Tong Xuan smiled faintly and looked around.
He saw that everyone who had come to dissuade him on this little island where he stood was cloaked in rosy radiance, with a halo behind their head, the six cycles concealed within their body, and an auspicious star hidden in their heart.
With so many Dao Lords gathered in one place,
even though they deliberately restrained their imposing auras, a vast, surging power still pierced straight through the heavens!
Like a celestial river reversing its flow and rolling upward, it tore through cloud after cloud, smashed through nine layers of the ethereal heavens in succession, and only barely stopped upon reaching the Gang Qi Layer!
Tong Xuan had already summoned thunderclouds to shroud the entire Eastern Sea, unwilling to let anyone glimpse what was happening here.
Now, stirred by this mighty power, it grew even more indistinct and elusive, its appearance inscrutable, beyond investigation. All that could be seen was a scene of heaven and earth plunged into murky chaos...
"Since you have all gathered here, this will be simple. I have something to say, and I hope you will listen quietly."
Tong Xuan swept an indifferent glance around and spoke in a tone that brooked no doubt:
"You all understand this matter of the Human Tribulation, so there is no need to waste words. But this boy is under my protection. Ordinary fights are one thing.
"If anyone dares bully the young with seniority again,
"my Thunder Pool will show no mercy. Do not say you were not warned!"
As his words ended,
the Cosmic Thunder Pool in Eastern Maitreya Province let out a thunderous crash at that very moment, resounding across the three provinces and rolling over the land!
The mighty sound echoed endlessly through the dark vault of heaven,