What’s a Deterring Power?

When the 200-foot red lotus appeared in the sky, the disciples of the Ninth Temple looked up. In every corner of every building, everyone stopped what they were doing to look. Many of them would never have the chance to see what a Ten-leaf avatar looked like. It was a great pleasure in life to admire one of the greatest works of art with their own eyes. For cultivators, this was what they had worked toward. This was their goal.

Unfortunately, this short-lived radiance did not last long before it dissipated in the air like fireworks.

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In a pavilion near the northern section, Yu Zhenghai was trying to suppress his excitement when he saw the 200-foot avatar. He could not calm down for quite a while. He had seen everything. He knew the Ninth Temple was powerful, but it was completely out of his expectations that they were this powerful.

He did not remain standing there with his hands on his back. When he witnessed this, he sat down.