This old man... was lonely as snow.
White Immortal, Gongye Bai silently recited to himself. It was also a true reflection of his heart.
When he had dominated the martial world, the previous Hidden Immortal Competition had long since settled into dust—the Barbarian Tribe's Land Immortal Realm Great Asa had become the Hidden Immortal of the age.
Though Great Asa scarcely involved himself in the Great Wei Dynasty or the internal strife of the barbarian clans, each stayed in their own place. Within the Great Wei Dynasty, for instance, its several Earthly Immortals naturally could not allow chaos to rise in the Central Plains.
For one thing, excessive slaughter would shatter mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas, leaving all living things in misery.
For another, exceptionally gifted rising talents could not be allowed to die untimely deaths, or it would affect the next "Debating the Dao for Supremacy."
In truth, whichever clan the Hidden Immortal belonged to would not affect the usual disputes among Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters.
The only advantage came when powers such as Great Wei and the barbarians waged war against one another.
Once beings above the Grandmaster level stepped in, a single battle could decide Heaven and Earth. They posed far too great a threat to ordinary people.
Just like Han Jue, the "Sword Ghost," who had once slain three thousand Huben Army soldiers.
Upon first entering the Grandmaster realm, he had been able to face a superbly equipped army head-on—and defeat it.
If Great Grandmasters or Earthly Immortals took action, their destructive power would only be greater.
With a mere gesture, they could decide another's life or death.
Under such circumstances, how could there not be restraints upon those above the First Rank?
Even Gongye Bai was no exception.
With the two words "rules" weighing upon