Xin Yi spoke with such wit, yet few among the full hall could laugh.
Did this mean that with Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu's current Talisman Arts mastery, even someone as capable as Xin Yi had to seize the slightest advantage to be assured of victory?
Perhaps the Star Array Method itself imposed too many limitations and could not reflect one's overall level.
Yet with Xin Yi's analysis from beginning to end, followed by this final verdict—and, of course, the earthshaking "Eternal Azure Sky" from some time ago—Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu's standing in the field of talisman arts, and correspondingly in the cultivation world itself, had truly been settled beyond dispute.
Not only in the Three Northern Lakes—even in the Eight Sceneries Palace, the Sword Discussion Pavilion, or the Western Buddhist Kingdom, one would at least have to offer him the same courtesies due Xin Tianjun, lest one commit a breach of decorum.
And that was without counting his identity as the Shangqing Sect Master.
The cultivators present could not help but think one step further:
How, exactly, should they deal with a Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu like this?
Would their previous arrangements still have any effect?
If they needed adjustment, in what direction should they adjust them?
The cultivators in the tower had thoughts racing through their minds as they digested the impact. Yet Xin Yi still seemed dissatisfied. With a wave of his hand, he dispersed the little chessboard and shifted his gaze to the void chessboard outside the tower.
"Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu revealed himself through a grand formation, and Guangwei answered with a grand formation of his own. The two fully expounded the wonders of talisman arts, clear and straightforward, pointing directly to the innermost mysteries—seeing it is nothing remarkable. Failing to see it would be truly strange!"
His gaze swept