Chapter 1116: Second Strongest in the Dao-Seeking Sect
Somewhere in the Dao-Seeking Sect, three figures who rarely gathered shared a brief drinking session.
“Come, let us toast to the Dao-Seeking Sect!” The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign raised his cup high.
“Cheers.”
“Bottoms up!”
The Innate Daoist Priest and the Vast Sea Daoist Lord clinked their cups.
Since the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s emergence, he had spent his days visiting friends—first the Five-Elements Sect, then the Hanging Monastery, and then the imperial city. After the battles, he would sit and chat with his friends, living a carefree and comfortable life.
What especially pleased him was hearing all his good friends’ envious compliments about how the Dao-Seeking Sect had produced a talent like Yun Zhi.
Returning in high spirits, he invited the other two founding ancestors to gather and brought out spirit wine that had been sealed for a hundred thousand years.
“Founding Ancestor, I toast to you.” The Vast Sea Daoist Lord raised his cup to the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign.
“Founding Ancestor, I toast to you.” The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign raised his cup to the Innate Daoist Priest.
“Shifu, I toast to you.” The Innate Daoist Priest raised his cup to the Vast Sea Daoist Lord.
The three founding ancestors of the Dao-Seeking Sect gathered together, their relationship coming full circle. It was a fortunate event.
“Who would have thought that the Dao-Seeking Sect I founded would achieve such greatness today? It is rather shameful to say this, but I’ve instead ended up as the one with the lowest cultivation in the sect,” the Innate Daoist Priest remarked self-mockingly, somewhat dispirited.
“Founding Ancestor, what are you saying? The Dao-Seeking Sect you founded was a rare righteous sect during the Great Yu era, upholding justice, punishing evil, and earning praise from the world.” The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign genuinely admired the Innate Daoist Priest. To emerge unsullied from the mire that was the Great Yu era, such a temperament is truly rare.
“It’s precisely because you led the way that our Dao-Seeking Sect has always upheld the righteous path and earned a good reputation. Now, everyone praises us as the number one righteous sect!”
Hearing the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s words, the Innate Daoist Priest’s mood lifted considerably. “Cheers.”
“I never imagined that while I was trapped, our sect produced a genius like Little Yun, bumping me down to the second strongest in the sect,” the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign lamented. He had sparred with the Vast Sea Daoist Lord and emerged slightly ahead.
“Founding Ancestor, actually, you may not be the second strongest in the sect,” the Vast Sea Daoist Lord reminded him. You might not know, but our sect has two guest elders. They are the true contenders for second strongest.”
The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign was greatly surprised. “Our sect has guest elders? Who are they?”
“They are the Dragon Ancient Ancestor Ao Ling and the Phoenix Ancient Ancestor Jiang Lianyi.”
“So it’s those two.” The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign grew serious. I didn’t expect these two big shots to become guest elders of the sect.
His interest was immediately piqued. He loved fighting the strong, especially when they were such prominent figures from the ancient era.
“Where are they now? I’d like to spar with them.”
It’ll be the perfect chance to see who truly is the second strongest in the Dao-Seeking Sect!
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“From the sound of it, Fellow Daoist Primordial, you want to test our skills?” Ao Ling’s and Jiang Lianyi’s interests were also piqued. They were quite intrigued by the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s Unification Incipient Dao Fruit.
As for the Dao-Seeking Sect’s title of second strongest, they wanted it too.
Moreover, they were generals of the Great Dou Dynasty, and the Everlasting Immortal Fairy was watching from Lu Yang’s mental space. There was no way they could avoid the battle.
“Second-in-Command, looks like they’re about to fight? Should we try to dissuade them?” Yun Mengmeng whispered.
“Let’s not interfere. We just have to watch,” Lu Yang whispered back. They are all elders. It isn’t our place to dissuade them.
“Shall we find a place?”
The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign led the group to the depths of the sect, where there was ample space for their battle.
“Second-in-Command, here, here.” Yun Mengmeng picked an excellent spot for spectating. She called Lu Yang over and spread out a blanket along with a dazzling assortment of snacks.
The Innate Daoist Priest had never seen so many delicious treats. The aroma nearly made him drool.
Jin Caiwei felt that life at the Dao-Seeking Sect was truly wonderful. Not only are there plenty of food and drinks, but one also gets to watch half-immortals battle and gain experience. It’s far better than staying at the Qiongqi Tribe.
