"What's going on? Why hasn't the Academy opened after all this time?"
"I heard fellow cultivators from another realm are coming, so we need to wait! Apparently, they're from a branch academy outside the Yin-Yang Realm."
"No wonder. The Academy is planning something big this time!"
Understanding dawned on the youths, and they turned their attention back to the prodigies sparring in the arena.
"Um... well... hello, fellow cultivator!"
The young woman from the Golden Crow clan addressed a youth watching the matches.
"Greetings, fairy maiden. May I ask where you're from and who your family members are? I'm Zhou Qian. Would you be willing to tell me your lovely name?"
The youth, annoyed at having his spectating interrupted, turned and saw a peerless beauty with golden hair like silk. His displeasure was practically flung into his previous life, and the intentions behind his words were obvious to every passerby.
"I'm from the Immortal Domain!"
The Golden Crow maiden spoke with a grave expression. Her pride in coming from the Immortal Domain had vanished entirely. The strength displayed by the peers sparring before her all but crushed theirs. Some even unleashed divine abilities that placed them under boundless pressure. Most frightening of all, there were whole crowds of such people. Her fellow clansmen were no better off than she was.
The Golden Crow clan-no, even the direct descendants of Immortal Kings-could be suppressed here. It was beyond imagination. They had no grounds for pride.
"What?"
"The Immortal Domain? That legendary homeland of immortals?"
"The Immortal Domain really exists?"
"Beings from the Immortal Domain have come to the Nine Heavens? Wonderful, wonderful! Come, come, let's have a proper spar!"
Almost everyone in the plaza stopped fighting and gathered around. Some had never believed the legends of the Immortal Domain, but now