The great sun rose in the east, and mighty winds swept across the land.
Cultivators from every faction poured out of Divine City. By the time they reached the outskirts of the Immortal Ancient Battlefield, the dark clouds had vanished.
Ahead, dozens of figures stood atop a vast bluestone platform, immovable as mountains.
Their expressions were calm, their presence as deep as still waters and as imposing as towering peaks. Blood energy surged from them into the Nine Heavens like great Heaven and Earth Furnaces, eclipsing even the blazing sun overhead.
Only then did the crowd understand. The sudden clearing of the skies was no gift from heaven. These mighty cultivators had stirred the heavens with their auras, scattering the gloom and parting the clouds to reveal the sun.
"Jade Void Gate, Myriad Phenomena Heaven, Universe Sacred Hall, Burial Ground... They really did all come."
Those standing on the platform were the leading figures of the great powers.
Even the weakest among them had reached the peak of the Golden Immortal realm. The laws around them had condensed until they seemed tangible, and they were in no way inferior to Jun Ling Yuan of old.
Yet among such a gathering, they could only stand off to one side, reduced to a supporting role.
Half-Step Daluo powerhouses occupied most of the platform.
The First Elder of Jade Void Gate, the Vice Sect Master of Burial Ground, and the Old Ancestors of several immortal dynasties had all gathered here. The pressure of these near-giants made even the void tremble.
But only ten had reached the very peak of the pyramid and stepped into the realm of Grand Unity Golden Immortals.
They held a station apart, seated firmly at the center like stars unchanged since antiquity, calmly accepting every gaze raised toward them.