"It's the Wu Yang Commander!"
Someone cried out, and the entire barracks square fell silent in an instant.
Everyone narrowed their eyes and looked toward the distant tower.
A man in a black cloak and black mask stood there with his hands behind his back, watching them. His aura was immensely profound, like a bottomless abyss.
Ye Kang only had to meet his eyes to feel his mind tremble. Cold sweat poured down his face.
Without a doubt, this was the Three Prefectures Department Commander of Wu Yang City, the head of the Three Prefectures Departments in all the subordinate commanderies—and a top Return to Truth Realm powerhouse.
That was right. Even someone as powerful as the Wu Yang Commander was only in the Return to Truth Realm, not the Dao Integration Realm.
That was because attaining Dao Integration was incredibly difficult. In the entire Martial Dynasty, only ten people were publicly known to have reached it: the Sacred Emperor and Sacred Empress, the Four Heavenly Kings, and the Four Army Grand Marshals.
The difficulty lay not only in one's cultivation, but also in finding a Dao Integration Holy Land.
Without a suitable holy land, even the strongest Return to Truth Realm cultivator could only get stuck at the final step.
Otherwise, so many eyes wouldn't be fixed on the Luofu Debris.
Ye Kang didn't dwell on it. He stood straight and waited quietly for the Wu Yang Commander's next move.
After a moment of silence, the man spoke in a voice as cold as ice. "Everyone, look up."
Everyone raised their heads in bewilderment. Then the heavens and earth suddenly changed color. The previously gloomy sky brightened in an instant.
It was as if the clouds had parted to reveal the sun, bringing the clear sky back and sending