Towering peaks pierced the clouds, appearing and disappearing amid the hazy morning mist. From afar, they looked like slumbering giants.
As the first ray of sunlight at dawn broke through the endless mountains and fell upon Yellow Sand Mountain, countless magnificent halls of gold and jade were revealed.
Cultivators clad in Heavenly Sand Sect robes descended onto the plaza. Within a furnace three men tall, enormous sticks of sandalwood incense had already been placed.
As the Supreme Elder of the Heavenly Sand Sect, Ye Jingcheng was naturally the one responsible for lighting the incense.
As the smoke dragons soared into the heavens, they were like the Heavenly Sand Sect's fortune taking shape as dragons and rising into the sky, turning into dragon shadows that lingered without dispersing, dragons roaming the four seas!
Cultivators such as Huang Tieyun and Xiao Congrong were all solemn at this moment. This was, after all, a ceremony of the Heavenly Sand Sect. With such incense offerings, even if he were to die at this very moment, he would have no regrets.
Ye Jingcheng waved his hand as well.
"Dong!"
An ancient bell steeped in history immediately rang leisurely from atop the mountain, its toll piercing the clouds and spreading toward the surrounding area, prompting countless cultivators on nearby peaks to rise.
Today was the day of the Heavenly Sand Sect's ceremony.
Auspicious clouds also began to rise over Yellow Sand Mountain, transforming into brilliant five-colored clouds that stood suspended in the void.
At the foot of Yellow Sand Mountain, before the mountain gate, more than a thousand people had already gathered in a dark, seething mass.
"There are so many people. As expected of True Person Qianchen's ceremony!"
"More than just many—there are quite a few alchemists here too. When would one normally get to