"Hehehehe!"
At this moment, Green Robe Ancestor also jumped out, laughing with a strange, mocking tone: "These three lords have been laying out their schemes all the way from the Desolate Ancient Era to the present-day Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces. Compared to them, Lord Rat and Divine Calculator, your little theft and scheming for a single drop of Original Sin True Blood back in the day can only be considered child's play at best, hehehehe..." Although Lord Rat and Divine Calculator were reluctant to admit it, they had to acknowledge that Green Robe Ancestor spoke the truth.
Upon careful reflection, their past efforts to steal and scheme for a single drop of Original Sin True Blood indeed paled in comparison to the three Great Dao Overlords—Black Mountain Old Demon, Green Lamp Ghost Emperor, and Liao'e Old Monster—who had been deducing and laying out plans all the way from the Desolate Ancient Era to the present. Whether in terms of deduction skills or strategic planning, they were far from being on the same level as these three Great Dao Overlords; the gap was immense.
Since the appearance of the three Great Dao Overlords—Black Mountain Old Demon, Green Lamp Ghost Emperor, and Liao'e Old Monster—all the Original Sin Patriarchs present had become exceptionally subdued. Whether it was Lord Rat, Divine Calculator, Old Monster Feng, Purple Flame Old Demon, Great Immortal Tiger Strength, or Old Immortal Greenwood, none were exceptions. Before those Original Sin Dharma Bodies, they might still be called Original Sin Patriarchs, but in the presence of Black Mountain Old Demon and the other two Great Dao Overlords, no one dared to act too presumptuously.
Not to mention them, even Eight-Armed Yama, who had fused with Original Sin True Blood and was hailed as the Son of Original Sin, was the same.
His status as the Son of Original Sin was unattainable before countless Original Sin Dharma Bodies, over a thousand Original Sin Selves, over a hundred Original Sin Essences, and even more than a dozen Original Sin True Bodies, enough to look down upon all heroes.
However.
Before the three Great Dao Overlords—Black Mountain Old Demon, Green Lamp Ghost Emperor, and Liao'e Old Monster—it seemed rather dim.
After all, he had fused the Original Sin True Blood into his own true body, while the three Great Dao Overlords had only fused it into mere external incarnations. No one knew how terrifying their true bodies were. Based on this alone, the difference was clear at a glance.
Among the countless Original Sin Patriarchs present, every single one harbored some apprehension toward the three Great Dao Overlords—Black Mountain Old Demon, Green Lamp Ghost Emperor, and Liao'e Old Monster.
Yet, there seemed to be one exception.
It was none other.
Than Green Robe Ancestor.
He was wrapped in a long, oily green robe, his entire body shimmering with an eerie green light like burning flames or spreading smoke. A pair of sinister eyes, like venomous snakes or abysses, swept back and forth over the three Great Dao Overlords—Black Mountain Old Demon, Green Lamp Ghost Emperor, and Liao'e Old Monster.
"Hehehehe!
To see three lords all at once is truly not easy. If this ancestor remembers correctly, the last time I saw you three lords was at the very moment the Daoless Age began in the Desolate Ancient Era, right? Who would have thought so many years have passed in the blink of an eye...
Hehehehe!"
If anyone still harbored doubts about whether the three Great Dao Overlords—Black Mountain Old Demon, Green Lamp Ghost Emperor, and Liao'e Old Monster—had truly been laying out plans since the Desolate Ancient Era, then after Green Robe Ancestor uttered these words, the last trace of doubt vanished like smoke.
Whether intentional or not, Green Robe Ancestor's statement instantly confirmed that Black Mountain Old Demon and the other two had indeed been scheming since the Desolate Ancient Era.
However.
This only made Green Robe Ancestor's existence seem even more extraordinary. It could even be said that Green Robe Ancestor might be like Black Mountain Old Demon and the others, having laid out plans all the way from the Desolate Ancient Era to the present, except their schemes were different. Black Mountain Old Demon and the others had laid out a scheme for the Great Dao Heavenly Mandate, while Green Robe Ancestor, on the surface, did not appear to have done so.
Perhaps Green Robe Ancestor had also laid out a scheme for the Great Dao Heavenly Mandate, but his true body was hidden too deeply, and no one knew about it.
