The Imperial Capital was livelier than ever. Many prominent Great Powers across the Eight Domains had sent representatives to attend Shi Hao's Human Emperor Ceremony.
In truth, many Factions had long had people operating in the Desolate Domain.
There were the Heaven-Mending and Heaven-Severing sects, for example, as well as Great Sects from the Outer Regions like the Western Sect.
So attending was hardly much trouble for these Factions.
Venerables from the Outer Regions entered the Imperial Capital one after another. Some flew through the air, some sat in war chariots, and others rode divine birds.
The first great calamity had been confined to the Desolate Domain. It had not reached the other domains.
It was almost laughable.
As if a great calamity picked and chose where to strike.
But that was the truth.
The Desolate Domain was weak, a savage land with no backers and far too many secrets.
If calamity did not fall there, where else would it fall?
Of course, in the original story, the later calamity swept across all Eight Domains. Even powers like Immortal Mountain and the Western Sect suffered attacks from hidden hands.
They were not destroyed, but they did suffer losses.
At this Human Emperor Ceremony, the many Venerables entering the Imperial Capital had initially looked down on their hosts.
The young Human Emperor was strong enough to kill a Venerable. But if he could kill one, could he kill ten at once, or even more?
Against enemies ten times his number or more, each a major realm above him, neither the Imperial Capital Formation nor the Imperial Dragon Qi would do him any good!
Perhaps they could capture the young Human Emperor before the great figures from the Upper Realm descended.
But when they detected Venerable auras surging skyward throughout the Imperial