Everyone's attention immediately converged on Mu Qing and the Astrologer Emperor.
Most of the upper-level Emperors present did not know Mu Qing, but they all knew the Astrologer Emperor!
The Astrologer Emperor was an ultimate-rank powerhouse and one of the Ancient Immortal Realm's upper echelons.
And now, Thunder Punishment actually wanted an upper-level Emperor to spar with the Astrologer Emperor in an exhibition match?
What astonished the many Emperors around them was that Mystic Fire Daoist Temple Master and the others seemed to have no objection to Thunder Punishment's decision.
In truth, Mystic Fire Daoist Temple Master and the others were somewhat surprised as well.
Their original plan had been for Mu Qing to spar with an upper-level Emperor from the Ancient Immortal Realm. Yet Thunder Punishment intended to have the Astrologer Emperor fight Mu Qing instead!
This showed that Thunder Punishment thought very highly of Mu Qing—he even believed Mu Qing was qualified to contend against an ultimate-rank powerhouse!
Mu Qing was equally surprised. "Wouldn't it be inappropriate for me to fight the Astrologer Emperor? How about I spar with prodigies like Xuan Mu instead?"
After all, the Astrologer Emperor could be considered his elder, and he was also one of the Ancient Immortal Realm's upper echelons. Even if it was merely a sparring exchange, it did not seem appropriate.
However, Mystic Fire Daoist Temple Master and the others' faces darkened.
The expressions of the surrounding upper-level Emperors also became rather strange.
The Master of the Way of the Celestial Masters coughed lightly. "Xuan Mu and the others... are only lower-level Emperors."
The Ancient Immortal Realm's prodigies had, more or less, all broken through into the Emperor Realm.
If it were anyone else, these Ancient Immortal Realm higher-ups would certainly have proudly declared that the younger generation had become