Although Green Robe Ancestor only emerged in the Present Ancient Era, many suspected he might have been cast into the Return to Ruins back then. But whether Green Robe Ancestor was actually cast into the Return to Ruins, no one knew. That place had no heaven or earth, no sun or moon, no time or space. Those cast into the Return to Ruins knew nothing except themselves, let alone others within it.
Green Lamp Ghost Emperor, who looked like a frail, pale-faced scholar, gazed at Green Robe Ancestor with an expressionless face and said, "How come I remember seeing you once in the Primeval Ancient Era?"
"Hehehehe, Green Lamp!
You must be mistaken. This old man doesn't recall seeing you in the Primeval Ancient Era."
"Is that so?
Could it have been a dog that went to great lengths to obstruct me from attaining the Great Dao Heavenly Mandate at the dawn of the Primeval Era?"
Hearing Green Lamp Ghost Emperor say this, Liao'e Old Monster beside him asked, "Green Lamp, did he also obstruct you from attaining the Great Dao Heavenly Mandate at the dawn of the Primeval Era?"
"Indeed. Could it be he obstructed you as well?"
Liao'e Old Monster nodded, then both looked toward Black Mountain Old Demon, who resembled an elegant gentleman. Black Mountain Old Demon, with a smile on his face, gazed at Green Robe Ancestor and nodded.
Clearly.
During the Primeval Ancient Era, Green Robe Ancestor had not only obstructed Green Lamp Ghost Emperor from attaining the Great Dao Heavenly Mandate but had also obstructed Liao'e Old Monster, and even Black Mountain Old Demon from attaining it.
At this moment.
The Patriarchs gathered at the Li Palace Vortex wore varied expressions, their hearts roiling with towering waves of shock.
They had just been doubting whether Green Robe Ancestor had been cast into the Return to Ruins. From the conversation of the three Great Dao Overlords, it was not hard to discern that Green Robe Ancestor had not been cast into the Return to Ruins, nor had he been wandering the Desolate Ruins. Instead, he had been hiding within the Great Desolate all along. Not only that, but during the Primeval Ancient Era when the Great Dao Heavenly Mandate descended, Green Robe Ancestor had even obstructed the three Great Dao Overlords—Black Mountain Old Demon, Green Lamp Ghost Emperor, and Liao'e Old Monster—from attaining it.
What did this mean?
It meant Green Robe Ancestor's deduction skills might even surpass those of the three Great Dao Overlords. He knew about the Heavenly Mandate scheme laid out by Black Mountain Old Demon and the others, which was why he took action to obstruct them.
If this were truly the case, then Green Robe Ancestor's true body most likely had also attained the Great Dao Heavenly Mandate during the Primeval Ancient Era.
Thinking of this.
When the many Original Sin Patriarchs present looked at Green Robe Ancestor again, their eyes were filled with deep astonishment and terror.
They knew Green Robe Ancestor's existence was unfathomable, but they hadn't expected it to be terrifyingly profound to such an extent.
"Hehehehe!"
After having his past exposed by the three Great Dao Overlords—Black Mountain Old Demon, Green Lamp Ghost Emperor, and Liao'e Old Monster—Green Robe Ancestor felt neither awkward nor attempted to conceal anything. Instead, he laughed heartily and said, "My apologies. It seems this old man is truly getting old, so old his memory has become muddled."
Liao'e Old Monster stared at him and said with a bland tone, "You're not old. You've simply committed too many evils, meddled too widely, and your ambitions are too great!"
Green Lamp Ghost Emperor said, "Liao'e, you're wrong. Green Robe's problem isn't committing too many evils, meddling too widely, or having ambitions too great. In the end, it's that he stirs the shit too much."
"Ha!"
Liao'e Old Monster looked at Green Robe Ancestor and laughed, "No wonder everyone calls you the Desolate Ancient Era's number one shit-stirrer. You truly live up to the name, and your shit-stirring skills have only grown stronger. From the Desolate Ancient Era all the way to the Present Ancient Era, you've stirred the Daoless, stirred the Great Dao, stirred the Cave Heavens, stirred the Blessed Lands, stirred the Original Sin, stirred the Heavenly Mandate, stirred the Black Holes, stirred the Nine Palaces, stirred the Predestined Numbers, stirred the Variable Numbers, stirred the Karma, stirred the Fate. In all of ancient and present heaven and earth, high and low, there's no place you haven't stirred."