Two invisible gazes met across the distance, and Li Yun instantly saw through the other man's identity.
The Black Ice Star Lord, Huang Yuankun.
He was a veteran Great Sage who had lain low for many years.
Li Yun remembered when he had first arrived in the Hengwu Domain and landed on an icefield on Black Ice Star. Back then, through the Gate of Myriad Wonders, he had learned that the Black Ice Star Lord was the planet's only Great Sage.
At the time, he had even wondered when he might reach the Black Ice Star Lord's heights.
And in the days that followed, he had not even qualified to see the Black Ice Star Lord in person.
Who would have thought...
That he would meet him so suddenly today?
Li Yun knew the transmission array on Black Ice Star must be under Huang Yuankun's control. He had emerged from that array, and Huang Yuankun had sensed his aura.
I wanted to slip around Black Ice Star unnoticed, but that's not happening now.
I might as well meet this Black Ice Star Lord!
Huang Yuankun might be a veteran Great Sage, but when Li Yun had last used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to investigate him, his strength had registered at only the forty-sixth step of the Martial Dao Ladder.
Now that Li Yun stood at the ninety-ninth step, he had little reason to fear facing the Black Ice Star Lord.
The corners of Li Yun's mouth lifted in a faint, easy smile.
The next instant, Heaven's Will stirred around him. He became a nearly imperceptible streak of light, ignoring the distance and passing through layer after layer of seals and guards at the Star Lord Mansion. In a heartbeat, he stepped into its innermost Main Hall.
He made no