Radiant mists surged, golden light blazed across the world, and the Human Immortal Aspect pierced heaven and earth, drawing countless people to bow in worship.
Before the gates of the Heavenly Immortal Academy, ethereal Dao sounds rang out as well. No one knew where they came from, yet they ceaselessly expounded all manner of principles governing heaven and earth, as though a Human Immortal had descended to preach the Dao and awaken the understanding of all present.
For a time, countless cultivators within and beyond the Heavenly Immortal Academy followed their lead, cultivating through this rare, heaven-sent opportunity in hopes of raising their cultivation another level.
Most of those before the academy gates did the same. Moved by the sight of the Human Immortal Aspect and the Great Dao Heavenly Sound, and aided by the rain of light filling the sky, they entered the Enlightenment Realm one after another, each reaping substantial rewards.
Among them were even Shi Hao, Feng Wu, and the others who had originally stood behind He Mu.
Or rather, as young Heaven's Prides and cultivation prodigies rarely seen in the world, they were far better at seizing an opportunity than ordinary people. Almost the instant it arrived, the two had already sat cross-legged, listening to those ethereal words of the Great Dao to aid their cultivation and comprehension.
At this moment, only the old academy head, whose thoughts were in turmoil, and He Mu, whose cultivation realm stood far above the rest, could remain standing where they were, immune to this influence.
At the same time, both raised their heads and looked into the depths of the Heavenly Immortal Academy, their expressions changing in their own ways at the startling transformation before them.
The old head of the Heavenly Immortal Academy raised his head and