Huang Wudi's words immediately lifted the spirits of the others around him!
They then turned to look at him in unison.
Clearly, they all thought Huang Wudi made a good point. They couldn't rule out the possibility that Ning Wangshu had come up with this scheme to bluff them into letting him escape, scaring them so badly that they wouldn't dare attack him again.
But just then, the Mahayana Peak Figure from the Immortal Sword Sect suddenly spoke. "Although God Emperor Huang's reasoning isn't without merit, and that possibility certainly exists, there's..."
He paused. "There's one thing that actually makes sense of this."
As he spoke, he looked at the others and said slowly, "Everyone, don't forget that legend says in an era even more ancient than the 'Immortal Relic Era,' True Immortals could descend from the Immortal Realm into our Cangyuan Realm."
"Only later, after some unknown upheaval, did the True Immortals cease descending for countless years, ushering in the Immortal Relic Era."
"It wasn't until the end of the Immortal Relic Era, over a million years ago, that no one could ascend to the Immortal Realm anymore."
"That Extreme Dao Celestial Venerable broke the deadlock that had kept no one from opening the Immortal Gate and ascending to the Immortal Realm for a million years after the Immortal Relic Era. It's not impossible that he could descend into our Cangyuan Realm from the Immortal Realm, just like the immortals of the era before the Immortal Relic Era!"
At those words, Huang Wudi and the others froze again, as if struck by five thunderbolts.
"Y-yes. According to ancient legends, True Immortals really did descend into our Cangyuan Realm in the era before the Immortal Relic Era..."
The Immortal Sword Sect's leader murmured.
Everyone else, save Huang Wudi, exchanged looks,