What is an Absolute Domain?
What is a Divine Forbidden Zone?
Tang Laoguai had never heard of such things.
No one else knew either.
Gazing at the countless Immortal Arts and Supernatural Abilities suspended in the sky like a painting, looking at the nearly thousand people including Long Qianren and Liuguang Que frozen in mid-air like statues, everyone was terrified by the sight before them. Their faces turned deathly pale, expressions filled with horror, hearts trembling, utterly at a loss.
"Kid Gu, did you comprehend this?"
Tang Laoguai still couldn't believe that such a mysterious, bizarre, and incredibly powerful Supernatural Ability existed in the world.
"Nonsense. If I didn't comprehend it, did you teach me?"
Gu Qingfeng reached out and touched a Supernatural Ability—one that resembled violet-blue lightning. He simply grabbed it, pulling the lightning-based ability suspended in the air down into his hand. He toyed with it for a moment, then shook his head as if disappointed by its profundity. With a snap of his two fingers, the lightning ability instantly dissipated into nothingness.
It was profoundly mysterious.
Profoundly wondrous.
Profoundly eerie!
Gu Qingfeng clapped his hands, brushing off some residual power from his fingertips. He turned, picked up a cup of fine wine, lifted his eyes to sweep a casual glance across the scene, and asked indifferently, "Does anyone else still want to make a move?"
No one dared to respond.
Who would dare make a move now?
No one.
Whether it was the ancestors of the Four Great Families and Seven Great Sects, or the officials of the Immortal Dynasty, none dared to act.
Great prodigies like Liuguang Que and Long Qianren had been mysteriously Restrained in mid-air before they could even manifest their fortunes.
What did it matter that five Immortals like Liuguang Tao had charged over with their Immortal Spirits activated?
They were similarly Restrained inexplicably, along with the Immortal Spirits they had summoned.
Under such circumstances, who would dare make a move?
Earlier.
The Emperor of the Yanluo royal family, Tang Yunqi, Tang Yunhao and his wife, as well as Tang Manqing, had all thought their ancestor was playing a deceptive trick—deliberately claiming this man was the Monarch and that his strength was formidable enough to annihilate anyone.
They thought the ancestor was trying to intimidate the Immortal Dynasty.
At this moment, they realized their ancestor wasn't playing tricks. Gu Qingfeng's strength was truly terrifyingly extreme. This made them aware of a horrifying question: Could this Gu Qingfeng really be Monarch Chixiao?
Not only did the Yanluo royal family harbor such shocking doubts, but Yun Bao and the others on the Immortal Dynasty side were even more terrified.
They all clearly remembered Wan Huaiyu saying that Gu Qingfeng's existence was far more terrifying than imagined.
Yun Bao and the others had been half-convinced, half-doubting until now. Finally, they believed. Finally, they understood why Bei Changqing had lost his mind when Gu Qingfeng appeared, and why Wan Huaiyu and Qin Hao had stepped forward to kneel.
Yes.
They understood.
It was fear.
Fear stemming from Gu Qingfeng.
A man with no cultivation, no fortune, who hadn't even moved, had Restrained Immortals in mid-air.
How could one not be afraid of that?
How could one not be terrified?
"Gu Tianlang!"
Yun Bao's face was ashen with fear, his heart trembling with terror. He stammered in panic, "Could he really be Monarch Chixiao, Gu Tianlang?"
"Does it even matter if he is Monarch Chixiao or not?"
As one of the Immortal Dynasty's Chief Administrators and a reincarnated mighty being, Qian He was also badly frightened by the scene before him. "Even if he isn't Monarch Chixiao, with strength like his, how could we possibly be a match for him? This... is truly too terrifying. No wonder even Wan Huaiyu and the others... they knelt before him."
"Immortal Yun Bao."
At this moment, Xun Nian also spoke. "I think the most important thing now isn't to consider whether this person is Monarch Chixiao. You should consider how we will explain to the Liuguang Family, the Cloud-Soaring Dragon Family, and the Immortal Dynasty if something happens to Immortal Dynasty scions like Liuguang Que and Long Qianren!"
Xun Nian was an elder of the Haoran Xun Clan, a renowned and highly respected senior Immortal.
When Gu Qingfeng appeared, he had felt this man was unfathomable.
Then Bei Changqing's words, and the kneeling of Wan Huaiyu and Qin Hao, made him even more cautious about acting rashly.
When over two hundred Immortal Dynasty scions charged out, he worried something might go wrong and immediately tried to stop them. Unfortunately, Yun Bao not only didn't listen but tacitly approved their actions.
Xun Nian had been on edge the whole time because he understood better than anyone that if anything happened to Liuguang Que or Long Qianren, even if the Immortal Dynasty didn't hold them responsible, the Liuguang Family and Cloud-Soaring Dragon Family would never let it go.
Yun Bao wasn't unaware of these consequences.
He also knew Gu Qingfeng was unfathomable. Precisely because he was unfathomable, when Liuguang Que and the other two hundred scions charged out, Yun Bao had everyone wait for an opportunity to act—if the situation turned unfavorable, they would immediately attack. In his mind, no matter how unfathomable Gu Qingfeng's strength was, with so many experts present, he surely couldn't cause much trouble.
But he never could have imagined that Gu Qingfeng, merely sitting in his chair without moving, without uttering a single word, could inexplicably Restrain those people in mid-air. Even the five Immortals like Liuguang Tao who rushed over first were no exception.
What to do?
Yun Bao truly didn't know what to do. His mind was in turmoil. He looked at Xun Nian, hoping he could think of a solution.
Although Xun Nian was also greatly shocked, his inner panic no less than anyone else's, compared to the others, he remained relatively calm. Observing the situation carefully, he said, "Although Chief Administrator Liuguang, Long Qianren, and the others are Restrained, they aren't in mortal danger. They haven't suffered any injuries either, at least not for now. Let's wait and see. That's all we can do for now. We can only hope he harbors some apprehension toward the Immortal Dynasty. We can only hope."
Hearing this, Yun Bao quickly released his consciousness to probe. Indeed, as Xun Nian said, the five Immortals including Liuguang Tao, the over two hundred Immortal Dynasty scions including Liuguang Que and Long Qianren, and indeed everyone Restrained in mid-air, were merely Restrained. They weren't in mortal danger and hadn't suffered any harm.
"Although this man's strength is mysterious, bizarre, and profound, he must also harbor some apprehension toward the Immortal Dynasty. Otherwise, he wouldn't have merely Restrained them in mid-air. Presumably, he also understands that if he kills these people, the Immortal Dynasty will definitely not let him go. Nine years ago, he had Fairy Su Hua's protection and luckily escaped. Nine years later today, he won't have such good luck."
Thinking this, the fear in Yun Bao's heart wasn't as intense as before. His confidence recovered somewhat. In his view, whether this man was truly Monarch Chixiao or not, as long as he feared the Immortal Dynasty, there was nothing to be afraid of.
Meanwhile.
Bei Changqing had been drinking wine, one cup after another, as if seeking drunkenness.
She didn't look at the scene unfolding because nine years ago, she had witnessed something even more insane, more terrifying, more unimaginable.
Yun Bao's voice reached her ears.
Bei Changqing smiled.
Her smile was complex, like hearing a joke that made one want to cry but had no tears.
Apprehension toward the Immortal Dynasty?
A man who didn't even regard the Immortal Path with respect.
Who dared to kidnap the Great Sun Tathagata Buddha.
Who dared to annihilate the Great Dao Sovereigns.
Who couldn't be erased even by the so-called Divine Judgment Sacred Trial—how could such a man possibly harbor apprehension toward the Immortal Dynasty?