"Dao Brother, who exactly was that Xuan Huai?"
After bidding Xuan Huai farewell, the group headed inward together. Curious by nature, Mi Ye darted over to the dwarf Uniting Dao cultivator and asked.
Lu Ye immediately pricked up his ears.
"Xuan Huai..." The dwarf Uniting Dao cultivator let out a soft sigh, his expression full of wistfulness. "More than ten thousand years ago, he was the most renowned powerhouse in the Inner Realm."
Mi Ye was astonished. "The most renowned? Was he even stronger than Ba Qiu?"
The dwarf laughed. "In terms of strength, of course he could not compare to the City Lord of One Man City. But speaking only of fame at the time, if Xuan Huai claimed second place, no one would dare claim first."
"Why was that?" Mi Ye did not understand.
"Because throughout all these countless years, he was the only cultivator who dared challenge the Top Ten City Lords!" A trace of reminiscence flashed through the dwarf's eyes, as though he recalled the turbulent splendor of those days.
Mi Ye drew in a sharp breath at this, and Lu Ye was equally astonished.
Daring to challenge the Top Ten City Lords was not courage just anyone possessed. And courage alone was not enough—one also needed the corresponding strength.
"Back then, Xuan Huai was the City Lord of a Cosmos-tier city. His forces were formidable, and his own strength had already reached the point where there was nowhere further to advance. So he conceived the idea of replacing one of the Top Ten City Lords. Then he truly did it, throwing the entire Inner Realm into upheaval." Another Uniting Dao cultivator spoke at this point.
"Some said he chose the wrong target. Had he made the right choice, he might not necessarily have failed." The