The Imperial Lord bowed respectfully and said, sensing an incomparably terrifying threat by instinct. If he dared make the slightest unusual move, either of these two could crush him to death with a single finger.
"I am Lord Qin!" Lord Qin said.
The Imperial Lord immediately understood. Clearly, Lord Qin's name carried weight here as well. He hurriedly said, "The Heavenly Lord instructed that if you came, I was to take you straight to the venue!"
He glanced at Ye Xiwen again but did not ask further. Lord Qin was a formidable figure renowned throughout the Two Great Holy Lands. As for the other man, though he did not know his identity, he was clearly not Lord Qin's attendant. Anyone who could walk shoulder to shoulder with him was surely another great figure.
Facing two such great figures, how could he dare show the slightest neglect? He hurriedly led them toward the summit of Discipline God Mountain. Discipline Heavenly Lord's birthday banquet was being held in a plaza at the mountain's highest point. The plaza was extraordinarily vast, large enough to hold hundreds of thousands of people. Its entire surface was paved with an unknown kind of jade, warm to the touch and capable of making cultivation twice as effective with half the effort—pricelessly precious.
Yet it had been laid everywhere here. Clearly, Discipline Heavenly Lord was not lacking in money.
By then, many Heavenly Venerates had already arrived at the venue. They were all outstanding figures among the Heavenly Venerates of the Two Great Holy Lands, and they had come to offer birthday congratulations to Discipline Heavenly Lord.
Among Discipline Heavenly Lord's guest list, they were essentially at the very bottom. How could they dare arrive late?
Deep within the plaza stood a cloud couch that was noticeably higher