To be honest.
Before this, none of the three Great Dao Overlords—Black Mountain Old Monster, Green Lamp Ghost Emperor, and Old Monster Liao'e—believed that the twin siblings, Warrior Emperor Wuzang, could achieve the Taiji Boundless.
After all, the Taiji Boundless was an ancient legend, and a forbidden one at that; it was not so easily attained.
Furthermore, the emergence of the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces meant that time was running out for Warrior Emperor Wuzang and his sister. Even if they possessed heaven-defying fortune and truly achieved that ancient forbidden legend, they would miss the optimal moment. Once they missed it—such as missing this transformation of the Li Palace—even if they later attained the Taiji Boundless, the threat they posed to the likes of Black Mountain Old Monster would be greatly diminished.
What none of them expected, however, was that Warrior Emperor Wuzang and his sister had indeed achieved the Taiji Boundless, and they had done so before the Li Palace's transformation.
This was something the three Great Dao Overlords found utterly impossible to believe, especially Black Mountain Old Monster. He had been secretly observing the twin siblings all along. While he wouldn't claim to know them inside out, his understanding was certainly close to it. He clearly knew that before entering the Desolate Ancient Black Hole, the siblings had operated independently, not interfering with each other. Most importantly, they had been mutually wary, each fearing being devoured by the other.
Precisely because of this, Black Mountain Old Monster considered their chances of achieving the Taiji Boundless extremely slim.
After entering the Desolate Ancient Black Hole, the siblings had still acted alone. It was only not long ago, in the Zhen Palace, that they had joined forces against Demon Emperor Blood River. However, in the end, their external incarnations had been utterly annihilated by Demon Emperor Blood River.
From the moment their external incarnations were erased by Demon Emperor Blood River to the transformation of the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces, not much time had passed. How could they have suddenly achieved the Taiji Boundless? Most importantly, there had been no prior signs whatsoever.
Even with Black Mountain Old Monster's vast experience and extraordinary insight, he could not fathom how the siblings had accomplished the Taiji Boundless in such a short time.
"Twin Yin-Yang, Dragon-Phoenix Auspiciousness, Black and White Intertwined, Taiji Boundless, Fate Unpredictable…
Jiejiejiejie!
Truly an eye-opener, an eye-opener indeed!
Jiejiejiejie!"
The laughter came from none other than Green Robe Ancestor.
Green Robe Ancestor stared intently at the androgynous Yin-Yang being, letting out a sinister, chilling laugh.
However,
the difference was, whereas his previous laughter had been filled with smugness—a smugness so extreme it bordered on madness, as if everything was within his expectations—this time, though still sinister and eerie, it held no smugness, nor any trace of madness. Instead, it was tinged with deep shock and astonishment.
Because even Green Robe Ancestor had not anticipated that Warrior Emperor Wuzang and his brother would achieve the Taiji Boundless.
He felt this way.
Da Xing the Mad Monk, atop the solitary peak, was no exception.
At this moment, gazing at the androgynous Yin-Yang being, Da Xing the Mad Monk looked as if he had seen a ghost, muttering incessantly, "Taiji Boundless!
They've truly achieved the Taiji Boundless! How in the motherfucking hell is that possible!
It simply shouldn't be!
It makes no sense at all!"
Da Xing the Mad Monk's incarnations were spread across all the heavens and myriad worlds; to him, there were virtually no secrets in the universe, above or below, inside or out.
Like Black Mountain Old Monster and Green Robe Ancestor, he also hadn't believed the twin siblings could achieve the Taiji Boundless. Neither the conditions nor the timing allowed for it.
Black Mountain Old Monster knew the siblings operated independently and were mutually wary; Green Robe Ancestor knew it too, and so did Da Xing the Mad Monk.
Black Mountain Old Monster was certain that when the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces emerged, the siblings had not achieved the Taiji Boundless; Green Robe Ancestor and Da Xing the Mad Monk knew this as well.
Black Mountain Old Monster couldn't figure out how they had achieved it in such a short time; neither could Green Robe Ancestor nor Da Xing the Mad Monk.
To them, it felt as if it were all an illusion.
Could it be that the siblings had already achieved the Taiji Boundless back in the Great Desolation? Their independent actions and mutual wariness within the Desolate Ancient Black Hole were just a deliberate facade to conceal the truth and lull the Great Dao Overlords like Black Mountain Old Monster into lowering their guard?
After some thought, that seemed unlikely.
Even if their independence and wariness were deliberate acts, they had genuinely not achieved the Taiji Boundless before.
That was certain.
Whether it was Black Mountain Old Monster, Green Robe Ancestor, or Da Xing the Mad Monk, they were all very sure of this.
After pondering back and forth, they could only think of one possibility.
Just because the siblings hadn't achieved the Taiji Boundless when the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces emerged didn't mean they hadn't achieved it after the palaces began to transform.
Take Gu Qingfeng as an example.
Back in the Li Palace void, Gu Qingfeng had not yet found his Id, nor had his fighting spirit returned—there wasn't even the slightest sign of it.
Yet after arriving here, Gu Qingfeng not only regained his fighting spirit but also found his Id.
If Da Xing the Mad Monk hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it either.
Perhaps the situation with the twin siblings was similar to Gu Qingfeng's. Only after arriving here did a certain opportunity form, allowing them to naturally achieve the Taiji Boundless.
It wasn't impossible. The fusion of Yin and Yang, the auspiciousness of Dragon and Phoenix, the intertwining of Black and White—these might sound incredibly difficult. But if sufficient karma had been accumulated beforehand, once the timing was ripe and the opportunity arrived, achieving it could happen in an instant.
Such a thing might be impossible if it happened to others, but if it happened to these siblings, nothing was impossible. Because their very existence, like Gu Qingfeng's, was an Original Sin variable. The most inconceivable events occurring to them were perfectly normal.
The fact that Warrior Emperor Wuzang and his sister had achieved the Taiji Boundless was now an ironclad reality.
Whether one acknowledged it or not, believed it or not, it was a fact as solid as iron.
As for how they achieved it, that was no longer important.
What mattered was the impact their appearance would bring.
Da Xing the Mad Monk muttered with a complex expression, "This time, there's no way the situation won't descend into chaos. The changes in the Li Palace will likely become even more unpredictable and murky…
Motherfucker, it's getting crazier and crazier!"
Indeed.
As Da Xing the Mad Monk said.
The situation in the Li Palace would inevitably descend into chaos with the emergence of the Taiji Boundless.
The schemes laid by the three Great Dao Overlords would likely have to change due to the appearance of the Taiji Boundless.
Because its emergence had caught them completely off guard, with no preparation whatsoever.
Including Green Robe Ancestor.
It was true that he had always wanted to stir up chaos in the Li Palace, but the chaos had to remain within his control. Clearly, the chaos triggered by the Taiji Boundless was not within his control—or rather, it had exceeded his sphere of control.