We Lost, but We Refuse to Accept It!

The fact that various parties were jumping out to challenge the Cloud Firmament Sect caused a great uproar throughout the land.

However, the judging panel is still conducting the selection process.

After the first round of selection of high-end combat power is completed, it is natural to begin the second round, the disciple inheritance.

In the selection of disciples for succession, Old Master Wuyang emphasized fairness, impartiality, and transparency!

What? This is the peerless genius that your Cloud Firmament Sect discovered last year...?

Hmm... not bad... but Old Master Wuyang's evaluation was that it's not as good as Ma Liang!

Ling Su: "..."

What? This is the peerless genius that your Cloud Firmament Sect just discovered this year...?

Hmm... very good... but Old Master Wuyang's assessment is... not as good as Mu Bai!

What? This is a weapon-refining genius? Even Old Master Wuyang's assessment is that he's not as good as Ouyang Ming...

Is this the treasure-appraising prodigy who joined your Cloud Firmament Sect after the Huang Clan disbanded?

Old Master Wuyang's assessment was that compared to Feng Yuzheng, even a dog would shake its head in disapproval.

Ling Su almost cried upon hearing Old Master Wuyang's assessment...

Um... Old Master Wuyang, isn't this going a bit too far in targeting our Cloud Firmament Sect?

Our Cloud Firmament Sect is only the third strongest in the world. You keep comparing us to the number one sect in everything, and we know we can't compete...

So isn't this a bit too outrageous?

After hearing Ling Su's words, Old Master Wuyang immediately proved that he would never target anyone, because he was the unparalleled Old Master Wuyang.

So when he saw Ji Moran, Old Master Wuyang immediately commented... "Not as good as Zheng Yu..."

Ling Su: "..."

Old Master Wuyang had something to say about Ling Su's silence.

You're saying I'm targeting your Cloud Firmament Sect, is that it...? Your Cloud Firmament Sect can't compare to the Clear Vast Heaven Sect, but isn't it reasonable for you, the third-ranked sect, to compare with the second-ranked sect?

All parties agreed that what Old Master Wuyang said was extremely reasonable.

As the third-ranked player in the world, if you don't think about competing with the second-ranked player every day, wouldn't that be considered unambitious?

After hearing this, Old Master Wuyang wrote furiously, adding another reason for the Cloud Firmament Sect's lack of ambition...

Fortunately, in the final resource assessment, Old Master Wuyang was extremely fair and impartial. Regarding the resources of the Cloud Firmament Sect, Old Master Wuyang's evaluation was... inferior to those of the Vast Heaven Sect and the Martial Emperor City...

What? You're saying that Old Master Wuyang is targeting the Cloud Firmament Sect...?

Come on, let's go through them one by one.

Tell me which of the above statements is wrong.

The number one sect in the world is already invincible...

The second strongest sect in the world is also gradually becoming stronger...

The only thing that's happened is that the strength of the third-ranked sect in the world has actually declined... In this situation, if you don't get criticized, who will?

Moreover, there's nothing wrong with Old Master Wuyang's evaluation method.

You're from one of the top three sects in the world, so what?

Comparing your disciple to the tenth?

Why doesn't your Cloud Firmament Sect compare itself to those outside the Ten Great Sects?

Have you no shame?

You can say you're neither the best nor the worst, but if that's true, no one can shake your Cloud Firmament Sect.

The problem is, your Cloud Firmament Sect is far from being top-tier, and it's not even close to being bottom-tier... Look at the Star Moon Sect, ranked fourth; the Northern Nether City, ranked fifth; and the East Moon Pavilion, ranked sixth—they're practically bursting with excitement right now.

Their eyes were practically red; they wanted to challenge you.

Not to mention the seventh-ranked Listening Snow Pavilion, the eighth-ranked Kun Forest Sect, and the ninth-ranked Heavenly Sword Alliance, even the tenth-ranked Jade Void Palace wants to compete with you...

