Night.
Thick, heavy clouds blanketed the sky, while the cold wind howled.
The Sword Sect's Inner Gate Continent, whose traces could usually still be glimpsed through the clouds, was now nowhere to be seen.
Only seven Divine Glow Ranking Lists, inscribed with countless names, hung down from the hazy sky, their radiance undimmed in the slightest.
Anyone who focused their gaze upon them, no matter how far away they were or what their cultivation level was, could clearly see every name recorded on the lists.
Amid the dark clouds and bitter wind.
The enormous oval arena buzzed with voices. The grand formation shrouding the entire venue flickered between light and dark, its inscriptions flowing restlessly through the void.
All around the arena stood special Cave Heavens hidden beyond the world itself.
On the Cloud Platform above, several figures sat upright.
At the center was none other than the Sword Sect Master, Du Ruoheng. Flanking him were four Profound Penetration cultivators, some stern and icy, others calm and composed, each with a distinct air about them.
They were the four great elders of this generation of the Sword Sect: the Sword Wielder, the Dharma Transmitter, the Pill Cauldron, and the Disciplinarian.
Today was the final round of the "Immortal Sect Special Recruitment."
As the actual leaders of the Sword Sect's four most important departments, the four great elders would generally recruit some of the more outstanding performers during the "Immortal Sect Special Recruitment."
At the entrance to the arena.
One young figure after another entered. They were cultivators who had already passed the "Three Trials of Dao" and the "Five Trials of Heart" in the final round of examinations.
Countless gazes converged on them from all directions, making the newcomers' hearts tighten.
Especially after they noticed the figures on the Cloud