"Hehehehe!"
A burst of laughter suddenly echoed through the void.
The laughter was sinister and deep, like the cackle of a malevolent ghost. Hearing it sent shivers down one's spine, making the scalp tingle and the back grow cold.
Everyone's hearts were filled with suspicion. Could the source of this laughter be the one who had laid the trap to force the handsome youth out?
They didn't know.
Everyone looked around, following the sound, but saw nothing.
"Can you find this bastard?"
Da Xing the Mad Monk asked.
He possessed Dharma Eyes.
They could penetrate all things between heaven and earth, observing their true essence.
No matter how many transformations one underwent, they could not escape his Dharma Eyes.
However.
Between heaven and earth, there were also some existences that Da Xing the Mad Monk simply could not see or perceive.
For example, Original Sin Anomalies. Whether it was Gu Qingfeng or the handsome youth standing atop the Cauldron of Qiongqi, Da Xing the Mad Monk could not detect their presence.
Besides that, there were other existences. If they hid deeply enough, Da Xing the Mad Monk could sense their presence, but that was all. As for anything else, it remained unknown.
Beside him.
Gu Qingfeng shook his head. He couldn't find the owner of this laughter either.
Although Gu Qingfeng didn't possess Dharma Eyes like Da Xing the Mad Monk, his own eyes could be called Fiery Golden Eyes, and his divine sense was vast and boundless. Yet even so, there were many existences in this world he could not detect. It wasn't that he couldn't detect them at all; even if he did, it was like Da Xing the Mad Monk—he only knew the other party was hiding in the shadows, nothing more.
Just then.
That sinister, deep voice sounded again.
"Qiongqi is indeed Qiongqi. Even after reincarnating, reborn as a human, forgetting past life memories, your imposing manner remains undiminished from the old days... Hehehehe..." It was unknown who the speaker was, but from the tone, they seemed quite knowledgeable about the handsome youth's background.
The handsome youth who called himself Qiongqi still stood atop the Cauldron of Qiongqi, hands clasped behind his back. His silver-white hair danced slightly in the void. Dressed in white robes with his handsome features, he was truly eye-catching.
He also seemed unable to detect the other party's presence. Lifting his eyes to scan the void, a faint smile hung on his lips as he said, "May I ask who Your Excellency might be?"
"Hehehehe!"
The sinister, deep voice replied, "This old man is but a nameless nobody, not worth mentioning! Hehehehe—"
"A nameless nobody?"
Qiongqi said with a light laugh, "Your Excellency is far too modest."
"Hehehehe—" The other party continuously emitted that sinister, deep laughter, making everyone feel extremely uncomfortable.
The hot-tempered Huli Great Immortal seemed unable to bear it any longer. He shouted fiercely, "Hey! If you have the skill, show your face! Hiding in the shadows and shouting here—what kind of ability is that?"
"Hehe! So it's the renowned Huli Great Immortal!"
"Oh? You know this seat?"
"Hehe! The infamous triple Dao traitor of the Desolate Ancient Era—how could this old man not know you?"
In the Present Era, demon immortals and ghost immortals were especially common. Treading two paths, cultivating both demon and immortal ways, was not a rare thing. Not to mention demon-immortal dual cultivation, even the mutually opposing immortal-demon dual cultivation existed.
There were also many who abandoned the Immortal Dao for the Monster Dao. For example, Demon Emperor Xuehe went from immortal to demon. There were also demons who laid down their butcher's knives and became Buddhas on the spot.
But rarely would anyone be called a Great Dao traitor.
Even back when Xuehe abandoned the Immortal Dao's imperial destiny to join the Monster Dao, then turned around to slaughter the Immortal Dao, few called him a traitor to the Immortal Dao.
Firstly.
Demon Emperor Xuehe's prestige was too great, his strength too formidable. Even if some considered him a traitor to the Immortal Dao, they absolutely wouldn't dare shout it out loud.
Secondly.
The reason Demon Emperor Xuehe abandoned the Immortal Dao for the Monster Dao back then was because the Immortal Dao had forced his beloved woman to her death. In utter despair, a single thought turned him to demonhood. This matter was known to all, and many could understand it.
Thirdly.
Since the end of the Desolate Ancient Era, the so-called Three Thousand Great Daos had vanished, fallen asleep, or declined. Even the true overlord of heaven and earth, the Heavenly Dao, was faint and indistinct. Only the Immortal Dao dominated heaven and earth. The hatred between the various Great Daos—human, Buddha, immortal, demon, ghost—was not that great. Matters like turning from immortal to demon, while ridiculed and leaving a stain on one's reputation, would never escalate to the level of being called a Great Dao traitor.
But the Desolate Ancient Era was different.
The Desolate Ancient Era was an era of Great Daos contending for supremacy. To compete for the position of leading Great Dao and become the overlord of heaven and earth, the Three Thousand Great Daos fought inextricably. Each Great Dao viewed the others with disdain, as if harboring irreconcilable hatred.
In that era, turning from immortal to demon was like betraying one's kin and joining the enemy. One would absolutely bear that stigma for a lifetime.
Yet in the Desolate Ancient Era, Huli Great Immortal fearlessly touched the reverse scale of the Great Daos. He went from the Monster Dao to the Immortal Dao, equivalent to betraying the Monster Dao and joining the Immortal Dao. Although Huli Great Immortal did not serve the Immortal Dao back then, he was still viewed as a traitor by the Monster Dao.
However.
No one expected that not long after Huli Great Immortal joined the Immortal Dao, he betrayed the Immortal Dao and joined the Monster Dao.
Later, when Original Sin erupted, Huli Great Immortal betrayed the Monster Dao and began pursuing the legendary Daoless Era.
Therefore.
In the Desolate Ancient Era, Huli Great Immortal was called the triple Dao traitor. And the reason Huli Great Immortal's fame resounded throughout the Desolate Ancient Era was largely due to this moniker of triple Dao traitor.
However.
Although Huli Great Immortal became famous as a triple Dao traitor, it didn't mean he liked this nickname.
On the contrary.
In his entire life, what he hated most was hearing others call him a triple Dao traitor.
Every time he heard "triple Dao traitor," the anger in Huli Great Immortal's heart would uncontrollably flare up. This time was no different.
"You little brat!"
Huli Great Immortal was furious, his face flushed red with rage. His tiger-like eyes blazed with fire as he roared, "You bastard! Get the hell out here!"
One had to say, Huli Great Immortal was truly ferocious to the extreme.
A single roar not only caused the omnipresent Original Sin Breath to churn and boil, but also made the void seem to tremble.
"Come out!"
"Do you dare to roll out here!"
Huli Great Immortal wildly swung his gray greatsword through the void, hacking so fiercely that the omnipresent Original Sin Breath continuously dispersed, frightening the distant Original Sin Dharmakayas into retreating.
"Hehehehe—" The sinister, deep laughter came again. The angrier Huli Great Immortal became, the harder the laughter grew. The more fiercely Huli Great Immortal hacked, the more maniacally the laughter sounded.
"Suppressed in the Guixu for so many years, yet your temperament remains this hot-tempered, not a bit of improvement. Truly too disappointing for this old man. With just you, dream to ascend as the True Lord of Original Sin? Hehehehe...
Truly wishful thinking, wishful thinking! Hehehehe..." That sinister, deep voice was filled with mockery and sarcasm toward Huli Great Immortal. Each sentence was like a sharp dagger stabbing into Huli Great Immortal's heart, as if wantonly trampling on his dignity.