The wind howled. On the towering sacrificial platform, the mist suddenly surged, like boiling water in an enormous cauldron, abruptly rising into endless vapor.
As the mist churned, a vast spatial aura suddenly emerged from within. It rapidly spread, and in the blink of an eye, enveloped the towering sacrificial platform.
The moment the spatial aura spread, the initially swollen, surging mist suddenly contracted at great speed, drawing inward toward the sacrificial platform.
In an instant, a towering statue suddenly appeared on the sacrificial platform.
The billowing mist was instantly sucked into the towering statue's body.
If Qin Fengming saw this statue, he would certainly recognize it at a glance. Its original form was none other than Ancestor Daoyan, whom he had once encountered.
Although the statue was tall, it had been carved with astonishing intricacy. Every strand of its clothing, hair, and beard was clearly rendered. Standing in the very center of the towering sacrificial platform, it gazed into the distance, as though looking out over faraway mountains.
The statue's face was ruddy and its eyes clear. If one met its gaze, one seemed able to sense a wise and tranquil expression within it.
A faint azure radiance flickered around the towering statue. The radiance appeared ethereal and elusive; when one looked into it, everything seemed hazy.
Most astonishing of all was that the formation disks, materials, and jade bottles Ye En had previously sent out were now nowhere to be seen on the towering sacrificial platform.
The towering sacrificial platform was shrouded in faint azure light. Apart from the towering statue, not another object was present.
Even Qin Fengming's body, wrapped in crimson fluorescent light and just sent onto the platform by Chao Zhang, had vanished without a trace.
Although no objects could be seen, if a cultivator