About another hour passed, and almost all the prodigies had arrived in the great hall.
A female disciple dressed in black walked onto the platform at the front and addressed the crowd. "Prodigies, please quiet down. Silence, please!"
The bustling crowd below finally lowered their voices.
The great hall fell silent.
The woman said, "The reception will now officially begin. Please rise and welcome the Demon Emperors!"
Rustle...
As soon as the woman finished speaking, everyone rose from their seats.
Behind the platform where the Black-Clad Woman stood, sacred light began shining from the dozens of jade lotus pedestals.
Then, on one of the raised platforms, a Great Emperor wearing a fiery-red Daoist robe revealed his form.
One!
Two!
Three!
Great Emperors appeared one after another, each standing a thousand zhang tall.
These were not their actual bodies, merely their Dharma Manifestations.
A Great Emperor's Dharma Manifestation could easily reach three thousand zhang, and those of some Demon Emperors at the peak of the Mahayana Emperor Realm could even reach ten thousand zhang.
However, because the space inside the great hall was limited, the True Bodies of the Dharma Manifestation they revealed had been scaled down accordingly, each standing only a thousand zhang tall.
Magnificent radiance surged toward them, accompanied by countless streams of Daoist law.
He Pingsheng swept his gaze over them.
The True Bodies of the Dharma Manifestation came in all varieties: phoenixes, celestial foxes, divine apes, peacocks, and more!
He Pingsheng even spotted a human among the many Dharma Manifestations.
That human cultivator wore a fiery-red Daoist robe, with a cluster of golden flames burning above his head. With swordlike brows and star-bright eyes, he looked quite like an immortal sage.
He Pingsheng knew that this human was most likely the Immortal God Emperor.
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