He had spent so long in seclusion.
At last, Xiao Hong was ready to break through.
The Marquis of Northcloud's Manor had gone to great lengths to ensure his success.
At that moment, extraordinary phenomena filled the sky.
The Marquis of Northcloud stood with his hands behind his back, watching the spectacle above. Then his Divine Sense avatar appeared in the sky and declared, "Someone from my manor is breaking through today. I do not wish for anyone to interfere, nor do I wish for anyone to probe."
With that simple statement delivered,
The Divine Sense avatar dispersed.
Within Zongyang City,
Some cultivators had entertained certain ideas when the phenomena appeared, but the sight of the Divine Sense avatar extinguished every last one.
The Marquis of Northcloud!
The only Great Power in Northcloud Prefecture.
If Qin Shujian was the strongest cultivator in the Cultivation World, then the Marquis of Northcloud was the strongest man in Northcloud Prefecture.
Already, no one dared provoke Qin Shujian.
Even fewer dared incur the Marquis of Northcloud's wrath.
Over all these years,
the Marquis of Northcloud had generally employed mild methods.
But in truth,
anyone who genuinely angered him would meet an equally terrible end.
In fact,
if they angered Qin Shujian, at least they would know how they died.
If they angered the Marquis of Northcloud, they might not even know that.
Watching the phenomena in the sky,
many people sighed inwardly. "In the past, a thousand years could pass without a single Heavenly Being emerging. Now, in just a few short years, four people in Northcloud Prefecture have broken through."
Such frequent breakthroughs
meant that Northcloud Prefecture was steadily growing stronger.
But at the same time,
these frequent breakthroughs also stirred certain uneasy premonitions within them.
What exactly those premonitions were, however, they