When everyone saw that figure sweep into the great hall, they all froze for a moment, because many of the Celestial Venerables present recognized him.
"Heaven City Lord!"
Everyone's expressions shifted slightly. Among the city lords of the Ten Great God Cities on the Epoch Battlefield, there was no explicit ranking; the ten of them appeared to stand on equal footing.
But in truth, whether by the ranking originally established by Creation Heavenly Lord or by the tacit consensus that later emerged, it was Heaven, Earth, Profound, Yellow, Universe, Hong, Desolate, Sun, Moon. The order of the names revealed certain clues. Though this did not necessarily match the changing strength of the various city lords in different eras, Heaven City Lord was undoubtedly the strongest among the city lords of the Ten Great God Cities.
Generally speaking, those supreme experts remained within the same realm, but even within the same realm, there were distinctions between strong and weak. Heaven City Lord was universally acknowledged to be unfathomable.
When they saw him appear, the Four Great Celestial Venerables of the Southeast, Northwest and Time and Space Celestial Venerable all revealed grave expressions, for they knew full well that this man was truly extraordinary.
Ye Xiwen suddenly noticed a faint smile appear on Sun City City Lord's face. While everyone else was worried by Heaven City Lord's arrival, why did he look delighted?
If he intended to compete for the position of Central Celestial Venerable, then the Central Celestial Venerable who had now arrived would undoubtedly become a formidable rival. Yet he was showing such an expression now. There was only one possibility: he had never intended to contend for the position of Central Celestial Venerable in the first place.
Such a situation was not impossible. Though everyone coveted the position of