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In the formations on both sides, soldiers bowed and lifted the mahogany trays prepared long ago. On the trays lay neatly folded Five-Starred Red Flags, their red faces turned upward, five golden stars glittering brilliantly, the four smaller stars arrayed around the large one in a protective arc.

The soldiers carrying the flags marched in goose-step, gradually moving from one side of the formations toward one stone stele after another.

One soldier after another left the formation in turn.

One red flag after another was placed before the enormous steles.

The soldiers who had set down the flags returned to their formations in turn.

Their movements were perfectly uniform. The entire process flowed naturally, their comings and goings precise beyond measure, their marching footsteps filled with a rhythmic order.

Once the formations had taken shape again,

Old Man Lu, standing at the center, seemed to feel something. He struck the ground with the Dragon-Snake Staff in his hand.

"Glory."

Amid the thudding sounds,

Invisible sword qi seeped forth, covering the entire Stele Forest and merging into the black steles, merging into the flags before them.

And so,

A faint golden radiance blossomed from the red flags and black steles! It surged toward the sky, intertwining like dreamlike auroras as it slowly drifted upward, eventually forming an enormous golden flag in the heavens.

The flag was illusory and transparent, yet incomparably real.

When a mountain breeze swept past, it truly began to flutter like a flag. Faintly, the crowd could even hear the snapping sound of a banner waving in the wind.

At the same time,

Golden light rose over the imperial capital, Yangcheng, Rongcheng, Zhengzhou, Luoxie, the Taklamakan Desert, and countless other places!

Like sparks, this light illuminated the land of China amid the dark night.

Fighter jets still roared