Seeing the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign and Vast Sea Daoist Lord lying side by side in the crater, motionless as corpses, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou cried out in alarm and rushed over to check on their elders.

“Founding ancestors, are the two of you alright?”

The two founding ancestors’ eyes were vacant. They couldn’t hear anything.

On this day, the three founding ancestors of the Dao-Seeking Sect were all present.

On the same day, two of the three perished.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou wept as they carried the two old ancestors out of the crater and laid them by its edge. They then employed the new techniques they had learned at the Mountain-Moving Sea-Filling Sect to restore the terrain to its original state.

Although the two old ancestors have passed on, life has to go on. The work still needs to be done.

“Second-in-Command, let me help you.” With the Second-in-Command working, how could the Third-in-Command just stand by and watch?

The Innate Daoist Priest ruminated for a while. Everything has a price. I can’t watch the battle for free. Although the entire battle had lasted less than a few breaths, it still counts as a battle. Hence, he too joined the pit-filling operation, treating it as the cost of spectating.

The unfilial younger generations carried sand and soil back and forth past the two old ancestors, who lay exposed in the wilderness, utterly ignored. Truly, such was the coldness of the world.

“Founding Ancestor, next time there’s a beating to be taken, please don’t drag me into it.”

“Oh.”

After lying on the ground for a while, the two founding ancestors finally regained their senses, stood up, and shook themselves off.

“By the way, Founding Ancestor, you possess a Unification Incipient Dao Fruit, right?”

Earlier, Vast Sea Daoist Lord had been swept up by the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s fervor and had entertained unrealistic notions like defeating Yun Zhi. But after lying on the ground for a while, his blood had cooled, and he had returned to normal.

“Yes. Why?”

“Can you make spirit stones fuse?”

“Of course. Ten low-grade spirit stones into a mid-grade spirit stone, and ten mid-grade spirit stones into a high-grade spirit stone.”

“Can ten top-grade spirit stones be fused further?”

Vast Sea Daoist Lord produced ten top-grade spirit stones.

Top-grade spirit stones were of the highest quality. They contained extremely pure spirit qi, which even high-level cultivators dared not use every time they cultivated.

The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s hands emitted a bluish-green light that enveloped the ten top-grade spirit stones.

The ten spirit stones began to react to one another, gathering together, touching, and fusing.

When the light faded, a unique spirit stone, unlike any other in the world, appeared in the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s hand.

This spirit stone was crystal clear. If placed in water, it would be nearly invisible. Its quality far surpassed that of top-grade spirit stones, and the spirit energy within it was terrifyingly dense.

Vast Sea Daoist Lord took the stone elatedly and carefully placed it in a wooden box lined with Ancestral Dragon Grass to set off this unique spirit stone. “It really works.”

Now I have a gift for Little Ya.

Along the way, Vast Sea Daoist Lord had been reflecting on Moonchaser True Person’s words. Little Ya is from the Dragon Tribe and certainly doesn’t lack spirit stones. I have to admit that it wasn’t a good move to present spirit stones as a gift so bluntly.

But this spirit stone is different. It is beyond a top-grade spirit stone. No matter how wealthy Little Ya is, she wouldn’t have one like this.

“Founding Ancestor, does this stone have a name?”

“Let’s call it the Limit Spirit Stone then. This is the limit of spirit stones. If we try to fuse further, I feel that the spirit stones won’t be able to bear it and will shatter.”

“Then Limit Spirit Stone it is.” Having finally obtained a gift that he could proudly present, Vast Sea Daoist Lord opened a spatial gate and teleported himself to the East Sea. Ao Ya was still angry. He needed to coax her quickly.

“This young one is too strong. I can’t beat her.” The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign reflected on the earlier battle. It had been utter domination. Even when he challenged Jiang Ping’an in the past, he hadn’t lost so miserably.

“I’ll find someone to spar with. If even Moonchaser is still alive, then the others should be alive too, right?” He decided to visit some old friends. Having lost a fight, he needed to regain his confidence somewhere.

“Settled.” Lu Yang shoveled the last bit of earth, restoring the terrain to its original state. No one could tell that a great battle had occurred here.

“Big Senior Sister, are you going to interrogate the Thunder Arbiter Divine Lord?” Lu Yang noticed Yun Zhi flying toward Incarceration Peak.

