Inside the Qingshi Ancient Hall, the last echoes faded. The entire hall fell silent.
Dao Sage Mingkong and Saint Emperor Yun Zheng were shaken to the core and could not calm themselves for a long time.
If Chen Qingshi had not said it himself, who could have imagined that the pursuit of one Supreme Sage by another, an affair that had become known to nearly everyone in the Hengwu Domain a few years ago, concealed such a chain of cause and effect?
And who could have guessed that Chen Qingshi had been hunted because he was taking the fall for someone else?
For Li Yun, a man he had never even met?
Yet when they thought of Li Yun, an obscure, lowly Saint Emperor who had fallen into the Great Black Heaven's Endless Dark Abyss and then hidden there to hunt its Saint Emperors, they could not help but marvel.
Li Yun was something else.
No wonder even a Supreme Sage like Chen Qingshi had willingly stepped forward to cover for someone he had never met.
Chen Qingshi gazed at the drifting sea of clouds beyond the hall. A hint of admiration and emotion filled his eyes as he spoke slowly.
"That young man's temperament, courage, and methods are all rarely seen in ten thousand ages."
"And now he has escaped the Endless Dark Abyss on his own, without outside help. His abilities are truly extraordinary... Remember this: if you have the chance to befriend him, do so."
"If you cannot befriend him, do not make an enemy of him."
"I have a feeling that before long, Li Yun will shock the entire Hengwu Domain in a way no one expects..."
"Even with the Dark Heavenly Lord behind them, those fellows from the Great Black Heaven may find they have