“Visit family? Little Lu?” Having heard Yun Mengmeng constantly talk about her “Second-in-Command” on their way here, Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s first thought was that she had come to the Dao-Seeking Sect to visit Lu Yang.

“No, it’s Little Zhi—oh, her full name is Yun Zhi. She’s my good sister and also the Second-in-Command’s Big Senior Sister. She’s incredibly strong.”

“Incredibly strong? Even stronger than you?” The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign was taken aback. Lu Yang’s big senior sister? Isn’t she still just a disciple of the Dao-Seeking Sect? She’s not even at the elder level, so how does she deserve the label “incredibly strong?”

“Stronger than you, too,” Yun Mengmeng added.

“Oh? Very strong, is she?” The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign didn’t take these words well.

He had always believed that strength and cultivation were not absolutely correlated—one only knew who was stronger after fighting. This was precisely the reason he had challenged Jiang Ping’an, who was already an immortal, one hundred thousand years ago.

It didn’t matter whether he won or lost the battle. The most important thing was to hold fast to his own convictions.

A hundred thousand years ago, he even wanted to challenge Meng Junzi, who was also an immortal, but unfortunately, Meng Junzi declined the fight.

Meng Junzi had insisted that he was still a half-immortal at the time and had grown disheartened after losing to Jiang Ping’an, no longer wishing to involve himself in battles.

But the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign refused to believe Meng Junzi.

If you’re disheartened, shouldn’t you go out and play the wolf in sheep’s clothing to regain your confidence? What’s with staying cooped up at home every day? How could Meng Junzi be that kind of person?

He must have become an immortal and is cooking up some evil scheme to sabotage people.

Once he figured that out, the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign stopped pestering Meng Junzi.

“Founding Ancestor, please calm down. You really can’t beat Big Senior Sister. Even Founding Ancestor Vast Sea lost.” Lu Yang hurriedly dissuaded him. Founding Ancestor Primordial has already been unlucky enough to be struck by lightning and blasted. We can’t have anything else happening to him.

“You’ve condensed a Space Incipient Dao Fruit, and you can’t even defeat that junior named Yun Zhi?” The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign turned to ask.

“I can’t beat her,” Vast Sea Daoist Lord admitted openly. Since becoming Ao Ya’s Dao partner, he had come to terms with it. Losing to Yun Zhi is nothing to be ashamed of. I shouldn’t take it to heart.

“Where is Yun Zhi? I’ll go meet her for myself.”

“Little Zhi went out, but she should be back by now.” Yun Mengmeng made sure to answer every question.

Lu Yang remarked inwardly, Sister Mengmeng, please don’t add fuel to the fire. Why are you telling Founding Ancestor that Big Senior Sister is about to return?

“Founding Ancestor, there are still acquaintances you haven’t seen yet.” Lu Yang quickly changed the subject to divert the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s attention.

“There are more?”

“Actually, our sect has quite a few half-immortals, not just three. Some are your acquaintances.”

“Is that so? Let’s go see them.” As expected, the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s interest was piqued.

Then, Lu Yang led him farther and farther to secluded areas until they reached a familiar place—Incarceration Peak.

Sensing Lu Yang approaching, the Grand-Shifu rose with a smile and went out to greet him. “Little Lu, you’re here. Who have you captured this time... F-F-F-Founding Ancestor Primordial?!”

You even captured a founding ancestor? Wait, what am I thinking?

Incarceration Peak had never seen so many guests—Yun Mengmeng, Dai Bufan, the Innate Daoist Priest, Meng Jingzhou, and Vast Sea Daoist Lord filed in one after another.

Moonchaser True Person couldn’t leave the Great Snow Mountain, so she couldn’t come.

Vast Sea Daoist Lord walked at the end of the line. He had barely managed to preserve his seniority by taking the Innate Daoist Priest as his disciple, but now with the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s return, he had become the second in seniority again.

I am the almighty Resurgence Ancestor. Is it really so hard to be number one in this sect?

“Primordial, you’re still alive?”

The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign heard a familiar voice but couldn’t immediately remember who it belonged to. Following the voice, he found a familiar face that greatly surprised him.

“Void Emptiness?”

The Void Emptiness Supreme Lord was a half-immortal from the late Great Yu era and one of the continent’s overlords. In the end, he was defeated by Jiang Ping’an and Meng Junzi.

Seeing the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord, the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign was dumbfounded. This is indeed an acquaintance, but the problem is that I couldn’t even find him when I wanted to meet him eighty thousand years ago. How is he now locked up in Incarceration Peak?!

“Thunder Arbiter!” The Timekeeper Divine Lord cried out involuntarily upon seeing the Thunder Arbiter Divine Lord being dragged in like a dead dog. He had completely forgotten about the rule against loud noises in Incarceration Peak.

Hearing someone call him, the Thunder Arbiter Divine Lord groggily opened his eyes and saw the Timekeeper Divine Lord, who had supposedly been missing for a long time.

“Timekeeper, why are you here?”

Tears streamed down the Timekeeper Divine Lord’s face. Isn’t that obvious? Can’t you see that I’ve been captured?

Seeing the deep, sincere bond between the two divine lords, Meng Jingzhou handed the Thunder Arbiter Divine Lord over to the Grand-Shifu, arranging for the two to be neighbors at Incarceration Peak.

