Like this, various scenes unfolded across the Heaven Immortal Sect.
Sword peaks, beast peaks, libraries, arenas, hidden caves – everywhere, strange figures emerged.
Talents appeared one after another, each bizarre, each exceptional, each walking a path that felt exceptionally strong.
And yet, there was one detail that unsettled everyone who paid attention.
Not a single one of them possessed Tier Four cultivation.
They were strong.
Terrifyingly so.
But they all lingered below that threshold.
Many whispered that these were children of ancient experts, deliberately suppressing their cultivation to play pranks on the sect.
Others suspected the opening of Ascension Realm prematurely.
But those rumors were quickly dismissed.
Because such "exceptions" were no longer rare.
They were appearing daily.
And when anomalies cease to be anomalies, only one conclusion remains.
Something enormous was approaching.
It was as if the sect itself was holding its breath.