It must be said that Jade Void Palace was lucky. Previously, because the strength of the Scarlet Blood Alliance had increased greatly, Yuxu Jade Void Palace had fallen from the tenth place in the world. However, the Scarlet Blood Alliance had absorbed too many forces, which led to its own division. The strength of the Scarlet Blood Alliance was greatly reduced and it fell out of the top ten. Jade Void Palace once again became the bottom of the top ten.

But how did your Cloud Firmament Sect end up in this state?

The evaluation was finally over, but as the evaluation team left Cloud Firmament Sect for their next stop, Old Master Wuyang also released all the information about the Cloud Firmament Sect.

Once this news was announced... everyone knew that Cloud Firmament Sect's position as the third strongest sect in the world was probably in jeopardy.

Not only is the third-place ranking in the world in jeopardy, but the fourth, fifth, and sixth places are probably also uncertain...

Of course, Wang Daoquan's challenge wasn't really taken seriously... Don't you, Wang Daoquan, have any self-awareness about your own background?

If it weren't for the internal split within the Scarlet Blood Alliance, you would have fallen out of the top ten!

However, the decline of the Cloud Firmament Sect triggered a series of chain reactions.

First, let's talk about recruiting disciples this year.

Because the Cloud Firmament Sect was too aloof, not many people went there in the first place. The Cloud Firmament Sect had to go through all sorts of connections and back channels to finally discover a few promising talents.

But now that I see promising talents... no wonder nobody goes to the Cloud Firmament Sect, it turns out the Cloud Firmament Sect is a trap.

Are we joining the Cloud Firmament Sect to secure our Future?

We're practically asking for our own demise...

Therefore, several promising talents immediately went to other testing sites...

What? You're saying you can't catch up with the tests of the other major sects?

Then let's wait until next year... Although a year has been wasted, it's still better than wasting a lifetime by entering the Cloud Firmament Sect.

Not only was the recruitment of disciples affected, but all of the Cloud Firmament Sect's businesses were also in a state of depression.

The matter of the demon beast's spirit flesh had already caused widespread resentment among the Steward Fang the Cloud Firmament Sect.

After all, the spirits and flesh of demonic beasts are something that all the powerful figures in the world desire.

All the sects under heaven flocked to the Vast Heaven Sect seeking the spirit flesh of demonic beasts, and even the Wang Daoquan, ranked tenth, received a small portion.

Although the share is small, Wang Daoquan told the managers of the Jade Void Palace to rest assured that Vast Heaven Sect has agreed that as production increases, we can get a larger share.

So as long as everyone lines up properly, there is hope for everyone.

The news caused a stir of jubilation in the Jade Void Palace.

But what about the Cloud Firmament Sect?

Sold out!

The Grand Elder's statement that everything was sold out completely stunned the Cloud Firmament Sect.

When the Steward Fang of the Cloud Firmament Sect heard this news, they were all in an uproar.

Are they sold out?

This was clearly intentional on the part of the Vast Heaven Sect.

Even if the Vast Heaven Sect admits on the spot that we did it on purpose, what can the Cloud Firmament Sect do about it?

Others were fine, but Elder Tian of the Cloud Firmament Sect was relentlessly attacked Chenghai...

Why has the Cloud Firmament Sect fallen to its current state?

To put it bluntly, it's all because Elder Tian has a good daughter. Of all people to mess with, you had to mess with Ma Liang.

Do you think you can mess with Ma Liang? Everyone knows that Ma Liang is Chu Xinghe's most trusted confidant. Are you out of your minds to provoke Ma Liang?

Some even privately suggested that we should sacrifice Elder Tian as a sacrifice... that might appease the Vast Heaven Sect's anger.

Otherwise, our Cloud Firmament Sect will only gradually decline.

Elder Tian used to be afraid to leave the sect, but now he doesn't even dare to leave his room.

For some reason, Elder Tian felt that the other elders' gazes towards him carried a hint of murderous intent...

Elder Tian was extremely worried that on some dark and stormy night, a heavily wounded, mysterious Half-Step Martial God from the Demonic Sect would suddenly appear and kill him on the spot...

The Great Moon Kingdom... the Ma Lineage has been living a life that is not fit for humans these days.

After the last war with the Great Moon Kingdom, although the Cloud Firmament Sect made things difficult for the Ma Lineage in every way because of Ma Liang's matter, they were still able to get by considering that the Ma Lineage was indeed loyal to the core.

