The speaker was the blood-robed man seated at the head of the hall.
His words immediately shocked everyone in the hall.
"Blood Heavenly King, has the news really been confirmed? That man's name is Li Yun, and he's hiding in the Domain Lord's Manor?"
"Why would he hide there?"
"Could he be working with He Tiangang? Or were they on the same side all along?"
No one could see Blood Heavenly King's expression beneath his mask, but a cold light flickered in his blood-red eyes, vicious and venomous, with a trace of mockery.
"That man wasn't originally working with He Tiangang. In fact, they didn't even know each other at first."
"According to our informant, Li Yun is merely a martial artist who ascended to the Hengwu Domain from a Low Plane World. He has no backing whatsoever."
"He even seized the Through-Ancient Transmission Gates the Through-Ancient Dynasty had painstakingly built several times, taking away some of the Low Plane Worlds it had cultivated below. That landed him on its wanted list."
"But fortune has favored him, and his strength has grown at astonishing speed. Then our Blood God Cult and Black Heaven tried to surround and kill him, drawing He Tiangang's attention."
"He Tiangang recommended him to the upper ranks of the Through-Ancient Dynasty. They not only withdrew the warrant for Li Yun, but also gave him the empty title of Dynasty Demon-Suppressing Envoy!"
The hall erupted in an uproar.
"Damn... so that's what happened."
"So Li Yun only caught the Through-Ancient Dynasty's attention because we hunted him?"
"Fuck... doesn't that make us Li Yun's benefactors?"
"That's absurd!"
Blood Heavenly King gave a cold, disdainful laugh. "Put that way, you're not wrong. But there's more."
"There's more news?"
"That's right!"
"According to our source inside, Li Yun has reached