As they drew closer, Li Qingyuan saw that, besides the five Golden Immortal Colossi, several Heavenly Immortal factions were also present.
Nine Heavens Thunder Venerable, the Golden Crow Nishang, the Yang Family patriarch, Taiyin Primordial Sovereign, and Ancestor Yan-the five Golden Immortals.
Among the Heavenly Immortal factions were the Amaterasu Divine Clan, the Black Dragon Clan, the Sacred Feather Divine Clan, and others: ten first-rate Heavenly Immortal factions in all, their representatives without exception at the Heavenly Immortal Late Stage or even the Heavenly Immortal Peak Stage.
Banners blotted out the sky, and Dharma manifestations held up the heavens.
The mighty figures stood in five directions, led by the five Golden Immortals, vaguely enclosing this stretch of heaven and earth into a vast chessboard.
On that chessboard, the Golden Immortals placed the pieces.
The pieces were the various factions' Heaven's Chosen.
Li Qingyuan now had a clear picture.
Five Golden Immortal sacred lands, ten first-rate Heavenly Immortal factions.
It seems everyone who should come has come.
The Heavenly Champion's Tomb was not merely a tomb.
It was a touchstone, a martial arena, and the five Golden Immortals' chessboard.
Taiyin Primordial Sovereign glanced over Li Qingyuan, Yang Jian, Dongfang Lei, and Ji Kun, who possessed the Sky Swallowing Chicken bloodline, then said indifferently:
"The Dharma-Ending Heaven's Chosen who emerged from the Ancestral Land are indeed extraordinary."
"You first-rate Heavenly Immortal factions will surely be replaced by them someday."
The remark appeared to be praise, but was in fact a killing move.
At those words, the leaders of the ten Heavenly Immortal factions all turned their gazes toward Li Qingyuan and the others.
Their eyes were shadowed and inscrutable.
There was wariness, jealousy, and killing intent.
The tree that rose above the forest was sure to be battered by the wind.