Stormy waves churned in his heart. Earth—at last, he had heard those two words again. They weighed as heavily as a thousand jun; his heart was filled with a hundred tangled flavors, and he did not know what to say.
But his will was exceedingly strong. In an instant, he forcibly suppressed it. By then, the two of them had already arrived atop the Martial Sect.
After climbing the stairs, they reached an enormous plaza. Amid the encircling clouds and mist, it looked brimming with immortal air, radiant with rosy light.
The entire plaza was filled with representatives from the various major powers who had come to offer their congratulations. Truly, learned men of great renown chatted and laughed here, while no common folk passed through. Those capable of representing major powers were either figures like the Jade Void Holy Master, who had personally come as a Holy Master, or else the finest among the finest talents of their respective factions.
There were also quite a few Saint-level figures such as the Jade Void Saint who had come in person.
These were all the cream of the human race. Every one of them was imposing and distinguished, striding like dragons and tigers with extraordinary bearing.
The arrival of Ye Xiwen and Gao Chengye drew these people's attention as well, but clearly, no one knew where these two had come from.
Ye Xiwen in particular had never shown himself in the Heavenly Realm before, so naturally these heavenly geniuses could not recognize him.
However, someone did recognize Gao Chengye.
"Isn't that Gao Chengye, who ascended from the lower realm several hundred years ago?"
"Why is he here? Several hundred years ago, I heard he was kowtowing. Has he finally reached the Martial Sect?"
"How could that be? It is not as