong. But after traveling far along the Red Dust Immortal Path, he had looked back and begun to suspect that there had been more to that battle at the end of the Mythological Era.
With Emperor Venerable's battle prowess and the lifespan he had possessed then, there was absolutely no way he could have died without stirring even a ripple.
After all, he had done far more than create the Nine Secrets: Jie. He had mastered the divine arts of the Eight Heavenly Venerables, smelting them into one to form the Nine Secrets Unite as One Immortal Art.
The invincibility of the Nine Secrets Unite as One had begun with him.
Creating an immortal art in a human body-such a figure's cultivation realm would astound even immortals, and his battle prowess was beyond measure.
The Undying Heavenly Emperor had once made a comparison. Had he been in Emperor Venerable's position back then, even caught unprepared by a sneak attack, he would at most have been wounded, not killed!
Granted, his Immortal Phoenix Bloodline gave him self-healing abilities beyond the world's imagination.
But Emperor Venerable also had the Nine Secrets: Zhe. Having linked all Nine Secrets together, he could only have wielded it more powerfully than Longevity Heavenly Venerable.
The tenfold amplification of the Nine Secrets: Jie alone was enough to rival an Immortal Phoenix.
Yet Emperor Venerable had never appeared again after that battle. Even when the Heavenly Court was destroyed and the gods fell, there had been no trace of him.
Millions of years had buried that suspicion deep in his memories. Occasionally, he remembered it and scanned his surroundings warily, yet he had never detected any trace of Emperor Venerable.
This was a hidden mastermind who had