Wang Mengyu and the others should have been the last batch. Once they entered the Transcendent Realm Second Heaven, the opportunity would have to be left to other newcomers. By then, the baptism of Spirit Fire Mountain would no longer have much effect on them. It would be better left for the newcomers, so the Lineage could continue producing new talents generation after generation.
Basically, Spirit Fire Mountain only worked on newcomers below the Transcendent Realm Third Level. Otherwise, it would have long since drawn the scramble of powerful forces.
No matter how everyone discussed it, the day Spirit Fire Mountain was due to erupt finally arrived. Over countless years, every eruption of Spirit Fire Mountain had been perfectly punctual—not once late, not once early.
Thus, no one was in a hurry. On the day of the coming eruption, those qualified to go finally gathered at the docks. They would take a ship above Spirit Fire Mountain, and those with qualifications would then head into the mountain, each occupying a different position according to their ranking.
Although all of them could receive the baptism of Spirit Fire Mountain, that was not all there was to it. Different positions naturally brought different benefits. As the champion, Ye Xiwen's position was naturally the best. Then came the Wang Family's other three positions, followed by the Yuan Family's two, then the Wu Family's two, and finally the two winning independent cultivators' positions. Though they were at the very bottom, for them, obtaining the qualification was already exceedingly rare.
Early in the morning, the Wang Family arrived at the docks first. Having seized the championship, the Wang Family members were naturally exceptionally excited. They had always arrived fashionably late in the past, but this time, they were the first to arrive.
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