The prisoners grew slightly restless. Yet another half-immortal is caught by Lu Yang again.

Duan Qingshui and Mo Xiaochou, who had been captured in the Buddhist Kingdom, reacted the most strongly. As they had the lowest cultivation and were the most recent addition to Incarceration Peak, they had not witnessed its gradual growth.

Now they were witnessing it.

Staying in Incarceration Peak broadens one’s horizons far more than being in the outside world.

“Grand-Shifu, I happened to catch a cultivator from the mid-Great Qian era.” Yun Zhi’s voice came from outside.

Everyone turned in unison and saw Yun Zhi dragging an unfamiliar cultivator in Incarceration Peak. Noticing many eyes on her, she showed a hint of surprise.

However, she didn’t think much of it until she saw the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign standing at the front. Only then did she visibly react. She tossed the unfamiliar cultivator aside and clasped her hands in greeting.

“Your junior, Yun Zhi, pays respects to Founding Ancestor Primordial.”

“So you are Yun Zhi?” The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign sized her up. Her cultivation is unfathomably deep. Just from my gut feeling, she’s stronger than Yun Mengmeng.

No wonder Yun Mengmeng had called her “incredibly strong.”

“I heard you’re very strong?”

“Nothing of the sort, Founding Ancestor. Please don’t mind that. It’s merely mutual adulation between acquaintances.”

“Whether it’s adulation or not, we’ll find out with a fight!”

“How could this junior dare to fight you, Founding Ancestor? If I were to accidentally injure you, I would be consumed with guilt.”

The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign laughed in anger. “I’d like to see how you plan to injure me!”

Seeing that the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign had made up his mind, Yun Zhi knew there was no avoiding it. She sighed softly. “In that case, this junior shouldn’t dampen your spirits. However, Incarceration Peak is too cramped to fight freely. Please move outside, Founding Ancestor.”

“Fine!”

Taking the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s cultivation into account, Yun Zhi led him deep into the sect, where mountain ranges stretched continuously, allowing them to fight to their hearts’ content.

Everyone tagged along in excitement.

“Battle armor, come!” the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign roared. The blood-stained battle armor that had been placed in the main hall to receive incense offerings heard its master’s call and flew toward him.

This was the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s battle armor, also a part of the Dao-Seeking Sect’s foundation. A Fusion cultivator wearing it could rival a Transcendent Tribulation cultivator.

Donning the armor, the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign seemed to have returned to those war-torn days of a hundred thousand years ago.

“Founding Ancestor, please.”

“You want me to make the first move? What an arrogant junior!”

The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign stomped the ground, which cracked and split. He merged with the earth, transforming into a titan capable of lifting the sky and summoning the wind and rain.

Having merged with the earth, as long as his feet were planted on the ground, endless power would surge into him. This move had caused the Thunder Arbiter Divine Lord to suffer miserably.

Yun Zhi leaped lightly, yet rose to ten thousand zhang. With an expressionless face, she clenched her hand into a fist, and the golden bells tied to her wrist jingled.

Bang!

Her fist struck the titan’s chest. The titan slowly toppled, shattering into pieces.

The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign reverted to his original size, lying on the ground with vacant eyes.

So strong. I can’t beat her.

He recalled again the glorious days of a hundred thousand years ago. In that era, I had fought bloody battles, broken through repeatedly in combat, become a world-renowned great expert, and laid the foundation for the future establishment of the Five Great Immortal Sects.

In those days, I had called on friends and allies, overcoming countless seemingly invincible foes. How full of spirit and vigor I had been.

Am I going to back down here, before a junior?

No!

The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign executed a kip-up and leaped to his feet.

Since I can’t defeat Yun Zhi alone, we shall attack together.

“Vast Sea, come assist me!”

“Ah? Oh?” Although Vast Sea Daoist Lord didn’t know what the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign wanted, he had to obey his command.

Vast Sea Daoist Lord obediently came to the battlefield and saw the blazing battle spirit in the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s eyes.

As fellow founding ancestors of the Dao-Seeking Sect, they shared a tacit understanding. Vast Sea Daoist Lord’s heart blazed with renewed hope.

We must defeat Yun Zhi! We must reclaim our dignity as elders!

“Unification!”

The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign activated his Unification Incipient Dao Fruit and fused with Vast Sea Daoist Lord.

Two half-immortals became one entity. Power surged forth, and their cultivation realm elevated to an inconceivable level.

Vast Sea Daoist Lord had long heard of the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s abilities, but it was only today that he truly grasped just how powerful this move was.

Now, we are invincible!

This is the power of unity, the power of cooperation!

When people work as one, they can cut through metal. As long as we are of one mind, there’s no enemy we can’t defeat!

The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign often encountered opponents he couldn’t defeat, but he was never alone. He had trusted companions to whom he could entrust his back.

“Yun Zhi, you need not hold back because of our status. Give it your all...”

“Falling Cloud Palm.”

The clouds above transformed into a palm-like shape. The cloud palm descended, piercing through layers of void, and crashed straight down.

Boom!

When the smoke and dust cleared, the fusion had already been undone. The two founding ancestors lay in the center of a crater, their eyes empty and lifeless.