Early in the morning, the sun shone brightly and brightly, dispelling the darkness. The early risers gradually made Floating Cloud City bustling with noise. Shops opened one after another, especially the food street on the west side of the city, the sound of yelling could be heard everywhere.
The youtiao that was picked up from the boiling hot oil, the white bread that was revealed from the pots and steamers, as well as snacks like tofu pudding, caused this street to be bustling with noise every morning.
Ceng Shuishan's stall sold wine. Although it was early in the morning, the Zeng Family's wine was light and refreshing. Drinking it early in the morning would make one feel refreshed instead of intoxicated, so it was quite popular.
Ceng Shuishan, who was in his fifties, sat to the side with a tobacco pipe in his hand. His wrinkled face revealed a smile as he watched his assistants busy themselves.
A middle-aged man who had just bought a jug of wine shook the jug in his hand and took a big gulp. He smiled at Old Man Zeng and said, "Uncle Zeng, your wine doesn't taste as good as before. Is it lacking in ingredients?"
Old Man Zeng glared at him and took a puff from his tobacco pipe. He snorted and said, "Nonsense, my Zeng Family's wine …"
Before Old Man Zeng could finish, the middle-aged man smiled and said, "Your Zeng Family's wine has been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. It is said that in the earliest days, it was even tasted and praised by an immortal. Uncle Zeng, you have to say these words almost every day. Fine, I still have to go to work, so I won't listen to you anymore." The middle-aged man took the wine and left with a smile.
"What does this little brat know? My Zeng Family's wine was indeed tasted by an immortal for more than 60 years more than 1,000 years ago!" Old Man Zeng took a puff from his tobacco pipe and muttered to himself.
His family still had a few wooden carvings that had more than 1,000 years of history. The carvings depicted the Zeng Family's first ancestor in Floating Cloud City and an immortal with a blurry face!
There was a legend passed down from generation to generation in the Zeng Family. According to the legend, the Zeng Family wasn't originally from Floating Cloud City but had migrated here during a snowstorm.
The legend also said that the Zeng Family's ancestor had lived with that immortal for more than 60 years and was the benefactor of the Zeng Family.
"Our ancestor, Daniu, lived to 137 years old. Before he passed away, he still couldn't forget that immortal. This matter has been passed down from generation to generation. How could it be fake?"
Narrowing his eyes, Old Man Zeng tapped his tobacco pipe on the ground and looked up at the sky with pride.
But soon, he rubbed his eyes and carefully looked at the sky. Gradually, his mouth opened wide.
The sky was originally clear and sunny, but in the blink of an eye, huge ripples that could be seen with the naked eye swept out in all directions like waves.
The rumbling of thunder reverberated through the air, instantly silencing the noisy street. Everyone raised their heads to look at the sky, panic in their eyes.
Soon after, as the ripples continued to spread in all directions, many long arcs suddenly appeared in the sky and rapidly descended like shooting stars!
These rainbows easily broke through the layer of astral winds in the sky to transform into cultivators.
"Immortal … Celestials!!"
The mortals on the ground all exclaimed and began to tremble. Some of them quickly hid in their houses and didn't dare to come out.
"Don't disturb these mortals. Quickly gather at the Sea of Devils!"
A majestic voice echoed like thunder. At the same time, the cultivators that descended didn't stop and quickly flew off into the distance.
At the same time, the same scene appeared in almost every corner of the sky above Suzaku. The shocking change in the sky caused the mortal kingdoms to panic. They all stared at the sky dumbfoundedly, their bodies trembling, and they didn't know what to do.
Fortunately, these immortals that descended from the sky did not harm the mortals. Instead, they immediately left as soon as they appeared.
The native cultivators of the Suzaku also noticed this, but none of them dared to fly up to question them. Not even those at the Soul Formation or Soul Transformation stage dared to do so!
Any one of the foreign cultivators flying through the sky possessed a cultivation base so profound that it could cause one's heart to tremble. Not to mention, there were quite a number of them who could cause one's mind to collapse with just a glance.
Even the few Ascendant cultivators on planet Suzaku stared at the sky with shock in their hearts!
Zhou Wutai's expression was gloomy. Only a few of the rays of light in the sky could be resisted by him. Just the aura of the majority of them made him suck in a breath of cold air.
Fortunately, although these cultivators came from many different forces, none of them paid any attention to the native cultivators of the Suzaku. Instead, they charged toward the Sea of Devils at an extremely fast speed.
The entire sky seemed to be covered by the densely packed rainbows. A moment later, gigantic shadows slowly appeared in the sky. The sun in the distance was also covered by a gigantic shadow. Gradually, the land was plunged into half-darkness.
