As ripples of aura spread, people arrived from beyond Nine-Zhang Heaven.
There were seven groups in all, some with over a hundred people, others with as few as two.
"Dan Tiancheng, long time no see. I never thought you'd come too!"
The leader of one group spoke. His name was Thunder Flame, and he was exceptionally tall. Most striking of all, his skin was etched with white Dao patterns, each one wondrous beyond measure. With every breath he took, lightning flickered within them.
He came from the Heavenly Court and belonged to the Thunder Department. One of the Thunder Department's foremost prodigies, he stood at Mythology Thirteen Fires and had traveled extraordinarily far along the path. He possessed a special bloodline and was the descendant of the Thunder Department's master, an heir of a top-tier Great Luo. Though he himself had only reached the limit of Thirteen Fires, rumors said that when he attained True Immortal status, he had triggered a special phenomenon—the heavenly lightning that annihilated all living things. When it appeared in the void, he captured it completely, forming strange markings upon his body that resonated with his bloodline. His strength far surpassed that of ordinary Thirteen-Fires Taiyi Mythologies.
He had cultivated for an exceedingly long time. Six thousand years ago, he had already reached the Celestial Immortal realm, yet he had never broken through, remaining in the Heavenly Court to cultivate the Thunder Department's secret arts.
At this moment, his expression was rather grave. He had not expected Dan Tiancheng to be among those who had come.
Dan Tiancheng came from the Human Sect, and his temperament suited it perfectly. He wore a slack, listless expression, with deeply sunken eye sockets and heavy dark circles beneath his eyes—an exceptionally unusual sight for a cultivator. He had brought