Heaven and earth stretched vast and long; the night glow lay dim and distant. The verdant grass and trees offered up strange wonders, and suddenly, green mountains appeared beneath the water.
When Wei She appeared alongside that short old Daoist priest with an astonishing bearing, two of the four empty chairs still awaited their "Hosts."
It seemed they would have to keep waiting.
Just moments ago, they had been discussing Aiai Continent, where two new Fourteen Realms cultivators had emerged, one of whom might have been Wei She. Who would have thought that Wei She was actually one of the hidden figures behind this Patriarch Hall? Quite a few present swallowed a calming pill. Times were changing like wind and clouds, and Dao Cultivators had caught a favorable era. Openly and in secret, nearly enough people to count on both hands had proven the Dao and ascended. If their Patriarch Hall still lacked even one Fourteen Realms cultivator to hold the fort, it would seem somewhat lacking.
Sword cultivator Du Shanyin, participating in the discussions for the first time, felt that the trip had not been in vain.
Someone asked bluntly, "Senior, have you already merged with the Dao?"
Wei She said, "The former Ascension Realm and today's new Fourteen Realms are not actually that different."
Few people could make such a boast.
Since the man himself had said so, they felt too embarrassed to offer congratulations.
Not even the time it took for one stick of incense to burn had passed.
Of the twenty-two chairs, several were still empty.
Wei She, who remained standing, smiled. "You may chat for a while longer."
Anyone able to sit here was no coward. Someone asked curiously, "And this Daoist priest is?"
The old Daoist priest, seated cross-legged in one of the "main