Those shadows were the palaces of the Thunder Celestial Temple. They didn't descend on the Suzaku but surrounded the space around the Suzaku. After all, the Suzaku was already half-abandoned and couldn't withstand the fluctuations of the Thunder Celestial Temple's descent.
Shortly after these shadows appeared, coffins descended from the sky. There were large and small coffins, and they were surrounded by a large amount of cultivators.
Along the way to the Sea of Devils, there were naturally cultivators that saw a giant statue on the ground. This statue belonged to the Cloud Sky Sect.
An arrogant Luo Tian cultivator saw such a giant statue on a small cultivation planet. After taking a closer look, he found that the statue looked familiar. He didn't think too much and let out a cold snort. As he passed by, he was about to destroy the statue.
However, just as his right hand was about to fall, a feminine voice came from behind him.
"Stop!"
The cultivator was startled. He turned around and said, "Xi Zifeng, what is the meaning of this?"
The woman who spoke was Xi Zifeng. She coldly looked at the arrogant cultivator and calmly said, "Look carefully at the statue and see who it is!"
With that, she no longer paid any attention to the cultivator and looked at the statue with a complicated expression. She let out a sigh in her heart and left.
The arrogant cultivator frowned and looked at the statue. The more he looked at it, the more familiar it looked. A moment later, it was as if a bolt of lightning had flashed through his mind. His eyes widened, he gasped, and he exclaimed, "This is … Thunder Celestial Xu Mu!"
Although the Luo Tian had removed Wang Lin's right to become the Thunder Celestial, Wang Lin's battle to become the Thunder Celestial was very famous. It was not something that could be forgotten in just a few hundred years.
The arrogant cultivator felt his scalp go numb. He knew that Xu Mu's Daoist title was the Demon Daoist, and he possessed monstrous slaughter. He was far from someone he could afford to offend. Moreover, Xu Mu's act of destroying a statue was a bit too sinister and senseless. So, he didn't say a single word before turning around and dashing away.
Master Flamespark and company also recognized the statue, as well as people from the Shiyin Sect. After the order was passed down, no one had any thoughts of destroying the statue.
Shiyin, Luo Tian, and the various Cultivation Alliances all gathered at Suzaku. They all rushed toward the Sea of Devils after obtaining the information they needed!
The Suzaku wasn't big, so they quickly charged into the Sea of Devils as the cultivators teleported.
In truth, there weren't many cultivators from the various sects that entered the Suzaku Sect. In total, there were less than 7,000 people. They were the first group to investigate. After all, although the jade Wang Lin gave them was very reliable, they still needed to verify it.
Even more cultivators filled the area around Suzaku. They were clearly separated as they waited for the first group of people to bring back the news.
All the restrictions to enter the Land of the Ancient God were useless in the eyes of the first group of cultivators. They were like a hot knife through butter as they approached the Land of the Ancient God. However, just as these cultivators charged through the restrictions outside the Shattered Star Ring and arrived at the entrance of the Land of the Ancient God …
Shrill roars immediately came from the entrance of the oval circle of light. The entrance was the first checkpoint to enter the Land of the Ancient God. In the seemingly endless, pitch-black abyss, there were originally many cone-shaped boulders floating. However, at this moment, these boulders suddenly collapsed one by one. In the pitch-black abyss below, pairs of ferocious eyes suddenly flashed.
This was the place where Wang Lin almost died and where the Thunder Frog first appeared. At this moment, an unknown amount of fierce beasts had gathered and were quietly waiting.
Roars came from the entrance to the Land of the Ancient God in the Sea of Devils. This caused all of the surrounding cultivators to pause, but it didn't make them stop. One by one, the cultivators charged into the light.
In the endless abyss, the moment the first cultivator appeared, a ray of red light shot out from the dark abyss. Just as the cultivator was about to move, a powerful crimson electric current shot out from the abyss and landed on the cultivator in the blink of an eye.
This person's body trembled and went numb for a moment. However, just at this moment, the red light closed in. It was a giant red python that devoured the cultivator.
This action was like a signal to start a massacre. Roars suddenly rang out, and ferocious beasts charged out of the abyss in a frenzy. They began a battle of life and death with the cultivators that entered the abyss one after another!
At this moment, blood rained down from the abyss, causing the fierce beasts to become even more ferocious. As more and more cultivators charged in, the fluctuations of origin energy caused by the slaughter gradually alerted a sleeping existence deep within the abyss, a place that not even Wang Lin had explored before.
Two blood-red eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the distance and stare at the group of cultivators in the distance.
At the same time, in the blood sea within the Land of the Ancient God, the red-haired Tuo Sen's fingers gently slid on the ground, emitting an ear-piercing sound. He slowly raised his head and a cruel smile appeared on his ferocious face. He slowly raised his right hand and fiercely clawed at the ground beside him!