The Ancient Dao royal family would hold a Bright Night Banquet the night before the coronation ceremony. The banquet would start at sunset and end at dawn. The people attending the banquet would participate in the grand ceremony.
At this banquet, the Ancient Dao Emperor would come out with the Empress. It could be said that this was the first time the Empress would appear before everyone.
After receiving the blessings of everyone at the banquet, the Empress would leave, but the Ancient Dao Emperor would stay with everyone until the end of the banquet.
The place where the banquet was held was the large square outside the palace. Under the setting sun, countless palace servants had set up a large number of pine tables. From a distance, there were several tables densely packed together.
These tables formed a fan shape, as if they were bowing to the main palace.
In the sky above the Imperial Palace, there were hundreds of small platforms floating in the air. On each platform, there were close to 100 tables, which were used to entertain the guests.
As time passed, the sound of drums echoed through the entire palace. The sound reached the heavens and rumbled. At the center of the palace, there was a huge drum that was hundreds of feet wide. It was unknown what kind of beast skin the drum was made from, but it gave off an ancient aura as well as a murderous aura.
There were nine people in black floating above the drum. None of them were weak, they were comparable to Empyrean Exalts!
Every time the drum boomed, the nine of them attacked at the same time. The power of the nine of them gathered into a huge illusory palm in the sky and slapped on the huge drum.
The sound of the drum echoed across the palace but didn't dissipate. It spread out like a ripple until it shrouded the entire sky and the giant platforms outside the city.
All the Ancient clan members here heard it.
Every now and then, the booming sounds would rise up, turning into countless echoes that continued for a long time. Just when the drums were about to weaken, a new sound would resound through the nine heavens once more.
When the third beat of the drum echoed, more people came from the palace. They were so dense that it was impossible to see how many there were. However, all of them were powerful. Although they weren't comparable to Empyrean Exalts, they were as strong as third step cultivators.
As the drum sounded, these people chose their own tables and sat down. They smiled and chatted with each other. At this moment, the entire square buzzed and looked very lively.
In the sky, when the fifth beat of the drum echoed, rays of light arrived. There were people from the Ancient Dao clan and people from the other two clans. Some of them chose to sit at the tables in the square while others chose to sit at the tables on the hundreds of platforms floating in the sky.
More and more people arrived. When the seventh reverberation of the drum echoed, the entire sky under the setting sun was split apart by thousands of long arcs. It felt as if the sky was about to shatter, and at the same time, the thousands of long arcs turned into groups of clan members who took their seats.
At the same time, after the thousands of rainbows all sat down, 108 dazzling auroras suddenly flew over from the distance and instantly turned into 108 Daji Clan members wearing white armor!
The 108 clansmen bowed toward the entire palace before descending to the table near the front of the main hall. After making their choices, they sat down cross-legged with calm expressions on their faces.
"Ancient Dao 108 Restrictions!!"
"The Dao Ji clan is divided into Restriction, Divine, Fiend, King, and Immortal General!
Now that these 108 restrictions have appeared, I believe the latter will come one after another! "
"Rumor has it that these 108 restrictions are filled with killing intent and are filled with killing intent. That's why they can be named restrictions!"
The whispers were drowned out by the thunderous rumbles, but they couldn't hide the gazes that swept by the 108 people. There was envy, gloominess, and scrutiny in those gazes.
As soon as the one hundred and eight people appeared, seventy-two whirlwinds sprang up from the ground outside the Imperial Palace. Each whirlwind contained a person, and all of them shot toward the Imperial Palace's square.
A powerful pressure descended, enveloping both the inside and outside of the palace. The seventy-two tornadoes closed in. There were men and women, old and young, but without exception, all of them had the auras of God, Demon, and Devil Sages. Looking at their eyes and foreheads, all of them had 27 stars!!
"72 Saints!
The 72 Holy Bloodlines that have contributed so much to the Ancient Dao clan! "
"I have long heard that the 72 Holy Bloodlines of the Ancient Dao clan have 72 people every generation, no more, no less. These 72 bloodlines have been protecting the Ancient Dao for countless years!"
As the discussions echoed, a thunderous rumble echoed. It was the eighth beat of the drum!
As the sound of the drum echoed in the air, the ground trembled, as if there was an earth dragon moving about. At the same time, thirty-six blood-red long arcs suddenly descended from the sky where the sun was about to set. In an instant, the sky was dyed crimson, causing the sun to disappear and be covered up.
"36 Whips!!"
