The tournament finally drew to a close, and the clamorous excitement atop Moonwatch Mountain slowly ebbed.
All the disciples of the Profound Truth Sect rose, collected themselves, and prepared to leave the tournament grounds that had witnessed their sect's resurgence.
Yang Jing rose with his fellow disciples, his bearing upright and composed. The fierce killing intent of his bloody arena battles had faded, replaced by a measure of tranquil ease. Following the crowd, he walked slowly toward the mountain path leading down.
All the way from the summit to the mountain path, countless gazes converged on Yang Jing from every direction.
There was astonishment, awe, envy, and respect, along with the heartfelt admiration and longing of countless young martial artists.
After today, the name Yang Jing was destined to resound throughout Jintai Prefecture and even spread across Jizhou, echoing through its lands, reaching sects great and small, and finding its way into the ears of countless martial artists.
In this Jintai Grand Tournament, he had dazzled everyone, overpowering formidable Heavenly Prodigies from beyond the region and ascending to the absolute summit of his generation.
Now, the label "a Heavenly Prodigy of the younger generation" could no longer adequately describe him.
Among his peers, none could contend with him. None could even glimpse his back.
Even veteran true qi peak experts who had cultivated for decades, accumulated profound foundations, and earned considerable renown in their territories fell far short of the current Yang Jing in combat strength.
After gaining sudden enlightenment through bloody battle and undergoing the complete transformation of unifying the Three Arts, his true combat strength had gradually approached the core realm level, as though he had transcended the bounds of ordinary true qi realm cultivators.
Across all of Jintai Prefecture, aside from the handful of Core-Realm Experts who