Meanwhile.
Deep within the temporary palace.
Inside a forbidden sanctuary cut off from the clamor of the outside world.
A slender figure sat cross-legged atop a raised platform.
He had white hair and a youthful face. His eyes were closed, and thousands upon thousands of brilliant motes of light floated around him.
Had a Myriad Forms Dao Lord been there to examine them closely, they would have been horrified to discover that every mote was a miniature grotto heaven containing a world of its own!
A moment later.
The slender figure opened his eyes again, and the motes surrounding him receded like a tide.
"How strange..."
This being, revered by the outside world as the [Taiyi Dao Master], now spoke with a hint of bewilderment:
"Even when I act personally, I cannot divine the slightest trace of his origins?"
The Taiyi Dao Master frowned slightly.
Given the extent of his control over the Primordial Southern Realm, he practically knew the Great Dao Laws of that world backward and forward.
Yet now, faced with this unfamiliar young man who had appeared out of nowhere, even he had encountered such an absurd anomaly!
"Could a Dao Master-level Treasured Artifact be concealing his secrets from heaven?"
The Taiyi Dao Master lowered his eyes and pondered.
He had always maintained a thorough grasp of everything that had happened in the Southern Region over the years, great and small.
Thus, he had become intensely curious about this unfamiliar Dao Lord who had recently thrown the Southern Region into chaos.
In just a few short days, the man had swept through several top-tier Dao Lineages and annihilated them with overwhelming force.
He acted without restraint, domineering beyond measure.
He had shown no regard whatsoever for the dignity of the [Taiyi Dao Master], crushing his battle incarnation