Three years passed in the blink of an eye.
It was another snowy winter. The snow-capped mountains thousands of miles beyond the range were blanketed in ice and snow. Snowflakes danced in the freezing wind, seeming weak yet striking people painfully across the cheeks.
At the foot of East Divine Mountain, after three years of development, several emerging towns had become grander and larger. Their population exceeded ten million, nearly matching that of some major cities elsewhere in the world.
During this period, neighboring Shen East Mountain recruited disciples and selected ten goddesses, causing several cities beneath Shen East Mountain to become packed with people. Restaurants and inns flourished as well. Even the owners of shops selling mutton and steamed buns grinned from ear to ear as they looked at their seatless establishments. Recruiting disciples directly into Shen East Mountain was truly a good thing. If they recruited disciples every day, they could quickly earn enough money to buy a grand residence and take a concubine. They were overjoyed.
Compared to those shopkeepers, restaurant owners, and innkeepers who were delighted to make money, the cultivators of various races gathered here were excited one after another. Yet it was hard not to feel uneasy. They had once believed themselves strong, but after coming here, they found masters everywhere. They were all so young, yet so powerful. There were even quite a few experts ranked on the Red and Yellow Heaven's Chosen List.
"Ah! There are so many masters. I don't even dare think about the Ten Gods. I'll be satisfied if I can join Shen East Mountain as an ordinary disciple! I only hope Father can explain the situation to the elders back home. Please don't blame me for letting you down. There are simply too many outstanding geniuses!"
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