Beneath the Heavenly Stele
At that moment, almost everyone throughout the entire Heavenly Gathering Vein stopped what they were doing and looked toward the Heavenly Stele, their eyes fixed on the Fortune Veins circling its outer edge.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
One figure after another could no longer hold back. They turned into streaks of afterimages and shot toward the Heavenly Stele.
Above the sea, Bi Fan's gaze shifted away from the Fortune Veins circling the Heavenly Stele and turned to Guo Fei, who stood beside him, dumbstruck.
Feeling Bi Fan's gaze, Guo Fei jolted back to his senses and shook his head at Bi Fan. "I've never seen anything like this before." His voice brimmed with disbelief. "It's so strange. The Heavenly Stele has appeared this early, and the Fortune Veins have even appeared on their own. This has never happened before. There isn't a single record of it."
Bi Fan turned his gaze from Guo Fei and looked toward the Heavenly Stele.
Whoom!
In an instant, Bi Fan shot up in a streak of golden light and headed for the Heavenly Stele.
Watching Bi Fan streak toward the Heavenly Stele as a beam of golden light, Guo Fei hesitated.
Suddenly, he gritted his teeth, turned into a pale-blue afterimage, and followed.
"State Lord Bi, wait for me!"
The Heavenly Stele towered into the clouds, impossibly huge. The portion rising from the ground was nearly as thick as ten mountain ranges. Its entire surface was etched with obscure patterns. Look closely, and the patterns seemed alive, carrying the secrets of heaven.
Up close, the Heavenly Stele was all black, stretching so far that it vanished beyond the edge of sight in either direction. It was a truly magnificent sight.
At that moment, one translucent sphere after another, each containing