Almost at the moment the sound was heard, everyone in the Celestial Capital instantly stopped everything they were doing.

Even the two groups engaged in combat tacitly stopped at this moment.

Xu Guang frowned and looked toward the center of the Celestial Capital, where streams of light soared overhead, with countless people heading toward the Taiyi Hall.

"Master, are we going over there?"

Tao Gu asked timidly. She obviously didn't want Xu Guang to go. With the opening of the Taiyi Hall, storms were sure to gather, and who knows how many battles might ensue, with countless lives possibly lost.

Someone with her level of power would be mere cannon fodder in a battle of such scale.

Xu Guang did not answer; he simply extended his hand, his robe billowing, swirling Tao Gu into it, and immediately he soared into the sky.

During the flight, Xu Guang took out his ready disguise materials to change his appearance, though he couldn't deceive the top experts, most First Grade experts likely wouldn't see through his disguise, as long as he wasn't immediately targeted.

In recent times, his rampant looting on the Sea Race's territory had already stirred public outrage, and once exposed, he would undoubtedly draw a siege.

Suddenly, an arrow shot in from afar, and Xu Guang reached out, grabbing it firmly, frowning.

This was a human Martial Artist wielding a great bow; upon seeing Xu Guang effortlessly catch the arrow, he looked somewhat surprised, and withdrew the great bow intending to flee.

Xu Guang sneered, gathering a great bow with Qi Force. I am not without archery skills either.

The long-unused Sunfall Arrow Technique gathered Qi Force, forming layers of red clouds in the sky, with the swallowing of the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, it thundered toward the opponent.

Everything in its path fell into desolation, as if burned to ashes.

Bang!

Boom!

A huge shield appeared behind the man, and soon a towering figure emerged.

Xu Guang did not pursue, as their skirmish had already attracted some unwanted attention, risking his identity being exposed with forced pursuit.

However, the man was able to forcibly block his attack, which was impressive, with strength considered a seasoned level in First Grade.

In First Grade, due to nearing Nirvana Transformation, differences in strength are vast. Divided by combat power, it consists of Initial Entry, Seasoned, Superior, Peak, and Ultimate.

Xu Guang was at Initial Entry First Grade, but because of the Five Divine Techniques and two Martial Dao true meanings, his Initial Entry was already at Peak.

Now, with the gradual enhancement of his First Grade cultivation, his combat power approaches Ultimate, or perhaps has already reached Ultimate. At least Xu Guang believes that Linglong Saint Son Ying Kuang at Ultimate level can't easily defeat him.

Last time he was hunted by him, it was only because the opponent wielded a cyan-purple cauldron similar to the source of the Celestial Capital, containing boundless suppression power, rendering him unmatched.

The shield-bearing man was at most at Superior level, yet he managed to block his strike with apparent ease, a master in the way of defense?

Soon, outside the Taiyi Hall, it was overcrowded yet distinctly divided.

Sea Race and Human Race stood on opposite sides.

Leading the Human Race were six people, with Jiang Nanzun conspicuously among them, alongside three men and two women, presumably the experts entering this time with Ultimate First Grade combat power.

Opposing from the Sea Race were nine people, naturally including Ying Kuang, whose stance seemed to place him among the top three strongest even among the Sea Race's geniuses.

"Miss Yan, you and I are acquainted, I'll give you face; your Human Race shall have thirty people entering the Taiyi Hall this time, my Sea Race seventy, how about it?"

The treasures inside the hall were limited; they obviously didn't want too many people going in, a hundred was considered a good number.

The woman standing next to Jiang Nanzun remained expressionless, "Qing Ye, after all these years, you're still so arrogant, do you think that's possible?"

This woman's surname was Yan, called Yan Ruge, possessing a rather mysterious background, rumored to be from the Nine Saints Island of the Vast Sea.

Nine Saints Island, as the name suggests, contains nine hidden Saints, seldom challenged even in the Vast Sea area.

Yan Ruge's talents were extraordinary, with cultivation progressing rapidly, and her personal strength and techniques far surpassing ordinary people, within just decades she had established a massive pirate band with many Venerable-level experts under her command.

Considered a newly risen power among the sea pirates.

As for the person she was conversing with, he was the illustrious Saint Heir of the Azure Dragon Clan, whose bloodline purity was claimed to be the first in three thousand years, his power goes without saying, even Ying Kuang fell short in comparison judging by their stance.

Xu Guang quietly observed the confrontation before him, his gaze swept past these people, landing on the grand door of the Taiyi Hall not far away,

The grand door of the Taiyi Hall was wide open, but strangely, there was a delicate triangular flag at the entrance, spinning rapidly, and beyond the flag was a massive black vortex.

This vortex...

Xu Guang couldn't help but frown; within the vortex was an extremely wicked and bizarre power, as if a terrifying entity was hidden within the hall, its aura... faintly resembled that of an Ancient God.

Could it be...

That this Taiyi Hall is the place that suppresses the Ancient God?

Having stayed in the Celestial Capital for several days, as he killed enough people, he had gained understanding of the three treasures Liu Chuan sought.

Flowerless Star Core, Star God Outer Touch, Taiyi Sky Beard, each an extremely precious cosmic treasure. The Flowerless Star Core could refine talisman treasures and become the vessel to contain talisman treasures.

Talisman treasures are the pinnacle creations of top talisman masters, carved from natural heaven-nurtured treasures imbued with mystical powers.

Talisman treasures are graded as Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow, elevating as the owner's strength grows, nearly comparable to Martial Arts Divine Power, a Heaven-grade talisman treasure is enough to rival top tier Divine Techniques.