Leaving aside the struggle between the Human Race, the Star Race, and the Devil Race.
Meanwhile, Great Emperor Donghua had gathered all the powerful cultivators around the Three Immortal Islands.
"Today is my joyous occasion. Thank you all for coming. I shall host a grand feast for seven days. Enjoy your food and drink during these seven days, and do not leave."
"To celebrate my birthday, I have also invited a Remote Antiquity expert. Please welcome His Majesty Haotian."
Once Haotian appeared.
Great Emperor Donghua looked at him somewhat obsequiously. "Nearly everyone is here. We can begin."
Haotian nodded. "Good. Begin!"
Having received the signal, Great Emperor Donghua drew a deep breath and looked at the crowd below. "Some of you may recognize him, while others may not. Allow me to introduce him."
"This is my lord, Haotian, the future lord of the Heavenly Court."
At those words, everyone who had come to celebrate froze for a moment.
The illustrious Great Emperor Donghua was a supreme expert of the Three Immortal Islands. Even Sages had to show him some courtesy.
He was a truly titled expert of the Primordial World, personally proclaimed the strongest of the three islands by Dao Ancestor Hongjun, a man laden with honors.
Why had he suddenly announced today that he had a master?
Such a thing was exceedingly rare in the Primordial World. After all, no one but a Sage could possibly make experts of their caliber acknowledge them as master.
Yet Haotian did not look like an expert of that caliber.
"Impossible! How could Great Emperor Donghua acknowledge a child as his master?"
"Haotian? That name sounds so familiar. Could he be the legendary Dao Ancestor’s Attendant? But why has he suddenly descended to the lower realm?"
"I don't know, but we must be