These Supremes, harboring sinister designs and indulging in wild fantasies, posed little threat to him.
"The one truly worth taking seriously is still the Undying Heavenly Emperor hiding in the Strange World. I must lure him out!"
He and the Undying Heavenly Emperor were already locked in a struggle that would end only with one of them dead.
Unless he found a way to eliminate that fellow completely, he would remain a problem.
Especially since the path of transformation into an immortal amid the mortal world was far too perilous.
Each method of longevity could only wrest one more lifetime from death.
It required not only sufficient accumulation and attainment, but also tremendous courage, perseverance, and wisdom...
Normally, one could only attempt to begin the next lifetime when one's blood and vitality had withered, one's lifespan had reached its end, and the lamp was nearly out of oil.
Only by staking everything on an all-out gamble at the boundary between life and death was there a sliver of hope for success.
If he fell into weakness and the other party seized an opening, exploiting his vulnerability to launch the most terrifying and ruthless assassination strike, he would be in trouble.
The slightest carelessness could consign him to eternal ruin.
He certainly did not want the Undying Heavenly Emperor silently slipping him a blade at a critical juncture in his transformation.
"Rumble..."
Just then.
A golden road of light unfurled toward him.
The Great Dao resonated, Immortal Spirits danced, and auspicious colors abounded in a world-shaking spectacle.
It was neither the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body nor the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor and Cang Yu, the Saint Spirit Emperor.
Instead, it was the female Fire Dao Saint Spirit who, several centuries ago, had used the Heaven-Mending Technique to rise against the odds,