The arrivals were none other than Wan Huaiyu and Qin Hao.
Like the others, after bursting forth from the Heavenly Destiny light, the two of them immediately flashed to a spot beside the ruins. Wan Huaiyu swept his gaze over the crowd within the area, and his composed expression shifted repeatedly.
In their previous lives, the two had been the renowned Dual-Polar Profound Lords of the Celestial Realm. After reincarnating and lying low for so long in this world's Great Northwest, they naturally knew that the Life Vein guarded by Canyang Mountain was related to the mysterious Daoless Age. As for what exactly this guarded Life Vein was, they weren't entirely clear either.
But that wasn't important.
At the very least, it wouldn't affect their deductions.
Because regardless of what Life Vein Canyang Mountain guarded, as long as it was related to the Daoless Age, it was a taboo—a taboo between heaven and earth.
And now, upon this taboo, a Heavenly Destiny had appeared.
Without even thinking, the two knew this matter was absolutely extraordinary and would undoubtedly alarm the Three Thousand Great Daos.
Sure enough.
Among the people present, there were those with Heavenly Dao edicts, Immortal Dao edicts, Demonic Dao edicts, and edicts from other Great Daos.
The so-called Great Dao Edict Envoys were those who received the will of a Great Dao from above. In other words, they acted on behalf of the Great Dao, hence they were also called Great Dao Edict Messengers.
Between heaven and earth, across billions of worlds, almost every world had Great Dao Edict Messengers. Some, following the Great Dao's will, delivered all beings from suffering; some established altars to preach the Dao; others were commanded to govern worlds.
Besides the Great Dao Edict Envoys, there were also Great Dao Law Enforcers present.
Great Dao Edict Envoys received the will of the Great Dao from above and acted according to its intent.
Great Dao Law Enforcers also received the will of the Great Dao from above, but the difference was that they executed the laws of the Great Dao.
Anyone who threatened or violated the laws of the Great Dao would be mercilessly erased by them.
However.
Those present were not limited to Great Dao Edict Envoys and Great Dao Law Enforcers; there were also Great Dao Guardians.
Great Dao Guardians, as the name implied, guarded the laws of the Great Dao within a particular world.
The Great Dao Edict Envoy of a world could be anyone—perhaps an immortal who had attained the Dao, perhaps a unique prodigy, perhaps a reincarnated mighty figure—it was never certain.
But the Great Dao Law Enforcer of a world, whether in status or cultivation strength, was absolutely a terrifying existence.
The Great Dao Guardian of a world possessed cultivation strength that was even more unparalleled.
The Great Dao had order and laws. The various Great Daos supervised and restrained each other. Each world was its own domain; even the Nine Heavens that governed the Immortal Dao could not act recklessly. Moreover, after the Great Calamity, the Origin of Heaven and Earth had been reborn, and the Three Thousand Great Daos were also re-deriving. At this time, the Great Daos were not yet complete and were very 'weak,' even more afraid to act arbitrarily.
Wan Huaiyu looked around. He only recognized the sinister-looking old man named Guang Yin as a Law Enforcer of the Demonic Dao.
The monk Bu Er was an Edict Envoy of the Buddha Dao.
As for the dozen or so ethereal, indistinct figures not far away, Wan Huaiyu could only tell that they were either Great Dao Edict Envoys, Great Dao Law Enforcers, or Great Dao Guardians.
But there was one exception.
That person, Wan Huaiyu knew, was named Nalan Qianqiu.
She was neither a Great Dao Edict Envoy, nor a Great Dao Law Enforcer, nor a Great Dao Guardian.
Even so, her status was extraordinary.
Because Nalan Qianqiu came from Langya.
Langya was one of the seventy-two ancient blessed lands between heaven and earth, holding a very high status in the Celestial Realm.
As for these seven or eight old men and the black-clad young man leading them, although Wan Huaiyu couldn't discern their identities, he could vaguely guess that they should also be from one of the seventy-two blessed lands. Which specific blessed land, however, was unknown.
What made Wan Huaiyu most suspicious and alarmed was the woman standing by the well mouth.
He did not know this woman.
Nor could he see through her.
He knew neither her identity and background, nor her cultivation strength.
Facing this mysterious woman, Wan Huaiyu knew nothing. Precisely because he knew nothing, he felt this woman was terrifying.
He felt this way, and so did the Great Dao Edict Envoys, Law Enforcers, Guardians, and even the people from the seventy-two blessed lands present. They also did not know and also felt this woman was terrifying.
At that moment.
The Heavenly Destiny light underwent another strange change.
An old man burst forth from within.
It was none other than the Peach Blossom Old Daoist.
Not long after the Peach Blossom Old Daoist appeared, another black-clad woman burst out from the Heavenly Destiny light. It was a woman holding a black cat. Wan Huaiyu also knew her, but only knew her. He only knew this person was named Ruying and was a Great Dao Edict Envoy. What specific edict she held, he did not know.
Whoosh!
Another person burst forth from the Heavenly Destiny light.
It was a man who appeared handsome and extraordinary, with a face like carved jade.
This man wore a purple-gold crown and held a jade fan. His handsome face bore a smile that was difficult to fathom.
Seeing this man, Wan Huaiyu's brow twitched slightly. He recognized this person—also an Immortal Dao Edict Envoy named Yu Zhentian. He not only knew this person's name, but also knew that this person had once been killed by Gu Qingfeng.
That was a few years ago.
At Crimson-Letter Manor.
Several Great Dao figures had attempted to probe Gu Qingfeng's existence. At the time, none of the other Great Dao figures made a move, only Yu Zhentian did. The result was that Gu Qingfeng shattered his physical body with a few slaps.
Only a few short years had passed, and unexpectedly, this person was alive again.
It wasn't reincarnation, nor possession and rebirth. Someone had helped him recast his physical body.
And it didn't look like an ordinary physical body either.
It seemed like a Treasure Body recast using the power of Great Solar Radiance.
It was likely the work of some Immortal Dao mighty figure from this world.
Wan Huaiyu extended his divine sense to probe and discovered this person's fortunes were truly not ordinary—neither in quantity nor scale. Each fortune was remarkable, absolutely worthy of the name 'prodigy.'
Wan Huaiyu, in his previous life as a Profound Lord of the Celestial Realm, knew that young prodigies like Yu Zhentian—who hadn't cultivated for long, lacked experience, and had no depth in their state of mind—if they received a Great Dao edict, then such a person was either one born in response to fortune or one born in response to calamity.
It seemed Yu Zhentian should be one born in response to fortune, a person born aligned with celestial fortune. Such people often possessed incredibly powerful fortunes, and their future achievements were immeasurable.
"Heh, it's really lively here," said the man named Yu Zhentian, opening the jade fan in his hand and sweeping his gaze over the crowd. Although the smile at the corner of his mouth was relaxed, the surprise and suspicion in his eyes grew stronger. He laughed, "I am Yu Zhentian, Immortal Edict Messenger. Greetings to you all."
"So you're Yu Zhentian?" Bei Changqing, who had arrived earlier, chuckled upon hearing the name. "I've heard of you. Your reputation is quite significant."
"Oh?" Yu Zhentian looked at Bei Changqing, appearing somewhat puzzled. "Might I ask who you are..."
"This young master is merely a nobody, not worth mentioning, and certainly cannot compare to the renowned Immortal Edict Messenger, the great Young Master Yu."