Lü Daoxuan's shout carried thunderous force, as though he had suddenly swept down a talisman of cessation upon the magnificent scene that had unfolded before.
In an instant.
Within the Spectator Spirit Mirror, the abuse surging like a raging tide straight at Xu Taiping vanished entirely, as though wiped away by an invisible hand.
Only a moment later did a cultivator call out through the Spirit Mirror, his voice full of doubt:
"Did I hear that right? Someone actually... someone called himself the current Great Emperor of True Martial Heaven?"
Immediately, one spectating cultivator after another called out in agreement-
"That's right, I heard it too. That man, that man seemed to be called Lü Daoxuan!"
"Yes! The man who called himself the current Great Emperor of True Martial Heaven was indeed called Lü Daoxuan!"
Then questions began pouring through the Spirit Mirror:
"Who is this Lü Daoxuan?"
"Does True Martial Heaven actually have a Great Emperor who has already succeeded to the throne?"
Meanwhile, on Jade Balance Mountain, Xiahou You and Xiahou Qingyuan had already learned something of the name Lü Daoxuan when they investigated Xu Taiping.
Xiahou You even felt her scalp prickle as she murmured:
"His... his master is actually the current Great Emperor of True Martial Heaven?"
Beside them, Heavenly Lord Shihu noticed their expressions were off and asked curiously, "You know this man?"
Having spent many years fighting on the battlefields of Outer Heaven, Heavenly Lord Shihu knew little of affairs in the Shangqing Lower Realm.
Xiahou You answered at once:
"Third Uncle, if that shout just now was genuine, then this man should be Xu Taiping's master, the highest-ranking granduncle-master in the Azure Profound Sect today, the former foremost sword cultivator of True Martial Heaven-Sword Nine, Lü Daoxuan."
Xiahou Qingyuan also spoke then:
"When