Outside the Sword Forest, a sea of people had already gathered.
Roughly half of the Celestial Profound Sect disciples who had received the news—those who weren't in seclusion or out on trials—had come. The crowd was even larger than on Preaching Day, and the disciples' cultivation was generally higher.
This was because it was a grand occasion the likes of which Cloud Conceal Peak hadn't seen in nine years. It had been that long since any disciple had managed to break into the 5th Layer of the Sword Forest. And today was the day Lu Wushuang, a True Disciple of the Celestial Profound Sect's Cloud Conceal Peak, would make his attempt.
