"Come with me to the teleportation hall," Gong Yi said.
Then, under Gong Yi's guidance,
Li Zhōujūn, Gong Zining, and the others arrived at a great hall.
At the center of the hall stood a formation engraved with intricate inscriptions.
At Gong Yi's signal, Li Zhōujūn and the others walked to the center of the formation.
"Everyone, safe travels!" Gong Yi said with a smile.
As soon as she finished speaking, she activated the formation,
and the scenery around Li Zhōujūn and the others began to change rapidly.
After quite some time, when the distorted scenery around them finally settled,
Li Zhōujūn and the others discovered that they had appeared on a gigantic platform floating above the Ninth Heaven.
The platform was so vast that even with ten thousand people already gathered there, it did not seem crowded.
Gong Zining said to Li Zhōujūn, "Wait here until tomorrow morning. An elder will come to announce the rules and begin the trials. For now, conserve your strength."
"All right." Li Zhōujūn nodded.
Lu Jiuyun, Zhu Xin, and Niu Dongwen skillfully ran off to one side, sat down cross-legged, and began resting with their eyes closed.
"You're at the Eighth-Rank Dao Lord level, right?" Gong Zining asked Li Zhōujūn.
"I suppose you could say that..." Li Zhōujūn nodded.
"Then you'll have to enter the Eighth-Rank Dao Lord battlefield. I can't look after you because I'll be going to the Ninth-Rank battlefield. Be careful when the time comes. Tianquan Holy Land has several very powerful Eighth-Rank Dao Lords," Gong Zining said.
"I'm going to enter the Ninth-Rank Dao Lord battlefield," Li Zhōujūn said.
Gong Zining: "...Are you sure?"
"Mm." Li Zhōujūn nodded.
"I'll do my best to look after you," Gong Zining said helplessly. "Although lower-rank Dao Lords can enter higher-rank Dao Lord