Who exactly is this...person?!

Even the True Saints present wore solemn expressions, uncertain of how to proceed, and began to attempt contacting the outside.

However, with Chi Ji's breakthrough, the connection to the outside had already been severed, so everyone could only try to contact the Saint King. Now that Chi Ji's breakthrough was complete and the ceremony concluded, they urged this person to lift the communication barrier.

But there was no response for the moment.

At this moment, the Saint King established contact with Ji Jingqiu.

"What do you intend to do?"

"Are the Five Divine Lords ready to leave everything behind?"

"No one wants to abandon their home; it's merely due to insufficient strength and trying to hold up a lone pillar." The Saint King's words were calm, yet like a vein-tensed arm under tranquility, the resentment and fury were concealed beneath the surface.

"I will go to the Netherworld and bring out the Cangqing God and the Netherworld Lord," Ji Jingqiu said slowly, directly addressing the crux of the issue.

The Saint King was silent for a moment, then said, "Then the Holy King Lineage will coordinate with your actions, if you can achieve it, we have no reason to leave our homeland."

"My current identity is..."

Ji Jingqiu briefly introduced the World Venerable persona he built on the Returning to Truth Road, without going into details, and then revealed his true "fangs,"

"Then next, please, senior, protect my path as a disciple!"

"If anyone privately inquires about my identity, you need not elaborate, just subtly indicate the existence of an original...preacher when the Netherworld first opened!"

Even the Saint King was momentarily stunned, thinking how unexpectedly bold Ji Jingqiu's plan was.

A "World Venerable" on the Returning to Truth Road?

What kind of identity could give Ji Jingqiu the confidence to fool a multitude of Transcendence Gates?

"...Alright."

In the end, the Saint King agreed to Ji Jingqiu's request, reminded by the past Reversal Flow of Mu Shitian.

The promises made by that one in the past all came to fruition in later generations, never breaking his word.

Additionally...

The Saint King suddenly said, "Ji Jingqiu, indeed before the two known groups of outer realm individuals, there was an original preacher. Only we five know about this, he called himself the 'Great Dao Ancestor.'

Ji Jingqiu was shocked, did the five refer to the Five Divine Lords?

Was this a lucky shot?

In the past, when the Netherworld was rebuilt from the remnants of the Nether Mansion, after the emergence of the Five Divine Lords, there really was an original preacher who once descended into the Netherworld to preach to the Five Divine Lords!

This person called himself the Great Dao Ancestor, which of the four was he?

Void, Luo Hou, Qian Wanqiu, or the Netherworld Lord himself?

"Did this person ever reveal his true appearance?" Ji Jingqiu quickly asked whether the Saint King could recreate the past scene.

"I'm not certain of his posture, but his aura was very unique."

Feeling the invincible aura transmitted through the mental link from the Saint King, Ji Jingqiu seemed to see a figure with his back turned to him, against the human world.

Truly looking down over ancient and modern times, surveying past and future, that overwhelming aura nearly blew him away, leaving Ji Jingqiu with an astonished expression in his heart.

Among the four Great Dao Ancestors, other than the Netherworld Lord, he had only seen the Void, but he had heard of the other two.

On the Returning to Truth Road, there had been two individuals claiming to be disciples of Qian Wanqiu, and although he hadn't had deep exchanges with them, he had pieced together Qian Wanqiu's image from the interactions.

The Dao Ancestor Luo Hou was much the same.

The two as described by the ancestors were nothing like what the Saint King outlined.

Could it be the Netherworld Lord?

Ji Jingqiu asked if the Sword Light was reputed for its dominance.

The latter, busy attacking the Moon God, paused to respond:

"Among the four, the Netherworld Lord was the most gentle, caring for all beings, an exemplar for our generation! Although there is a dominant side, it does not match what you described. As far as I know, none of the four Great Dao Ancestors match your depiction."

Not any of the four Great Dao Ancestors?

"Are you sure you want to reveal your identity?" the Moon-cutting Sword Light asked seriously.

Ji Jingqiu calmly said, "The Red Lotus has long guessed my identity through the Void Realm, there's no point in forcibly concealing it. Instead, I think I'll use this identity to see if there was a consensus reached between the Void and the ancestors."

Even the Void chose to lend him a hand, and if the other ancestors learned the truth of the past from the Void, they wouldn't choose to erase him!

As long as the ancestors left orders related to him, there would be room for maneuvering and operational space.

"Moreover..."

"Just being the 'Ji Jingqiu' of a Heavenly Venerable is far from enough to contend with that one."

Ji Jingqiu had already made up his mind to core his identity on the Returning to Truth Road, attempt to establish a grand momentum, using the strength of the various Transcendence Gates to encircle the 'Netherworld' and This Shore.

Meanwhile.

With Ji Jingqiu's nod, the Saint King restored communications with the outside.

The attendees immediately connected with the outside, with their focus naturally on the Heavenly Cutting Sect and the Heavenly Prison Palace.

Yet even before anyone could receive a response, they saw the Saint King himself emerge solemnly from the Divine Temple, surprisingly performing the disciple salute to invite Ji Jingqiu into the center of the Divine Temple!

This scene stunned everyone.

They had long heard of the Saint King's power, and most of the True Saints here had personally seen it, making this special invitation to recruit this person.

Even within the vast Sea of Realms, the Saint King's power was absolutely top-tier, and he had only to complete a few shortcomings to qualify to compete with those three invincibles of This Shore!

Yet now he performed the disciple salute to invite Ji Jingqiu into the Divine Temple?!

"Is this Ji... is this person truly a reincarnation of some Transcender?"

Someone murmured.

Between Heaven and Earth. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Chi Ji, originally the protagonist of today, now seemed to lose all Essence, Qi, and Spirit, his expression wooden, as if the sky had fallen.

World Venerable?

What kind of thing is a World Venerable?

Isn't it just the Dao Lineage left by Mu Shitian?

Why would the Divine Father show such respect to this fellow?!