Heaven-Mending City was shaken to its core.
A terrifying battle aura surged forth, overwhelming and all-encompassing, threatening to drown the entire city.
The entire city trembled!
Countless people were startled.
Inside the Facing Heaven Wine House, numerous powerful figures abruptly stood up, looking outside the establishment.
They saw, in the eastern sky above Heaven-Mending City, a majestic man whose entire body was bathed in golden flames like a sun god.
While called golden flames, they were in fact the most supreme and potent Great Dao Laws, the indestructible divine principles of a warrior.
He also possessed a terrifyingly profound martial will, seemingly capable of suppressing everything in the mortal world, causing Heaven-Mending City itself to tremble.
Without a doubt, the moment this supreme giant named Qian Wentian appeared, he caused a great commotion in Heaven-Mending City!
"Qian Wentian is going to challenge Wan Tai Huangzun! That's truly explosive news!"
"I never thought that just after arriving in Heaven-Mending City, I'd get to witness someone challenge Wan Tai Huangzun. What luck! I can witness a peerless great battle!"
"Peerless great battle? Unlikely. What kind of supreme existence is Wan Tai Huangzun? He is not only a Heaven-Penetrating Level supreme powerhouse of the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan but also the great-great-grandson of the Wanxuan Heavenly Venerate, inheriting the world's most powerful Heavenly Venerate bloodline. Who can compare?"
"Exactly! And Wan Tai Huangzun is not merely a Heavenly Venerate's descendant, nor is he an ordinary Heaven-Penetrating Level supreme powerhouse. It is said that the moment Wan Tai Huangzun was born, he caused the Heavenly Venerate Mountain of the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan to resonate. His Heavenly Venerate bloodline is incomparably powerful, hailed as possessing the strongest talent, nearly on par with a direct Heavenly Venerate offspring. Moreover, he is highly valued by the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan. The clan leader personally led him into the Heavenly Blood Pool for foundation building."
"The Wanxuan Heavenly Clan's Heavenly Blood Pool is said to be a pool formed from condensed Eternal True Blood. Wan Tai Huangzun bathed in that Heavenly Blood Pool for an entire chaos epoch before emerging. His Great Dao foundation is considered flawless, regarded as a Heavenly Venerate-level foundation. Moreover, within a mere half an epoch after emerging, he directly proved his Dao and rapidly ascended to the Heaven-Penetrating Level. His strength is incomparably powerful. There are even rumors he can challenge those above his realm, taking on Great Void Level supreme powerhouses!"
"We must absolutely not underestimate Wan Tai Huangzun. Although he has only proven his Dao for half an epoch, seemingly a short time, his cultivation is absolutely unfathomably deep. He is far more powerful than many other Heaven-Penetrating Level giants, even capable of challenging Great Void Level giants despite being in a lower realm."
"Who exactly is this Qian Wentian? How dare he challenge Wan Tai Huangzun? Isn't that just seeking death?"
"This so-called peerless great battle will inevitably end with that so-called Qian Wentian perishing. Even if Qian Wentian is a Heaven-Penetrating Level giant, his name was unknown before this. Therefore, he seems to be just an ordinary Heaven-Penetrating Level giant."
Regarding this challenge of Wan Tai Huangzun by Qian Wentian, almost everyone favored Wan Tai Huangzun and did not think highly of Qian Wentian.
Ultimately, in recent years, Wan Tai Huangzun's reputation had been too resplendent. He was a newly ascended Heaven-Penetrating Level giant of great renown within half an epoch.
Although, in truth, Wan Tai Huangzun was not a genius born in this chaos epoch, but a peerless genius from before the previous chaos epoch. It is said he was a peerless genius born after the Great War of the Heavens, who had absorbed a portion of the special energy from the Twilight of the Heavens, making him extraordinarily extraordinary. His cultivation was naturally unfathomably deep.
Especially since the supreme Heavenly Venerate, Wanxuan Heavenly Venerate, had placed great hopes upon him, once releasing Eternal True Blood to form a blood pool. Although it couldn't possibly be a complete pool of pure Eternal True Blood—it was a pool diluted many times over—it was still extraordinarily remarkable.
