The storm howled.
With Peace Company at its center, the entire Chonggang Town, and indeed every Safe Zone west of Xuanye City, was thrown into turmoil.
Vast rolling clouds spanning thousands of miles converged from all directions, churning and surging before pouring into the tip of the spire.
Beyond the heavens, the Heavenly Venerables lowered their eyes. Within the Tianyuan Realm, the Heavenly Monarchs and True Lords were stunned beyond measure. Several acquaintances familiar with An Jing wanted to go protect him, but the Heavenly Venerables stopped them through transmitted voices.
[Do not interfere.] The Four Sages transmitted their voices from beyond the heavens, a trace of anticipation in their tone. [Adjust the Spirit Net and guide the surrounding Spiritual Energy currents. Make the Spiritual Energy a little denser.]
[Other than that, let everything take its natural course...]
Although An Jing had not attended the subsequent meeting of the Heavenly Venerables, neither Huaixu and the other Heavenly Venerables nor the Tianyuan Four Sages believed this was because An Jing was unimportant. Rather, the Heavenly Venerables' meeting simply was not that important—An Jing had his own task to carry out, and all they could do was assist him.
And now, evidently, An Jing's task had arrived. He was about to comprehend something, accomplish something, achieve something—do something important.
Thus, all eleven Heavenly Venerables stood in the sky, gazing down upon the mortal world.
This time, their gazes were no longer indifferent, no longer calm.
Instead, they held a kind of anticipation, a burning...
Wait.
In contrast.
Within An Jing's Divine Sea, everything was exceedingly calm.
An Jing himself included.
Even when facing the spirit of Dao intent that Xuantian Ji had deposited within the cultivation method, he remained utterly calm.
[If I were still the weak person I once was.]
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