"But now, I've seen one!" Lin Chuan said slowly, looking at Peony Fangshi.
Hearing this, everyone immediately turned their eyes toward Peony Fangshi, who was casting a spell in the distance. Their eyes were filled with disbelief.
Even the imperial family members revealed puzzled and shocked expressions at this moment. Apparently, even they did not know Peony Fangshi's true identity.
"Th-this... Azure Dragon means that Peony Fangshi is the companion divine beast of our Central River Continent?" Below, Baili Chenle stared at Peony Fangshi, trying to find some evidence on the empire's Imperial Preceptor that he was a companion divine beast, but he found nothing.
"How could this be? Peony Fangshi is actually the companion divine beast of Central River Continent?" Meng Jingxian also looked stunned.
"So that's how it is!" Southern Dipper frowned.
Lin Chuan had never mentioned this matter before. Even the members of the [Akatsuki] organization had no idea.
They had considered all sorts of possibilities and guessed at all kinds of identities. For instance, Peony Fangshi might have been the reincarnation of some great figure, or perhaps, like Shi Jin, the reincarnation of a true immortal. But they had never imagined that Peony Fangshi would be the companion divine beast of Central River Continent.
After all, Peony Fangshi's existence differed far too greatly from the continent companion divine beasts everyone knew.
"Th-this can't be possible. The cultivation of continent companion divine beasts can only reach the Great Ascension stage; they simply cannot reach the Tribulation Transcendence stage. Yet Peony Fangshi's strength has already reached the peak of Tribulation Transcendence. This goes against the laws of the Deva Path!" Shangguan Hong said with a shocked expression.
Indeed, it was precisely because Peony Fangshi's cultivation had reached the Tribulation Transcendence stage that no one had considered the possibility