Proving the Dao!

Luofeng Mountain. An invisible ripple spread outward, and in the haze, it seemed as though immortal birds could be heard singing in jubilation.

"Kid, you made it?"

Zhu Yuanlong, who had been slumbering within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, abruptly awoke, a flash of delight in his eyes.

They had both been there before.

He understood all too well.

Those were ripples of the Great Dao.

A sign that the bodies were about to merge.

This brat Lu Yang was about to become a True Lord!

He had known that Lu Yang could advance to True Lord after obtaining the suppressive artifact, but he had never expected it to happen so quickly.

"Quick, tell that Dao Lord behind you. This is the critical moment. If anything goes wrong, there will be no second chance."

Zhu Yuanlong hurriedly urged him.

Like everyone else, he had been certain that a Dao Lord was most likely protecting Lu Yang from behind the scenes.

And not a weak one, at that.

It had to be one of the great figures in the top ten of the Immortal Ranking.

Only people like them had the right to nurture the number one of the Earth Rankings.

The likeliest candidate was probably that foremost independent cultivator in the world, Shuangquan Dao Lord.

After all, Lu Yang was highly likely to achieve Dual Certifications.

Yet to his utter disbelief, Li Rui's avatar, Lu Yang, looked at Zhu Yuanlong with an odd expression. "Dao Lord?"

"Who said I know any Dao Lords?"

"???!!!"

Zhu Yuanlong's eyes instantly widened. "You brat, you don't have a Dao Lord watching over you?"

Li Rui answered as if it were only natural. "Everything Lu has achieved in his life, he achieved entirely through his own efforts."

"..."

For a moment, Zhu Yuanlong did