Three months later, news came from Mending Heaven Peak.
Peak Master of Heaven Mending intended to undergo the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation and contend for the position of Great True Person, inviting the Sacred Sect's True Persons to attend and witness the ceremony.
The news immediately sparked discussion.
"Old Monster Chen is planning to undergo the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation and charge into Foundation Establishment Late Stage? He's been searching for the third Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches for so long—has he finally made up his mind?"
"Making his tribulation public means he's worried someone might plot against him."
"Nonsense. Wouldn't you be worried in his place?"
"Bullshit. Wouldn't you make a move in his place?"
For a time, streaks of clear qi and radiant light surged through the Sacred Sect's Cloud Sea. Foundation Establishment Late Stage was known as the "Great True Person" realm, the first tier of combat power beneath True Lords.
Thus, even within the Sacred Sect, someone attempting to reach Foundation Establishment Late Stage was a major event. Though it would not alarm a True Lord, it was only natural for Foundation Establishment True Persons to come witness it. They could observe the might of Heavenly Thunder and accumulate experience for their own future breakthroughs.
Of course, safety was even more important.
For Peak Master of Heaven Mending, while he could have broken through in secret, if someone calculated the time and place of his breakthrough, there would be no one to save him.
So rather than skulk about in secret, he might as well do it openly.
The Sacred Sect Tradition was this: if you were not discovered, it was as though you had never done it. You could scheme and launch sneak attacks, but you absolutely could not be found out. Otherwise, severe punishment awaited.
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