Seated on Gu Huojin's right was a beautiful young woman in a short, blue dress, presenting a stark contrast with Chi Rong on Gu Huojin's left. There was a sweet smile on her face, and her long, black hair had been arranged into countless little braids around the pair of delicate dragon horns on her head.0

Her appearance and attire both struck the beholder with the impression that she was just a harmless young woman, but in reality, she was the Essential Water Dao Ancestor, Chen Ruyan.0

Her aura was the polar opposite to Chi Rong's, and it felt as if their Great Daos were conflicting with one another. As a result, both of them held an innate distaste for each other, and they were stoically looking away from one another, clearly not on very good terms.0

Seated to the other side of Chi Rong was Patriarch Li Yuanjiu of the Nine Origins Temple. For this occasion, he had put on a striking, purple and golden daoist robe as opposed to his usual coarse linen robe, and it was very apparent that the robe was a powerful immortal treasure.0

On the other side, seated next...0