"Heavenly God realm? The Master of the Divine Body Mansion has actually also stepped into the Heavenly God realm?"
At this moment, whether they were martial artists from within the Era of Gods or from the outside world, all of them were thrown into an uproar.
Previously, they had believed that among their generation of martial cultivators, only Jie Tianran possessed strength that could rival a Heavenly God realm powerhouse.
Who would have thought that the Master of the Divine Body Mansion had also stepped into the Heavenly God realm? If that was the case, then the strength of their generation of martial cultivators had been greatly elevated.
"Divine Body Mansion Master, this sort of scum—why not leave him to this old man first?"
Just then, another major figure walked over. It was the Sect Master of the Celestial Immortal Sect.
And as the Celestial Immortal Sect Master spoke, he released a vast and overwhelming aura of pressure, one that was in no way inferior to those two.
"Another Heavenly God realm expert—the Celestial Immortal Sect Master has also stepped into the Heavenly God realm."
Everyone was extremely surprised. After all, prior to this, both the Divine Body Mansion Master and the Celestial Immortal Sect Master had been trapped at the peak of the True God realm for many years.
They had all assumed that these two might spend their entire lives trapped within the True God realm.
Yet who could have imagined that both of them had actually stepped into the Heavenly God realm.
After the Celestial Immortal Sect Master displayed his strength and sensed the astonished gazes of the crowd, he was quite satisfied. Growing even more confident, he turned his gaze toward the Crimson Soul Sect Master: "I am the Sect Master of the Celestial Immortal Sect. If you wish to challenge our generation of martial cultivators, this old man is willing to be your first opponent."
"Divine Body Mansion, Celestial Immortal Sect?"
"You want to be the first to stick your neck out, is that it? Very well—I've taken note of both of you. I'll grant your death wish."
The Crimson Soul Sect Master spoke coldly.
Rumble rumble rumble— However, the moment those words left his lips, that stretch of starry sky began to tremble.
At this moment, everyone was looking around in every direction. Among both the current generation and the ancient generation of martial artists, some had already begun to retreat.
They could all sense that a change was likely about to occur within this stretch of starry sky.
The reason they retreated was that they feared this change might be the disappearance of the invisible barrier that separated the current generation from the ancient one.
If that barrier disappeared, the Crimson Soul Sect Master, who had been spouting threats, would surely make his move.
And a clash between Heavenly God realm powerhouses— they feared being caught in the crossfire.
Sure enough, a change occurred at the location of the barrier.
However, this change was not at their level. It was high above them, far up in the depths of the starry sky overhead.
They could see that the normally unbroken starry sky had suddenly developed a crack. The crack spread rapidly, growing large enough to surpass an entire world.
But the crack did not stop expanding, continuing until its coverage was vast enough to rival an entire star domain.
With a thunderous boom, a tremendous surge of barrier power erupted from within the crack, pouring out like floodwaters released from a dam.
The barrier power quickly filled the crack, forming an elliptical barrier gate.
The size of this barrier gate was even greater than the crack that had preceded it—an entire world looked insignificant before it.
The barrier gate was profoundly dark and clearly in an open state, yet it emanated an overwhelming sense of oppression.
That oppressive force filled everyone with dread, and none dared to approach it rashly.
Because that oppressive force seemed to deliver a clear message to all who felt it: Approach, and die!!
At this moment, everything happening within the Era of Gods kept shattering their understanding of power.
Hummmm— Suddenly, two beams of barrier light shot forth from within the massive barrier gate, one aimed at the current generation and the other at the ancient generation.
This scene caused everyone's hearts to tighten. Many people wanted to flee on the spot.
Even the previously arrogant Crimson Soul Sect Master wanted to run.
Only Jie Tianran remained calm, his gaze steady as he looked up at the overwhelming brilliance descending from the sky.
Not only was he not panicked—in his eyes, there was even a flicker of anticipation.
() Everything happened far too quickly. Before anyone had a chance to escape, the overwhelming light had already fallen.
After the barrier power descended, it did not injure a single person. However, it stirred up massive barrier waves that swept outward in all directions.
In the end, they formed a semi-transparent barrier wall that encircled everyone within.
Even the ground beneath their feet was no longer the blackness of the starry sky—semi-transparent barrier bricks had appeared instead.
Because the wall was semi-transparent, they could still see what was happening outside.
The current generation of martial cultivators and the ancient generation of martial cultivators had not been enclosed together. Instead, each group was separately surrounded.
But upon closer inspection, what enclosed them did not look like a city. It resembled an incomparably vast combat platform.
Compared to those who were trapped inside, those watching from the outside could see things more clearly—especially the observers outside the Era of Gods, who were watching through that enormous mirror-like structure.
"It's a combat platform. Could it really be that they're going to be made to fight each other?"