When the senior experts from the two Immortal Families of the Golden Crow Secret Realm and the Lotus Secret Realm arrived, the thousands of people kneeling on the ground within the venue erupted in a frenzy. It was as if those who had fallen into endless darkness suddenly saw a sliver of light shining down, or as if those who had plummeted into hell encountered divine Buddhas descending. They were so agitated they even forgot the pain all over their bodies, crawling forward desperately.
Even Xuan Yun, Liu Feng, and Bai Yufei, whose legs were crippled, used their hands to claw at the ground and crawl forward. Even Dan Lei and Liu Kaiyun, who only had their heads and upper bodies remaining, exhausted all their strength, twitching forward like maggots.
Inside the venue, whether it was the Golden Crow Li Family, the Golden Crow Liu Family, or the Lotus Secret Realm, none could believe their eyes when they saw the thousands of people all bleeding from their seven orifices, with their meridians severed and their Immortal Spirits dispersed.
Just like the Ancestral Patriarch Bai Qi of the Prestigious Bai Family, they all knew that the collective sending of Message Talismans by their clan disciples indicated something serious had happened, but none had imagined it would be this severe.
When Ancestral Patriarch Bai Qi and others of the Prestigious Bai Family saw their descendants' cultivation crippled, they were filled with boundless rage.
And when the Ancestral Patriarchs of the Golden Crow Li Family, the Golden Crow Liu Family, and the Lotus Secret Realm saw their own descendants and disciples with their cultivation crippled, the fury in their hearts ignited instantly.
When the Ancestral Patriarch of the Prestigious Bai Family saw Bai Yufei and Bai Teng looking neither Human nor ghost, his eyes turned red with anger.
And when the Ancestral Patriarchs of the Golden Crow Li Family, the Golden Crow Liu Family, and the Lotus Secret Realm saw Xuan Yun, Liu Feng, Dan Lei, and Liu Kaiyun, covered in blood and dragging half their bodies in an unrecognizable state as they crawled over, their eyes likewise reddened with anger, and killing intent erupted from them in an instant.
The elder from the Lotus Secret Realm was the first to stop the bleeding and stabilize the injuries of Dan Lei and Xuan Yun, who were most severely wounded. Suppressing the fury in his heart, he gnashed his teeth and asked, "Who! Who injured you like this! Who!"
Dan Lei opened his mouth, only letting out painful groans, unable to utter a single word.
But Xuan Yun pointed at Gu Qingfeng, who was still reclining on his chair with his eyes closed, and shouted indignantly, "It's him! It's him! Elder, you must tear him to pieces to avenge your disciples!"
Immediately, the senior experts from the Prestigious Bai Family, the Golden Crow Li Family, the Golden Crow Liu Family, and the Lotus Secret Realm all turned their murderous gazes toward the Nine-Headed Firecloud Crimsonflame Tiger Grand Carriage.
Those who came this time from the Lotus Secret Realm and the two Immortal Families of the Golden Crow Secret Realm were all seniors who had cultivated for tens of thousands of years, each one experienced and knowledgeable. When they learned that the culprit who injured their descendants and disciples was the person sitting on the grand carriage with his eyes closed, their reaction was the same as when Ancestral Patriarch Bai Qi of the Prestigious Bai Family first arrived—they were all stunned. No one had expected the culprit to be a mortal with no cultivation at all.
Was it really him? Was it possible?
The group of experts from the two Secret Realms and two Immortal Families were somewhat skeptical.
"Li Xiao! Are you sure it's him?" asked Li Ziyu, the Ancestral Patriarch of the Golden Crow Li Family.
Li Xiao, clutching his chest, responded weakly and painfully, "It's him. It was the might of his voice... that severed all our meridians, and also... dispersed our Immortal Spirits..."
Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked and horrified.
A mortal, with the might of a single voice, had not only severed the physical meridians of thousands of people but also completely dispersed and erased their Immortal Spirits.
If these words were hearsay, the senior experts present probably wouldn't believe it. But now, the ones saying these things were their own descendants and disciples, leaving them no choice but to believe.
But! How could a mortal possibly disperse the Immortal Spirits of thousands of people with the might of a single voice?
