"What was that just now..."
"What terrifying, crushing tremors! The world I belonged to was once struck by a world from beyond the heavens and plunged into destruction. The pressure those fluctuations gave me was exactly like the crushing tremors when that other world crashed into ours and scraped against its atmosphere!"
"Dao Ancestor Shixi! It was Dao Ancestor Shixi! He returned to the Origin Sea and dealt with some Spirit Race experts for us along the way! What a pity... we originally wanted to exploit a loophole in the rules. We deliberately held off on reviving the two Dao Ancestors who fell in the war against the Spirit Race a hundred thousand eras ago, and chose Shixi from four hundred thousand eras ago instead. Who would have thought... this method still wouldn't work."
"Dao Ancestor Shixi..."
Li Xian knew little of this Dao Ancestor beyond his name.
He knew little else.
But that was not the point.
The point was...
"Dao Ancestor Shixi acted in person... surely he didn't drive the Spirit Race army straight back?"
If he had, wouldn't all the trouble Li Xian, Taichu, and the others had taken to wait here have been a complete waste of time?
"No, this won't do. If they're driven back, who knows when Blood River Overlord and the rest will return? Rather than wait in vain, we might as well take the initiative! As the saying goes, it is discourteous not to return a visit! Why should we passively wait for Blood River Overlord to invade instead of fighting our way onto Spirit Race territory and forcing him to lead his forces back to reinforce it?" The best defense was offense!
At this thought, Li Xian immediately made his decision.
"Everyone, let's fight our way into Spirit Race territory and