Perhaps because she was too shocked, she actually did not use voice transmission for those words, and every cultivator nearby heard them clearly.
At once, it was like a ladle of water splashed into a boiling oil pot.
The entire plaza erupted into an uproar.
"What? Wanxiao Immortal Monarch? Did I hear that wrong? Isn't he a great figure from the same era as Fairy Yutong and Nailong True Person?"
"I heard he was exceptionally talented and advanced to Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage very early on. Unfortunately, he was too impatient in cultivation. Because of one wrong step, he fell beneath the tribulation of ascension."
"Mm, I've heard that story too. Many ancient records have related accounts, and they speak as if the nails are hammered in."
"What nailed in? I think it's just hearsay. If Wanxiao Immortal Monarch fell, then who is the person before us?"
"Hmph, that is only that woman's word. Who knows if it's true or false?" Another person's face was full of disdain.
"Idiot, didn't you see her sitting beside Dongyu Immortal Emperor? How could a dignified Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage cultivator speak nonsense?" the person who had spoken earlier retorted, his face full of anger.
Both sides clung to their own views, arguing until their faces flushed red. For a time, this mysterious Wanxiao Immortal Monarch even stole Lin Xuan's limelight.
After all, he too came from legend.
An ancient almighty who had fallen during ascension, yet now had come back from the dead—was that not richly legendary?
Even the two old monsters beside him revealed wary expressions.
"So Your Excellency is the famous Wanxiao Immortal Monarch. This concubine has truly been remiss."
The Black Phoenix Demoness gave a graceful curtsy, yet this greeting could hardly be called friendly at all.
A probing, perhaps,