Zhou Fan, Heaven, and the 24 people from the Zhou Galaxy watched as Tian Ren exited the white door.
He quickly walked up to the stage before bowing to Zhou Fan and Heaven
"Tian Ren greets the two sirs." He said.
Heaven nodded at him while Zhou Fan waved his hand and spoke.
"Sit anywhere you want." Zhou Fan said.
Tian Ren nodded and, for the first time, took a good look around the room. When his gaze fell onto the tables occupied by those of the Zhou Galaxy, his expression turned into one of shock and confusion.
Although he was shocked, he decided to wait in silence out of respect for Zhou Fan and Heaven.
The next person to exit the door was Bi Chong. He too bowed to Heaven and Zhou Fan before sitting at the same table as Tian Ren.
They exchanged glances of shock among each other. Next, a few different beasts and supreme beasts came out of the white door. There were many enemies and friends, but everyone shut up and sat down without argument.
As expected, everyone was in humanoid form. After the last person came out, the white door disappeared.
"Hello everyone." Zhou Fan began to speak. "Welcome to the youth galactic assembly, although I guess it should be called the youth galaxies assembly." Zhou Fan said with a chuckle.
He was the only one who laughed.
"My name is Zhou Fan, and this is Heaven. To those from the Zhou galaxy, my name may seem unfamiliar, but if you really think about it, I'm sure you can make a connection." Zhou Fan said, much to the confusion of the people from the Zhou Galaxy.
After a moment, a couple of them widened their eyes, followed by a few more, until everyone seemed to have understood something.
Naturally, Zhou Fan had never really shown himself, causing his name to be lost in time, but it only took a moment for people to connect the "Zhou" Galaxy with the name "Zhou" Fan.
They had always wondered why it had been named that. Now, the age-old mystery was solved.
"To those from the Heaven galaxy, I am familiar. We met at the last assembly." Zhou Fan said.
Everyone from the heaven galaxy who had attended last time let out a slight shudder before paying attention again.
"You two groups are from different galaxies, far far away from each other. Before the youth competition begins, I wanted to give you all the opportunity to get to know each other." Zhou Fan said.
The people from the two galaxies looked at each other curiously.
"Anyway, the youths themselves, as well as their escorts, will arrive once the real competition begins. In the meantime, help yourselves." Zhou Fan said as he waved his hand.
From his spatial ring, thousands of foods and drinks spread out across the room, a large buffet appearing in place of some empty tables.
Zhou Fan and Heaven went behind a curtain on the stage, disappearing from others' eyes.
Despite the food appearing, silence prevailed in the room as the groups from different galaxies awkwardly looked at each other.
The situation was at a stalemate for around five minutes until Tian Ren slowly got up from his seat and made his way towards the direction of the two tables of lesser dao creation realm cultivators.
Despite the demonic faction and the righteous/neutral faction usually being at odds, they sat one table away from each other.
Tian Ren stopped in front of the two tables and bowed.
"My name is Tian Ren. It is nice to meet you seniors." He said, introducing himself.
Once he finished speaking, Fairy Hong Yun got up and held out her hand. "My name is Hong Yun, but I am called Fairy Hong Yun, nice to meet you." She said with a smile.
Tian Ren shook her hand.
As Tian ren made the first move, others followed. Soon, voices were heard all throughout the room.
Most of the conversation was around the lesser dao creation realm cultivators tables. Nearly everyone had gathered around them.
"How did you break through to the next realm?" Tian Ren asked, causing the others to stop speaking.
"That is quite the story." Fairy Hong Yun responded. "I was born 15 million years ago, and spent a majority of my lifespan at the tenth level of the space shattering realm. Many around me were the same. One day, however, everyone seemed to be able to break through."
"There are a couple requirements. I'll tell you about them. First, you must comprehend some of the mortal dao. The mortal Dao is all around us in the Zhou Galaxy, but we don't know about yours. Second, you must comprehend at least 1% of an immortal element. The more you comprehend, the stronger you are. Naturally, most of us spent many years waiting and comprehended more than one. The last requirement is simply accumulation, like all the realms before" Fairy Hong Yun summed up. "Of course, comprehending bits of the legendary cosmic dao would help, but only a few of us have. Actually, there are only 5 of us."
Fairy Hong Yun turned around and pointed out some people.
"Him, her, Demon Yu an, me of course, and Jack, the strongest among us all." She said.
Hearing her mention the strongest, everyone looked at Jack who had remained silent.
"Sir, what is your story?" One of the beasts in humanoid form asked.
Jack looked over for the first time and briefly spoke. "Lived for hundreds of millions of years. Watched the rise and fall of countless civilizations, including my own. I am essentially the oldest being in the galaxy, save for a few people who may not even be alive anymore."
After speaking, Jack slowly got up and walked to the buffet.
Silence filled the area that Jack left. Not even those from the Zhou Galaxy knew much about him.
As Jack was grabbing a cup and filling it with the tea at the buffet, a man walked up to him.
"Long time no see Jack." Zhou Fan said.
Jack looked over and scrunched his eyebrows. "I don't recall knowing you. Should I?" Jack asked.
"We never really met in person. I am just the person that created the trident you hold." Zhou Fan said.