Provocation!
Stimulation!
Old Ancestor Green Robe was incessantly provoking and stimulating Xuan Yuan Hao, constantly pushing him to the brink of battle with Qiongqi.
The various Ancestral Patriarchs hidden in the dark void could also see that Xuan Yuan Hao did not dare to engage Qiongqi in battle. As for the reason, no one knew, and it wasn't important. What mattered was that Xuan Yuan Hao did not dare to fight.
Xuan Yuan Hao was the Ninth Sacred Son of the Sacred Ground and also the ordained figure of the tribulation. If he did not dare to fight, it meant, in a sense, that the Sacred Ground did not dare to move against the Original Sin Anomaly—at least, not at this moment.
This more or less disappointed the Ancestral Patriarchs of the various Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands. If even the Sacred Ground did not dare to act against the Original Sin Anomaly, then this Great Dao world would likely be difficult to preserve.
Just then, Xuan Yuan Hao, who had originally been enraged by Old Ancestor Green Robe, suddenly burst into loud laughter.
The laughter was particularly abrupt, inexplicable, and left everyone wondering what he was laughing about.
"Hahahaha!"
Xuan Yuan Hao's laughter echoed.
His form, transformed into a Divine Saint Sun, grew increasingly intense, and the sacred radiance in the Li Palace Void became more and more dazzling.
Perhaps Xuan Yuan Hao's laughter also baffled Old Ancestor Green Robe, who asked, "Xuan Yuan brat! You don't dare to lay a hand on Qiongqi at all. This Ancestor truly doesn't know what you're laughing about or what's so funny! Jiejiejiejie!"
"Old Ancestor Green Robe, you laid this trap today to draw my Sacred Ground out. Do you really think my Sacred Ground has no way to deal with you? Hmph! Let me tell you, your so-called scheme is nothing more than a petty trick in the eyes of my Sacred Ground."
The various Ancestral Patriarchs hidden in the dark void were all bewildered, completely unable to understand why Xuan Yuan Hao, who had just been provoked and helpless against Old Ancestor Green Robe, had suddenly become so confident.
"Oh? Is that so?" came Old Ancestor Green Robe's voice. He seemed to have a bad premonition.
"Hahaha! Old Ancestor Green Robe! Open your eyes wide and see what this is!"
Xuan Yuan Hao's figure flickered within that Divine Saint Sun, vaguely revealing that he now held a bow in his hand. He shouted, "The Divine Saint Judgment Bow and the Great Sun Judgment Arrow—have you heard of them?"
As soon as these words were spoken, a storm of commotion erupted in the dark void.
Even Da Xing the Mad Monk, who had been closely monitoring the situation, changed expression repeatedly upon hearing "Divine Saint Judgment Bow." He choked out, "Damn it! This little bastard actually holds the Divine Saint Judgment Bow. That's just... just too damn terrifying!"
The Divine Saint Judgment Bow was a renowned Great Dao supreme treasure.
Along with the Heaven-Dominating Bow and the Radiance Purification Bow, it was known as one of the Three Great Judgment Bows of ancient and modern Great Dao.
After the end of the Primordial Era, many Great Dao supreme treasures had vanished, with only a handful remaining. However, these Three Great Judgment Bows had been preserved intact.
The Divine Saint Judgment Bow was in the Sacred Ground, the Heaven-Dominating Bow was in the Shangqing Grotto-Heaven, and the Radiance Purification Bow was in the hands of Great Sun Yao Huang.
It was no exaggeration to say that these three bows were the bane of demons, ghosts, and monsters. Countless evil existences throughout history had perished by these bows. In the Primordial Era, an age of Great Dao contention, many Great Dao experts, even Great Dao Ancestral Patriarchs, had no choice but to flee upon hearing the names of these three bows. Legend had it that even powerful beings like Great Dao Overlords dared not face them.
It was said that all three bows were innate Great Dao supreme treasures, meaning they were not forged but conceived by the Great Dao itself, each imbued with the purest innate Great Dao power.
Even more terrifying was that all three bows had later been fused by their inheritors into the Great Sun Origin.
