Of course, it was not Lin Yi's lavish spending that first caught her attention. It was how easily he had defeated the Skynet Alliance Leader in their duel using nothing but his physical strength.
Taiyi City was the first major city to adopt the Emperor Alliance system. Its alliances numbered in the tens of millions, and the Skynet Alliance was hardly an ordinary one.
Yet Lin Yi had crushed its leader with ease, shocking many who heard of the fight.
Emperor T Luo was a genuine late Emperor Realm powerhouse, a renowned figure who held sway over his territory. But this Emperor Cultivator from Starfall City had overwhelmed him with brute physical strength in fewer than three moves, leaving him no chance to fight back.
Such astonishing physical combat strength was rare even among the Source Realm's younger generation and its veteran Emperor Cultivators.
Afterward, Zinan secretly sent people to investigate Lin Yi's identity and movements.
Lin Yi's methods of concealment were exquisite, and his false identity seemed flawless. But that identity had its roots in Starfall City. By following the clues back to their source and considering his extraordinary physical strength, Zinan arrived at an answer she felt certain of.
He was the Prodigy administrator from Starfall City who had warned Taiyi City of the seven Evil Venerables' invasion during the upheaval five years ago.
That bloody battle, in which she had fallen into the Evil Venerables' ambush, was the most humiliating defeat of Great Emperor Zinan's life.
She had rashly left the city with her companions, carelessly fallen into an encirclement by three Evil Venerables, and ultimately fled in disgrace. She had become a laughingstock to the Xuantian Lineage.
The humiliation had stayed with her ever since.
Having learned that painful lesson, Zinan was determined to keep a