Right as Han Li and the others were immobilized by the golden light, a gray-robed elderly man appeared in the palace.0

"Esteemed patriarch!"0

Daoist Master Chun Jun's trio was ecstatic to see the new arrival, while Han Li and the others were far from pleased.0

There was only one person that Daoist Master Chun Jun would refer to as "patriarch" in the entire Nine Origins Temple, and that was the legendary Nine Origins Dao Ancestor.0

The gray-robed elderly man paid no heed to Daoist Master Chun Jun as he made a casual beckoning motion toward Rushuang, and the five-colored vial flew out of her storage ring before drifting toward him.0

However, the space above the vial was abruptly torn open mid-flight, and a large, dark red hand shot out of the spatial rift to grab onto the vial.0

The gray-robed elderly man's expression remained unchanged as he swept a sleeve through the air, conjuring a large, golden hand to grab down onto its dark red counterpart.0

All of a sudden, the dark red hand made a hand seal, and six mysterious runes appeared around it, keeping the...0