The Curtain Has Risen

More than half a month had passed since the proclamation of the Gathering of Celestials.

With the court's full support, Taian Town was now incomparable to what it had once been. Great numbers of bamboo towers and thatched huts stretched out in all directions along the town's main roads, and its area had more than doubled.

Even so, it still could not keep pace with the endless stream of martial heroes arriving from every corner of the world.

Many were like Shen Yi and the others, self-sufficient as they found some quiet, secluded place and waited calmly for the gathering to begin.

Shen Yi and the others still lived beside Azure Dragon Pool, though they had added two more rooms beside the original wooden house.

The hidden psychological afflictions plaguing Chen Zhi'ang and Wuxin had gradually been removed over the past half month, while Qingfeng, Ji Congyun, and the others entered secluded cultivation beside Azure Dragon Pool.

It was foreseeable that the Gathering of Celestials would be a fierce battle. Though it would be a conflict between Celestials, no one knew just how many Celestials had returned from the Grotto-Heavens.

They could not place all their hopes upon Shen Yi and Gu Yiran. Every additional measure of strength meant another possibility of aid.

During that time, Heavenly Heart Temple, White Emperor City, Pure Yang Palace, Sword Forging Lodge, Tang Clan, Beggar Clan, and Thieves' Sect arrived in Taian Town one after another.

Following Heaven's Secret Pavilion's guidance, they came to visit Shen Yi. Naturally, there was a round of pleasantries when they met. Sword Forging Lodge had even brought Shen Yi's Severance Blade and Evil Slayer Sword. Emperor Wude had damaged the insides of this pair of weapons, and Sword Forging Lodge had reforged and repaired them.

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