Before long, Elders and Sect Masters from all the top-level sects arrived bearing lavish gifts, expressing their desire to participate in this competition.
"You should be asking the Elder Council. Why have you come to me?" Xu Fan asked.
"We went to the Elder Council first, and then they told us to come ask you," said an Elder from the Joyful Union Sacred Land.
"Fine."
While all the sects busied themselves selecting their core disciples,
in an Immortal City within the Elder Council Headquarters world, someone sat alone, gloomily drowning his sorrows in wine.
"Old Sword, I can now confirm that the one who repelled the Golden Winged Great Peng Clone and suppressed the Gold Devouring Tiger and Purple Jade Flood Dragon was none other than junior brother Xu from back then."
After downing a cup of wine, Ye Xiaoyao gave a bitter smile.
Back when he had recovered his cultivation base, how close had he been with his dear junior brother Xu? He had been at the Golden Core Stage, while junior brother Xu had only been at the Qi Refining Stage.
But now, though he was a Mahayana Venerable, compared to that junior brother Xu of his, the gap between them was like an ant beneath the blazing sun high in the heavens.
"If I were you, I'd hurry up and take missions, accumulate resources, and cultivate my way into the Invincible Realm," Old Sword shouted in Ye Xiaoyao's heart.
"If you're not in the mood, you can also go to the Hidden Spirit Sect and acknowledge your bond with that junior brother Xu of yours," Old Sword added.
"Acknowledging our bond is impossible. We can no longer afford to reach so high," Ye Xiaoyao said, shaking his head.
"To become the supreme being of a world means