At the very moment Tiandao forcibly joined the Hidden Star Society.
Chen Kong had already brought the badly wounded Liu Ma and Vivian back to the Rust Nail Tavern in District 12 of Rust Iron Hell.
Yet the Dimensional Audience's attention was not on them.
It was on the "Mysterious Masked Man," who had only appeared briefly but had completely crushed Andromeda in terms of strength.
Because of Tiandao's rather special performance.
The Dimensional Audience could no longer be certain that the Mysterious Masked Man was Tiandao.
After all, aside from both having a pair of azure-blue eyes.
Their combat systems were entirely different.
If they determined the Mysterious Masked Man's identity based on nothing but his eyes.
That would undoubtedly be far too much of a stretch.
"First Gale Wind, then Shattered Star... This Mysterious Masked Man doesn't feel like Season 1's Old Tian at all."
"What do you mean, doesn't fit? In six years, even Old Kong and the others could change so much. What's wrong with Old Tian, the Stellar Apex, learning a few new tricks?"
"I don't think he's necessarily Old Tian either. If he really were Old Tian, why wouldn't he just take off the mask?"
"Who knows what the production team is thinking, but my gut tells me this guy is definitely Tiandao."
The show's bullet comments had become a complete mess over whether the Mysterious Masked Man was Tiandao.
Everyone had their own reasoning.
And that was precisely the effect Tiandao wanted.
He needed a certain degree of presence early in Season 2, so the Dimensional Audience would not easily forget him.
But he could not reveal himself too soon and affect his later plan, titled "Above the High Heavens."
Thus, after revealing a few ambiguous clues, throwing out some smokescreens as well.