Thanks to the Dao Court and the Pure Land, following that earth-shaking battle between True Lords, news of Lu Yang founding a sect instantly spread throughout the Five Realms Under Heaven.
Righteous Dao!
Overnight, this name became the talk of all loose cultivators. Not only were Foundation Establishment True Persons discussing it—even the mortal world had heard of it.
As for Lu Yang, he vaulted straight into the top ranks of the Five Realms Under Heaven. Some busybodies even regarded him as one of the foremost True Lords of the age. After all, Lower Cultivators knew nothing of Early Golden Core or Golden Core Middle Stage. They only knew they were all True Lords, so naturally, whoever had the bigger name was stronger.
For a time, the masses were stirred.
Some yearned to visit the mountain and cultivate there. Others scoffed, believing it was merely a flash in the pan and that the Pure Land's Buddhist Cultivators would soon make a comeback.
Most of these people were mediocrities.
The truly clever had already taken action.
Jiangxi, Righteous Dao.
As a streak of Radiance descended, Eternal Paradise opened. A figure was guided through it and landed directly outside Righteous Dao's mountain gate.
This was the disciple-recruitment mechanism Lu Yang had established. Any cultivator who wished to join Righteous Dao—whether mortal, loose cultivator, or even a disciple of another sect—need only silently recite the wish in their heart to immediately trigger the response of Fire in the Sky, after which Eternal Paradise would guide them over.
Only after a long while did the figure gradually awaken.
He was a young-looking cultivator at Qi Refining Great Perfection, with a gloomy face. The moment he woke, he warily surveyed his surroundings.
Yet it was not long before understanding dawned on him.
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