The moment the three Realm Venerables appeared, the surroundings fell silent.
Everyone's faces were filled with reverence.
Even more so—
Some Realm Venerables unconsciously stepped back, their gazes beginning to dart away.
A man's name was like a tree's shadow!
In their eyes, the Realm Venerables of the five Higher Planes were beings they could only look up to...
To put it bluntly—
Any one of them need only stomp a foot to make the powers throughout the Primordial Heaven and Earth tremble.
It was over!
They were finished!
With a single word from Dugu Qiubai, the three Realm Venerables had appeared. Judging by the displeasure on their faces, they had clearly come to hold someone accountable.
If they offended the Gray Silence Realm Venerate, they might still have a chance to live.
At least at this moment, the Gray Silence Realm Venerate merely wanted them to submit.
But if they offended the Realm Venerables of the five Higher Planes—
Hmph!
Unless the Four Great Divine Halls intervened, no one could save them.
More importantly—
Ever since the five Higher Planes had been discovered, even the Four Great Divine Halls had been unwilling to provoke them.
Would they reprimand the five Higher Planes for the sake of a Middle Plane?
Impossible!
Some people had already begun to laugh, their laughter especially sinister.
"Ah, fools will always be fools. Even putting on a bluff requires restraint. Now look at this—trying to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used to bait it."
"Perhaps that old man never expected that after merely lowering his voice and casually saying one sentence, the three Realm Venerables would actually appear."
"Just watch. Even if he possesses abilities that reach the heavens, he will not escape this calamity. All that old man can do now