Shock and Impact

A few days later.

The completed Art Performance Hall now blazed with dazzling lights, magnificent and resplendent.

Dignitaries and nobles from all the local forces of the Xuanqing Continent, each holding an invitation, entered in order in formal attire.

Among these dignitaries were emperors and empresses of great empires, kings of small and medium-sized kingdoms, merchants as wealthy as nations, powerful lords, and elder representatives from numerous sects.

The audience entering the Art Performance Hall consisted entirely of renowned members of high society.

What had brought them here?

Naturally, they had come as audience members, filled with immense anticipation to watch this art performance organized by the Purification Squad.

Zhou Ming, who hosted and planned this Art Performance, had prepared thoroughly. Not only had he rehearsed numerous acts, but he had also held no fewer than three full dress rehearsals, each more satisfactory than the last.

Every rehearsed act was marvelous. The lighting, stage design, music, accompaniment, and every other element could all be called flawless.

An extraordinarily brilliant Art Performance—a lavish feast for the eyes and ears—was presented before the audience of the Xuanqing Continent.

So what wonderful acts did it include?

There were twenty-one songs: solo numbers such as "Joyful and Happy" and "Extremely Cool"; "Transparent Color," "Uniform," and "The Other Side of Freedom," performed by the forty-six-member Filth Doll group; "nobody," sung by a five-member girl group; and the final closing song, "Unforgettable Tonight"... all classics.

There were seven comedy sketches and crosstalk acts, including classics such as "Selling Crutches," "Kung Fu," "To Help or Not to Help," and "Tiger Beating," all adapted into down-to-earth versions suited to local customs and context.

There were five dance performances, including "Peacock Dance" and "Thousand-Hand Guanyin," all visually stunning.

There were two acrobatic and magic performances.

There was one staged