"Whoosh!"
After Li Xian slew another top-tier Dao Lord suspected of belonging to a race subordinate to the God Clan, his surroundings abruptly cleared.
He looked around...
They truly deserved to be called top-tier Dao Lords. Almost every one of them possessed exceptional skills and formidable Escape Techniques.
Each fled faster than the last.
"The danger zone only covers this tiny area around the Heavenly Book Tower. Outside it, most places are safe zones where fighting is prohibited... Competition in the Heaven's Mandate Cult isn't all that fierce."
Li Xian came to a halt.
He had only killed Moon Worship, four God Clan Dao Lords, and two Dao Lords from forces subordinate to the God Clan before everyone else rushed beyond the Heavenly Book Tower's bounds and fled into the safe zone.
The Heaven's Mandate Cult protected its Dao Lords far too well.
A moment later...
He had no intention of breaking this rule, either.
Without the protection of the Heaven's Mandate Cult's strict rules, the six supreme races would long since have used their strength to intimidate others and monopolize important resource sites. What room would ordinary Dao Lords have had to rise?
Effective protection gave ordinary Dao Lords the courage to compete with those of the six supreme races, leaving them ample room to advance. Only with room to advance could the cultivation system keep functioning normally.
Only then could this cultivation framework develop healthily.
Li Xian immediately gathered his hand through the air, collecting the storage treasures of the seven Dao Lords he had killed.
A sweep of his Divine Sense left him slightly surprised.
"Dao Lords... are rather unrewarding. They barely carry any valuable spoils."
But that was normal.
A Dao Lord's Dao was found within the "self."
They relied on no outside power and trusted