"Finally, it has opened. I've waited so long."
"Indeed. Though this Dao Debate Assembly was arranged by the Nine Immortals Sect of the Immortal Path, since Heaven's Will has bestowed it upon the Six Paths, it is likewise an opportunity for the Six Paths."
"It has begun. I wonder whether I will be one of those with Karmic Affinity?"
"..."
Myriad living beings, countless creatures.
At this very moment, beneath Heaven's Will, there was an underlying unity amid all the turmoil.
Lu Qing looked over and saw the gate to that Illusory Realm open.
A trace of Guidance arose in his heart.
He immediately knew that this was the Numinous Response Invitation for entering this Dao Debate Assembly.
All he needed to do was follow the numinous response he sensed.
Then he would arrive at that Dao-Debate Realm, illusory and seemingly beyond the Nine Heavens.
Lu Qing rose to his feet.
He looked down upon the mountain and the Immortal City.
Around quite a few cultivating creatures, wisps of Spiritual Vitality began to drift.
With a glance from Lu Qing's eyes, he knew that it was an aura of Guidance.
For a Cultivator in the Dongzhen Realm like Lu Qing, there was no need for guiding Spiritual Vitality. A mere turn of thought, a stir of Divine Sense—
Would let him perceive the descent of that trace of Karmic Affinity.
Or rather, after stepping into the Dongzhen Realm, one could alter the Karmic Affinity of the world, if only by a little.
This was using the true momentum of the Great Dao to alter that distant, shadowy Karmic Affinity, seeming both real and illusory.
"White Crane Boy, the Dao Debate Assembly has begun. This is an opportunity as well."
At the side, White Marsh shook his head and avoided looking