Anyone who had heard of the Shangguan Clan knew that in the Lingluo Celestial Domain, the Shangguan Clan was absolutely considered a powerful and noble family.
Their clan ancestor was not only an old Profound Immortal but also a senior of the Lingluo Celestial Domain's Immortal Mansion.
Many of the clan's elders were either senior officials of immortal dynasties in various worlds or senior officials of immortal mansions in various celestial domains.
Moreover, every generation of the Shangguan Clan had more than one person conferred by the Nine Heavens, and each generation would also produce an outstanding talent.
Shangguan Dong was the outstanding talent of his generation.
At a young age, he had been conferred by the Nine Heavens, and moreover, he was the esteemed Luo Shang Immortal Being.
It was said that he had cultivated for only a few hundred years, yet now he was already a Great Luo Golden Immortal at the Nine Luminaries Perfection stage, possessing two great Fortunes. One was the Great Sun Radiance bestowed by the Nine Heavens, and the other was the Five-Phase Rainbow. When these two great Fortunes merged together, they formed the Minor Thousand Fortune 'Rainbow Piercing the Sun,' famous throughout the Great Wilderness in the Present-Ancient Era.
Since ancient times, many Fortunes had been passed down, whether innate, acquired, or otherwise—too numerous to count.
And those that could be called Minor Thousand Fortunes were without exception the finest among Fortunes.
Any Minor Thousand Fortune was infinitely variable, profoundly mysterious, and immensely powerful; its mere aura was enough to awe a multitude of Immortals.
The Rainbow Piercing the Sun was a Minor Thousand Fortune, and moreover, a relatively famous one among the various Minor Thousand Fortunes of the Present-Ancient Era.
Speaking of which, this Minor Thousand Fortune, Rainbow Piercing the Sun, was comprehended by the legendary figure of the Present-Ancient Era who shook the Great Wilderness—Floating Life Imperial Lord—and it was his signature Fortune.
It was said that back then, Floating Life Imperial Lord was not yet an imperial lord but merely an Immortal Being conferred by the Nine Heavens.
In the Great Wilderness, any Immortal Being conferred by the Nine Heavens possessed the Radiant Bloodline, and this bloodline itself was a kind of Great Sun Radiance Fortune.
Later, one day, Floating Life Imperial Lord also comprehended the Five-Phase Rainbow Fortune. By chance, he discovered that when the two Fortunes of Great Sun Radiance and Five-Phase Rainbow merged, they became infinitely variable, profoundly mysterious, and their aura and power were extraordinarily formidable. Thus, the Rainbow Piercing the Sun, famous throughout the Great Wilderness in the Present-Ancient Era, came into being.
Under the influence of Floating Life Imperial Lord, many Immortal Beings conferred by the Nine Heavens in the Great Wilderness now pursued this Minor Thousand Fortune, Rainbow Piercing the Sun.
However, to condense and manifest a Minor Thousand Fortune like Rainbow Piercing the Sun, one needed to comprehend the Five-Phase Rainbow to fuse with the Great Sun Radiance. While all Immortal Beings possessed the Great Sun Radiance, not all could comprehend a Fortune like the Five-Phase Rainbow.
Some Immortal Beings with profound blessings might be able to comprehend the Five-Phase Rainbow, while others might exhaust all efforts yet fail to comprehend it.
What to do?
Easy.
Since they couldn't comprehend the Five-Phase Rainbow, they would forge a pseudo-Fortune of the Five-Phase Rainbow.
Although the forged Five-Phase Rainbow was only a pseudo-Fortune, when combined with the Great Sun Radiance Fortune, it might not condense into the true Rainbow Piercing the Sun, but it was at least stronger than the Great Sun Radiance alone. If the forged Five-Phase Rainbow was powerful enough, it might even pass for the real thing.
