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"Tianyi has urgent matters to attend to and cannot make it to this gathering," Azure Dragon stood below the jade steps, expressing his apology, "I will preside over this meeting."
He did not specify what the urgent matters were, which weighed heavily on the hearts of everyone in the Purple Tenuity Palace hall.
Especially for the senior members like Ru Taizun, the interior seats of the Five Emperors, and others of such long-standing.
In their recollection, the last time Tianyi or Azure Dragon was absent was three hundred years ago.
At that time, there were no apparent changes in the world, but from the sudden leadership changes in both Pure Yang Palace and Infinite Temple, the leading sects of Da Qi's Daoist and Buddhist circles, one could infer that something extraordinary had happened behind the scenes.
