All Factions Gathered

"Fellow cultivators of Golden Cicada Temple have come from afar. Phantom Star Sect has failed to welcome you properly!"

Situ Zhen called out toward the distance with a smile at the corners of his mouth.

"You are too courteous, Fellow Cultivator. To receive Phantom Star Sect's invitation and explore the Heavenly Evolution Secret Realm together is an honor for Golden Cicada Temple."

A clear voice drifted over on the wind. Immediately afterward, forty streaks of light flashed across the sky and landed upon a slightly lower mountaintop beside the peak where the Phantom Star Sect cultivators stood.

All the arrivals were bald monks, with circular precept scars upon their heads and uniform dark-yellow monk robes. They were Buddhist Sect cultivators from Golden Cicada Temple, one of the five great forces.

Yet the leader among them looked entirely different from the rest in both appearance and attire.

He wore an exquisite blue monk's robe. His face was as fair as jade, his features delicate, and his slender crescent brows swept up into his temples. A pearl crown rested atop his head, its countless Primal Chaos jade beads gleaming beneath the sunlight and emitting a pale-blue radiance.

Beneath the pearl crown flowed a head of sapphire-blue hair. Combined with that delicate face, it gave him an indescribable air of charm and sinister allure.

At first glance, he looked less like an eminent monk and more like a demon monk.

Yet his eyes were clear as water, like those of an innocent child. When his gaze flickered, it was bright and sharp, allowing no impurity, no violation, no deception, and even less any trace of evil or sin.

This was none other than Zen Master Shanfa, the leader responsible for the monks of Golden Cicada Temple.

Zen Master Shanfa hovered in the air.