Elite Gathering

Celestial Whirl City darkened as night fell, and the streets teemed with people like a surging tide.

"Today's battle was far too brutal. More than ten thousand cultivators died or were wounded, and over two thousand Spirit Transformation cultivators alone fell."

"Yeah! Several of my good friends perished, killed by Giant Spirit Clan and Flower Clan cultivators."

"Still, this battle brought forth quite a few new experts on our side. They slew many powerful foreign cultivators."

"Senior Shen and Senior Chu of the Thousand Spirits Sect possess immense abilities. Senior Shen has several sixth order Spirit Beasts and Spirit Insects. One Five-Tailed Spirit Fox among them carries the bloodline of a Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox and excels at illusions. Beyond that, his Spirit Beasts and Spirit Insects can form a Spirit Beast Battle Formation and wiped out four Void Refining Cultivators."

"I heard that too. During this battle, several Void Refining Cultivators from the Wang Clan had to join forces to form a Spirit Beast Battle Formation, yet Senior Shen's Spirit Beasts and Spirit Insects could form one by themselves. Their coordination was practiced, and their strength extraordinary."

The streets and alleyways were all abuzz with discussion of the day's battle. Shen Long and Chu Buyu's immense achievements had drawn the attention of countless cultivators, and their fame soared.

In the Ten Thousand Trees Garden, Wang Changxiao, Wu Yaozu, Li Wanting, Duan Long, Ni Tianting, and more than a dozen other Void Refining Cultivators sat within a Cyan Stone Pavilion, drinking tea and chatting.

"Daoist Wang, have Fellow Daoist Shen and Fairy Chu not arrived yet?"

A slender Green-Robed Maiden asked in a sweet voice.

Her features were as exquisite as a painting, and her hair was styled in cloud-reaching buns.

"Is Fairy Su so interested in my wife and