At this moment, the entire world was shocked!
Five rays of Golden Seeking light, five Fruit Positions, were lit up all at once, shaking the Foundation Establishment Realm as though they were about to tear the entire realm down!
And that was not all.
This phenomenon even reached the very highest level of the Foundation Establishment Realm—the bottom of the Sea of Suffering. Above its waters, a dazzling Radiance was reflected.
"What is going on?"
"The Real World... what exactly happened?"
"How could such a huge commotion arise? A group of Lower Cultivators—even if someone were seeking attainment of Fire in the Sky, it should not have stirred a reaction from the Sea of Suffering."
At that moment, even the siege against Patriarch Tingyou came to a halt. The True Lords who had not joined the siege all manifested in astonishment, lowering their gazes beneath the Sea of Suffering. As they watched five Fruit Positions responding to the Radiance emerge one after another, their surprise gradually turned to alarm.
"How many?"
"Five! Five people are seeking Gold! And all of them have extremely high odds of success. There are actually five Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivators in the Real World, all with the potential to become True Lords?"
"No, that is not right. Some of them follow the outer path."
"Outer path or not, they are still True Lords. Look at Ting You—is he not also of the outer path? Yet we could do nothing to him. In the end, it depends on the person."
For a time, the True Lords discussed heatedly.
Until a wild burst of laughter shattered the clamor:
"Ha ha ha ha!"
In an instant, the Sea of Suffering roiled as a Heavenly River swept across the sky. At the very head of the river stood a