Divine.
The sky was filled with the Divine.
It was a Divine that was pure and flawless, crystalline and translucent, boundless, endless, vast and immortal.
The Li Palace Void, once saturated with the aura of Original Sin, now held no trace of Original Sin under the envelopment of the Divine light. The Li Palace Void had transformed into a world of Divinity.
An ancient saying goes: "Beneath the Sage Path, all are ants; beneath the Heavenly Dao, all are grass."
Many had once considered these words overly exaggerated.
Only now, shrouded by the omnipresent Divinity, did everyone realize these words were not exaggerated in the slightest. Enveloped by the Divine, everyone felt a sensation within their hearts—a feeling of being exceptionally small, as insignificant as ants.
Xuanyuan Hao, who had transformed into the Radiant Great Sun, stood high above like the source of Divinity, like a deity presiding over this Divine world, as if judging and sentencing all living beings in heaven and earth.
And what of Old Ancestor Green Robe?
No one knew.
The only certainty was that this old fellow had definitely not fled, nor could he have been reduced to ashes.
The ancestral patriarchs of the various Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands, hidden in the dark recesses of the void, were all seasoned veterans who naturally could see that Old Ancestor Green Robe had not exerted his full strength and might even be deliberately concealing his power.
"Old Ancestor Green Robe!"
A voice echoed through the void.
Xuanyuan Hao's figure flickered faintly within the Radiant Great Sun. He gazed arrogantly at the firmament, sweeping his eyes across all directions, and shouted, "I knew you were weak, but I never imagined you were this weak—so weak as to be utterlyvulnerable."
As one of the Nine Sacred Sons of the Sacred Ground, a disciple of the Heaven-Shielding Martial Sage Xuanyuan Wuji, Xuanyuan Hao possessed both the qualification and the capital for arrogance.
Of course.
Xuanyuan Hao was not unaware that Old Ancestor Green Robe had not used his full power.
However, for Xuanyuan Hao, he simply didn't care. From the very beginning, he had never regarded Old Ancestor Green Robe as worthy of his attention.
"Heh!"
"For someone like you to dare covet the position of Original Sin True Lord is sheer overestimation of your own abilities!"
"This is the so-called Original Sin, this is the so-called 'itself,' this is the so-called Original Sin Itself Patriarch—before my Divinity, it is nothing more than this."
Xuanyuan Hao's words were clearly meant for the ears of the ancestral patriarchs hidden in the dark recesses of the void from various Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands.
Suddenly.
Old Ancestor Green Robe's voice rang out once more: "Xuanyuan brat, don't get too complacent! This Ancestor simply can't be bothered to stoop to your level. Do you truly think Divinity is sogreat？
Jiejiejie!
Let me tell you, the so-called Divinity is nothing but a little bastard born from the Primordial! Forget your wretched Divinity, even if Divinity's own father, the Primordial himself, were to appear, he might not be able to do anything to Original Sin!"
According to legend.
The Chaos gave birth to two existences: the Primordial and Original Sin.
The Primordial then gave birth to Divinity and Light, while Original Sin gave birth to Evil and Darkness.
However, legends were just legends. No one knew whether they were true or false. Most importantly, everyone knew of Original Sin and had seen it, but as for the existence of the Primordial, to this day, no one had even heard of it， let alone seen it.
Even though everyone had just witnessed with their own eyes Xuanyuan Hao transforming into the Radiant Great Sun and causing the omnipresent Original Sin to vanish like smoke.
On the surface, it seemed Divinity suppressed Original Sin, and Original Sin wasvulnerable before Divinity.
But that was only how it seemed.
Whorestrains whom was a difficult thing to say.
It was similar to Heavenly Mandates.
As was well known, among Heavenly Mandates, Imperial Authority was supreme, followed by Imperial Seals, then Thrones, and lastly, Star Lords.
But this did not necessarily mean Imperial Authority was more powerful than Imperial Seals, or that Imperial Seals were more powerful than Thrones.