As the outstanding talent of his generation in the Shangguan Clan, Shangguan Dong's Five-Phase Rainbow was naturally comprehended, so his Minor Thousand Fortune, Rainbow Piercing the Sun, was also a true Fortune, not a pseudo-Fortune.
When Shangguan Dong appeared on the deck, some people proactively stood up to greet him, including some seniors who had cultivated for tens of thousands of years.
Shangguan Dong was an Immortal Being conferred by the Nine Heavens, and moreover, a Luo Shang Immortal Being; his status and position were undeniably noble.
Although the Nine Heavens had no explicit rule that one must pay respects upon seeing an Immortal Being, most of those who greeted him were from the Lingluo Celestial Domain, and the Shangguan Clan was a major clan in the Lingluo Celestial Domain. Some wanted to curry favor with the Shangguan Clan, while others were merely going through the motions, not wanting to offend the Shangguan Clan through neglect—that was all.
Of course, when Shangguan Dong appeared on the deck, many others did not stand up or greet him.
They were from other celestial domains; they neither needed to curry favor with the Shangguan Clan nor feared offending them, so naturally, they couldn't be bothered to stand and greet him.
Shangguan Dong nodded to the crowd in acknowledgment, then raised his eyes to look around. When he saw Yunyan Fairy sitting close to a man in white robes, his eyes instantly turned complex—filled with surprise, astonishment, disbelief, confusion, and jealousy.
Clearly, his arrival on the deck was no coincidence; he had heard the news.
And indeed, that was the case.
Regarding Yunyan Fairy, initially, he hadn't paid special attention, thinking she was just an ordinary Great Luo Golden Immortal. Later, while drinking at the Spring Full Pavilion, he saw Lei Lie harassing Yunyan Fairy. Without her making a move or even speaking, Lei Lie was scared into a cold sweat and collapsed onto the floor.
It was witnessing this scene firsthand that made Shangguan Dong realize Yunyan Fairy was a master who hid her depths. He had wanted to seize the opportunity to get to know her, but was refused.
No!
That wasn't a refusal.
It was disregard.
Because from beginning to end, Yunyan Fairy had not spoken a single word to him, not even one character.
This greatly displeased the proud Shangguan Dong and made him feel his face had been slighted.
Not knowing Yunyan Fairy's identity or background, and having witnessed Lei Lie scared into collapse, knowing she was unfathomable, he didn't dare do anything.
Later, he learned that many people on the great vessel had invited Yunyan Fairy, and all were refused just like him. Even Young Master Mo, who bore the Immortal Dao's decree, was refused when he invited her. After learning this news, the previously resentful Shangguan Dong felt relieved.
While relieved, he grew even more curious about Yunyan Fairy's true identity. He very much wanted to know what kind of identity and background Yunyan Fairy had, what kind of existence she was, to not even put someone like Young Master Mo, who bore the Immortal Dao's decree, in her eyes.
And just today, he heard news that someone on the deck had openly harassed Yunyan Fairy, and not only was she not angry, she actually accepted his invitation to drink with him.
Hearing that this person had neither cultivation nor Fortune, was just a mortal, and was with Lei Lie, Shangguan Dong immediately thought of the person he had seen in the Jinyang Celestial Domain.
Coming to the deck to look, sure enough, it was the very person who had wiped out the demonic beast with a single move in the Jinyang Celestial Domain, as he had been present at the time.
And at that time, many had speculated that this person might be the legendary Worthy One.
To be honest, Shangguan Dong didn't know if Gu Qingfeng was the legendary Worthy One, and he didn't care at all.
Because in his eyes, the Human Dao was inherently a lowly Great Dao. The so-called Worthy One was merely one who bore the decree of the lowly Human Dao, nothing more.
As an innate Immortal, and a Luo Shang Immortal Being conferred by the Nine Heavens, even if someone bore the Heavenly Mandate of the Human Dao, he looked down on them, let alone a Worthy One who bore the Human Dao's decree. In his mind, whatever Worthy One or not, they were all lowly ants.