Thunderous cheers erupted around the Celestial Cauldron Dao Field.
Wen Yuanming, standing atop the Martial Dao Platform, had become the focus of the entire venue.
A Ning, who had suffered a crushing defeat, was helped back, her face ashen.
"Elder Sister!"
A Li hurried forward. Seeing A Ning so grievously wounded, tears streamed uncontrollably down her face.
Ma Xingkong, an elder of the Jade Firmament Immortal Sect, frowned and said, "A Ning, I told you long ago that if you encountered Wen Yuanming, you should simply admit defeat. Yet you insisted on refusing to listen!"
A Ning's eyes dimmed as she pressed her lips together in silence.
Another important figure sighed. "Now look what has happened. Not only have you lost all face, but everyone from our Jade Firmament Immortal Sect has lost face as well."
Even Qian Yu could not help saying, "Senior Sister, why did you insist on showing off?"
A Ning's delicate body trembled, her body and heart both turning cold.
She had only just returned from a crushing defeat, yet what greeted her was rebuke and dissatisfaction from her elders, while even her fellow disciples made snide remarks!
Those words filled A Li with boundless fury. Were these truly her elder sister's sect elders and fellow disciples?
"Take good care of your elder sister. I'll help you vent this anger."
At some point, Su Yi had arrived beside A Li and spoken softly.
A Li was stunned.
A Ning had just suffered a crushing defeat. Not only had Wen Yuanming trampled upon her dignity in public, but her sect elders and fellow disciples had treated her with cold words and sarcastic remarks. Her heart was already filled with humiliation and bitterness.
When she heard Su Yi's words, an indescribable anger surged into her chest, and she