Therefore.
Even if the legend were true, it did not necessarily mean Divinity could do nothing to Original Sin. The example just now, where Xuanyuan Hao transformed into the Radiant Great Sun and reduced the omnipresent Original Sin to ashes, was clear proof.
Old Ancestor Green Robe's argument seemed rather untenable, and he seemed to realize this as well, adding, "Jiejiejie!
Xuanyuan brat, if you truly have skill, dare you face Qiongqi inface off？"
Before Xuanyuan Hao could respond, Old Ancestor Green Robe, hidden in the dark void, burst into loud laughter again: "Jiejiejie! Qiongqi hasfused withOriginal SinTrue Blood, is an Original Sin Anomaly, and is the reincarnation of Qiongqi, one of the Four Great Fierce Beasts of the Desolate Ancient Era! In the past, he followed theVenerable One slaughteredThree Thousand Great Daos, jiejiejie!
Erasing you would be effortless!
Jiejiejie!"
"And you dare say Original Sin is nothing before Divinity?
Jiejiejie, dare you say that to Qiongqi's face?
Jiejiejie, you don't dare!
The mere thought would scare you to death!"
Everyone could tell.
Old Ancestor Green Robe was instigating, provoking a conflict between Xuanyuan Hao and Qiongqi—more precisely, provoking a conflict between a Destined Calamity and an Original Sin Anomaly.
No one was surprised; they could all guess that Old Ancestor Green Robe would certainly employ such tactics.
First, Old Ancestor Green Robe had forced Qiongqi out by some unknown means, and now he was here fanning the flames everywhere, forcing the Sacred Ground to reveal itself and declare its stance.
Everyone knew Old Ancestor Green Robe would try every means to instigate the Sacred Ground into moving against Qiongqi. They just hadn't expected his methods of instigation to be sodespicable, solowly, and soblunt.
However.
One had to admit that sometimes, the mostdespicable, mostbase, and mostblunt instigation was also the most direct and most effective.
Especially when facing the ancestral patriarchs of the Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands, eachunfathomable andknowledgeable. No matter how clever thescheme, it likely wouldn't escape their notice. Given that, it was better to be direct.
In truth.
Everyone could see that under these circumstances, even if Old Ancestor Green Robe did not speak up to instigate, a conflict between the Sacred Ground and Qiongqi was unavoidable.
From the moment the Sacred Ground descended, it was already destined.
The reason was simple: if the Sacred Ground wished to declare its stance before the ancestral patriarchs of the Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands, it could notbypass a figure like Qiongqi, an Original Sin Anomaly Child. If the Sacred Ground avoided Qiongqi while declaring its stance, not only would it fail to convince anyone, it might backfire, leading everyone to believe the Sacred Ground dared not face an Original Sin Anomaly.
From this perspective, Old Ancestor Green Robe was not onlydespicable and shameless but also a master strategist.
However.
Since the Sacred Ground had already descended, it must have been prepared for action and surely had devised afoolproof plan.
Now, the outcome depended on whether the Sacred Ground would bemanipulated like a puppet by Old Ancestor Green Robe, or whether Old Ancestor Green Robe'spainstakingly laid plans would end upforSacred Grounddo the groundwork.
In the dark recesses of the void.
The ancestral patriarchs of the various Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands all turned their gazes towards that Cauldron of Qiongqi.
The Cauldron of Qiongqi still floated in the void like a solitary peak mountain. It had appeared like this and remained so now. The only difference was that when it first appeared, the Cauldron of Qiongqi haddevoured the all-pervadingBreath of Original Sin. Now, the omnipresent Original Sin had long vanished like smoke. Strangely, the Cauldron of Qiongqi continued to rotate slowly within this Divine-filled Li Palace Void.
Upon the Cauldron of Qiongqi stood a youth.
White robes, white hair, exceptionally handsome.
None other.
He was the Qiongqi spoken of by Old Ancestor Green Robe.