The Supreme Academy.
Beside the Dao Stone stood a magnificent venue built for the occasion.
No designated places had been set aside around its outer edge.
Yet at a glance, it was already packed with people beyond counting!
On the ground and across the sky.
Everywhere seemed filled with people.
Even so, several distinct tiers had taken shape!
At the very front stood only around two thousand people.
But everyone who looked at them, without exception, wore an expression of awe and felt fear rise in their hearts!
Some were even stirred with the excitement of pilgrims approaching a holy site!
"World Lords!!!"
"An ordinary cultivator might go their whole life without seeing a World Lord, even if they reached the Destroy Star Realm—unless they left their own Star Domain or happened upon one by chance!"
"Many remote, weaker Star Domains don't even have a World Lord!"
"But now? More than two thousand World Lords?!"
"No... to be precise, two thousand one hundred and thirty-six!"
Behind them, cultivators of every realm spoke with trembling voices. How could they not be excited?
Even the top powers of the Core Star Domains stood stunned!
When had anyone ever seen a sight like this?!
It was a scene that might not appear once in hundreds of millions of years!
"And that's only the number here right now!"
"More World Lords might arrive later... there could be three thousand from outside alone!"
A specialized intelligence organization made that prediction and startled even itself.
Three thousand World Lords—what did that mean?!
The number was terrifyingly absurd!
Had half the World Lords in the entire universe come?
Someone murmured in amazement:
"This is the influence of the Seven Great Dao Venerables."
"Of course, they also announced it in advance, giving the World Lords time to arrive."