On two mountain peaks, the four peerless experts of the Dao-Seeking Sect radiated auras that warned others to keep their distance. If outsiders learned of this battle, it would surely cause an uproar.
Ao Ling and Jiang Lianyi transformed, becoming a ten-thousand-zhang black dragon and golden phoenix. Dragon and phoenix cried out in unison, and heaven and earth trembled.
“As expected of ancient great demons!” The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s expression grew solemn. Facing such formidable opponents, he dared not be careless in the slightest.
“Exactly.” Just standing there, the Vast Sea Daoist Lord could feel the weight of the Dragon and Phoenix ancestors that spanned history.
As expected of figures who had nearly become immortals!
Ao Ling struck first. Her dragon claw reached out, shattering space into fragments. Using brute force to execute Shrinking Earth To Inches, she closed the distance to the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign and the Vast Sea Daoist Lord.
The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign was a half-immortal who had experienced countless battles, but Ao Ling’s attack was so fast that he could barely react.
The Vast Sea Daoist Lord activated his Space Incipient Dao Fruit, stretching the distance between himself and Ao Ling to infinity. No matter how she performed Shrinking Earth To Inches, it was useless.
The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign unleashed Palm Lightning, using his Unification Incipient Dao Fruit to merge himself with the lightning, transforming into a visible yet intangible lightning spirit.
The Heaven Mandate Immortal had used this technique before, so Jiang Lianyi was well-prepared to counter it. She immediately transformed into a prairie-fire phoenix. Wherever she passed, Nirvana True Fire blazed, igniting whole mountains. For a moment, the area was filled with dense yang energy that was no weaker than on the surface of the sun.
Lightning spirit and fire phoenix clashed, spawning a lightning-fire tornado. Even though Lu Yang was seated far away, he could still feel his skin tingling. The result of the collision filled the space with lightning and fire.
The Vast Sea Daoist Lord leaped through space, avoiding direct confrontation with Ao Ling. Catching her off guard, he tried to gradually weaken her aura.
However, Ao Ling’s aura didn’t diminish but grew stronger instead. Her physical resilience quietly increased until the Vast Sea Daoist Lord found that even his attacks couldn’t scratch her dragon scales.
Her physical toughness had already reached the standards of an immortal body.
Ao Ling extended her dragon claw. Her powerful physical resilience allowed her to completely ignore the Space Incipient Dao Fruit. She traversed space and slashed across the Vast Sea Daoist Lord’s chest, leaving three claw marks.
“Innate Ren Water!”
Every drop of water beneath Ao Ling’s feet could turn into a vast ocean. Formed from a blend of the three innate divine waters of the sun, moon, and stars, they converged into a roaring sea that swept the Vast Sea Daoist Lord all the way to the opposite mountain summit.
“Vast Sea!”
The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign and Jiang Lianyi were evenly matched for the time being. But the former saw that the Vast Sea Daoist Lord had already suffered defeat and rushed to help.
If the Vast Sea Daoist Lord was rendered unable to fight, he would have to face two opponents alone, and he would surely lose.
The Vast Sea Daoist Lord clutched his chest, grimacing. “It’s nothing serious. It’s just that this immortal body is really hard to deal with.”
The Primordial Heavenly Sovereign had fought Meng Junzi and knew just how powerful an immortal body was.
“Should we use that move?”
“Let’s do it!”
The two exchanged a glance and decided to use their ultimate technique to contend against the Dragon and Phoenix ancestors.
“Unification!”
Their forms gradually grew ethereal, merging into a single, brand-new existence.
Ao Ling had planned to press her advantage, but she halted abruptly. She sensed a hint of threat from the fused pair, enough to pose a risk to even an immortal body.
“A fusion move, huh? It’s truly rare.” Jiang Lianyi rushed over and recognized how tricky it would be to deal with this move.
“But it’s not enough to defeat us. We have a fusion move too!”
The Dragon and Phoenix ancestors circled in the sky, forming an auspicious dragon-phoenix sign, causing the very fabric of heaven to tremble.
Both sides were brimming with battle intent, each with reasons they absolutely couldn’t lose.
“Second-in-Command, which side do you think will win?” Yun Mengmeng asked between bites of biscuits, her words muffled.
Lu Yang’s expression grew odd. “It’s hard to say which side will win. But I recall they’re competing for the second strongest in the Dao-Seeking Sect, right?”
“That’s right.”
“Isn’t the second strongest in the Dao-Seeking Sect the Immortal Fairy?”
“Then they’re competing for third strongest?”
“The third strongest is Guan Shanhai, though.”
