"Hm...?"
Gu Chenfeng looked at Ling Qianxue beside him, who had suddenly drawn close, a trace of surprise on his face.
For the past two days, she had deliberately kept her distance from him. Why had she suddenly approached now?
Just as he was puzzling over this-
Rumble...!
Suddenly, a tremor came from the direction of Heavenly Origin Mountain.
A thick pillar of rosy light shot skyward from the great hall atop the mountain. Then a vast, majestic presence spilled outward like an ocean, enveloping the Secret Realm.
Every martial artist present felt that the more they looked up, the loftier it became, while they themselves were utterly insignificant.
Beneath this pressure, the Yuan Force between heaven and earth seemed controlled by an invisible "great hand of law," capable of overturning heaven and earth with a flip of its palm.
"A Source Venerable Realm expert!"
Like the many experts present, Gu Chenfeng felt his heart jolt. He knew this must be a Source Venerable Realm expert from the Human Race Alliance's headquarters.
Sure enough, the next moment, a majestic voice resounded throughout the Heavenly Origin Secret Realm:
"The Dao Inquiry Assembly begins! Cultivators of the Three Sects and Six Gates below the Source Emperor Realm, enter the forest from the Secret Realm's boundary at once and begin your training.
"The rewards prepared by the Human Race Alliance and the Nine Great Sects are all within the forest. Rely on your own abilities to seize your opportunities!"
As the voice faded, everyone saw the thick mist and restrictive power at ground level along the Heavenly Origin Secret Realm's boundary slowly recede, revealing a ring-shaped entrance.
At this sight, many Source King Realm Great Grandmaster martial artists from the Nine Great Superpowers looked excited.
This was their opportunity. Unable to wait, they