East Sea.
The old man praying by the street suddenly stopped his begging. The clouded look in his eyes vanished, his hunched back straightened, and he dropped the bowl in his hand.
He turned and walked into an alley, disappearing from sight.
"Damn it, the day is finally here."
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Western Desert.
A crow pecking at the carcass of a wild boar by a creek suddenly froze. It raised its head to look somewhere into the void, a blood-red light welling up in its eyes. With a slight tap of its claws, it beat its wings and vanished into the void.
"Tastes like death. Old Dog Zhao, you really screwed up."
After the crow left, the wild boar carcass by the river instantly turned to ash, as if weathered by a century of decay.
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Penglai Divine Temple.
Ever since the Penglai Divine Temple was established, it had never welcomed so many people at once.
The dense, churning crowd stood under the gaze of the guardians, not daring to make a single sound.
Yet their eyes kept straying uncontrollably toward the Divine Miracle stone.
It was this very stele that had birthed myth after myth across the Cultivation World.
"I'll make things clear beforehand: we have already informed you of the risks. Once you go in, there is no turning back."
"When the thousand-man ruins close, follow the holders of the Divine Miracle Tokens from your respective academies back to the teleportation point, and return to the temple together. This is the only way back for those without Divine Miracle Tokens."
The Divin…
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