"Southern Chen's Imperial Clan?"
At those words, the Pingyang City God and the Cloud Hill Mountain God were struck by sudden insight. Every obstacle in their earlier calculations cleared at once!
They were gods, after all, governing the beings of the Divine Path in one corner of Hedong, woven into the workings of heaven and earth. Now that they had the crucial piece of information, much of what had been hidden by mist came into focus.
"The one who gained the River Lord's authority is Master Soaring of Great Hua Mountain!"
The City God and the Mountain God exchanged a glance and saw shock in each other's eyes.
Master Soaring's name rang out not only throughout the Immortal Sect. Even among the gods sustained by Incense, everyone knew him now. After all, he was the sole First Rank on the Starweave Ranking!
Once they knew who he was and considered the present situation, the two gods suddenly understood why the message they had sent up had received a reply calling for "Amnesty."
Their superiors were a move ahead of them after all!
As the two gods pondered this, their gazes fell on the old monk in plain robes. Another flash of insight came over them. Seized by a sudden impulse, they calculated on their fingers again, then drew in a sharp breath!
"No wonder our calculations linked the Fortune-Suppressing Copper Figures to the new River Lord. It was because of him that the Bronze Man fell into turmoil. Even Monk Tan Duan's disappearance is connected to him..."
Unlike Zhang Fang, the two gods knew full well that Master Soaring had taken his authority from Erzhu Rong. It was hardly inconceivable that he had defeated Monk Tan Duan!
And yet...
"Now that the Immortal Sect is involved, the Heavenly Court has