Thus, all three bows possessed the Great Sun Judgment Arrow. A single shot was unstoppable.
No matter how high your cultivation, how strong your power, what precious physique or what fortune you possessed—before these three bows, they would vanish like bubbles.
Moreover, all three bows could penetrate spatial barriers, making them impossible to block, impossible to hide from, and impossible to evade.
Once targeted by these three bows, it was essentially a death sentence.
However, since the Primordial Era, the three bows had never appeared.
The reason was simple: although these bows were powerful, not everyone could wield them. Take the Radiance Purification Bow, for example. It had always been an Immortal Dao supreme treasure, hidden in the Profound Heaven. After the Primordial Era, wave after wave of Immortal Dao experts, too numerous to count, had attempted to wield the Radiance Purification Bow, but all had failed, some even paying a heavy price.
Even several Immortal Dao Ancestral Patriarchs from the Xuanmiao Grotto-Heaven had been unable to wield the Radiance Purification Bow. Over the years, the Ancestral Patriarchs of the Xuanmiao Grotto-Heaven had tried to cultivate someone capable of wielding it, fearing that one day it might fall into the hands of Great Sun Yao Huang.
Unfortunately, in the end, the Radiance Purification Bow did fall into Great Sun Yao Huang's hands.
And Great Sun Yao Huang had not been able to wield the Radiance Purification Bow from the start. Even when he transformed into the Great Sun to illuminate the Nine Nether, he had still been unable to wield it. It was only at the end of the Ancient Era that Great Sun Yao Huang finally succeeded.
Some said that Great Sun Yao Huang had gone into seclusion since the Antiquity Era precisely to one day wield the Radiance Purification Bow.
If true, that meant Great Sun Yao Huang had been in seclusion from the Antiquity Era until the end of the Ancient Era, spanning countless eons. One could imagine how difficult it was to wield the Radiance Purification Bow.
It was worth noting that Great Sun Yao Huang was not only a recognized Immortal Dao Overlord but also one of the most powerful overlords since the end of the Primordial Era—perhaps even the most powerful.
Possessing the Great Dao Imperial Mandate, innate Radiance bloodline, and hailed as the incarnation of the Great Sun, he held every advantage of time, place, and harmony. Yet even so, it took him countless eons of seclusion to finally wield the Radiance Purification Bow.
As for the Divine Saint Judgment Bow, within the Sacred Ground, only the legendary Martial Sage Xuan Yuan Wuji, who could cover the sky with one hand, could wield it.
The Heaven-Dominating Bow, in the Shangqing Grotto-Heaven, could only be wielded by the legendary Heaven General Du Gu Qi Zhan, who stood equal to the heavens.
Therefore, when everyone saw Xuan Yuan Hao produce the Divine Saint Judgment Bow, those hidden in the shadows—whether Great Dao Ancestral Patriarchs from Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands or Original Sin Ancestral Patriarchs from Guixu—could not believe their eyes.
Wasn't it said that only Xuan Yuan Wuji could wield the Divine Saint Judgment Bow?
Xuan Yuan Hao was only a Sacred Son, just a Sacred Son. He hadn't even achieved Sagehood. How could he wield the Divine Saint Judgment Bow?
Was that possible?
Was it real or fake?
Or was Xuan Yuan Hao just putting on a show to intimidate Old Ancestor Green Robe?
No one knew.
No one had any idea.
"The Divine Saint Judgment Bow? No! Absolutely impossible! Xuan Yuan brat, you're merely a Sacred Son, even if you're the tribulation-ordained Sacred Son, you're still just a Sacred Son. Forget that you haven't achieved Sagehood—even if you truly had, you still couldn't wield the Divine Saint Judgment Bow! Absolutely impossible! Don't try to scare this Ancestor. This Ancestor doesn't believe it at all!"
Old Ancestor Green Robe's voice echoed through the void. It was familiar, yet also strange.
Because previously, Old Ancestor Green Robe's voice had always been accompanied by that sinister, deep laughter. This time, there was no laughter. Not only was there no laughter, but his voice also carried a hint of panic and fear.
Clearly, while Old Ancestor Green Robe claimed not to believe it, he was also uncertain in his heart.