Within the Solar Observatory, that terrifying figure blazed like a star, his pressure bearing down on every side.
As if the enormous surge in his aura over such a short time were not enough, it strengthened again out of nothing. His power once more advanced by leaps and bounds within the quasi-Celestial tier!
It was bizarre and terrifying, utterly contrary to common sense and difficult to explain through science.
Every increase in the Immortal Sect Fleet's strength could be traced: training personnel, adding warships, the growing number of Void Refinement and Spirit Transformation cultivators among its officers, and gradual changes to battle tactics and formations. It was built with sweat, one drop at a time... This was how technology and civilization ought to develop.
And yet!
A single life, a single individual, had seen his strength grow almost by leaps in a matter of moments, until his might overwhelmed an entire civilization.
One man was stronger than the Immortal Sect's entire immortal civilization!
Indeed, almost the instant the Great Sun Sword Lord's strength surged again, the alert levels of the Central Array-Spirit Computer, the Immortal Sect Central Army Group fleet, and the Immortal Sect Military Committee shot to their highest setting. Nearly every fleet rushed into battle readiness.
Every senior Immortal Sect officer felt his hair stand on end, his vigilance razor-sharp.
This had nothing to do with loyalty, moral character, or allegiance. It was a civilization's instinctive response.
A terrifying life-form stronger than the whole civilization, a terrifying being who could now destroy the Immortal Sect, even if he harbored no ill will...
Who, under such circumstances, could feel completely at ease?
Who could stand beside a fierce tiger and say there was no danger?
"Everyone,"
"This day has come at last..."
Yuan sighed in the Immortal Sect Military