The Blade Master had arrived.
For Qin Shujian, it was both unexpected and perfectly reasonable.
In every epoch,
Powerhouses of the Dao Fruit Realm were born.
When an epoch ended and the universe collapsed,
all living beings perished.
But powerhouses of the Dao Fruit Realm had ways to leave something behind, reincarnate in the next epoch, or simply survive an epoch unscathed.
So,
after several epochs,
even Qin Shujian could not say for certain how many powerhouses remained.
He only knew
that some of the powerhouses he was familiar with had survived from earlier epochs.
Beyond that,
Qin Shujian had little information.
In fact,
he had thought the Blade Master had died in battle back then. He had never expected him to return so soon.
Regardless,
the Blade Master's return was good news for the Celestial Court.
After all, he truly was powerful enough.
That held true even though he had only just broken through to become a True Immortal.
As a powerhouse of the Dao Fruit Realm,
his actual strength could never be measured by cultivation realm alone.
Inside the Inner Hall of the Heavenly Palace,
Qin Shujian sat in the seat of honor, deep in thought.
"The Four Great Continents drew four Player Worlds here. Now that the Blade Master has returned, I wonder who is in the other three Player Worlds.
"Perhaps I can get some information from the players, but it might not be accurate."
Qin Shujian shook his head.
Just like the Blade Master, the others who entered the Player Worlds would surely have used means to conceal themselves. They could not possibly show their true faces openly.
In other words,
they must have assumed other identities in the Player Worlds.
Together with the Deceiving Heaven Tokens,
that allowed them to deceive the Heavenly Dao