"Fellow Daoists, by our master's command, please enter the Hall of the Three Pure Ones to pay respects to your elders!"
Southern Polestar Daoist's figure silently appeared. His gaze fell upon some of them, and there was a trace of envy in his eyes.
He knew that quite a few inner-chamber disciples would be born among these people today.
Perhaps even direct disciples.
At his words, the more than two hundred Daoists before the steps grew solemn, though many still looked uneasy.
Many among them had cultivated for hundreds of thousands, even millions of years, yet when faced with a choice that would determine their future, ripples still rose uncontrollably in their Dao hearts.
Lamp-Burning Daoist was among them.
Lamp-Burning Daoist had originally been extremely confident, but being trapped and nearly killed deep within the Astral Profundity Diagram not long ago had immediately shaken that confidence.
He could not help feeling that he had lost face before Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerable. Would he be cast aside because of that?
The crowd filed into the main hall.
Inside the Hall of the Three Pure Ones lay a scene akin to primordial chaos. Boundless murky darkness surrounded them, vast and indistinct, before even the Five Ultimates had been born.
Entering this place was like stepping into the depths of a chaotic universe.
The three Heavenly Venerables seemed to stand separately at the heart of that chaotic universe, radiating sacred light that filled everyone with involuntary awe.
Even the three Ancient God Heavenly Venerables could not help being shaken.
The Dao attainments of Kunlun Mountain's three ancient Heavenly Venerables truly exceeded their imagination.
Though they never flaunted themselves, their Dao attainments were certainly no weaker than those of the great Origin Deities.
Still, none had ever seen them truly make a move,