After Jiang Chen was teleported out of the trial of the human nature realm, a sudden brightness flashed before his eyes, and he found himself standing atop an ancient altar. The altar was permeated with the vicissitudes of time.
At the base of the altar, a massive array diagram caught his eye. It resembled a complex chessboard, covered in patterns akin to the Five Elements and the Eight Trigrams. Seated quietly cross-legged upon this grand array were eight figures, each occupying a corner as if guarding the ancient altar.
"Who on earth are these people?" Jiang Chen sat upon the sacrificial table in the center of the altar, his gaze sweeping across the eight figures around him. They each wore different garments of various styles, clearly not the attire commonly seen in the present Wuji Immortal Realm. These garments radiated the aura of passing ages.
Chapter 144