Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1779 Chapter 459: Dragon and Serpent Struggle—How Can I Be Absent?
Previously on Follow the path of Dao from infancy...
The arrival of the Chaos Red Demon Clan members and their companions turned the space in front of the Heavenly Ascension Road into a buzzing hive. These elite prodigies, having merged 23 Chaos Laws, radiated an unbeatable vibe without hiding it, charging straight up toward the peak of the Heavenly Ascension Road.
All the onlookers, faced with this overwhelming might, hurried out of the way in a flash.
"That's the Demon Child 'Chi Yuan' from my Chaos Red Demon Clan!"
"That's the prodigy 'Gu Xie' from my Chaos Cyan Teeth Clan!"
"What a powerful aura they have; they all rank in the top thirty on the Chaos Heavenly Dao list. Rumor has it they've waited a full thousand years for this Endless Heavenly Domain to open!"
Awe filled the gazes of many as they stared upward, watching the Chaos Red Demon Clan and their allies show their real forms. Shock and mixed feelings surged through them, with thoughts of how a birth a thousand years sooner might have let them vie for glory, but now, these rivals had surged ahead in cultivation by millennia; catching up was out of the question. They could only sigh over their unlucky timing in life!
Right as Chi Yuan and his group prepared to tread the Heavenly Road, Luo Ningshuang showed up at the same moment. At that instant, from another angle, a snow lotus unfurled in the emptiness, and a slim, pale white foot gently touched the Lotus Platform, unveiling the form of Xue Consort from the Chaos Ancient Immortal Clan.
Their figures converged, each unleashing a blazing aura that dominated the surroundings, forcing the crowd of challengers below to freeze in place, gripped by fear.
"Hmph, this time on the Heavenly Road, our Original Land will dominate!"
Chi Yuan shot a scornful look at Luo Ningshuang, his eyes dripping with contempt, and let out a chilly laugh.
Luo Ningshuang, being the personal disciple of the Chaos Immortal Emperor, appeared fragile next to these four.
Once his statement landed, a sturdy figure popped up next to Luo Ningshuang, looking like a robust middle-aged guy.
Before, Luo Ningshuang had shielded Lin Zhexuan to get in, while this robust middle-aged man had guarded the Su Family sisters, the Ghost Tribe sisters, Di Lincen, and the rest to arrive, serving as Luo Ningshuang's senior brother too.
"Seventh Senior Brother!"
Luo Ningshuang spotted her senior brother and let out a relieved breath. Unlike her junior sister Su Wanyi, this senior brother proved more dependable and had integrated 23 Chaos Laws before she did.
"Hmph, you are not unrivaled alone."
The robust middle-aged man gave a cold snort.
Chi Yuan narrowed his eyes and declared, "Just the two of you—if you dare compete, we'll cripple you right on the spot!"
"And us too."
A shadow approached as Su Wanyi led Su Wanqing, Su Muqing, and the others soaring in to join the group. The four sisters lined up side by side, bound by shared hostility, their stares icy.
Spotting the four sisters, Chi Yuan and his crew paused in surprise, then picked up on the average auras of Su Wanqing and the others, far from peak Immortal Lord level.
"What bunch of nobodies are these, padding the numbers? You might barely qualify, but do those three even belong here?" Chi Yuan voiced his scorn without restraint, dismissing Su Muqing and her companions entirely.
Such harsh words made Su Wanqing and the rest flush with anger, their tempers flaring; ever since starting cultivation, nobody had dared mock them so openly. Outrage burned inside, yet they knew the strength gap yawned wide. They'd only lingered in the Primordial True Realm for a few centuries, nothing like that guy.
"If we had the same amount of cultivation time, you might not be our match."
Su Muqing kept her expression calm, though wary of the foe's power, her fierce spirit refused to back down without a fight.
"Laughable words."
Chi Yuan sneered dismissively, uninterested in more chatter. In this realm, a loss stayed a loss, frailty remained frailty—no excuses changed that.
"With just you three, not enough!"
Nearby, Gu Xie, his complexion ghostly pale, stated flatly.
Su Wanyi's features darkened, and she shot back, "Do you plan to stop us right here? If so, give it a shot. My sisters might not match you in battle, but they also wield Domain Artifacts!"
At her declaration, Chi Yuan and the others arched their brows, scanning the area. Even though they held the edge in Original Land, the followers from Chaos and Dao Origin groups often stuck tight together. Should they ally and lend Domain Artifacts, it could tip the scales against them.
Still, the climb along the Heavenly Road only grew tougher as it went. Once they pushed farther in, these disciples would naturally fall behind; at that point, Domain Artifacts or not wouldn't matter a bit.
"Hmph, once we're up there, I'd love to see how you three scrape together twelve Domain Artifacts!"
Chi Yuan snickered frostily, opting to handle them further along.
The moment they geared up to mount the path, a form zipped in from above.
"Wait a moment!"
Heads turned, revealing a youth decked in Golden Armor.
Standing close by, Xue Consort caught sight of him and froze briefly, her eyes then brimming with astonishment and uncertainty.
"Divine Venerable?"
The arrival caught Chi Yuan and his group's notice too, recognizing him as a fellow under the same sect.
Yet Divine Venerable stood apart from them, hailing from the Human Race, accepted by the sect master for special motives.
In Original Land, humans counted as scarce, with just two taken as direct disciples by the sect master—one being this Divine Venerable.
They harbored no fondness for Divine Venerable; despite his switch from the Human Race to the sect master, that act of turning on his kin fueled their lasting contempt.
"Have any of you encountered that Haotian?"
Divine Venerable, fresh on the scene, swept his gaze across the assembly. He'd rushed here the instant the road emerged, holding off on the ascent, aware this was just an illusion; scaling it now would prove pointless, so he bided his time quietly for the real chance.
"Haotian?"
"That Human Race?"
Divine Venerable's question prompted subtle shifts in Chi Yuan and the others' faces, just as it did for Luo Ningshuang and Su Wanyi, who flashed back to moments in the Ninth-layer Heavenly Domain where that youth had slain a Chaos Dao Seed in a blink.
Under the Origin faction's heavy pressure, folks from the Chaos faction and Dao Origin faction could freely band together without issue, as both stemmed from the Human Race's Great Emperor.