The strange sight startled the people of the sect. Before long, elders and experts from all quarters emerged to investigate its cause, yet they could sense no trace of any divine ability or spell, nor could they determine whether someone had caused it.
By all rights, the warm climate here, coupled with the late-summer season, made natural snowfall impossible. Yet this blizzard seemed so utterly natural that, although everyone knew something was wrong, none could discover precisely what was wrong with it.
Fortunately, a guard patrol soon arrived with a report. Only then did the searchers hurry to the Teleportation Array, where they found Fang Qianyuan sitting cross-legged on the ground, seemingly absorbed in deep contemplation.
"So it was Grand Elder Fang. Why would he cause these strange phenomena?"
Everyone exchanged bewildered looks.
"He's experiencing an epiphany!" someone with broad knowledge told the others excitedly. "He may be on the verge of ascending to Heaven Tier. Don't disturb him. Cordon off the surrounding area and temporarily close the Teleportation Array."
At present, Fang Qianyuan's ascension was the sect's foremost concern. Thanks to the Public Opinion Hall's tireless publicity and efforts to build momentum, scarcely anyone inside or outside the sect remained unaware of him. Among these elders and experts, too, there were many who regarded him with awe and placed tremendous hopes in him.
"See to it immediately!" the newly arrived elder from the Patrol Guard Hall ordered decisively.
Although he did not fully understand what the sight before him signified, he realized that something extraordinary had happened.
An epiphany was an exceedingly rare state, and interruption was its greatest taboo.
Just then, Fang Qianyuan suddenly rose and said, "I have already comprehended the Dao. There is no need to seal off the array."
His ascension had merely been a