The Li Heavenly Clan's army had assembled here, yet Chu Youyuan couldn't see a single one of them.
Just like Chu Youyuan and Ying Mingchao's trio, they were currently standing atop that plain.
However, what the Li Heavenly Clan members could see was only the plain itself—Chu Youyuan and the others were nowhere to be found.
It turned out that the image projected by the Gate to the Upper Realm only showed people which upper realm lay on the other side. It did not capture everyone within.
At this moment, more and more people had gathered within the Li Heavenly Clan. Not only were there members of the younger generation, but the older generation far outnumbered them.
Leading the group were two elders—a man and a woman.
Both were extremely old, so ancient that not a single tooth remained in their mouths. Their skin was wrinkled to a terrifying degree, their spines too bent to stand straight, and the hair on their heads had grown incredibly sparse.
They looked like corpses that had crawled straight out of a coffin.
Yet their auras were extraordinarily vast and deep, far surpassing that of Chu Youyuan and even the Grand Elders of the Chu Heavenly Clan.
"My Lords, the Clan Master is currently in seclusion. What course of action should we take regarding this matter?"
"This concerns the survival of our Li Heavenly Clan. Please, My Lords, render your decision."
One after another, the crowd behind them dropped to their knees in unison.
These were no younglings, nor were they ordinary people. Every last one of them was an elder of the Li Heavenly Clan—no one whose status or strength could be taken lightly.
Yet right now, their faces were masks of worry. In their anxiety, they began pressing the two elders for an answer.
"What is there to be nervous about? Our Li Heavenly Clan is, at the very least, one of the ten great heavenly clans of the Ancestral Martial Star Domain."
"All this fuss over the opening of a single Gate to the Upper Realm? Look at yourselves!"
"This is utterly disgraceful!"
The old woman's cold rebuke sent tremors rippling through the very void, causing it to hum and buzz.
Under her reprimand, every member of the Li Heavenly Clan immediately fell silent.
As it turned out, the Li Heavenly Clan did not yet know which upper realm lay on the other side of the Gate.
They were worried that it might lead to a power far stronger than their own. If that were the case, things would become extremely unfavorable for them.
At this moment, both elders held a scroll in their hands. Within each scroll was a formation that shifted and changed in response to their gaze. Faintly, one could make out that it was a map.
"It's confirmed—the Great Thousand Upper Realm, ruled by the Chu Heavenly Clan."
The old man rolled up his scroll and spoke, gazing at the Gate to the Upper Realm before him.
"It is indeed the Great Thousand Upper Realm."
Right after, the old woman also put away her scroll.
However, unlike the old man, once she confirmed which upper realm lay on the other side, a smile curved across the old woman's lips.
It was not merely a smile of relief—it was a smile of joy.
And after hearing the words of the two Grand Elders, every single person present from the Li Heavenly Clan—whether from the older generation or the younger—was overcome with wild elation.
The corners of their mouths rose in arcs identical to that of the old woman.