Year 10,180 of the Nine Provinces Calendar, ninth day of the ninth month.
You Province, Azure Cloud Sect, Divine Firmament Hall.
Today was the four-thousandth birthday of the Divine Lord of Army-Breaking. The vast plaza before Divine Firmament Hall was already packed with guests.
The guests had naturally divided themselves into little groups by region, sect, and race, chatting and shooting the breeze across the plaza. The atmosphere was lively and harmonious.
The side hall had been furnished with a great many tables and chairs to receive honored guests from every quarter.
For distinguished guests such as Daoist Lord Dao Hong, Zhu Qiniang and Yun Qingxuan personally attended them, while Zhi Zhen, Dao Wuji, and Hui Kong were present as well.
Zhu Qiniang was now the ruler of Wind Province. Yet her ties to the Azure Cloud Sect ran too deep, and this was Gao Xian's birthday banquet. As such, she was one of the hosts and naturally stepped forward to receive the guests.
Daoist Lord Dao Hong had in fact already advanced to the seventh rank, becoming a seventh-rank Celestial Lord—the only one among the nine sect masters to reach the seventh rank.
With his profound accumulation, he had still broken through the limits and advanced to the seventh rank amid the turbulent spiritual-energy environment. This also proved the power of the man once hailed as the strongest in the Nine Provinces.
More importantly, Daoist Lord Dao Hong had shown Gao Xian great kindness, and Gao Xian deeply admired this man of sterling character. No matter the time, Daoist Lord Dao Hong would always be a highly respected elder in Gao Xian's eyes, held in the highest esteem.
There were simply too many people and too many matters to attend to today. Gao Xian could only have Zhu Qiniang,