The reason was quickly uncovered.
Yet the truth left everyone stunned, unable to believe it for a time.
It had not been a terrifying slaughter.
Nor had they encountered a siege by a formidable lineup of competitors.
Rather, they had all suffered crushing defeat at the hands of one man!
Shen Mu!
A figure previously overlooked by many Immortal Kings had, near Sky Rift Mountain, swept aside every enemy with his strength alone!
Even six peerless Immortal Lords joining forces had been forcefully suppressed by him!
Such a truth was simply earth-shattering, making every great figure present tremble and gasp.
Too vicious!
Until now, not even peerless Immortal Lords like Gong Nanfeng and Weng Changfeng, who had drawn the most attention at the Sky Hunt Assembly, had achieved such a dazzling and illustrious record in battle!
In other words, this absolutely counted as the most inconceivable battle since the Sky Hunt Assembly began!
"One man overwhelmed the entire field and swept through all opposition? This Shen Mu is truly remarkable!"
An Immortal King murmured.
"Brother Tang, just what is Shen Mu's background?"
An Immortal King turned his gaze toward Tang Jinhong.
At once, the eyes of many great figures turned toward him.
Everyone knew that Shen Mu had only been able to participate in this Sky Hunt Assembly through the Ancient Tang Clan's connections.
Tang Jinhong was deeply shaken as well, but he merely said with a bitter smile, "To be honest, I do not know either. Fellow Daoist Shen Mu's identity is quite mysterious. He is suspected to have emerged from an unknowable Pure Land somewhere in the Immortal Realm."
An unknowable place?
A Pure Land?
At once, the great figures present let their imaginations run wild.
Tang Lingqi nearly laughed in his heart. Golden Rainbow Old Ancestor truly