At an infinite height.
This place was already exceedingly close to the source of prosperity. The Mystery Chamber's Divine Domain dissolved within the boundless golden light, seemingly about to return to the Great Dao and cease manifesting in the world.
Within the domain.
A gray-green gale ravaged heaven and earth. From within it emerged a face like that of a heavenly deity, opening golden eyes to gaze downward. It spoke: "Zhang Yuzhi, what... exactly are you thinking?"
What he gazed upon was a brilliant Light of Truth, which remained silent and said nothing.
"Forget it."
The wind calamity contracted, becoming a deity clad in gray-green armor. Yuan Yan stood with his hands behind his back, then raised one palm and pressed lightly downward, temporarily halting the Divine Domain's return.
"He took away the Altar Thunder altar, yet suffered no pursuit or punishment. It seems he gained approval, and his authority is already high-"
Yuan Yan looked toward the Divine Mandate Palace behind him. Its Divine Positions had already been taken away: that Mystic Lord had carried off the Greater Yang, Greater Yin, and Altar Thunder altars in a single instant, while Yuan Yan himself had taken the Heavenly Inquiry altar.
At last, a ripple stirred within the Light of Truth, and a voice spoke: "Altar Thunder stands alone, rejecting everything."
"But it didn't reject him!"
The wind calamity raged, and heaven and earth darkened. Yuan Yan's voice grew a degree colder.
"Who is he... You hold secondary truth. Can you really not tell?"
Silence persisted, broken only by a sigh.
"Wait."
"Wait?"
Yuan Yan seemed dissatisfied with this answer, but did not pursue the question. He merely continued on his own: "Back then, they said they feared that Immortals and Deities practicing cultivation would cultivate until everyone in the world