Due to their power and prestige, the delegation from the central region had taken up residence in an exclusive palace, kept separate from the other accommodations.
Among the seven masters sent to protect the two envoys, six had reached the realm of the Stellar Sovereign, while only one had attained the realm of the Cosmic Emperor—a height of cultivation that nearly everyone in the outer regions of the Celestial Heavens could only dream of reaching.
He was an elderly man with dark, deep-set eyes, a shaved head, and gentle features that betrayed nothing of the terrifying power coiled within him.
Seated in a meditative posture, he controlled every wave of his aura with extreme caution, careful not to disturb the environment around him.
Normally, someone of his level would hold the position of a lower-ranking elder in the Orthodox Alliance, and his presence would never be required on a mission to such a remote location.
