What Liu Changxu had not expected was that, although using his Temporal Space Divine Ability to kill Xue Renhai and the others and briefly freeze space and time in Weizhou Immortal City had cowed City Lord Xue Gang into letting the matter drop, it had also attracted the attention of certain interested parties.
After experiencing that terrifying instant when space and time stood still, the spies some of the top cultivation lineages had planted in Weizhou Immortal City realized that this was far beyond an ordinary cultivator's capabilities. An unfathomably powerful expert must be hidden within the city.
They immediately sent urgent reports to the higher-ups of their respective factions, while covertly investigating the circumstances through exceedingly discreet means.
Upon learning that Weizhou Immortal City might harbor a supreme expert at the Mahayana Realm or above, the leaders of these factions dared not take the matter lightly. They immediately used every channel and method available to search for traces of this mysterious expert.
After several rounds of investigation, Liu Changxu, who had only recently arrived in Weizhou Immortal City and purchased a residence from Murong Xue at a high price, soon came to the attention of these factions' leaders.
They meticulously reviewed his every action since entering the city, analyzing and assessing them repeatedly. In the end, they independently reached the same conclusion: the rumored supreme expert was very likely Liu Changxu himself.
Once they reached this conclusion, the top factions began to respond in markedly different ways.
Among the Mahayana Realm Grand Supreme Elders of the Gao Lineage, which ruled the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty, clear disagreements arose over how to deal with Liu Changxu.
Some proposed gathering all the dynasty's Mahayana experts to surround and kill Liu Changxu, securing the Gao Household's rule over the Great Qi Immortal