"A-Xin, not one of them dared accept the challenge." Qi Shiyun giggled.
She had already prepared to fight.
Lianshan Xin was smiling too. "We're in the Dharma Form Realm now. The Divine Capital's powerful nobles merely disrespect the Imperial Court's laws; that doesn't mean they disrespect strength. Under normal circumstances, someone in the Dharma Form Realm can swagger through the Divine Capital unchallenged."
The Vein Masters of the Nine Heavens' Nine Lineages had previously been at precisely this realm, and they had stood at the very top of the Divine Capital's food chain.
It was only because the millennial catastrophe was approaching that the Dharma Form Realm seemed to have lost its value. In reality, Dharma Form Realm experts were still among the finest in the world, and they were the main fighting force who could act at any time. As for the Celestial Phenomena Realm, those Land Immortals, by contrast, could not readily intervene.
Once Immortals entered the fray in person, the situation could easily spiral beyond control.
Golden Hair and the Hairy Bear both understood this deeply.
Clever Immortals would never dare leap out and join the fighting in its early stages.
And what if the less clever Immortals intervened? Dao Lord Xin, who could use the "Spirit Invitation Technique" at any moment, chuckled.
Compete with me at inviting spirits?
How many divisions have you got?
To make your way in the world, you needed backing and connections. As it happened, the Immortal connections Dao Lord Xin could now call upon had few rivals anywhere in the world.
If he still dared not draw his sword with so many cards in his hand, he might as well castrate himself and become a eunuch.
The eighteen-year-old lacked neither courage nor connections. All he lacked were burdens, so he had