"That information is quite useful to me. Thanks. But you don't need to worry about my safety. I know what I'm doing."
"Just focus on cultivating according to the Saint Emperor Saint Art from here on. I won't stay any longer."
After a few words of advice, Li Yun politely declined He Tiangang's invitation to drink and turned to leave.
He had come quietly, and he left just as quietly.
Across the entire Domain Lord Star, no one but He Tiangang knew that Li Yun, who had once caused such an uproar in the Through-Ancient Dynasty, had been there.
Without alerting anyone on the Domain Lord Star, Li Yun drew his aura entirely into himself, slipped back into the void, and sped straight toward the true heart of the Through-Ancient Dynasty—the Imperial Capital.
Along the way, Li Yun probed his surroundings with his formidable Divine Consciousness.
What he found confirmed He Tiangang's account.
The Through-Ancient Dynasty looked calm on the surface, but spies were everywhere.
They seemed convinced Li Yun would someday sneak back into the Through-Ancient Dynasty, and their agents had never stopped searching for signs of him.
Li Yun noticed them but left them undisturbed.
Three months later, disguised as an ordinary Lord Sage, Li Yun quietly arrived at the Imperial Capital.
It was his first time there.
He had to admit, its grandeur far surpassed that of any other Star Domain under the Through-Ancient Dynasty.
For one thing, no other Star Domain could compare with its sheer concentration of powerful cultivators.
Lord Sages, exceedingly rare in other Star Domains, could be seen almost everywhere in the Imperial Capital.
Any Lineage in the Imperial Capital with a name worth knowing could produce one or two Saint King Rank experts.
At least half the Through-Ancient Dynasty's elite had gathered