In an instant, the tea stall fell silent.
The Immortal Dao flourished on Heaven-Stabilizing Continent. For fifty-six million years, Immortal Cultivators and mortals had coexisted in remarkable harmony.
Just like what had happened at the tea stall moments ago—even the blacksmith from the forge could openly tease a Qi Condensation Realm cultivator like Old Li before everyone's eyes.
One had to know that in a place like Chenping Continent, Qi Condensation Realm cultivators were beings whom mortals called "Immortals."
And in a place like Kunwu Continent, where the Immortal Dao was excessively scarce, a Body Tempering Realm cultivator could be granted a noble title in a mortal dynasty, becoming the Duke of Qi—or even an emperor in the shadows.
This atmosphere on Heaven-Stabilizing Continent had been single-handedly forged by the Heaven-Stabilizing Sage.
Yin Ji.
This True Purity Realm cultivator, who had ruled Heaven-Stabilizing Continent for fifty-six million years, was the last Immortal Cultivator on the current Heaven-Stabilizing Continent to have grown up in this realm back when heaven and earth here had no name, when outsiders had merely called it the "Immortal Origin Land."
No one understood better than him the kind of targeting Heaven-Stabilizing Continent had suffered from outsiders in the years before he became a Sage.
But one thing had remained unchanged since time immemorial.
The strong remained strong.
Those above would forever remain above.
Just like in Forgotten River City—whether mortal or Immortal Cultivator, upon seeing Wei Zhao, all had to respectfully and submissively address him as Lord City Lord.
The same principle applied when a great cultivator appeared before mortals.
As Chen Yan's External Incarnation recklessly released its pressure upon this bustling street in the city, it was also sending a message to the people in the tea stall—
This man was not someone to be