"Fellow Daoists, do you truly believe you can stay out of this storm by hanging your concerns high out of reach simply because they seem none of your business?"
Lu Tianyao could no longer stand it and spoke coldly.
"No. The more you hide, the stronger the righteous forces will become. You may even miss your best opportunity and watch helplessly as you fall behind others, unable to catch up with the surging tide of change."
"I am not sounding an alarm merely to frighten you. Amid this upheaval unprecedented in ten thousand years, once you fall behind, you will lose your present foundations and standing. However deep your reserves and extraordinary your strength, you will end up at the mercy of another's knife!"
He snorted coldly, then suddenly announced, "According to reliable information, that man from the Azure Cloud Sect has already begun studying the great Dao of celestial beings. He has even attempted to slay the Three Corpses and perform Fusion Refinement on the Heavenly Dao!"
"There is evidence that his current progress is astonishing, and this too is a consequence of the approaching tide of revival and the sweeping changes in the fortunes of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth."
"The prophesied age of upheaval in Heaven and Earth and the revival of spirit qi has already arrived!"
"What?"
Upon hearing Lu Tianyao's words, the previously unmoved gathering finally showed a trace of surprise.
King Mu's face bore a measure of disbelief. "Is what you say true?"
Lu Tianyao said, "Absolutely. If you do not believe us, we have evidence!"
He took a Jade Register from his robes, a wondrous magical artifact that recorded things through divine sense.
"Venerable Scarlet left this behind. When he first met that man in Mofang City, he had already noticed