The eastern camp of the Divine Firmament Dao Sect.
When the streaks of light carrying Li Yunjing and his four companions appeared on the horizon, the entire camp erupted like cold water poured into a pan of boiling oil!
"He's back! Vice Sect Leader Li is back!"
The cultivator on the watchtower shouted himself hoarse, his voice cracking with excitement.
Wooo... wooo... wooo...
The desolate, majestic blare of horns soared into the sky. This was no alarm, but a salute of welcome and triumph reserved for the highest honors!
Li Cangqiong, Xiao Anran, True Person Blazing Fire, and the other fifteen Nascent Soul True Persons had received word long ago and had been waiting. Together with tens of thousands of Divine Firmament Dao Sect disciples and hundreds of thousands of cultivators who had sought refuge with them, they poured from tents and fortifications like a tide, swiftly forming orderly, solemn ranks before the camp gates.
Every face shone with excitement, every gaze burned with fervor, and every neck craned in anticipation.
This was the supreme glory of the Divine Firmament Dao Sect!
Aside from their Vice Sect Leader Li, who else under heaven could carve his way in and out of an army a million strong and slay its commanders as easily as plucking something from his pocket?
The streaks of light descended, and Li Yunjing's figure appeared clearly before everyone. He remained as calm and composed as ever, as though the earthshaking achievements on the western front had nothing to do with him.
Yet in everyone's eyes, an invisible divine radiance seemed to envelop him, making them afraid to look directly at him and filling their hearts with boundless reverence and adoration.
"We welcome Vice Sect Leader Li home in triumph!"
Led by Li Cangqiong and Xiao Anran, the