Shortly after returning to the Emotionless Dao Main Peak, a grand master-disciple ceremony unfolded in the Sect Plaza.
The whole plaza was lavishly decorated, with a blood-red carpet laid on the black Demon Pattern Stone floor, stretching from the mountain gate to the high platform.
Dozens of black stone pillars stood on either side, with eerie blue Demon Fire burning atop, reflecting the night sky like an Illusion Realm. Hundreds of Spirit Lamps floated in the air, their shadows flickering, casting the figures of countless cultivators below into a dance of light and shadow.
Almost all cultivators above Foundation Establishment in the Emotionless Dao were present, from Outer Disciples to Inner Sect Stewards, and Golden Core Elders alike, uniformly dressed in black Daoist Robes, neatly arranged on either side of the plaza.
