Who would benefit from that?
Li Tianming was pondering this when he heard a faint rumble. Behind him, quite a few people on the streets of the Imperial Ruins seemed to have been drawn by the sound and were looking up.
He turned to look as well. Far across the sky, immense cosmic starships were cutting through the air. At their head was the Tomb God, shaped like a dark gravestone.
Beyond the starships, amid swirling chaos nebulae, a vast shadow came into view. Like a beast tens of trillions of meters long, it began to enter the skies above the Imperial Ruins. Its imposing edge and domineering presence seemed capable of splitting heaven from earth, sending billions of people into an uproar.
"After two hundred years, they've finally dragged Sword Mountain back to the Imperial Ruins?"
Li Tianming's pupils narrowed slightly.
"With Tower Mountain and Sword Mountain both in the Imperial Ruins, that saves me the trouble of running back and forth."
Li Tianming gazed at the towering Sword Mountain. Now that it had appeared above the Imperial Ruins, he could make out its black-and-gold surface and the ten sword rings upon it, each dazzling to behold.
That was further proof that it was part of the Eastern Emperor Sword.
And now, the leader of the Divine Tomb Cult was likely going to plant Sword Mountain at the cult's heart!
"It really is Sword Mountain!"
"So the rumors about the battle at the Supernova Ruins were true!"
"I heard Lord Divine Ark Envoy of the Star Profound Lineage died on the spot, at the hands of our Grand Princess Yueji..."
"There's been no word from our retired emperor for two hundred years. I heard he might really be gone..."
"Are Xuanyuan and the Divine Tomb Cult really going to