Nine suns straddling the sky.

The Jiuli Barbarian King raised his eyes and saw a lone figure approaching from afar, sent by the Supreme Dao Sect.

The Jiuli Barbarian King's heart was startled, for the figure was a faceless Daoist. That Daoist's aura was ethereal, seemingly blending with heaven and earth, making it elusive. The Jiuli Barbarian King speculated secretly, wondering if this faceless Daoist had reached the Realm of Void Formlessness, naturally manifesting this faceless state, or if it was deliberately disguised through advanced Dao Skills, concealing his true face.

The Jiuli Barbarian King, unlike some Great Witches in the Barbarian tribe who were only interested in indulgence and content with being mere drunkards and gluttons, harbored immense ambitions. Ever since achieving Chiyou's True Body, he had come to the clear realization that no matter how powerful the Witch Clan became, they would still be like lambs waiting for slaughter before the Taoist Sect experts, who understood Heavenly Secrets and wielded formidable Magical Treasures while mastering profound Dao Skills.

In fact, within the Witch's cultivation system, regarding Integration, they were innately inferior to the Taoist Sect's realms of Taiyi and Daluo. Once members of the Taoist Sect achieved Integration, their Primordial Spirits could be entrusted to the void, and as long as the Great Dao did not perish, they risked no downfall, living as long as heaven and earth, transcendental beyond the cycle of life and death. However, even though the Witch Clan could reach extremely high levels of cultivation, they were limited by the deficiency in innate Divine Soul Cultivation, unable to refine a Primordial Spirit and thus unable to merge with the Great Dao. Yet, the Witch Clan had their unique cultivation endpoint, which was to break the Dao with power.

Breaking the Dao with power means using one's unmatched strength to shatter the layers of constraints imposed by the Taixu Universe's Great Dao. Once successful, they would no longer be bound by any Great Dao in the Taixu Universe. Moreover, if the opportunity arose, they could even create a new universe and become its ruler. This realm is also known as the "Ancient God" Realm, whose might is extraordinarily powerful, able to contend with the renowned realms of the Three Pure Ones and the Haotian Realm of the Taoist Sect.

However, the Ancient God Realm is elusive, like a mirage, as even the Jiuli Barbarian King, already considered the foremost in Witch cultivation of this era, cannot fathom the "Ancient God" Realm in the slightest, as if groping in the dark for a glimmer of light. Moreover, to break the Dao with power, the foremost task is to find the origin of all Great Daos of the Taixu Universe—the Taixu Mirror. The Taixu Mirror holds the endless mysteries of the Taixu Universe and is the key to opening the door to the Ancient God Realm. Yet it remains enigmatic, concealed somewhere in the vast cosmos.

The Jiuli Barbarian King's thoughts flashed like lightning, then he calmly looked at the faceless Taoist in front of him and asked, "How should I address the traveler?"

His voice was deep and mellow, as if coming from ancient times.

"The Dao inherently has no form, Your Highness may call me the Formless Daoist," the faceless Daoist's voice was ethereal, seemingly untouched by worldly dust, drifting into the Jiuli Barbarian King's ear.

The Jiuli Barbarian King then, along with several Great Witches by his side, performed a respectful ceremony, the most revered among the Barbarians, to greet the Formless Daoist, and then courteously invited him into the palace. Once inside, the Jiuli Barbarian King began a round of flattery, his words full of reverence and admiration for the Formless Daoist. For a moment, the atmosphere in the palace was lively and bustling.

Once the atmosphere had somewhat warmed up, the Jiuli Barbarian King could not contain his curiosity and asked the other party the purpose of his visit. The Formless Daoist did not conceal the reason and slowly explained it. The Jiuli Barbarian King listened quietly, and after hearing the whole story, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Although we previously joined forces to drive back the Pure Yang Dao Sect and the Heavenly River Dao Sect, even made oaths to prevent the two sects from preaching in this realm again. But they are, after all, a hegemon in the Taixu Universe, and the Pure Yang Realm was even created by the Pure Yang Patriarch himself. In terms of cultivation, he surpasses this king. Now asking me to invade the Pure Yang Realm without reason, wouldn't that antagonize the Pure Yang Daoists and invite endless calamities upon myself?"

The Jiuli Barbarian King was not the type of person with a simple mind and well-developed limbs. He had a broad circle of acquaintances in the Taixu Universe and faintly heard some secret matters. It is said that the Pure Yang Patriarch was actually the third reincarnation of the Longevity Great Emperor, and the Longevity Great Emperor in his second life had even enlightened the Heavenly River Patriarch. The origins of the Heavenly River Patriarch were extraordinary as well, as it is rumored he was one of the Arctic Four Saints under the Ziwei Great Emperor, closely associated with the True Martial Lineage, their bond as tight as family. Because of this, the Heavenly River Dao Sect and the True Martial Lineage have been on good terms for generations, their connections deeply rooted. The True Martial Lineage, in turn, joined the Taixu Dao Sect, becoming its branch, thus rendering the relationships among various powers intricate and tangled.

So although the Pure Yang Dao Sect is not among the Four Great Daoist Sects, its foundations are incomparably deep, and its internal relationships are extraordinarily complex, any single move could affect the whole. In reality, although the Supreme Dao Sect is exalted as the foremost of the Four Great Daoist Sects, with vast power and numerous Taiyi and Daluo Realm experts, the Taixu Dao Sect, Heavenly River Dao Sect, and Pure Yang Dao Sect collectively appear to form an alliance. In such a situation, the position of the Supreme Dao Sect is actually not stable, and it has no choice but to get entangled with the Bodhi Dao Sect in an attempt to seek a new balance.

The Bodhi Dao Sect was actually supported by the Supreme Dao Sect, and furthermore, the Pure Yang Patriarch emerged relatively late, seizing an opportunity among the competition among various powers, thereby securing a place among the Four Great Daoist Sects. The Barbarian King has also heard in recent years that the Pure Yang Dao Sect plans to remove the Bodhi Dao Sect from the ranks of the Four Great Daoist Sects in the upcoming Dao Discussion and God Destruction Conference. Once this is accomplished, the Pure Yang Dao Sect will smoothly ascend into the ranks of the Four Great Daoist Sects, and with such an elevated status, they would naturally no longer fear the Supreme Dao Sect. Understanding this situation clearly, the Jiuli Barbarian King is unwilling to be used as a weapon by the Supreme Dao Sect for no reason, dragged into the complex power struggles and becoming someone else's pawn.

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