After a brief silence, bursts of laughter suddenly rang out.
"Old Monster, you've taken this joke a bit too far."
"Everyone knows that son of Chu Xuanyuan died long ago."
It turned out that no one had believed the Old Monster of the Kun Gate at all — they all thought he was joking.
"Chu Feng is not dead. And this boy is incredibly talented. Though not as dazzling as Chu Xuanyuan back in his day, in this era he is absolutely a rare monster-level genius. Looking at the younger generation today, I'm afraid no one besides Linghu Hongfei can compare to him," the Old Monster of Kun Gate said, his expression completely serious.
"Hmph, Old Monster, a joke is a joke. But if you're going to treat us like fools, that's going too far."
However, after the Old Monster's explanation, not only did they fail to believe him, but the smiles on their faces turned cold and dark.
"Sigh..."
Seeing this reaction, the Old Monster shook his head helplessly and dropped the matter. There was no point explaining further.
He was, after all, someone of considerable standing — he rarely joked around. But whenever he brought up Chu Feng's brilliance to people, aside from his closest friends, almost no one believed him.
In truth, he had grown used to this outcome.
Hearsay, repeated often enough, eventually becomes accepted as truth.
The news of Chu Feng's death had been spreading for so long, and people had been talking about it for so long, that everyone had come to believe it was fact. So when someone suddenly said he wasn't dead, people simply assumed that was the real rumor.
"Look — what is that?"
Suddenly, cries of astonishment erupted from the crowd, spreading rapidly through the masses. In just a moment, the boundless sea of people above and below was overtaken by the wave of shock and surprise.
Under these circumstances, the Old Monster of Kun Gate and his companions also noticed — something was flying out from within the Ice Summit Peak.
It was a mass of light, incredibly dazzling, resembling nothing so much as a small sun that illuminated all directions. From the moment it appeared, the entire realm of heaven and earth became brilliantly bright.
The light was so intense that even many martial cultivators could not make out what it lay within.
Those with weaker cultivation might well be blinded on the spot if they looked toward the light without averting their gaze.
"What is that?"
Ice Summit Peak, already cloaked in mystery due to the prophecy of the Heavenly Secrets Venerable, now had this unknown object suddenly appear within it, leaving everyone even more astonished.
After all, this object that had appeared out of nowhere was deeply strange in its own right.
The mass of light hovered in the void for only a brief moment before the blinding radiance began to fade.
And as it dimmed, the true form of the light mass revealed itself to the assembled martial cultivators.
"That looks like a person — why is their entire body glowing? Could it be... that it's not a person at all, but some kind of monster? Or perhaps a celestial treasure of heaven and earth?"
"No, look carefully! That robe bears nine patterned lines! The aura emanating from the robe is the power of a Sacred level spirit formation — could it be... the legendary Nine Dragon Sacred Robe?"
"The Nine Dragon Sacred Robe? But they say the Nine Dragon Sacred Robe is just an ordinary white robe that stands atop the grand formation, and no one can claim it unless..."
"Heavens above! Could it be... someone has actually broken through the grand formation and obtained the legendary Nine Dragon Sacred Robe?"
In an instant, the boundless sea of people above and below boiled over with excitement.
As everyone knew, the Nine Dragon Sacred Robe was a treasure left behind by the Spirit World Immortal King. And it was because of this treasure that Ice Summit Peak was recognized as one of the three great mysterious figure ruins of the Martial Cultivation Star Domain.
And today, the appearance of the Nine Dragon Sacred Robe meant that the grand formation had been broken — that one of the three great mysterious figure ruins had fallen. From this day forward, the Martial Cultivation Star Domain would have only two mysterious figure ruins remaining.
"Who could it be? Who broke the grand formation left by the Spirit World Immortal King? Legend holds that... it was the work of a Divine Robe Spirit World Master."
"In our Martial Cultivation Star Domain, countless top-tier figures have attempted to break that formation, and all have failed. Today, this formation has actually been shattered — who on earth possesses such extraordinary ability?"