Eastern Imperial Capital!
The Returning Ruins Forbidden Ground, silent for years, was behaving entirely out of character today.
The absolute forbidden ground that once struck terror at the mere mention of its name was now teeming with voices. Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi surged into the sky, while an endless, boundless oppressive aura swept across the entire Returning Ruins Forbidden Ground.
Around the altar at the heart of the forbidden ground stood a dense black sea of people, too numerous to count!
Looking closely, they were all spirited young faces.
The princes and princesses of the Great Xia Dynasty Royal Family wore splendid royal robes, their brows carrying an innate air of untouchable nobility.
At the same time, there were others who did not pale in the slightest beside the Great Xia Dynasty Royal Family.
They were the direct descendants of the Eight Great Families, gathered in groups of three and five, the jade pendants at their waists gleaming beneath the sunlight.
There were also true disciples from the five transcendent factions, standing with their hands behind their backs as Gang Essence Power circulated around them.
Before these countless prodigies stood more than a dozen figures, towering like ancient mountains.
These peerless experts, who could make Great Xia tremble with a mere stomp of their feet, had gathered within the Returning Ruins Forbidden Ground.
The eight ancestors appeared to be standing casually, yet they carried within them the mysterious supreme principles of heaven and earth!
Some sat cross-legged in midair, while others stood with their hands behind their backs. Each was enveloped in a distinct Dao rhythm.
Some were as still as deep pools and lofty mountains, some like a breeze brushing willow branches, and around some, even space itself twisted faintly.
The leaders of the five transcendent factions were