Outside the Origin Pool, amid the mountains, the crowd roared with excitement.
The Origin Pool Festival, which had lasted several days, finally came to an end. When Sect Master Qingyang's gentle yet majestic voice resounded through heaven and earth, every disciple's eyes instantly blazed with anticipation and excitement.
"The Origin Pool Festival has concluded. It is time to reward merit."
With a sweep of Sect Master Qingyang's sleeve, the Genesis Qi of heaven and earth surged. Above the areas occupied by the disciples of the seven peaks, enormous pillars of light shot into the sky!
The pillars varied in color and thickness, each containing vast, pure Genesis Qi fluctuations. They were manifestations of the total amount of origin marrow harvested by the disciples of each peak in the Origin Pool!
The heights of these pillars would directly determine each peak's final ranking and the level of baptism it would receive!
Countless gazes were fixed upon the seven rising pillars of light, breaths growing rapid.
At last, the pillars stopped.
Sword Come Peak's pillar was the shortest, ranking seventh. The pillars of Spirit Pattern Peak, Snow Lotus Peak, Hong Ya Peak, and Thunder Prison Peak were roughly equal in height, placing them in the middle. Yet the most eye-catching were the two tallest pillars—Cang Xuan Peak and Sacred Source Peak!
The two thick pillars stood nearly neck and neck, piercing the heavens and radiating vast energy that made hearts tremble! After a brief stalemate, Sacred Source Peak's pillar barely edged past Cang Xuan Peak's by a sliver!
"Sacred Source Peak, first place!"
An earth-shaking uproar erupted throughout the mountains! Though everyone had already expected it, seeing the result truly revealed still made their blood race! Sacred Source Peak, a branch that had languished at the bottom for years, had truly risen