The chime that rolled down from Step 12 of the Golden Stairs sounded like a great bronze bell striking underwater.
The lead Immortal Envoy stepped forward to the edge of the golden riser, his silver armor blazing with sky incandescence.
He raised a long, curved trumpet forged of semi-clear moon-silver to his visor, blowing a single, piercing note that echoed across five mortal empires.
TOOOOOOOOOOT.
“HEAR THE DECREE OF THE JADE LAKE COUNCIL!” the envoy’s voice roared through the troposphere, shaking the leaves in the valleys below. “BY VIRTUE OF ATTAINING ROOT LEVEL ZERO PLANAR MERIT, MORTAL ADMINISTRATOR LU ZHEN IS ACCORDED THE RITE OF FIVEFOLD HARMONIOUS ASCENSION!”
The envoy pointed his silver gauntlet down toward the porch of Classroom 404.
“HE MAY BESTOW Starry DISPENSATION UPON FIVE CHOSEN RETAINERS! FIVE Students MAY SHED THEIR MORTAL FLESH AND Climb TOGETHER WITH THEIR MASTER! ENTER THE GOLDEN STAIRWAY AND WALK AS ETERNAL IMMORTALS AMONG THE STARS!”
The announcement hit the Jiuzhou Continent like a physical blast wave.
