"Old Ancestor Hongjun!" Zhong Shan said calmly.
Zhong Shan held no blood feud with Hongjun, so his tone remained fairly polite. The battle just now had merely been a small probe; there was no great hatred between them.
Now that Zhong Shan had established his position, the two would naturally begin conversing. Force could not solve everything. Besides, facing Hongjun, Zhong Shan was not yet arrogant enough to think he could defeat him through sheer force.
The title of Number One Under Heaven back then had not been bestowed through empty flattery. After all, there had been countless heroes under heaven—who would tolerate someone else stepping on their head? Hongjun had done it. After his rebirth, regardless of whether his strength had increased or decreased, that title had already cemented his supreme might.
"Great Zheng Sacred King, Zhong Shan!" Hongjun said calmly.
For Hongjun to clearly speak Zhong Shan's name showed that he had begun taking Zhong Shan seriously.
Many Great Zheng officials secretly breathed sighs of relief, especially the group of Ancient Immortals. Although they had not left earlier, they still felt lingering fear toward battling Hongjun. Being able to talk was naturally the best possible outcome.
Behind Zhong Shan, the entrance to the divine realm stood wide open. Though Sage You Lan had been shaken by the earlier battle, he had never stopped working.
In this brief span of time, the Heavenly Dao extracted by the divine realm had already reached more than six hundred strands.
In other words, of the one thousand strands of Heavenly Dao in the Progenitor Dragon Secret Realm, only four hundred remained. High above, the Eye of Heaven grew weaker and weaker. Its eyelids trembled slightly, as if revealing immense fear and agitation.
Beneath Sage You Lan's feet, the Heaven and Earth Altar