In the Abyss, the Immortal Kings of every clan awoke, slowly opening their eyes.
Once they had heard the decree carried within the Empress's Dao Resonance, dormant Immortal King auras erupted from every direction.
"Is the True King Selection finally beginning?"
"Eight hundred years. How brief-gone in the flick of a finger."
"Though it was only eight hundred years, it surpassed ten thousand years of arduous cultivation outside. I wouldn't dare dream of becoming a True King, but a True King's Deputy Commander-"
"For my clan's hopes, I shall fight to the death!"
"With calamity descending upon all clans, only by seizing power can we save our own lineages!"
Gazes turned toward the All Heavens Tower. On the gleaming golden rankings outside it, the top ten positions drew countless eyes, each a throne everyone coveted.
At the same moment, figures swarmed out of the tower's various floors like locusts taking flight.
Once the Dao Resonance had delivered its message, the All Heavens Tower had suspended its trials, leaving those inside no choice but to emerge.
"It's finally here. Eight hundred years of arduous cultivation took me from the first level of the Immortal King Realm to the ninth. I still haven't taken my Domain Pill. Now is the time."
Among the crowd, Luo Ningshuang narrowed her eyes, dressed in a green skirt.
Compared with eight hundred years ago, she had changed enormously. Some of her youthful immaturity had faded, and she radiated a composed, profound bearing.
"Father, I'll give everything I have to win a True King's Deputy Commander position!"
Su Wanyi stared straight at the golden rankings and quietly clenched her fists. Her cultivation had progressed much like Luo Ningshuang's. Both possessed progenitor emperor power, and during these years without any sign of that young man, they had competed