"Three, two, one—push together!"
The synchronized shout guided the cultivators on the ground as they exerted their strength. Under the leader's direction, the cultivators below drove their spiritual energy with all their might.
Vast spiritual energy gathered in midair, forming a tiny vortex.
As the vortex spiraled upward, it enveloped the enormous object before them. The dragon head, heavy as a mountain, was lifted in an instant. Trembling, it rose into the air before settling perfectly into the gap prepared for it long ago.
Ding!
With that crisp chime, everyone felt the winds and clouds around them begin to stir.
A faint gleam seemed to flash through the eyes of the gigantic dragon statue.
Nothing around them had visibly changed, yet the dragon statue, which had seemed like a lifeless object moments ago, now appeared to have come alive.
"It's finally finished."
The leading cultivator wore an expression of immense relief. Looking at the magnificent sight before him, his voice carried disbelief.
"I never imagined that cultivators like us could create such a great undertaking!"
As he spoke, the cultivator's eyes swiftly reddened, and several tears quietly seeped out.
After months of grueling work, they had endured who knew how many hardships and trials.
Heaven knew how much wandering and turmoil he had gone through to reach this point.
"Nothing in this world is impossible."
The cultivator beside him smiled and reached over to pat his shoulder in comfort.
"But now that the last statue is complete, our mission is over as well."
A trace of bewilderment appeared on his face too.
Several months earlier, the cultivators present had all left their hometowns and rushed here because of the dragon inheritance mentioned by passing Myriad Clouds Sect cultivators.
When they had first arrived in this place, they understood nothing. And