Today was the day everyone in Stone Village set out together.
From eighty-year-old elders to children barely a few years old, all of them went. They were not traveling far, yet it felt like a journey.
Except for Willow God, all their spirits had left their bodies.
They had not ascended in broad daylight. The people of Stone Village had gone to the Void God Realm.
Those with cultivation and those without.
Exploiting a loophole in the Void God Realm, Meng Chuan had opened a back door that let the villagers enter and leave.
Today was the day Little Nonpoint would undergo his second and final trial in the Blood Moving Realm.
And this trial was somewhat unusual.
Everyone in Stone Village was family to Little Nonpoint, so Meng Chuan had decided to let them all watch him.
The villagers streamed into the Starting Ground without noticing anything amiss.
Old and young strangers entered the Starting Ground every day. They drew no attention at all.
"Uncle Meng, what am I supposed to do later?" Little Nonpoint asked eagerly.
"Become Number One Under Heaven," Meng Chuan answered calmly.
"Number One Under Heaven in the Blood Moving Realm."
At the Enchanted Cottage, the Fire Emperor, the Stone Emperor, the master of Heaven Mending Pavilion, and a host of other important figures were already waiting outside.
And it was not only the Fire Emperor's Faction alliance. Representatives had also come from the Factions coveting the Enchanted Cottage and relentlessly pressuring the Fire Nation.
Meng Chuan had informed the Fire Emperor in advance when the Enchanted Cottage at the Starting Ground would open.
Today.
The Fire Emperor and his allies had then notified every prominent Faction across the Eight Domains.
They would all take part in this grand occasion.
When notifying those Factions, the