When Su Bai and Yun Xuan stepped into the Eighth Layer, the battle was already nearing its end.
As far as the eye could see, Heaven Gate City, once majestic and towering, had been reduced to broken walls and shattered ruins, smoke and dust blanketing the ground.
Golden sword light still crisscrossed the sky. Heavenly Dao Sect disciples were hunting down the remaining Heaven Gate disciples.
The Eighth Layer was more than ten times as prosperous as the Ninth Layer. Powerful experts gathered like clouds, with Immortal Lords stationed here, thousands of Golden Immortals, and countless Profound Immortals.
True Immortals no longer had the qualifications to establish a sect and become patriarchs here.
They were existences the Ninth Layer had once needed to look up to!
But now...
The banner of the Heavenly Dao Sect was rising here!
A billion disciples were spread throughout the area. Some hunted down the remaining Heaven Gate disciples, some detained captives, some counted the spoils, and some treated the wounded. Everything proceeded in perfect order.
"Sect Master!"
"Elder Yun!"
Upon noticing Su Bai and Yun Xuan, several disciples immediately bowed in salute.
As the voices spread, more and more disciples stopped what they were doing and saluted in Su Bai's direction.
Su Bai gave a slight nod, his gaze sweeping over the battlefield.
He saw Su Hu.
At that moment, Su Hu stood before the palace at the highest point of Heaven Gate City, gazing into the distance.
That was the deeper region of the Eighth Layer!
Lu Ming stood beside him, likewise looking into the distance.
"Sect Master!"
"The Sect Master has arrived!"
More and more disciples noticed Su Bai's arrival and stopped to salute him.
Their eyes held not only reverence for their Sect Master, but something even deeper.
It was the