Thirty thousand celestial soldiers moved simultaneously, and with a swish-swish, they took a step in unison, revealing the several hundred long tables behind them.
The ministers seated behind the long tables bowed to the dense crowd facing them.
The Elder of Tianli announced, "The selection of Heavenly Court officials begins now! There's no need to rush, my dear friends; there will be a day's interval between the first and second phases!"
Immediately, a group of figures charged forward, but the celestial soldiers, like a sturdy dam, held back the majority of the people.
One by one, the young men and women at the level of Yuan Immortal of the Heaven and Earth Bridge surged forward like a flood unleashed, heading straight for those long tables.
Each minister sat poised behind the tables, unfolded blank registers, and, picking up their jade brushes dipped in wolf-hair, began writing energetically.
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Inside the Holy Mother Palace.
