Outside the Primordial Realm, winds rose and clouds surged.
Dozens of Immortal Kings stood like mountains, channeling their core mystical arts. Torrents of laws erupted from their palms and shot through the air into the depths of the realm barrier.
"The Heavenly Venerable suddenly sent word. He must have encountered grave danger. Everyone, hold nothing back!"
"Just how powerful is the God Lord? Even with all our strength combined, we can barely pierce the realm barrier. Has he truly broken the shackles of the Immortal King realm and risen above heaven and earth?"
"Whatever the case, he is no foe we can contend with. We can only hope that Heaven favors the virtuous and allows the Heavenly Venerable to weather this calamity!"
"..."
Every expert present wore a grave expression, their eyes fixed on the center of the passage, terrified that something might go wrong.
The hot-tempered Featherization Immortal King could no longer resist asking, "I heard that the God Venerable once fought the God Lord. What exactly is that old monster's background? Could you enlighten us?"
At those words, every gaze swung toward him as though drawn by invisible threads.
Great Yan Divine Venerable had always remained tight-lipped about the details of that battle. Even the Ancestral Dragon and Sword Saint Xuanxiao, veterans who had followed him from the earliest days, knew nothing.
Now that the question had been raised, everyone finally had a chance to uncover the truth.
For a moment, a long wind swept across the wilderness, and an eerie silence settled over their surroundings.
Under the Immortal Kings' burning gazes, Great Yan Divine Venerable finally spoke, his voice as deep as a tolling bell. "To tell you the truth, I have never fought the God Lord himself. The one who stood against me as an equal