The four children had returned to celebrate his birthday, putting Chen Nianzhi in an exceptionally good mood.
In high spirits, he drank freely with his fellow Daoists. The million-year birthday banquet lasted for more than thirty days before finally coming to an end.
After the banquet concluded, the immortals departed one after another, leaving only several of Chen Nianzhi's close friends behind.
Early the next morning, the immortals gathered within the Stellar Glazed Realm.
Inside the grand hall, Chen Nianzhi sat calmly, watching the immortals beside him with a faint smile.
Apart from the Chen Immortal Clan's half-step Celestials, there were five non-Chen half-step Celestials present in the hall.
They were Glazed Divine Lord, Li Yan Divine Spirit, Daoist Purple Mystery, Heaven Abyss Daoist, and Ruined Relic Yin Lord.
Within the Chen Clan, in addition to the original nine half-step Celestials, Qing Yin Patriarch and the Four Sons of Guixu had joined them, bringing the total to nineteen.
"Nineteen half-step Celestial combatants."
Chen Nianzhi murmured inwardly, his gaze sweeping across the crowd as a smile rose in his eyes.
Their allies alone numbered nineteen half-step Celestials. Even if Chen Xiandao might not necessarily be able to leave seclusion and help, they would still be a force of pivotal importance in the Dao Calamity.
Moreover, over half of the Chen Immortal Clan's half-step Celestials possessed dual Taiyi foundations. They were peak half-step Celestials whose combat strength was far beyond what ordinary half-step Celestials could match.
With such formidable power, even if all the half-step Celestials of a single grotto-heaven entered the calamity, Chen Nianzhi was confident he could fight them.
After pondering briefly, Chen Nianzhi spoke. "Everyone, less than seventy thousand years remain before the Dao Calamity."
"Since we cannot avoid it, let us join forces and withstand the Dao Calamity