Three days after the Clear Sky Sect announced its return.
Shrek City on the Douluo Continent and Bright City on the Sun Moon Continent were both unusually bustling.
In Shrek City, the Clear Sky Sect's headquarters had risen from the ground in just three days. The Tang Sect and Shrek Academy stood on either side.
The three formed a triangle, each guarding the others' flanks. Anyone with eyes could tell these three powers were closely connected.
By then, royal delegations from all Four Great Empires had arrived in Shrek City. Xu Jiawei, emperor of the Xingluo Empire, had even come in person.
The other empires had sent princes as well, a clear sign of the importance the Xingluo Empire placed on the Clear Sky Sect.
Countless sects and academies, large and small, had also answered Shrek Academy's call and streamed in.
Meanwhile, the site of Spirit Hall in Bright City had been chosen with equal care.
It faced the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy from afar.
Within its grounds rose the towering Spirit Transmission Pagoda.
Its presence was no less imposing than that of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy.
Royal delegations from the Xingluo Empire, Dou Ling Empire, and Heavenly Soul Empire had arrived too.
The Xingluo Empire's delegation was led by the imperial princess Xu Jiujiu.
She had entered the inner square of Spirit Hall early to wait. At the edge of the square stood a tall tower bearing the words "Spirit Transmission Pagoda."
The other two empires had done much the same, sending either a princess or a prince to lead their delegations.
For the Sun Moon Empire, Crown Prince Xu Tianran and Princess Xu Tianzhen represented the royal family together at Spirit Hall's founding ceremony.
Beyond its ties to the Four Great Empires,