Before the purple-gold carriage had even arrived, an overwhelming force swept toward the entire sea of cottonwood blossoms like a mountain range crashing down. In an instant, within a thousand li, birds and beasts fell silent, all of them crouching and trembling beneath the immense pressure.
"Fellow Daoists on Cottonwood Island, might I ask you to show yourselves?" The middle-aged woman in the purple-gold carriage spoke softly. Her voice was gentle, yet carried an authority no one could defy.
"You all arrive in such a menacing manner. What is the purpose? We've never had any dealings with one another. Whether we meet or not isn't all that important, is it?"
A voice drifted out from the sea of cottonwood blossoms. It sounded like there was only one voice, yet to the several members of the Demon Race, it was impossible to pinpoint exactly where it came from.
Lu Xiaotian was naturally sitting cross-legged amid the sea of blossoms. He was quite taken aback by the pomp of the dragon demon in the sky—the middle-aged woman. Even the two six-hoofed gale horses pulling her carriage had already reached the Integrated Body Early Stage.
Though six-hoofed gale horses were docile by nature and poor at fighting, the fact that she could command two such spirit beasts to pull her carriage was enough to show the middle-aged woman's influence. She was likely the undisputed ruler of this stretch of sea.
The elegant young man riding in her carriage was also at the Integrated Body Early Stage. The fire-feathered demon falcons flanking the carriage and the golden-maned, upturned-horned bull demon had already reached the Integrated Body Middle Stage.
The lineup of Integrated Body cultivators before him alone was already no weaker than the Abyss Hall in the Chaotic Demon Domain back then.
"This palace