Among those Heavenly Prodigies daring to reveal their true faces, some turned to look and immediately recognized figures from the Hidden Dragon Ranking.
The Hidden Dragon Ranking held competition in every aspect.
The intangible Fate Allotment and Providence were included among them as well.
If one shone brilliantly in this Dao Debate Assembly or claimed the top spot, one's Fate Allotment would undoubtedly grow as well.
Lu Qing merely swept his gaze over them, without continuing to stare.
Yet these Heavenly Prodigies also knew the importance of the lecture.
Their Dao debates would come afterward.
Thus, when they arrived, they remained silent. They too offered respectful bows, then each found a place toward the rear to settle down.
This illusory Dao-Debate Realm was immensely vast.
That had been apparent from the moment they entered.
Yet a lecture was still a lecture.
Naturally, it would not follow the natural laws of heaven and earth, treating all beings equally.
For the lecturer was a great power, a mighty expert, not the Heaven's Way devoid of heart and desire.
Who arrived and who missed it were all matters of fate coming and fate departing.
Whether one could arrive early or failed to make it in time did not matter.
The old man's voice did not pause in its lecture.
His voice carried no Dao Rhyme.
Yet the wisps of radiance circling within the outline of this glow grew ever brighter, while sheets of golden flowers drifted down from the sky.
This was the aura of a lecture.
"The so-called glow is the principle of heaven and earth. Whence does that principle arise? One part comes from heaven, one part lies in earth, yet there is another part within the Dao..."
"The Dao is my heart, and also my path. Glow emerges from the