"Grandmaster."
At that moment, numerous figures of great status turned their gazes toward Grandmaster Liangqiu.
In truth, most people had already formed their own answers regarding the astonishing spectacle unfolding in the sky. Still, they hoped that Grandmaster Liangqiu could provide a definitive confirmation of their suspicions.
"It is indeed a vision," Grandmaster Liangqiu confirmed.
"So it truly is a vision — nine bolts of heavenly thunder in the sky. Could it be that a Heavenly Bloodline cultivator is making a breakthrough here?"
Once it was confirmed that this was a celestial vision, the first possibility that came to everyone's mind was a Heavenly Bloodline breakthrough.
After all, it was common knowledge that only a Heavenly Bloodline cultivator's breakthrough could summon such a vision — the nine bolts of heavenly thunder in the sky, a spectacle of immense grandeur, its might absolutely terrifying.
Though it differed somewhat from the vision before them, it was remarkably close.
"Impossible — this is absolutely not a Heavenly Bloodline breakthrough."
However, no sooner had those words been spoken than someone immediately voiced their denial.
And not just one person. From across the vast ocean of spectators, numerous voices rose in rejection.
"It's not?" someone asked.
"Indeed it is not. When a Heavenly Bloodline cultivator breaks through, the heavenly thunder that descends is nine-colored. But the thunder before us emerges from the deepest reaches of the Nine Heavens, at a height so extreme it might as well be beyond reach."
"The thunder at this moment, though it shrouds the void and its might is terrifyingly powerful, is not nine-colored. And its altitude… every single person here could reach it."
"Though both are visions, if one judges purely by the grandeur of the spectacle, the vision summoned by a Heavenly Bloodline breakthrough is clearly superior."
From within the Tantai Heavenly Clan, a middle-aged man strode through the air, placing himself squarely within everyone's line of sight.
When this man spoke, every person present trusted his words without question.
After all, this was no ordinary figure.
The man possessed a strikingly handsome face and an imposing, heroic bearing, his temperament exceptional.
Setting aside his strength entirely, by appearance alone, he was the kind of man whom people found irresistibly appealing.
His bearing, in particular, was extraordinary — even more attention-grabbing than his handsome features.
Yet despite his middle-aged appearance, he was in truth a monster who had lived for over nine thousand years.
His name was Tantai Xiangnan, and he was the patriarch of the Tantai Heavenly Clan.
A powerhouse of the Supreme Realm.
Among the Ten Great Heavenly Clans, the Linghu Heavenly Clan, the Tantai Heavenly Clan, and the Jiaoli Heavenly Clan each had Supreme Realm experts in their ranks. But the Tantai Heavenly Clan was universally acknowledged as the second-strongest among the Ten Great Heavenly Clans.
This standing was owed entirely to Tantai Xiangnan's own ability.
And so, even with many prominent figures from the Star Domain Main World present, Tantai Xiangnan did not yield an inch of ground to any of them.
No matter who stood here, he, Tantai Xiangnan, was absolutely a figure of consequence.
This was Tantai Xiangnan's standing within the Ancestral Martial Star Domain.
He stood among the very pinnacle of the Ancestral Martial Star Domain — one of the handful of supreme figures at its apex.
"Patriarch Tantai, if this is not a vision triggered by a Heavenly Bloodline cultivator, do you know what kind of vision it might be?"
It was then that Wuming Ken spoke up, and though his tone had been lofty before, he showed considerably more courtesy when addressing Tantai Xiangnan.
"Your Excellency, I cannot say for certain. I would need to observe a while longer."
"Your Excellency, might the evaluation of the Ancestral Martial Ten Stars be postponed for the time being?" Tantai Xiangnan asked Wuming Ken.