The sky was overcast, white clouds hanging like mist and rolling like mountain peaks. Tai City had seen heavy rain these past two days, leaving the sky looking dull and gray.
Suddenly.
A streak of golden light lit up on the horizon, dazzling and brilliant, bright and scorching. Like a blazing rainbow bridge tearing through the desolate canopy of heaven, it split the gray expanse down the middle!
More and more blazing golden light gathered, growing denser until it boiled into a golden sea of sunlight. It towered above all living things, spread across the horizon, and painted the entire sky gold.
Drawn by some force, the golden light descended in unison toward one direction... Tai City's Villa District!
On the rooftop of a villa.
A figure sat cross-legged, a Golden Crow spreading its wings above his head as auspicious clouds swirled around him, radiating boundless light.
As the golden light converged, the Golden Crow bathed within it. Its feathers clashed with metallic chimes, like an enigmatic song and dance.
At that moment, Tai City was shaken!
Countless figures looked in that direction, all of them cultivators!
"What is that?!"
"A Golden Crow?! Is that the legendary Golden Crow?? Damn, I must've gotten up too fast. I'm seeing things."
"What terrifying pressure!"
Cultivators throughout Xia Kingdom were stirred.
This sight was too terrifying, far beyond anything they could have imagined!
The phenomena that accompanied breakthroughs into the Adamantine Body Realm varied from person to person. Some had a weapon piercing straight into the clouds, while others had colorful butterflies fluttering in breathtaking splendor. But this Golden Crow alone carried overwhelming pressure, because it did not seem like a manifested image at all. It seemed real!
It was not merely the terrifying appearance of the Golden Crow. More importantly, the vast