Ten days later.
Above the Ninth Fortress.
"The deadline has arrived. Can we begin?"
Old Lord Antarctic asked.
Ten days had already passed, yet Su Yi, who sat cross-legged in meditation, had still not awakened, as though he could continue meditating forever.
One had to remember that near the Starry Sky Dao Field, the experts of numerous Founder-level Dao lineages were still waiting.
This time, the First Lifetime Heart Demon said nothing and merely waved a hand.
The barrier enveloping the Ninth Fortress vanished at once.
Almost simultaneously, Su Yi quietly opened his eyes from meditation. "Is the time up?"
The First Lifetime Heart Demon smiled. "Yes. They've long been eagerly waiting to kill you. Are you afraid?"
Su Yi rose to his full height. His gaze swept the surroundings, passing over Old Lord Antarctic and the two Reclusive Powerhouses before looking toward the distant Starry Sky Dao Field.
Experts from Founder-level Dao lineages such as the Three Purities Temple, the Confucian School, the Legalist School, the Demonic Sect, and the Panwu Clan were scattered around the Starry Sky Dao Field.
Some groups numbered seven or eight people.
Others had only one.
Many of them were unfamiliar faces, yet quite a few were people he knew.
For example, Bo Yun Jun of the Confucian lineage, a legend once listed among the "Eternal Era, Supreme Heavenly Sovereigns."
Or Yu Xiu of the Demonic lineage, who looked like a youth, with gray hair coiled into a bun and double pupils in his eyes.
There were Yu Xiu, Liu Wu Tian, Lu Sang, and others as well.
Back at the River of Destiny, these people had once fought Su Yi in the Heaven's Mandate Contention.
After the Heaven's Mandate Contention ended, these core descendants of the various Founder-level Dao lineages had already come