Guangmu Proves Gold

Qi Consumption Path.

Heaven Horn Sect, beneath the Great Chun Tree.

A leaf drifted down into Broad Wood True Person's hand.

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He raised his head and saw the moon hanging from the treetops.

It was already the Hour of the Tiger. The Taiyin Moon had yet to fade, while the Great Sun had not yet risen in the east.

"It is time!"

Broad Wood True Person rose abruptly. His clear voice traveled through the Great Void, carrying far into the distance. "Today, I attain Gold. I hereby invite True Persons from all quarters to gather together..."

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Great Void split open, and figure after figure emerged, all keeping a considerable distance as they watched in silence.

"World-Honored One above..."

To the due west, golden bodies with green faces, fangs, three heads, and six arms appeared one after another. Numerous monks stood on the shoulders of those golden bodies, or atop their heads.

Sangji pressed his palms together, silently watching the scene through Fang Qing's eyes.

Farther east, the deep sea turned into a whirlpool, concealing the enormous forms of flood dragons beneath its surface.

To the south, True Persons such as Le Shan and Le Shui of the Vast Sea Sect appeared in succession. Besides them were Scattered Wood True Person and several newly advanced Wood Virtue Purple Palace cultivators.

As for the north, it was filled with cultivators of the demon and devil paths, shadows layered upon shadows, with no telling how many Purple Palaces were mixed among them...

"[Horn Wood] holds the true nature of wood, gathering wood into forests—unyielding and unbroken, sheltering birds and beasts, collecting insects and crawling things, broadly planting the grandeur of wings..."

Broad Wood True Person first saluted the four directions, then softly chanted as he arrived atop the Great