Xu Xuan took a deep breath. He had not wanted to go inside, but since he was already here, it would hardly make sense not to.
Besides, the Chaos Race did not seem to harbor any ill will toward him.
"Ding! A powerful lifeform has been detected nearby!"
Yet just then, the system's voice suddenly rang out in his mind, giving Xu Xuan quite a fright.
After all, the system had been playing mute all this time. Come to think of it, his system had not stirred in ages. Xu Xuan had not intended to bother with it, but the sudden alert forced him to pay attention.
"What cultivation level?"
He already had a conceptual classification of cultivation levels in his mind, which also allowed the system to detect cultivation that was being released, though concealed cultivation remained difficult to detect.
"Heaven Martial Peak!"
The system's voice continued to ring out.
Looking around the cold great hall, Xu Xuan took a deep breath. Since he had remained safe up to this point, that meant the person inside had no intention of harming him.
Or perhaps they had summoned him simply to see him, or for some unknown reason.
Clap! Clap! Clap!
Just then, rhythmic applause gradually rang out, and a beam of light shone into the formerly pitch-black hall. The utterly dark hall finally regained the light it ought to have had.
On a cold throne directly ahead in the hall sat a man with sword-like brows and striking eyes. A long, azure sword slowly hovered above his palm, threads of intimidating power radiating from it!
The man smiled as he looked at Xu Xuan. "You've finally come."
Those words left Xu Xuan utterly bewildered. He was certain he had never met this man before.
Yet