Three months later.
A spectacle even grander than three months before, a human tide even more surging, converged from every faction in the Eternal Immortal Realm!
Hundreds of millions of powerful cultivators descended upon the Heaven's Pride Battlefield once more!
Unlike three months before, when heroes had stood on every side, the entire layout of the viewing stands had changed completely!
The factions led by the Celestial Court occupied the western stands, their presence overwhelming.
The rulers of all Ten Great Heaven Realms were present. Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals had come in droves, and countless Celestial Court cultivators packed the area so tightly that not even water could pass through.
Around the Celestial Court stood many mighty factions beholden to it. Their banners mingled with its war flags, blotting out the sun and filling the sky with their might.
But on the eastern side of the stands, the scene was entirely different!
Most of the eastern seats were empty!
Because everyone knew those seats belonged to the Human Realm!
At this stage of the Heaven's Pride Tournament, everyone understood: this was a clash between two supreme powers!
The Celestial Court and the Human Realm!
Every other faction was merely a backdrop!
So anyone aligned with the Celestial Court, or unwilling to fall out with it, would rather squeeze into the western stands than dare stand in the east!
Of course, there were exceptions!
Some factions dared to break with it!
The Blood Moon Immortal Sect, for instance!
The Blood Moon Ancestor sat down opposite the Celestial Court with his sect's cultivators, his face expressionless. Yet when his gaze swept toward the Celestial Court, a hatred carved into his bones burned deep in his eyes.
Li Wujin had been their holy son, and the Celestial Court had killed him.
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