At the same time, inside Danta's main hall.
The Danta Three Giants had just been discussing Danta's internal affairs. Several dossiers lay on the table as the three of them sat there, each voicing their thoughts.
Xuan Yi glanced through the dossier in her hand and said, "The Hall of Souls has been acting more and more frequently lately. They've captured the souls of quite a few Danta disciples. Those damned bastards."
Tian Leizi nodded without saying much, but something about his expression seemed off.
Xuan Kongzi, standing nearby, glanced at Tian Leizi and understood what he was thinking.
Lu Chuan and Dan Chen had just gotten married yesterday. Though Tian Leizi had not said anything aloud, he was still somewhat dissatisfied deep down.
After all, Dan Chen was the Dan Family's alchemy prodigy. At such a young age, she was already a Beginner Eighth-Rank Alchemist, one of Danta's foremost geniuses.
Yet she had married a useless man like Lu Chuan, a mere Nine-Star Dou Zhe.
No matter how dissatisfied Tian Leizi was, there was nothing he could do. Dan Chen had chosen this herself, and it would not be appropriate for elders like them to forcibly interfere.
Besides, Xuan Yi and the others had agreed to the marriage. His opposition alone would have been useless.
As Tian Leizi raised his teacup and took a sip, he still felt somewhat stifled, but he said nothing more.
Just then, a golden radiance suddenly lit up within the main hall.
All three froze for a moment and looked up.
A massive golden Sky Screen appeared out of thin air in midair at the center of the hall, lines of golden words emerging across its surface.
Upon seeing what was displayed on the Sky Screen, the Danta Three Giants were all stunned.
The hall fell silent for several seconds. None of the three spoke, simply staring fixedly at the golden words on the Sky Screen.
Xuan Yi was the first to speak. Turning to Tian Leizi and Xuan Kongzi, her face filled with shock, she asked, "Is what this thing says... about Lu Chuan?"
Xuan Kongzi shook his head, his expression equally astonished. "I don't know, but the name is written clearly. It really is that boy Lu Chuan. How is that possible?"
Tian Leizi came back to his senses as well, disbelief written all over his face. "Wasn't that boy's dantian damaged? He was still a Nine-Star Dou Zhe yesterday. How could he possibly be a Nine-Star Peak Dou Saint?"
"On the entire Dou Qi Continent, which Nine-Star Peak Dou Saint do we not know by name? We've never even heard of someone called Lu Chuan."
Xuan Yi frowned. "And the information says he's a transmigrator. What exactly is a transmigrator?"
The Danta Three Giants exchanged looks, but none could make sense of it.
The information displayed on the Sky Screen continued updating, golden words appearing line by line.
When they saw the record concerning the Soul Clan, the three of them were shocked once again.
At that moment, Tian Leizi suddenly strode two steps forward and stared intently at the line of golden text on the Sky Screen.
"What?! He sealed Soul Heavenly Emperor?!"
Who was Soul Heavenly Emperor?
The Soul Clan's clan chief, one of the supreme experts standing at the peak of the Dou Qi Continent. His strength was unfathomable, and only a handful of people on the entire continent could exchange blows with him.
Yet the Sky Screen said that Lu Chuan had destroyed the entire Soul Clan by himself and sealed Soul Heavenly Emperor within Heavenly Flames Square?
Xuan Kongzi's expression changed drastically as he muttered, "How could that be possible? How could an expert on Soul Heavenly Emperor's level possibly be sealed?"
"And that boy Lu Chuan... I don't believe he has that kind of strength. He was still holding a wedding ceremony yesterday, and he looked no different from an ordinary person."
Xuan Yi was also shocked to the extreme as she looked at the Sky Screen's contents.
"But it's written so clearly on the Sky Screen. It doesn't look fake. Where did this thing come from? Why did it appear in Danta's main hall?"
Tian Leizi shook his head, and even his voice had changed slightly. "I don't know. But if the information displayed on this Sky Screen is true..."
He stopped halfway through, unable to say the rest.
If it was true, then it meant that boy Lu Chuan was actually a Nine-Star Peak Dou Saint.
And one capable of destroying the entire Soul Clan alone.
Just moments ago, the three of them had been discussing Danta's affairs, while Tian Leizi had been privately thinking that Lu Chuan was unworthy of Dan Chen.
Yet in the blink of an eye, the Sky Screen had told them that Lu Chuan was actually one of the strongest people on the entire Dou Qi Continent.
At that thought, Tian Leizi felt a chill run down his back.
The hall fell silent once more. The three stared at the golden words on the Sky Screen, all speechless.
After a while, Xuan Kongzi broke the silence. "Could the information on this Sky Screen be something that foresees the future?"
"Think about it. Lu Chuan really is a Nine-Star Dou Zhe right now, but perhaps one day in the future, he'll truly reach the realm of a Nine-Star Peak Dou Saint?"
"This thing can predict the future, so it displayed information from the future in advance?"
Xuan Yi considered it as well and nodded. "That's possible. Otherwise, there's no way to explain it. Lu Chuan is clearly a Nine-Star Dou Zhe right now, completely different from what the Sky Screen says."
"If this thing can foresee the future, then what it shows is the height he will reach in the future. That would make sense."
Hearing this, Tian Leizi relaxed slightly, though he still had doubts. "If it predicts the future, then how do we explain this transmigrator business? And it says that he's in a state of concealed cultivation."
"Wait. If he's concealing his cultivation, does that mean the Nine-Star Dou Zhe strength we saw was fake? Is his true cultivation right now actually Nine-Star Peak Dou Saint?"
As soon as he said this, the three fell silent again.
Indeed, the Sky Screen had written it very clearly. Lu Chuan's current state was concealed cultivation, which meant he had long since become a Nine-Star Peak Dou Saint and had merely kept it hidden from everyone.
But why would a Nine-Star Peak Dou Saint pretend to be a Nine-Star Dou Zhe for so many years?
Over the past few years, he had endured contempt and ridicule within Danta. They had never seen him refute anything, nor had they ever seen him reveal even the slightest bit of strength.
Why would a Nine-Star Peak Dou Saint endure such humiliation?
The Danta Three Giants discussed it back and forth. The more they discussed it, the more shocked they became; the more they discussed it, the more unbelievable it seemed.
The three stood in the main hall, staring at the Sky Screen with expressions of shock and confusion. None of them could explain what was happening before their eyes.
The golden words on the Sky Screen remained for quite some time before slowly dissipating into the air.
The hall returned to normal, as though nothing had happened.
Yet the Danta Three Giants stood there, and for a long while, none of them moved.
Xuan Yi muttered, "This Sky Screen... where did it come from?"
Tian Leizi merely shook his head without speaking.
Then Xuan Kongzi sighed. "No matter where it came from, if the information on it is true, then Danta is hiding a truly extraordinary figure."
The three looked at one another, each seeing profound shock in the others' eyes!
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