Nie Yun followed him out of the hall.
By now, the skies of the God Realm had been filled with crimson clouds. Countless rays of rosy light streamed in from unknown places, all converging above a single figure.
That figure stood at an unknown distance from him. Shrouded in light, he resembled a longsword planted in the starry sky, aweing Heaven and Earth.
"I never expected it... Someone really has advanced to Great Emperor!"
At the sight of the figure and the red clouds filling the sky, even the Puntian Great Emperor's pupils contracted slightly.
No new Great Emperor had emerged in the entire God Realm for who knew how many years. People had once believed that no one could ever succeed again, yet one had suddenly appeared beyond their wildest dreams.
"Is this Great Emperor from the God Realm, or the Boundless Sea?"
Now that it was confirmed someone had broken through successfully, they could not help wanting to know who it was and which faction they belonged to.
There were eight major camps in the God Realm and one in the Boundless Sea. No matter which side gained another Emperor-Realm expert, it would bring further upheaval to the previously balanced situation.
"I don't know either. I've never seen this person before, and he doesn't seem to be on the Emperor-Realm Potential Ranking!"
The Emperor Yuan Yang looked over as well, then frowned.
Though Emperor-Realm experts ignored many worldly matters, he knew nearly everyone on the Emperor-Realm Potential Ranking. The person before them was definitely not among them.
In other words, this newly advanced Great Emperor had appeared from nowhere. Even he could not make heads or tails of it.
"Could it be... an independent cultivator who broke through?"
The Puntian Great Emperor's eyes lit up.
If an independent