The entire venue fell silent, without so much as a crow's cry or a sparrow's chirp.
At some point, even the Heavenly Prides fighting on the battle platforms had begun exchanging bewildered looks, freezing where they stood.
A quick count of the Heavenly Prides appearing one after another put their number at several hundred.
Nearly fifty of them were even among the top hundred on the Three Rankings!
With their incomparably exalted backgrounds, they could easily have established factions of their own, just as Su Changge had!
Yet for some unknown reason, they had all appeared today, seeking to join Su Changge's Eternal Heavenly Court!
"If I remember correctly... the factions behind these Heavenly Prides are all ancient factions of our Immortal Domain, and they don't have much connection to the Taboo Su Family or the other great factions, do they?"
"More than a dozen of those factions even belong to the Seventy-Two Supreme Heavens or the Thirty-Six Unparalleled Immortal Sects..."
"Heirs of ancient factions like these have always been proud and lofty... why have they all appeared together today?"
"Could it be... that they've also set their sights on the Eternal Heavenly Court's terrifying future potential?"
"..."
However, the heirs of these many ancient worlds paid no attention to the discussions around them.
After all, they had actually appeared together to fulfill an agreement.
Their sect ancestors had personally instructed them beforehand that they had to join the faction Su Changge founded. Naturally, they dared not disobey.
"Oh? Before joining my Eternal Heavenly Court, you all wish to have a match with me first?" Su Changge raised his brows in mild surprise.
He had never dealt with these ancient factions, so their words naturally caught him off guard.
Still, the Heavenly Prides of these factions ranked extremely high on