Clang! Clang! Clang!
Three peals of the bell rang across ten thousand li, reaching straight into the Azure Nether.
In an instant, countless cultivators rode Evasive Light from every direction toward the five enormous peaks.
Spiritual energy shimmered like light, rising in hazy clouds.
Evasive Light took on the Five Elements, filling the sky with color.
Many Foundation Establishment True Cultivators arrived as well, robes flowing and sashes wide, riding clouds and mist amid easy laughter.
Luo Chen and Tao Yisheng were among them.
Looking around, Luo Chen felt momentarily dazed.
Surely this grand sight deserved to be called ten thousand immortals coming to court?
By comparison, the Foundation Establishment Ceremony at Danxia Peak had been a small affair indeed.
No wonder Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the Cultivation World seldom held Foundation Establishment Ceremonies.
Beside the great events hosted by major sects, those little ceremonies seemed almost laughable.
Coming back to himself, Luo Chen surveyed their group.
Tao Wan led them.
Tao Daonan and Qi Lingyun supported her.
There was also a Senior Brother at Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer who had participated in the previous true disciple contest.
Together, they made up the main force for the Dao Seed Competition.
Of course, Luo Chen, standing among them, would fight alone in the second round and was another crucial member.
The other cultivators were mostly Tao Wan's friends and family, there to cheer her on.
Beside him,
Tao Yisheng explained, "The bell usually rings three times only for the Dao Seed Competition."
"If it rings six times, our sect has gained a new Golden Core Immortal."
"When it rings nine times, either Azure Pill Valley has produced a Nascent Soul True Person, or we're facing a matter of life and death."
Luo Chen asked curiously, "Is that unique to Azure Pill