"So everything that senior said was true. He and our Supreme really are old friends, as close as can be."
"Otherwise, with the Sect Leader Supreme's temperament, she would never have personally sent down a projection to welcome him. We haven't seen such courtesy in many years."
Only after the rainbow bridge vanished and the countless phenomena in the sky slowly faded did Su Xiaonian come back to her senses.
She could not help looking toward the Wutong Secret Realm and murmuring to herself:
"But just who is this senior?"
"Though I haven't lived long, I belong to the holy land and have read extensively about the deeds of the foremost Great Beings across the heavens. As for those among the Human Race who can associate with the Sect Leader Supreme as equals, I know them as well as the treasures in my own home."
"But why? Why have I never heard this senior's name?"
"How strange. Someone whom the Sect Leader Supreme values so highly that she personally welcomes him, someone whose fire Divine Abilities far surpass those of the holy land's many elders—how could such a person be unknown throughout the heavens? Truly strange beyond belief!"
Su Xiaonian frowned, unable to make sense of it no matter how she pondered.
Although she did not truly know Jiang Yan's origins, recalling the immense phenomena when he first appeared—the myriad flames bowing in worship and heaven and earth resonating together—made one thing clear to her: this senior was undoubtedly one of the foremost Great Beings of the Human Race.
At the heart of the Wutong Secret Realm stood the Wutong Divine Hall.
The hall was built from ten-thousand-year wutong heartwood. Countless fire-aspected stars were embedded in its vaulted ceiling, illuminating the hall as brightly as daylight without the slightest