When Liu Changxu and his wife, Yang Qingxue, reached the Glazed Palace on Ten Thousand Springs Mountain and entered its towering, majestic Council Hall, they found more than thirty Nascent Soul Cultivators already gathered inside.
Since the three Spirit Transformation mighty cultivators had yet to arrive, everyone sat on futons in the hall, chatting in twos and threes with their heads close together.
Seeing Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue arrive hand in hand, they all greeted the couple warmly.
"Congratulations on advancing to the Nascent Soul late stage, junior brother! What wonderful news!"
Zhang Yufeng greeted Liu Changxu and his wife with great enthusiasm.
After exchanging brief pleasantries with everyone, Liu Changxu and Yang Qingxue found futons not far from Zhang Yufeng and sat down.
More Nascent Soul True Lords arrived one after another.
Liu Changxu noticed that most of them were at the Nascent Soul middle stage or above. Clearly, this was an important meeting.
Before long, the three Grand Supreme Elders at the Spirit Transformation Stage—Jiang Xuefeng, Gao Shanhe, and Yu Qiuming—glided into the hall and took their seats at its head.
"We pay our respects to the Grand Supreme Elders!"
"Please dispense with the formalities, fellow Daoists! We have summoned you today to discuss a matter of great importance.
"As you may already know, Golden Bowl Island was attacked by the Black Tiger Whale clan a few days ago, and hundreds of millions of humans were slaughtered!
"Golden Bowl Island was not the only target. Several other islands our Azure Cloud Sect holds in the Southern Sea were also attacked by large hordes of Sea Monsters. Immortal Cities on multiple islands suffered devastating losses.
"Clearly, the Sea Monsters' leaders have launched a new beast tide against us!
"I have already reported this to the sect, and