Just then.
The Phoenix Maiden in the distance seemed to notice their gaze. She turned and looked toward Ye Xuan and Shi Hao standing at the edge of the bamboo grove.
When her gaze swept over Shi Hao, it paused only briefly.
She could sense the incomparably vast potential hidden within this youth. The exuberance of his vitality and blood was outstanding even among the supreme Heavenly Prides of the Immortal Ancient Era.
However, when the Phoenix Maiden's gaze fell upon the blue-robed man beside Shi Hao—
Her heart suddenly lurched.
That man was clearly standing right there, with no fluctuations of magical power around him, not even the faintest trace of a cultivator's aura.
Yet in the Phoenix Maiden's perception, he resembled an unfathomable cosmic Abyss.
The instant her gaze touched him, it felt as though she would be utterly swallowed within. That shudder rising from the depths of her soul filled this Heavenly Pride of the Immortal Ancient Era with an inexplicable palpitation.
The Phoenix Maiden could not help taking several steps forward, wanting to see that mysterious man more clearly.
Just then.
Boom.
The once peaceful and tranquil world of the Immortal Ancient Era suddenly erupted with a majestic roar that shook the Nine Heavens.
This sound did not come from battle. It was the arrival of some supreme existence that stood above the laws of heaven and earth, descending into this stretch of time and space.
At that moment, the Great Dao of heaven and earth above the purple bamboo grove seemed to be completely suppressed.
The multicolored clouds filling the sky ceased drifting. The immortal birds soaring through the air and the auspicious beasts running across the ground all trembled beneath this irresistible pressure, prostrating themselves on the ground and releasing low cries of reverence.