"This time, quite a few Dao-Controlling Realm experts have entered the Return-to-Ruins River Site. It won't be easy for us to seize the supreme treasure!"
Lu Ren frowned slightly.
Their search for Gui Cangsheng's remains had indeed brought them a tremendous increase in strength, but they still stood little chance against Dao-Controlling Realm experts.
He had reached the Late Dao Fusion Realm, attained the Twelve-Pattern Battle Body, and even cultivated the Heaven-Chaos Great Dao True Intent.
Yun Qingyao had likewise reached the Late Dao Fusion Realm and attained the Eleven-Mark Battle Body. The concentration of her Primordial Bloodline had also increased.
With their combined strength, they might be able to handle an Early-Stage Dao-Controlling Realm expert, but facing one in the Mid Dao-Controlling Realm would be a struggle.
The Great Dao River did have an unwritten rule: cultivators a full major realm higher could not attack lower-realm cultivators unprovoked.
But once the fight for the supreme treasure truly began, they would have no such scruples.
"Let's go take a look first," Yun Qingyao said.
"Mm." Lu Ren nodded.
After burying Gui Cangsheng's body, Lu Ren and Yun Qingyao left the Underground World.
The deepest part of the Return-to-Ruins River Site was a pitch-black stretch of river, shrouded in black mist year-round.
At that moment, waves of golden ripples suddenly swept out from its center. Spreading in ring after ring, they drove away all the surrounding mist.
A massive vortex slowly formed. A terrifying aura poured from within it, as though an ancient behemoth had awakened from its slumber. It carried a supreme majesty that seemed capable of sweeping across the entire Return-to-Ruins River Site.
"The intelligence was right! A supreme treasure really is emerging in the Return-to-Ruins River Site!"
"With a commotion this terrifying, that treasure has to be