As Qiu Yan spoke, his Divine Spirit Body had already taken its place atop another unoccupied peak. His sudden appearance caught everyone present by surprise.
"When did Donghua Heaven Lord arrive? How had none of us noticed?"
"Even if he had been staying on this island beforehand, he could not have left no trace at all. After all, this is within the continent. To avoid clashing with Donghua's Fortune, many Divine Abilities cannot be used."
"Even if he is a deity born from Donghua Land itself and bears the imprint of Fortune, gods and mortals are ultimately different. There should have been some rejection. Where there is rejection, there are traces to follow. How could..."
Whatever thoughts churned through their minds, none revealed them outwardly. Each still appeared profound and inscrutable, commanding one corner of the world. Yet quite a few directed their senses toward the newly arrived mass of black mist without concealing it, clearly expressing their doubts.
Qiu Yan naturally understood what they meant. Pointing at the smoke shrouding the mountaintop, he said, "I presume none of you have met this one before. He is also a newly advanced peak Devil Master, calling himself the Remnant-Shell Devil Master. He attained the Dao in a small world attached to Donghua and has remained secluded there, never appearing in the world. It is only natural that you do not know of him."
A reclusive Devil Master? Now that was strange! This thought immediately surfaced in many minds.
They could hardly be blamed. Even Belt-Meridian Daoist and the two who had arrived later, though they had not shown themselves before, were figures of this realm with reputations throughout the starry sky. Most knew one another, had met one another, or at the very least had heard each other's names and knew