Chapter 624: Marriage alliance, an unexpected turn, the Water Sovereign Body—"Please vote with your monthly tickets!"
The plaza on Azure Cloud Peak.
It lay halfway up the mountain, yet was already above the sea of clouds.
Looking out into the distance.
All around, clouds rolled in a vast sea, pierced by ten thousand rays of golden light.
Mountaintops rose above it, their tips exposed.
Tables stood in orderly rows across the plaza, while Azure Cloud Sect disciples moved among them, serving spirit fruit and spirit wine.
"Fellow Daoist Xu, you're here."
Vast Sun True Lord rose and cupped his hands slightly.
"Fellow Daoist Vast Sun, congratulations on reaching the nascent soul late stage." Xu Chuan returned the salute.
Xu Wenxiao and Xu Mingyuan also paid their respects.
"It took far longer than I originally expected. Sorry for the wait, Fellow Daoist Xu."
"You worry too much, Fellow Daoist Vast Sun. If cultivation always went as we expected, none of us would need to train so painstakingly or search everywhere for opportunities."
"You see things clearly, Fellow Daoist Xu. Please, take a seat."
Xu Chuan nodded slightly and cupped his hands toward the other Nascent Soul Cultivators before finding a place to sit.
There was not a single Golden Core cultivator in the Nascent Soul section.
Thus, Xu Mingyuan and Xu Wenxiao were both assigned to the Golden Core section.
Over in the Golden Core section, some young Foundation Establishment cultivators accompanied their elders.
Half a quarter of an hour later.
Zhang Daoran, Zhang Xuanzhi, and Ji Baiyi arrived together.
More than thirty years had passed.
Zhang Xuanzhi was still at golden core perfection.
Only a dozen or so people had reached Nascent Soul after the last Heavenly Pride Gathering. The rest remained stuck at the Nascent Soul bottleneck.
Others had