However, because of the matter of the demon beast's spirit flesh, the Cloud Firmament Sect's stewards in the Great Moon Kingdom immediately contacted the Ma Lineage. At that time, the stewards' attitudes were incredibly humble...

This made the Ma Lineage wonder if fate had gone blind? Were we about to rise to power?

But after finding out what the managers were thinking, the Ma Lineage was dumbfounded...

What the heck? These managers want us to put in a good word for Ma Liang, to ask Ma Liang to put in a good word for them and give the Cloud Firmament Sect some demon beast spirit meat?

The Ma Lineage is truly shameless; they actually wrote a letter to Ma Liang...

Needless to say, all the letters sent to the Vast Heaven Sect were returned. Several core disciples of the Vast Heaven Sect said, "Our outer disciple, Senior Brother Ma Liang, said that if anyone dares to accept letters from the Ma Lineage again, he will break the legs of us inner elite disciples!"

So your Ma Lineage had better not contact us again, otherwise, even if we don't dare offend Senior Brother Ma Liang, an outer disciple, we wouldn't dare break your legs, would we?

When all the letters were returned to the Ma Lineage, the Ma Lineage was completely dumbfounded, and the steward of the Cloud Firmament Sect also realized... Ma Liang had completely severed ties with the Ma Lineage.

However, while the Ma Lineage was ruthless, Ma Liang still possessed some humanity. Ma Liang publicly stated that although he was no longer Ma Lineage, they were still related to him by blood. If the Ma Lineage ever needed food, Ma Lineage Ma Liang provide for them to prevent Ma Lineage from starving. After all, he, Ma Liang, didn't need a pittance, did he? But that was all.

For a time, Steward Fang was filled with hatred...

So they've been targeting the Ma Lineage relentlessly... The Ma Lineage isn't just in decline anymore; Ma Lineage very survival is in question.

But as the saying goes, those who reap what they sow, and only then did the Ma Lineage realize that they were truly wrong.

That's completely wrong. Ma Liang is no longer the little guy he was when he left the Ma Lineage... He has grown into someone of great importance.

They could even decide the life or death of a Lineage with a single word.

Back then, the Ma Lineage feared the Cloud Firmament Sect and chose the Cloud Firmament Sect over Ma Liang. But today they realize that what they abandoned was not Ma Liang at all... but the Vast Heaven Sect in the world.

If we had chosen Ma Liang back then... how glorious the Ma Lineage would be today, and how splendid their Future would be.

However, the Ma Lineage did not expect that on one side was their junior Ma Liang, and on the other side was the Cloud Firmament Sect... Logically speaking, even if the disciples of the number one sect in the world were placed together with the Cloud Firmament Sect, they would not be on the same level.

But behind Ma Liang is Chu Xinghe...

Once, the Ma Lineage had a golden opportunity to curry favor with Chu Xinghe, but they didn't seize it...

Unfortunately, fate will not give the Ma Lineage a second chance.

The selection process is still ongoing. The three sect leaders from the Star Moon Sect, Northern Nether City, and East Moon Pavilion have arrived as scheduled to challenge Xing Yushen Cloud Firmament Sect.

Xing Yushen was ultimately forced to make a move... Even severely injured, Half-Step Martial God is still Half-Step Martial God.

In his first battle, Xing Yushen defeated the Star Moon Sect, but Xing Yushen vomited two ounces of blood in the process.

In the second battle, Xing Yushen once again coughed up blood and defeated the Northern Nether City. In the end, he even fought back with his injuries aggravated and barely managed to defeat the East Moon Pavilion Master.

Just as the Cloud Firmament Sect was joyfully celebrating that their sect leader had triumphantly retained his position, the three factions launched a second round of challenges!

What? You're saying these three companies are shameless?

The challenge didn't prohibit a second round, did it? We lost, but we're not satisfied. Can't we try again?

Where were we shameless? We were just facing the challenge head-on. If we were defeated by Gu Mingchao, we would absolutely not challenge for a second round!

What? Have we had enough of living?