Why? Who knew? No one knew.
Even though each of them was a senior expert who had cultivated for tens of thousands of years, faced with such a bizarre and strange matter, they had never heard of anything like it.
Earlier, when Ancestral Patriarch Bai Qi of the Prestigious Bai Family learned that a mortal had dispersed the Immortal Spirits of thousands with the might of a single voice, he became wary and dared not act rashly, forcibly suppressing the fury in his heart.
And now, the group of senior experts from the two Immortal Families of the Golden Crow Secret Realm and the Lotus Secret Realm, upon learning of this matter, were like Bai Qi. Though they were filled with immense anger, the other party's existence was too mysterious and bizarre, making none of them dare to act rashly. Especially since that mortal was still reclining on his chair with his eyes closed, it made all of them feel unsure and uneasy.
This scene appeared extremely bizarre in the eyes of those gathered at the Tower of Stolen Gold to watch the commotion.
No one had ever witnessed a more bizarre scene than the current one.
Thousands of people knelt on the ground, wailing in pain.
A group of Five-Luminances-Unity Great Nature Golden Immortals all stared fixedly at the mortal Great Lord who had injured their descendants and disciples.
And this mortal Great Lord? After dispersing the Immortal Spirits of thousands with the might of a single voice, he had been resting with his eyes closed all along.
When the experts from the Prestigious Bai Family, the Golden Crow Li Family, the Golden Crow Liu Family, and the Lotus Secret Realm arrived one after another, this mortal Great Lord remained unmoved, as if asleep.
This couldn't help but make people curious—curious about who this mortal Great Lord really was, and what kind of ability he possessed. Was he not worried at all? Not afraid at all?
One must know that this time, the Prestigious Bai Family had brought their Ancestral Patriarch Bai Qi, a Five-Luminances-Unity Great Nature Golden Immortal. Besides him, there were also three Five-Luminances-Perfected Zhenxing Golden Immortals.
The lineup of the Golden Crow Li Family was even stronger. The Li Family's Ancestral Patriarch Li Shengyang had also come in person, likewise a Five-Luminances-Unity Great Nature Golden Immortal. Besides him, there were two other Five-Luminances-Unity Great Nature Golden Immortals, as well as six Five-Luminances-Perfected Zhenxing Golden Immortals.
The Golden Crow Liu Family's Ancestral Patriarch Liu Ziyu had also come, and they had brought five Five-Luminances-Unity Great Nature Golden Immortals, with more than ten Five-Luminances-Perfected Zhenxing Golden Immortals.
The Lotus Secret Realm had the most powerful lineup: over sixty Five-Luminances-Perfected Zhenxing Golden Immortals, and a full twenty-plus Five-Luminances-Unity Great Nature Golden Immortals. Although the Secret Realm's Ancestral Patriarch hadn't come, the leader was an elder from the Lotus Secret Realm, Dao-title Danshou, an absolutely famous senior expert in the Dual-Pole Celestial Domain.
Almost all those present, whether Bai Family Ancestral Patriarch Bai Qi, Li Family Ancestral Patriarch Li Shengyang, or Liu Family Ancestral Patriarch Liu Ziyu, had only managed to unify the Five Luminances and merge with the Great Natural Order by taking advantage of the great era of the Ten Thousand Things' Revival after the opening of the Modern Era.
Only Elder Danshou of the Lotus Secret Realm had already unified the Five Luminances and merged with the Great Natural Order ten thousand years ago, during the Ancient Era.
Everyone knew that during the Ancient Era, resources were scarce, and spiritual energy was thin and turbid—not only in the Myriad Realms of the Heavens, but even more so in the Great Wilderness. That wasn't the important part; the important part was that during the Ancient Era, the Great Natural Order was almost in a state of neglect, existing in name only. Even if one unified the Five Luminances, it wasn't certain they could merge with the Great Natural Order. Forget merging; during the Ancient Era, many couldn't even sense the existence of the Great Natural Order.
To unify the Five Luminances in that scarce Ancient Era was already an extraordinary feat. To merge with that nearly neglected Great Natural Order during the Ancient Era was absolutely something worthy of pride and even more deserving of admiration.