The Daoist flickered and appeared before Xu Changxing.
He unhurriedly offered a Daoist Salute before answering, "You may call me whatever you wish, fellow Daoist.
"I am both Zhongji and the Great Overlord of this layer of the Abyss."
Looking at the Daoist before him, whose entire body radiated an eerie aura, Xu Changxing finally confirmed his suspicion.
Back then, it had not been the Great Overlord who devoured Daoist Zhongji. Instead, Daoist Zhongji had used an evil art to refine the Great Overlord of this layer of the Abyss.
He raised his eyebrows and said, "To evade the Final Tribulation, you actually fused with this layer's Great Overlord.
"Doesn't that seem like too steep a price?"
Daoist Zhongji said expressionlessly:
"Yes, I did pay far too much to survive the great tribulation of heaven and earth.
"Although this Abyss Great Overlord was not particularly powerful, its sinister Slaughter Laws were extremely difficult to purge.
"To remove the filth within its body that could easily drive one mad, I suppressed it with the Five Elements Grand Formation and slowly filtered its tainted blood.
"Now, a million years have passed, and I was only one step away from success.
"Yet you disrupted my arrangements at this very moment.
"I could only absorb it in haste.
"Shouldn't you give me an accounting?"
Xu Changxing raised his eyebrows. "What sort of accounting would you like?"
A sinister gleam flashed through Daoist Zhongji's eyes as he said:
"It is simple enough. As long as you become one with me, I can completely suppress the filthy laws within that beast!"
As he spoke, his hands had already formed an eerie seal before him.
The seal looked unremarkable, yet like a divine needle anchoring the sea, it stabilized the turbulent laws of this world.
Xu Changxing