On Dao Sea Spirit Mountain, everyone awaited the final result. At last, nine flashes of light swept past. Aside from Xiang Tian, the rest were all teleported out.
Unlike before, all nine were conscious. Some people's eyes suddenly widened. What—what was with all these Void Shattering cultivators? And there was even an Ascension Realm cultivator!
"Oh, my precious disciple! Are you all right?!"
Ancient Treasury Pill Immortal was beside himself with excitement. At the sight of Xu Ze, his face beamed like a spring breeze, and his old face flushed crimson with emotion.
"Master, Master, I broke through to the Ascension Realm!"
Xu Ze had already been excited beyond measure inside. Now that he had returned to Spirit Mountain, he was so excited he was nearly going mad.
Ancient Treasury Pill Immortal slapped the spirit deer's backside, and the spirit deer threw back its head with a long cry.
"Worthy of being my disciple! So, was it you who took first place in the secret realm?"
As he spoke, he looked toward the other leaders. "Come on, come on, don't stand on ceremony. Hand over the goods already. We agreed on the rules beforehand. My disciple has done me proud, and there's nothing I can do about that!"
Xu Ze's face reddened, and he hurriedly covered Ancient Treasury Pill Immortal's mouth. The sight left everyone else dumbfounded. These master and disciple truly got along well—the disciple even dared to lay hands on his master.
"Master, Master, don't be in such a hurry. I received an inheritance of a Daoist technique, but I wasn't the winner. Xiang Tian was. Huh, right, where's Xiang Tian?"
Seeing that Xiang Tian had not appeared, Xu Ze froze and looked around.
He was not the only one surprised. The other eight were also puzzled when