Heaven Continent, the Tian Family's Heaven Vein Palace!
Tian Daozi sat at the head seat, wearing the Black and White Feather Crown. He gently twirled one of the black feathers around his finger as he listened to the Tian Family elders speaking before him.
"Family Head, Northern Continent has entered the stage of chaotic warfare. Zhong Shan has bewitched the populace with the Mandate of Heaven and even pulled out Zhuangzi, that thorn in his eye. The other forces in Northern Continent are scattered like loose sand, while Great Zheng's army grows more eager for battle by the day. It seems it won't be long before Northern Continent is unified!" one elder said gravely.
"Family Head, how should we deal with this? I have already issued the order that no Ancestral Immortals from Heaven Continent may enter prolonged seclusion within the next three hundred years!" another elder said gravely.
"That Zhong Shan is entangled with our Tian Family far too deeply. Once he truly claims dominion over the world, it will be much harder for our Tian Family to shake him," another elder said.
At that moment, the Sage Tian Zhouzi suddenly entered from outside the hall.
Everyone stopped speaking.
"Family Head, a messenger from Zhong Shan of Northern Continent requests an audience!" Tian Zhouzi said solemnly.
"Requests an audience? Not begs for an audience? This Zhong Shan really thinks he's some great overlord? He's nothing but a brat who hasn't even lived two thousand years!" one elder said indignantly.
"Let him in!" Tian Daozi said flatly.
"Yes!" Tian Zhouzi nodded.
Before long, a Brocade-Clad Guard entered.
Seeing the uniform on the Brocade-Clad Guard, everyone recognized his identity. A Centurion? Just one Centurion? Their original thought of using their aura to give him a humiliating welcome vanished at once. If