Buzz... buzz... buzz...
At that moment, the entire world trembled faintly.
It was as if some terrifying big shot was about to cross realms, his overwhelming pressure suppressing the netherworld.
Within the perception of Venerable Phoenix Cry and the others' Spiritual Senses, it felt as though a blazing sun was about to descend upon the mortal world in the distant sky.
His aura was as dazzling as the sun, almost scorching people's senses and filling the entire world.
A vast, hazy phantom appeared faintly within the enormous rift, as though the blazing sun itself had descended.
The majestic aura suppressed this entire region of heaven and earth.
Gradually, the huge phantom grew clearer and clearer.
It was an elderly man with a refined, gaunt face. A long tuft of beard fluttered beneath his chin, while he wore feathered robes and a tall crown, his immortal sleeves drifting in the wind.
A pair of slightly narrow eyes, glowing with profound wisdom, looked down upon this world from the lofty firmament.
Venerable Phoenix Cry hurriedly led the many cultivators participating in the trial on the plaza and bowed deeply toward the phantom above the sky.
Although only the clone of some existence from the Daoist School of the Upper Realm Human Race had descended this time, he was still an overwhelming existence to cultivators of the lower realm.
The clone of this Upper Realm big shot swept his gaze across the plaza, then suddenly frowned.
He glanced at Venerable Phoenix Cry and said indifferently, "Are these all of them...?"
There was a hint of interrogation in his words, leaving Venerable Phoenix Cry at a loss for how to answer.
He knew perfectly well what the big shot's clone meant.
But Su Fan had not come to participate in the trial, so Venerable