Amid the gaze of countless eyes, the Yellow River Assembly of Dao Calendar 3933 had finally arrived.
With the Long River floods now quelled, the Yellow River's water level no longer had such an impact. At the suggestion of True Lord Jiang, the referee for this Assembly, the main tournament would still begin on the eleventh day of the seventh month, as it had last time... This would become the standard practice thereafter.
Unlike previous years, this year's Yellow River Assembly also had real-time projections in the Great Void Illusion Realm.
The newly formed Yellow River Assembly Special Affairs Group had Jiang Wang, this Assembly's referee, as its leader; representatives of the six Hegemon States as honorary deputy leaders; and Huang Sheli as special supervisor, handling all commercial operations of the Yellow River Assembly with full authority...
Those unable to snatch up tickets for River Viewing Terrace could also join in the grand occasion through the Great Void Illusion Realm. Whether they came in person or not, they could spend money all the same.
Of course, in more official terms—the Yellow River Assembly had changed from a gathering of Prodigies enjoyed only by the powerful and noble of The Present World into a true celebration for all.
"Brother, which division's tickets should we buy?" Su Xiaodie of Jiaoheng Prefecture, Wei State, asked the cousin she had not seen in a long time.
Her cousin in the Great Void Illusion Realm was so handsome that he felt like a stranger to her. Saying his looks rivaled a champion would not be an exaggeration.
Su Xiuxing, formerly Hell's Gate's Nether River ferryman, had struggled for half his life only to return to unemployment. Without showing it, he took another look at his own reflection in the light screen, then counted on his