Chapter 544: The Fifth Wonder

"Why, is there something wrong with this?"

Xuantian frowned and asked.

"Or is that junior very strong? But no matter how strong, they cannot be stronger than a Sacred, right? Or has that junior already advanced to Sacred?"

He spoke, voicing various possibilities and guesses.

Xuanyang's expression became complex.

"You actually guessed right; he is already a Sacred. Although I do not know how strong you are now, I can guarantee that you are definitely not as strong as him."

Once these words were spoken, Xuantian was shocked.

He knew his old friend's vision and arrogance very well. If he had not been convinced by the other's aptitude and strength, his old friend would never have said such things.

Especially since Xuanyang did not yet know much about his own strength.

"Then how strong is he exactly? Speaking of Sacreds, when I was rushing over, I encountered a Red-haired Divine who was a Supreme. You should know them, right?"

Xuantian poured out the questions in his heart, recounted the events he had previously encountered, and simultaneously expressed his astonishment and admiration for the Supreme's terrifying strength.

As he listened, Xuanyang's expression became increasingly subtle.

So, such a thing happened outside of Reality?

But... a Red-haired Divine?

Who is that? There is no such thing as a Red-haired Divine in the Present World, is there?

However, judging by the tone and behavior recounted by Xuantian, this Red-haired Divine seemed very similar to Li Heng. Could it be that this red-haired form is a Transformation Body of Li Heng?

He guessed in his heart, feeling it more and more likely. In the Present World, only Li Heng could be strong enough to swallow infinite Disaster monsters in one gulp!

"That is truly a coincidence. Your two questions will very likely turn into one," Xuanyang said slowly.

Xuantian was suddenly startled and spoke up.

"You mean, this is the same person?"

After realizing this, his heart was extremely unsettled, and the vast Xin Linghai Yang stirred up monstrous waves that swept through his mind. The Supreme who could swallow infinite Disaster monsters in one gulp was the same person as the junior who destroyed the Enlightenment Stele he mentioned?

How is that possible!?

He instinctively wanted to deny this and felt it was absurd.

He could sense that the Enlightenment Stone Wall had been destroyed not long ago, at most within the last one or two hundred years. And those who needed to use the Enlightenment Stone Wall to seek the Dao were basically juniors at the Void Heaven or Creation Realm.

Yet, Xuantian's implication was that this junior and the Supreme in his eyes were the same person? Does this not mean that someone spent only a few hundred years to go from Void Heaven and Creation Realm to attain the Sacred path, and even reached the level of a Supreme?

Attaining the Sacred path in a few hundred years is already almost impossible.

Let alone reaching the level of a Supreme.

Even the Emperor would find it hard to match such terrifying speed, right?

But the next moment, he felt that Xuanyang had no need to lie, and lying would not have much meaning—just to reap his shock? He did not think Xuanyang was that kind of person.

And such a lie was too big; it would be easily exposed.

"Old friend, you look very shocked and want to deny it."

"But this is the truth."

Xuanyang maintained his outward calm, shook his head, and said.

"You may not know, but I actually only learned how strong he is now from your words. I originally thought he was just a slightly stronger Sacred, but it turns out he is a Supreme among the Sacred."

He sighed with emotion.

Although he did not witness the wave of infinite monsters and infinite Calamity with his own eyes, he could feel the terror and power of that wave from Xuantian's straightforward words.

And yet, it was swallowed by Li Heng in one gulp.

"Then, then I have truly made a fool of myself."

Xuantian opened his mouth, uttered a word, fell silent for a moment, and then spoke the following sentence, his expression somewhat bitter as he mocked himself.

"There is no need to mind; that one will not care."

"The ignorant are not guilty," Xuanyang shook his head and said.

"That one?"

Xuantian caught the keyword and asked in surprise. He could hear a deep sense of respect in Xuanyang's words, the kind of respect from a subordinate to a superior.

What is going on? Did Xuanyang betray the Heavenly Court?

He felt this thought was very bad and did not want to doubt his old friend, but besides this possibility, could there be any other?

"Oh, it seems that one did not tell you; it was my oversight."

"That one is actually the Acting Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court. Of course, this is that one's own modesty; he could completely become the second Heavenly Emperor and truly become our Emperor, but he is just unwilling."

"Moreover, he told us to call him Imperial Teacher."

Xuanyang spoke slowly, and Xuantian fell into a stupor.

For a long time, neither of them spoke.

Finally, someone broke the long silence; Xuantian spoke. "What is the deal with the light emitted by this Great World? Although it can illuminate the Great Void, it will attract malice."

He changed the subject very stiffly.

If it were just an ordinary Supreme, he would be qualified to discuss it. But if, as Xuanyang said, that one is the second Heavenly Emperor, then he did not feel he had the qualifications to discuss that one.

He would just have to wait until he saw that one again.

Xuanyang also cooperated and changed the subject.

"You ask about this? Actually, don't you find it strange that I am all alone now? Why haven't the other old friends from the Heavenly Court appeared?" he asked Xuantian in return.

Xuantian frowned, "An accident occurred?"

Back then, their group of Heavenly Court Immortal Gods escaped the destruction of the Heavenly Court and fled the True Realm. However, some people went their separate ways due to different philosophies, such as himself.

Because he feared Calamity and monsters, and knew deeply that only Calamity and monsters were invincible, he left early and did not know that the group of Heavenly Court Immortal Gods had fallen into the Unknown.

Xuanyang sighed and told the whole story.

Xuantian fell into silence after hearing this.

He did not know how to evaluate this kind of behavior, but he felt it was somewhat foolish to actually dare to penetrate the Unknown and explore the Unknown, yet that kind of place was a dead zone!

He had intended to voice some criticism, but upon thinking that those foolish fellows were now deep within the Unknown with their Life and Death uncertain—in reality, the possibility of death was even greater—he no longer had the mood to criticize.

"Are there any discoveries now?"

A thousand words in his heart converged into a single inquiry.

Xuanyang shook his head, just about to speak.

At this moment, Li Heng's voice rang out, and a bright light suddenly shone above the Xianshi Tiandi. Within that light, Taiyin, with only a shred of True Spirit remaining, floated unsteadily.

"Xuanyang, come over and receive your colleague. However, your colleague's situation is a bit miserable, so be prepared."

The two were suddenly startled, their figures flashing as they arrived simultaneously above the Xianshi Tiandi, looking at this shred of True Spirit before them, appearing shocked and uncertain. This aura... could it be Taiyin!?

"I only found this one who is barely still alive."

Li Heng's Transformation Body also returned to the Present World carrying that Strange Fire Pile, appearing beside the two, and said calmly.

And at this time, in some place, some space, where time and space were unknown, several Divine Senses that had been silent for a long time suddenly awoke, beginning to communicate with each other, expressing doubt or shock.

"The aura of the Number Five Strange Object has appeared."

"What? Where is the Number Five Strange Object now? Back then, that fellow took the Number Five Strange Object into the Wuqiong Weizhi to seek death, claiming to be searching for hope, only to leave no trace thereafter."

"The Number Five Strange Object must be retrieved, otherwise our research will be stuck there forever, unable to proceed."

"It has been found, but it is not on our side..."

One of the Divine Senses revealed the answer.

Afterwards, this space fell into silence.