"I'm back!"
Against the ceremonial music, Lin Chuan's voice was not loud, yet at that moment, it spread across hundreds of miles.
Everyone stared blankly at the figure in the sky. Though his appearance had changed considerably, with that eerie blood-red eye appearing between his brows, most people could still recognize him. This was the Azure Dragon Divine Envoy of Akatsuki.
"It's Azure Dragon! It really is Azure Dragon—he's back!"
Prince Gong looked at Lin Chuan, and his expression changed drastically as he cried out in terror.
"How... how is that possible?"
Prince Jin wore an incredulous expression. Back then, several of them at the Tribulation Stage had personally sealed Lin Chuan into the Longevity Realm. There could not possibly have been any mistake along the way. Why had Lin Chuan appeared here now?
"Judging from his aura, it really does seem to be him. But how did he do it? That was the Longevity Realm! The accompanying immortal artifact of the Central River Continent—how could he possibly break free from it?" Prince An looked utterly stunned, completely unable to believe that what he was seeing was real.
Within the Imperial Capital, countless cultivators also revealed disbelieving expressions.
The news they had received was that Lin Chuan had died, killed by the Central River Empire. Yet now, Lin Chuan had appeared with every member of Akatsuki and boldly announced his return, completely exceeding their imagination.
"Could it be that the Central River Empire lied?" a cultivator asked in shock.
A man who had supposedly died was now making a high-profile declaration of his return. Wouldn't the Central River Empire, which had announced Lin Chuan's death in the first place, become the laughingstock of the world?
Not everyone in the crowd knew Lin Chuan. When the words "I'm back" rang across