Sword Opens Heavenly Gate

The solemn, majestic proclamation drifted slowly across the vast plaza, making the already reverent atmosphere grow ever denser.

In the stands, countless Sword Sect disciples stared feverishly at the white-haired Sword Immortal in the center, their rapidly pounding hearts seeming to accelerate even further.

The temperature across the entire plaza was quietly falling. It seemed as though the ear-grating sound of ice forming echoed through the air as Zhou Qingyan gradually pushed the fluctuations of Magic Power within her body to their peak.

Though this woman, regarded as a legend within the Sword Sect, remained silent throughout, her presence was incomparably intense, like an iceberg that had never melted since time immemorial.

"She truly was an extraordinary sword-path prodigy..." Cao Ming gazed deeply at the white-robed woman in the arena, unable to stop a trace of admiration from rising in his heart.

Just the imposing aura she displayed while sitting cross-legged in meditation was enough to leave the entire Yushan Nine Luminaries Division unable to find anyone fit to be mentioned in the same breath as her.

If only Ye Li truly were a Retainer General of his Yushan Nine Luminaries Division. Then he would not feel such immense pressure from the vast gap between the younger generation.

The Sword Sect Old Ancestor who had risen earlier curled his lips slightly and proclaimed once more, his words now carrying added severity:

"Sword Opens Heavenly Gate!"

The first stage of the Sword Master Ceremony required eight hundred core disciples and the newly appointed Sword Master to join forces and awaken the Sword Gate, thereby opening the ascending dragon staircase of the Primordial Abyss Divine Sword.

As the treasure sword once wielded by a supreme master of the sword path, merely opening this first heavenly barrier required an enormous output of Magic