I am here!
Any being with self-awareness could form such a cognition and issue a similar proclamation.
Yet if an ordinary person boasted thusly in his heart, it would be one thing, but if he truly did so in broad daylight, he would reap nothing more than cold treatment and blank stares.
Only outstanding powerhouses, when making such a proclamation, could harvest reverence and fear.
Then there were those who crossed tribulations to achieve longevity; they needed no proclamation whatsoever. The moment they harbored such a thought, they naturally received the acknowledgment and response of the Heaven and Earth Law Will.
As for earth immortals and divine lords—beings who stood near the very limit of cultivation—they needed neither cognition nor proclamation. They merely had to stand there, and the Heaven and Earth Law System would groan, while all things and living creatures were inexplicably filled with panic. Naturally, every powerhouse in this realm above a certain standard would also feel the corresponding sensation.
As one of the few people who witnessed it from up close, Zhang Tianji's feelings were even more complex. He stood dazedly in the clouds, yet his thousands of years of cultivation experience and intent struggled to fully analyze the unfathomable profound mystery within.
Until he heard a distant bell chime.
Clang!
The clear and resonant sound seemed to ring out from a piece of fine jade, piercing straight into the clouds, melodious and pleasing to the ear. An ordinary person would merely wonder where the bell came from, but for the powerhouses of this realm, the wider their range of perception, the more they could discern its marvels.
No matter the region, even if separated by thousands upon thousands of miles, the bell chime arrived simultaneously, without the slightest distinction of sequence. It completely bypassed the