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Published: August 10, 2026
Chapter 1030: Young Hero, Direct Heir of the Immortal Emperor!
"Tap."
As if strolling through a courtyard, Liu Yu walked to the depths of the hall, first giving Ink Plum and the others a glance to signal them to return to their seats.
Then, he slightly raised his head and looked at the three great true lords seated on Grand Scholar Chairs in front of the shadow wall. His gaze swept across them as he said lightly,
"Three fellow daoists, it has been a while. How have you been?"
In the battle seven days ago, neither side had fought to the death. Once the three were at a disadvantage, they decisively admitted defeat, so their injuries were not severe.
Thunderstorm True Lord, who had been injured the most, had also basically recovered after these seven days of rest.
"Everything is well. Thank you for your concern, Friend Qingyang."
Thunderstorm True Lord did not rise, only slightly nodding as he spoke in a faint tone. His attitude was clearly rather cold.
As for Crimson Lizard Demon Lord and Rainforest True Lord, the two women merely nodded lightly in response.
Liu Yu had advanced to yuan ying at nearly three hundred years of age, and in just a little over two hundred years since then, he had cultivated all the way to yuan ying late stage and possessed pinnacle true lord battle strength.
The Tian Nan cultivation world was so vast, and they were not even from the same region of the cultivation world, so they had only met a few times.
They had no friendship and were not familiar with one another, so a cold attitude was perfectly normal.
By using the overall situation of the Human Race as leverage, the Qingyun Society had seized part of the power from the three great powers. If others were overly enthusiastic, that would be suspicious.
The core figures of a divine transformation great sect were basically already "celestial dragon clan" members. The fact that they were willing to respond at all was the result of recognizing his strength.
Liu Yu did not care about their cold attitude. After greeting them and sweeping his gaze around, he sat down on a meditation cushion closest to the steps in front of the shadow wall.
As for the fact that the three great true lords had already been sitting in the positions belonging to the elders before any "selection" had taken place, he did not think there was anything improper about that.
Thunderstorm True Lord, Rainforest True Lord, and Crimson Lizard Demon Lord were all long-famous and undisputed pinnacle true lords. Behind them stood Heavenly Thunder Palace, Supreme Void Palace, and Heavenly Fiend Sect, the three divine transformation sects.
Whether in terms of their own strength or their sky-high backgrounds, there was not a single flaw to find. They were fully qualified to serve as alliance elders.
Besides, since they were divine transformation sects, they were bound to have some privileges. The true lords of the Qingyun Society all tacitly accepted that.
Having already reached their goal, they were unwilling to keep testing the bottom line of the three great powers.
Under the influence of all these factors, no true lord present had any objection to the three great true lords being directly assigned three elder seats in advance.
By the time Liu Yu arrived, all the true lords who could come for the selection had already arrived.
Because of the friction and compromise between the Qingyun Society and the three great powers, the neutral true lords all kept their noses out of things and their eyes on their hearts, unwilling to get involved in the dispute.
For a time, the hall fell into an eerie silence, and the atmosphere gradually turned subtle.
Unlike Rushi Temple, those who could still remain neutral at this point either possessed sufficiently strong strength or were "invincible people" with no ties or burdens.
Especially the latter: with no sect or family ties, and no disciples or younger generations to care for, once they went mad there would be no restraints at all.
Even the three great powers found such true lords troublesome and dared not offend them too heavily.