Led by Heavenly Emperor Linghua, Li Pin departed.
Only after they had been gone for some time did Miao Zhuan Heavenly Emperor, the leader among the Bonfire Holy Hall group, suddenly snap out of it.
"Your Majesty Origin nodded to us, and I... I actually failed to return the gesture at once!?"
Miao Zhuan Heavenly Emperor felt an inexplicable panic.
Although he knew Li Pin could not possibly hold a grudge over such a trivial matter, still...
He simply felt an unreasoning unease.
It was an inferiority born of the vast gulf between their identities and status.
When they encountered such great figures, this feeling made them regret and worry afterward, sinking into prolonged anxious uncertainty, even over some utterly insignificant matter they had failed to handle properly.
"He wouldn't... Your Majesty Origin... wouldn't concern himself with such empty formalities..."
Ji Shun more or less felt the same way.
However, his relationship with Li Pin was ultimately far better than Miao Zhuan's, so he recovered more quickly as well.
Yet even as he spoke those words, his feelings remained exceedingly complicated.
He had not personally witnessed the battle in which Li Pin had quelled the Court of All Stars' turmoil, but from everyone's descriptions, he knew just how astonishing the strength Li Pin had displayed back then was.
He had even used that battle to directly unify the major forces of humanity, leaving one supreme force after another not daring to utter half a word of refusal.
Even the Tianyan Sect, powerful as it was and boasting numerous Heavenly Emperors, had pledged to remain obedient to the Court of All Stars—though they would heed mobilization but not decrees.
But...
No rumor could compare to even one ten-thousandth of the shock brought by witnessing Li Pin's true power firsthand.
How powerful