By the standards of the islands and the barbarian kingdoms, true cultivators were akin to legends. Many didn’t even believe it was possible to advance to this level of power. And here, on the day of the exams, an insane number of them had gathered, and they were all under the age of sixteen.
The Darnassus Empire occupied a vast territory. It was hard to imagine how many billions of people inhabited it, considering it could produce thousands of young Heaven Soldiers.
When they reached a height of 130 feet, the iron platform froze. The crowd began to move again, and like a living ocean, it carried the two friends out into a clearing. Standing ankle-deep in the green, cropped grass, they found themselves in an even larger crowd than was still waiting at the foot of the gates.
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