A few days passed in the flick of a finger.
When the first ray of dawn struggled through the leaden spiritual energy clouds above the capital, a long, murderous peal rang out from the deepest recesses of the Qingzhou Examination Prefecture, instantly sweeping through the magnificent Immortal City.
Clang—
This was no ordinary bell marking the hour, but the magical treasure [Heaven-Shaking Bell]!
Its toll carried irresistible laws of heaven and earth and a murderous aura, making every cultivator who heard it shudder inwardly as their blood surged.
Within the Garden of Heroes, the prodigies sitting with their eyes closed opened them together.
The true contest had begun.
The Posthouse gates burst open. Under the coordinated guidance of several Foundation Establishment Realm officials from the Examination Office, more than three hundred peak Foundation Establishment cultivators representing the highest caliber of Qingzhou's Thirty-Six Prefectures marched in a mighty procession onto the broad Imperial Road leading to the Examination Bureau.
This was a terrifying force capable of sweeping through any remote prefecture in Great Zhou.
More than three hundred cultivators at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, more than three hundred monsters nurtured by various powers with countless heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
As they gathered into a torrent and advanced shoulder to shoulder, their mingled auras and towering killing intent, released almost unconsciously, shredded even the clouds above the Imperial Road.
Along the route, the capital's commoners and low-level rogue cultivators gave them a wide berth, standing on either side of the street and gazing up in utter awe at these true dragons, who were about to "carry out heaven's will" and fight for a place in the Purple Abode Realm.
Chu Bai walked at the very front. Not far from him were Gu Yuan, Lin Tingfeng, and Su Qinghan, whom he had