The Golden Ao Island messengers hadn't merely arrived in the Divine Capital. Every Dharma Body expert named on the Heaven Ranking, along with every Dharma Body expert from the seven overseas realms and twenty-eight islands, had received an invitation.
Yuan Hong had no powerful backer and humble origins. His wavering loyalties in the past had left him on the wrong side of every Other Shore being, whether it was the Demon Emperor, the Demon Saint, or the Interception Sect's Saint. He'd had chances to pledge himself to each of them, but missed them all.
Still, no matter what, Yuan Hong was a top-tier Fortune powerhouse, and his mastery of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts was already consummate, putting him on par with Yang Jian.
Even a Fortune expert who wasn't particularly skilled at divining the secrets of Heaven could still pinpoint the locations of numerous Dharma Body experts and deliver invitations to them...
But just as Dharma Body experts throughout the land received the invitations and reacted in different ways,
the Human Emperor, who had been silent for many years, issued a new decree from the direction of the Divine Capital, proclaiming it to the world.
On the same day as the Golden Ao Island banquet, the Divine Capital would hold a gathering of the immortals of the world, inviting all Dharma Body experts to attend. Representatives from the great clans and sects would also be there.
The timing and announcement were as pointed as a needle against a needle. The target was obvious: the Golden Ao Island messengers' invitations!
Great Master Lu, He Qi, Kong Wen, Chong He, and the other righteous Dharma Body experts had already felt uneasy about the Heavenly Immortal Envoy's invitation, sensing that it came with ill intentions.
But the Heavenly Immortal's arrival had also put