Wan Tai Huangzun had bathed in such a blood pool for an entire chaos epoch to build his foundation before truly emerging.
From this, one could see the immense hopes the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan had placed upon him, hoping he would become the second Eternal Heavenly Venerate in the future.
Precisely because of this, since the beginning of this epoch, Wan Tai Huangzun had emerged with an almost absolutely invincible posture, sweeping away all enemies in the world, suppressing all so-called genius rivals, treading upon endless flesh and blood and white bones, ultimately forging his own Imperial Dao. Within a short single epoch, he had reached his current level, becoming a legendary Heaven-Penetrating Level giant.
Now, someone actually wanted to challenge this strongest Heaven-Penetrating Level giant of the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan. Many felt it was madness, an absolute act of seeking death.
Many others were puzzled. Who exactly was this Qian Wentian, that he dared to challenge the illustrious Wan Tai Huangzun? Wasn't this purely suicidal?
"Qian Wentian... that name sounds somewhat familiar!"
"The surname Qian... isn't that the title of the War God Sovereign Qian Xun? Could Qian Wentian be the War God Sovereign's offspring?"
"Very likely. It is said the War God Sovereign does have offspring."
"Correct. Qian Wentian is indeed the War God Sovereign's offspring. And you must not underestimate this Qian Wentian. Although he cannot compare to Wan Tai Huangzun's primordial accumulation, in terms of strength, he might not be much weaker than Wan Tai Huangzun."
"That powerful?" Many people were startled. They didn't know exactly how strong this Qian Wentian was, but they were aware of his father, the War God Sovereign.
It was said that the War God Sovereign walked the same Path of War as the Battle Saint Ancestor. Moreover, in the past epoch, this War God Sovereign had displayed unparalleled talent. In just one epoch, he had carved out an incomparably illustrious reputation, with multiple Heaven-Penetrating Level giants perishing by his hand, including not a few Great Void Level giants, and even half-step overlords had fallen.
A true War God Sovereign in name and reality. Therefore, many people were quite wary of the War God Sovereign and held a certain degree of respect for him.
Because the War God Sovereign also hailed from the abandoned, exiled land known as the Deficient Primordial Realm. For him to have reached this step was undeniably a testament to his extraordinary talent.
"It is said the War God Sovereign is the offspring of that Primordial Realm Heavenly Venerate who was slain."
"What? The War God Sovereign has such origins? No wonder Qian Wentian is making a move against Wan Tai Huangzun."
"Indeed. That being the case, Qian Wentian is the grandchild of that Primordial Realm Heavenly Venerate. Back then, the Wanxuan Heavenly Venerate slew the Primordial Realm Heavenly Venerate. Now, the Primordial Realm Heavenly Venerate's grandchild is making a move against Wan Tai Huangzun. The hatred has extended to the younger generation."
"So what if it's extended? Qian Wentian is just seeking death. Wan Tai Huangzun's strength is evident for all to see, peerless in the world. Even Great Void Level giants have perished by his hand. Though called Heaven-Penetrating Level, his strength has long reached the Great Void Level, or even stronger."
The crowd discussed fervently, but regarding this challenge of Wan Tai Huangzun by Qian Wentian, many did not hold high hopes.
Ultimately, Wan Tai Huangzun had built his foundation by bathing in Eternal True Blood for an entire epoch. His innate Great Dao foundation was unparalleled, hailed as a Heavenly Venerate-level foundation. Moreover, he had grown to the Heaven-Penetrating Level within a mere half an epoch. Even though he was merely a Heavenly Venerate descendant, inheriting a fairly pure Heavenly Venerate bloodline, reaching this step in one epoch could still be called astonishingly talented and brilliant!
In comparison, Qian Wentian appeared much dimmer. Even if his father was the notoriously fierce War God Sovereign and his grandfather was suspected to be the Primordial Realm Heavenly Venerate—seemingly similar in innate conditions to Wan Tai Huangzun—the difference in their foundational starting points destined a vast gap between the two.