Clang! Clang! Clang! 0

Nine consecutive rings of the bell echoed across the sect grounds. A white jade plaza hung in midair behind Heavenly Sword Peak, and the disciples of all eight peaks had gathered on it, forming a dense crowd. They stood in orderly rows, each peak occupying its own section.0

The eight peak masters, the elders, ceremonial elders, and administrators all stood around a stage at the center of the plaza.0

Sect Master Lu Kangnian stood at the very front, while everyone else, Qin Xian and Ling Daoyan included, stood behind him.0

Lu Kangnian and the others had reached the late Divine Transformation Realm,...0