At the time the Immortal Ascension Masters were puzzled and baffled.
The shell boat was still advancing, floating on the gray-blue surface of the water. It moved forward slowly, yet the distance and the surroundings seemed as though they were standing still.
Even the concept of moving forward seemed non-existent. The previously surging tides of the river calmed in an instant, and the world once again became a place of peace and serenity.
This sudden silence made the cultivators present somewhat unaccustomed.
Such abruptness must have a reason behind it.
After a brief moment of confusion, they simultaneously raised their heads with a look of realization in their eyes, gazing into the distance.
In the deep part of the distant tide, there appeared to be towering humanoid figures, every one of them as large as mountains, standing silently in the River of Cosmic Light with bodies made of bronze halos.