Most Half-step True Immortals had countless legendary deeds to their names in the Immortal Realm, their renown resounding far and wide.
He had immediately detected this through the slightest changes only because, many years ago, he had once entertained a fleeting thought: sever the immortal paths of other Daos, restrict the emergence of True Immortals of every Dao, and steer the Immortal Realm's Great Dao Rules elsewhere.
But as one True Immortal after another emerged and the Great Daos balanced one another, he no longer possessed such power.
He had attained the Dao hundreds of millions of years ago.
Xuan Li had already comprehended myriad Daos. He knew how to let his single Dao give rise to ten thousand, and his understanding of certain Outer Daos even rivaled that of their Nine Tribulations Dao Venerables. His strength was unfathomable, unrivaled throughout the world.
His expression grew grave as several possible suspects flashed through his mind.
Yet.
That mighty power capable of influencing the Great Dao Rules of the Immortal Realm Heaven and Earth continued to quietly intensify. He took a step and instantly vanished from the Heavenly Frontier.
A hundred thousand years later.
Over these years, he had secretly searched the world and sought out the traces of several True Immortals, yet he still could not discover who was acting behind the scenes.
Until he traveled to the Chaos Sea and found his old friend from those years.
"Fellow Daoist Origin."
"Fellow Daoist Qing Xu."
"Over all these years, have you truly noticed nothing amiss with the Immortal Realm's Great Dao Rules?"
Xuan Li's gaze was grave as he looked meaningfully at Yuan Shi Shengzun's Dao body. "The Immortal Realm is vast. I can no longer find those fellow Daoists, and I do not know how to resolve this matter."