“Mmm.” If it weren’t for the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign, Yun Zhi would have gone to interrogate the Thunder Arbiter Divine Lord immediately.

“I’ll go find some help to ensure that the Thunder Arbiter Divine Lord confesses truthfully.”

~~~

Inside Incarceration Peak, the Thunder Arbiter Divine Lord listened as his friend, the Timekeeper Divine Lord, introduced the prisoners. With each name he heard, his eyelid twitched.

The Nightmare Supreme Lord, the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord, the Myriad Spells Daoist Lord... all are renowned half-immortals of later ages, some even more famous than me.

Yet all these half-immortals are imprisoned in this tiny Incarceration Peak.

I’d initially thought that getting captured by the Dao-Seeking Sect was just luck and a coincidence. I simply happened to encounter the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign and Yun Mengmeng.

But now that I look at it, this is no coincidence. It’s clearly due to the Dao-Seeking Sect’s terrifying power.

His gaze fell on the cage at the far end of Incarceration Peak, where a skinny middle-aged man with a goatee sat with his legs crossed.

Just thinking about this individual’s reputation made his scalp tingle.

Guan Shanhai, the Great Yu’s Imperial Preceptor.

Even an immortal is imprisoned here!

According to Timekeeper, he was captured by Lu Yang, who appears to be at the Divine Transfiguration Stage but is actually an ancient immortal.

Meanwhile, the Great Yu Imperial Preceptor was captured by a woman named Yun Zhi.

A single sect actually houses two immortals? How terrifying is that?!

Yet we, the Great Qian, are completely unaware of this intelligence!

“I don’t see what’s so impressive about you, Great Qian cultivators. The ancient texts praise you to the heavens, but now that I see you, you’re nothing special,” the Myriad Spells Daoist Lord commented disdainfully.

In his youth, his elders had often complimented him as having the makings of a Great Qian divine lord, a comparison he had detested. He believed himself to be stronger than any Great Qian divine lord.

But this was just his own opinion. He had no way to fight a Great Qian divine lord to prove he was stronger.

Now he had encountered one in Incarceration Peak.

“What did you say? Say it again!” The Thunder Arbiter Divine Lord was incensed. Just because you’re famous in later ages, you think you have the right to speak so arrogantly?

“Myriad Spells, you’ve gone too far,” the Timekeeper Divine Lord said coldly.

“Is he wrong? I don’t think so. You Great Qian cultivators are trash!” the Void Emptiness Supreme Lord declared. Although he had ended the Great Yu Dynasty, he was still considered a Great Yu cultivator. He naturally had to side with Great Yu.

“Void Emptiness, it seems I didn’t give you enough of a beating in the Battle of Chunjiang City!” The Nightmare Supreme Lord from the late Great Qian era was displeased. Having witnessed Wu Yao establish the Great Yu dynasty, he found the Great Yu cultivators to be eyesores.

“Ridiculous! I clearly had the advantage! Did I beat you stupid? No wonder Great Qian fell. It’s because you’re all a bunch of fools!”

“You Great Yu bunch are the real trash!”

“I dare you to say that again!”

“I can even say it ten more times! Trash, all trash!”

The half-immortals of the two dynasties began quarreling. Upon seeing this, the Fusion and Transcendent Tribulation cultivators also joined the fray, verbally attacking each other’s dynasties.

Five half-immortals, over a dozen Transcendent Tribulation cultivators, and nearly a hundred Fusion cultivators—the scale of this battle was second only to the founding wars.

“Enough, shut up, all of you.” Annoyed by the noise, Guan Shanhai folded his newspaper.

Guan Shanhai had the highest cultivation at Incarceration Peak. Who would dare disobey him? The moment he spoke, everyone fell silent.

“The Great Qian Dynasty is nothing but a bunch of trash who only know how to enjoy incense offerings. What’s the point of arguing with them?”

The Great Yu cultivators erupted in cheers, while the Great Qian cultivators silently lowered their heads, not daring to contradict Guan Shanhai.

The Thunder Arbiter Divine Lord also quietly lowered his head, gritting his teeth. He felt utterly humiliated. If only the Emperor-Lord and Lord Fate Arbiter were here...