The disturbance in the Yellow Springs Well came sooner than expected.
Within Demon Feng Ancient City, moonlight poured down, blotting out the sky and sun. Yellow Springs Qi gushed endlessly from the mouth of the well, rippling in every direction until the surrounding area resembled a flowing river. It was a wondrous sight.
The many cultivators felt as though even time had slowed.
More and more cultivators gathered there. Even those without a Ghost-Deity Register wanted to risk their lives for a chance at good fortune.
Within a hundred zhang of the Yellow Springs Well, cultivators crowded shoulder to shoulder, forming a dense, dark mass.
Xu Yan, Jiang Beixuan, and the other two stood on a terrace a hundred zhang south of the Yellow Springs Well, leaning against the railing and looking down at it. The well seemed to have fully manifested.
It resembled the gaping maw of an abyss embedded in the earth, a full twenty zhang in diameter!
The Yellow Springs Qi within began to swirl like a vortex, stirring the winds and clouds.
The prodigies of the various sects rose together, poised to act.
Jiang Beixuan stood at the edge of the terrace, his gaze resting on the ever-expanding vortex. His voice was calm but carried a trace of gravity. "The time is almost here..."
He opened his palm. The Ghost-Deity Register was growing warm, and the Primordial Era characters on its surface had fully manifested, crawling slowly across the jade like clinging ants.
The Jade Pool Saintess and Yan Rulong also took out their Ghost-Deity Registers. Both jade registers were radiating warmth.
Xu Yan likewise sensed the change in his own Ghost-Deity Register.
He took the jade register from the Universe Box. It was scorching to the touch. The characters that had already manifested were moving