"The Ancient Dao clan's famous 36 Whips. They are the personal guards of the Ancient Dao royal family. They gathered all the resources and power of the Ancient Dao clan to create 36 powerful guards for each generation of emperors!!"
"I heard that they are like death soldiers. As long as the Ancient Dao Emperor gives the order, they will self-destruct!"
"What kind of 36 whips are these? They are clearly 36 Fiends!"
36 burly men walked out from the red light. They were covered in red mist, making it impossible to see their appearances. After they appeared, they bowed toward the main palace and sat down before the 72 Saints.
The sound of the drum still echoed, and after the 36 people sat down, the Ancient Dao Kings. It is said that each of them is very powerful, and 12 of them usually don't return to the capital. They guard the 12 countries! "
An uproar broke out when the 18 demonic dragons appeared. In the distance, still a distance away from the palace, Wang Lin stood there and looked into the distance.
When the 18 demonic dragons appeared, they attracted the origin energy of the world. They formed a vortex that seemed to form a storm that could stop divine sense from gathering.
"18 Ancient Dao Kings … I wonder if Ye Mo was one of them … Perhaps I'll see him at the banquet."
Wang Lin rubbed his chin. After he came to the Ji Dao Clan, he didn't stay for long. Now that he had returned, he had gone into closed door cultivation for three months, so he didn't have time to find Ye Mo's descendants.
However, he had always kept this matter in mind.
After a moment of silence, the eighth drum beat echoed in the sky, and a violent rumble suddenly appeared. It drowned out the drum beat, drowned out the voices of the nearly ten thousand people talking, and attracted everyone's attention. Eighteen huge cracks were suddenly torn open in the sky, and eighteen pairs of black and red claws had appeared out of thin air!
Roars shook the heavens. When everyone's gazes turned towards the sky, they saw 18 black and red dragons crawling out of the 18 cracks!
These 18 dragons gave off shocking demonic energy. They were demonic dragons that used the aura of auspicious demonic beasts!
The 18 pairs of silver eyes gave off endless demonic energy, making the 18 dragons look extremely ferocious. After they appeared, they circled the sky and formed a giant vortex.
"18 Ancient Dao Kings!!"
"There are no anchors, they are the mounts of my 18 Ancient Dao Kings. The appearance of these 18 demonic dragons means the 18 Ancient Dao Kings have arrived!
"Below the Ancient Dao Emperor are the 18 Dao Kings of the royal family. Wang Lin walked toward the palace at a leisurely pace. However, the closer he got, the more intense the feeling of fear became.
This state wasn't caused by danger, but an indescribable feeling. With Wang Lin's cultivation level, he could sense things that were important to him ahead of time.
However, no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't figure out what was going to happen at the banquet.
As Wang Lin walked forward with a frown, the 18 demonic dragons descended from the sky. If one looked closely, they would see that there was a person standing on each of their heads!
There were a total of eighteen people. They all looked different, but there were some faint similarities. They were dressed in official robes and looked quite dignified. These eighteen people's bodies flashed and they got off the demonic dragon at the same time. They landed on the square closest to the main hall and sat down one by one.
The moment they sat down, the 18 demonic dragons let out roars and disappeared into the crack in the sky. The crack also disappeared, causing the sun to return to normal.
At this moment, the ninth drumbeat echoed across the world and fused with the previous eight drumbeats, creating a rare rumbling sound. This sound was enough to shake the Earth Cultivators to death. Even the bodies of the ancient clan members would find it difficult to not be injured by this sound. However, what was strange was that although everyone heard this sound, their bodies weren't affected at all.
Wang Lin walked forward and arrived above the palace after the ninth beat of the drum. He looked up at the sky and his pupils shrank slightly.
Nine rays of black light suddenly descended from the sky. At first glance, these rays of black light were like giant pillars that seemed to be supporting the world so that it wouldn't collapse. As they descended, layers of black ripples spread out. In an instant, the nine rays of black light descended and turned into nine giant men wearing black armor!
These nine people gave off a thick, murderous aura. In fact, it was possible to see countless vengeful spirits circling their bodies. They didn't go to the main hall. Instead, after looking at each other, they walked towards the nine tables in front of the sixteen kings.
In front of them, there were four more desks!
"Immortal Generals!!"
"They should be the nine great immortal generals of the Ancient Dao clan!!"
"Nine Ascendant Empyreans comparable to the celestial clan that passed the Shi San level of the Empyrean Trial!
In particular, one of them has the power to pass through the 14th palace! "
Wang Lin withdrew his gaze and walked forward as the ninth beat of the drum echoed.
His appearance immediately attracted the attention of many people in the area!