Meanwhile, Xu Taiping sent a voice transmission to Huo Xuan and the other three Commanders-in-Chief of the Four Symbols Army:
"Elder Huo, please see that the civilians on the battlefield are properly settled. Once matters here are concluded, I will find a way to send them back to their homelands."
Soon, Huo Xuan's voice rang out in Xu Taiping's mind:
"Rest assured, Taiping Divine General. We four Commanders-in-Chief have already begun settling these civilians with Zhang Tianze and the other battle generals."
"The tents and provisions stockpiled by the armies of the four directions are enough to sustain them for a long time."
"Taiping Divine General, focus on the Heaven-Treading Contest without worry."
As a Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the four directions, Huo Xuan understood all too well the importance of the Heaven-Treading Contest to the human race and to all of Shangqing.
Hearing this, Xu Taiping was immediately reassured and replied by message transmission:
"Thank you all for your efforts, Elder Huo."
Boom...!!
Just as Xu Taiping spoke, a dazzling, blinding golden light suddenly descended from the sky.
This time, the golden light did not fall among Xu Taiping and the other battle generals, but instead landed at the edge of the battlefield.
An uproar immediately swept through the cultivators.
Heavenly Lord Xuanbei asked in bewilderment:
"Aren't the Shangqing Realm's most powerful cultivators all on this battlefield? Why would this golden light fall outside it?"
Boom! Boom, boom...!
While everyone looked on curiously, a series of air-splitting booms rang out, and an aged figure appeared before their eyes.
At that moment, the golden light fell squarely upon him.
"Who is this man?"
"If the Heavenly Dao Edict chose him, he shouldn't be some nameless nobody."
Discussion erupted among the crowd.
Yet both Xu Taiping's and Lin Buyu's expressions