Among the outstanding disciples of this generation from the Eastern Wasteland's great powers, the Yaoguang Holy Son, Divine Body Ji Haoyue, and the Golden-Winged Little Peng King had initially shone the brightest.
Later, during the Purple Mansion Saintess's battle with Lu Chen, he revealed that she possessed the Innate Dao Embryo, the same constitution as the Queen Mother of the West. As a possible future Female Emperor, her fame soon rose to rival that of the Divine Body and the others.
Lu Chen and Ye Fan, meanwhile, were genius Loose Cultivators who had only risen to prominence in the past two years, stirring up considerable storms.
Now that Lu Chen had successfully survived his tribulation, the Divine Silkworm Princess had stepped forward to intimidate the Holy Lords and forcefully protect his path. In people's minds, he was beginning to surpass the prodigies of the Various Holy Lands.
His earlier feat of killing a Four Extremes Realm expert wielding a Forbidden Artifact in a single move had also sent a chill through the Holy Son-level talents. None was certain of victory.
Faced with Lu Chen's challenge, they all fell silent, and even the Holy Lands behind them prevented them from fighting.
Yet the two most arrogant and brazen among them were both absent.
One was naturally the Golden-Winged Little Peng King. He had publicly declared that he would kill the Yaoguang Holy Son, the Divine Body, and the others to forge his Great Emperor's Road, displaying his arrogance to the fullest. Unfortunately, Ye Fan had now suppressed him inside the Lihuo Divine Furnace. Otherwise, he would certainly have fought Lu Chen at once.
The other was Gai Jiuyou's disciple, Xia Jiuyou. After arriving in the Eastern Wasteland, she had repeatedly declared that she would enslave the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body and