Luo Tian's attempt to invoke his backing stirred no ripples in Zhou Ming's heart.
He looked at the three people prostrate on the ground, their bodies trembling violently with fear. His expression remained calm, as though he were listening to something that had nothing whatsoever to do with him.
"What realm is That One in the Divine Asura Domain at?"
Luo Tian dared not hesitate or conceal anything.
Before such an existence, any lie would seem ridiculous and foolish, serving only to hasten his death.
"True Lord, that lord... that lord has been in seclusion for a very, very long time."
"This junior has only heard the Domain Lord mention him occasionally. Before that lord entered seclusion, his cultivation... had already reached the peak of the extreme Dao period."
Having spoken, Luo Tian buried his head deeply once more. Cold sweat had already soaked the ground beneath him.
This was the highest-level secret he knew.
The peak of the extreme Dao period...
Zhou Ming's thoughts shifted slightly, and some of the tension in his heart quietly eased.
That realm was neither particularly high nor particularly low.
In his prime, he would never have spared a glance for a cultivator who had not even touched the threshold of the fusion Dao period.
But now, the rule shackles within his body had only loosened a fraction. He was still far from being able to act without restraint.
Still, it was enough.
Although the strength he had recovered was insufficient to easily defeat someone at the peak of the extreme Dao period, it was equally impossible for his opponent to defeat him.
The fundamental nature of the Da Luo True Realm remained unchanged. If he wanted to leave, someone at the peak of the extreme Dao period could not stop him.
Moreover, that