A Reckoning of the Opponents

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The news Lian Yu brought immediately gave a reasonable explanation for what Meng Nishang had just said. It turned out that Empress Xuannü had encountered the Red Emperor's forceful return and was temporarily unable to spare her hands, allowing the Divine Emperor to directly send his trusted subordinates to Yuyu Heaven to gather intelligence.

In a conflict between Half-step Golden Immortals, unless one party first gravely injured the other through a sneak attack, as Xuansiao had done to Mu Jing, a magic combat between opponents of similar strength would drag on for many years. Empress Xuannü likely could not divide her attention to watch over Yuyu Heaven anytime soon.

After Lian Yu finished speaking, he did not seem particularly concerned. If his Patriarch had not instructed him to tell Shi Xuan about this, he would probably have waited until the Dharma Assembly ended before mentioning it.

He smiled faintly. "My Patriarch roughly mentioned some of the enmity between the Divine Emperor and Shenxiao Senior to me. Since Empress Xuannü cannot watch over Yuyu Heaven, he will certainly make some move. But Fellow Daoist Shi, your connections run far and wide. Why fear the Divine Emperor acting personally? The Five Elements Dao Ancestor is a terrifying figure who ranks among the foremost even among Innate Dao Ancestors. Even counting the five Lords of Creation and the two Dao Ancestors at the third step of Golden Immortal, he would most likely rank within the top ten of the Myriad Worlds."

The last Innate Golden Immortal to attain the Dao in the entire Void Universe had