Clouds and mist swirled around them.
Li Xian, Lu Wu, Taichu, Purple Heavens, Miao Yan, Pan Wu, Void, and the others stood atop the same mountain.
There were only twenty-five people on this peak in all.
Yet these twenty-five represented the absolute core of the Human Race.
Among them were twelve Dao Ancestors, two Overlords including Li Xian, six top Dao Masters, and five wise figures who, though only Golden Immortals or Great Powers, held the academic standing of Sub-sages and had relegated Overlords to the ranks of Dao Masters.
Li Xian swept his gaze over them...
"This is the foundation of the Human Race."
Besides the Dao Ancestors he had already met, there were others he had indirectly encountered and learned about: Origin Dao Ancestor, who had written "Immortal Supreme Dao Master Will Evolution in Detail," and Yantian Dao Ancestor, who had created the Heavenly Evolution Art, the culmination of the Karma Dao.
Compared with all the merriment at the banquet, the Dao Ancestors, top Dao Masters, and even the Sub-sages here wore rather grave expressions. They knew very well what a monumental undertaking the Human Race would embark upon after the Dao Master banquet.
"The key to opening the Space-Time River this time lies with you two."
Origin Dao Ancestor turned his gaze toward Taiyi and Li Xian.
Although the Human Race's thirteen Dao Ancestors did not have the clear divisions in strength that existed among the Spirit Race, Origin Dao Ancestor...
In seniority, strength, and prestige alike, he ranked first in the Human Race.
It was this Dao Ancestor who spoke now as well. "The only thing we can do is spare no effort to ensure that the Dao Ancestors in the Origin Sea cannot easily intervene."
"That will be enough."
Taiyi Overlord said solemnly, "Although our