On the barren plain.
A clear, wide river divided it in two.
Tents were pitched on both banks of the large river.
Groups of people stood on each side of the bank—one side consisted entirely of men, and the other entirely of women, clearly and distinctly separated.
Their locations differed and their genders differed, but their gazes were all focused on one place.
They were focused on the great river.
The river was very wide, and its water surged unceasingly.
In the four surrounding areas of the river stood seven female immortals of peerless beauty, and their statuses were extremely noble.
They were the seven princesses of the Heavenly Court, and their parents were the rulers of the Three Realms, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother.
The seven princesses were each positioned within a pillar of light.
The colors of the light pillars varied, presenting seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, Ao, blue, and violet.
The end of each light pillar was linked to the earth, while the other end extended upward to link with the Big Dipper of the Ninth Heaven.
Light screens extended between adjacent ones of the seven light pillars, forcibly severing and sealing off the central area.
Within the space isolated by the seven Heavenly Court princesses, a man and a woman stood facing each other.
The atmosphere between them was not very harmonious, fraught with a posture of swords drawn and bows bent.
The female immortal holding a jasper divine lamp was also not simple in identity.
She was Erlang Shen Yang Jian's younger sister, Third Holy Mother Yang Chan.
Third Holy Mother Yang Chan hovered in the void and said to Wang Ming, "The Tang Emperor believes that the countries of the world should be unified by the Tang state before the great