"The first ascension citizen is about to appear..."
"Can she make it?"
Huo Bao San watched the white-jade skeleton amid the stars, his mouth dry and his heart pounding with excitement.
The hope of becoming a citizen lay right before his eyes!
The radiant Great Dao to immortality lay right before his eyes!
"Immortal Sect Citizen, Immortal Sect Citizen..."
All around him, countless cultivators—Blood River King, Spirit Transformation Cultivators and Nascent Soul Cultivators from many Minor Worlds—gazed at the sky with longing and envy. Their thoughts ran wild, and they wished with all their hearts that they were the ones beneath the ascension thunderclouds.
Among them were members of the Stone Human Clan, the Fire Spirit Race, the fox race, the Ox Clan...
They had long grown accustomed to being beneath others.
During the age of the Horned Demon Tribe, during the rebellion, and even in ages more ancient still, they had all been slave races. Their souls, lifespans, and flesh belonged to their masters.
During the Immortal Sect era, their lives had undergone earth-shaking changes. They no longer had to fear being killed at any moment, or having their souls extracted and spirits refined.
Yet everyone understood that they could never stand equal to Immortal Sect Citizens, much less advance beyond Spirit Transformation. A cold boundary stood between them.
But now, a sliver of hope had appeared!
More than four hundred years ago, the Great Sun Deity Transformation Policy had emerged, shaking the Endless Starry Sky of the realm. Across the entire starfield, who knew how many people had collectively raised their Moral Character Scores by a grade? Myriad Races Cultivators had become unprecedentedly enthusiastic about the subject of moral character.
Even so, doubts always remained.
Now, a tangible example had emerged. Hua Teng of the Skull Vine Demon