The mystery was finally solved, and the old man from the Black-and-White Academy looked utterly sick.
"This Jiang Fan... if I'd known his Dao Foundation had recovered and he had such potential, I should have forcibly taken him as my disciple as soon as the Myriad Manifestations Pavilion event ended!"
"Even if it meant falling out with the Heavenly Divination Palace, I should have fought for him!"
His voice was filled with regret.
Cheng Miaoyi also wore an expression of bitter regret.
"Since its founding, our Aurora Society has never had such an astonishingly gifted disciple!"
"I clearly felt the urge to cherish his talent back then. Why couldn't I have persisted?"
"If I'd tried just a little harder, perhaps..."
"If he had joined the Aurora Society, I would surely have been its greatest contributor!"
"But now... it's too late to say anything!"
The old man from the Black-and-White Academy wholeheartedly agreed.
If the recovery of Jiang Fan's Dao Foundation had not yet been fully revealed to everyone, they would still have had a chance.
But now, before so many sects, Jiang Fan had unleashed all seven of his Great Daos, displaying his talent in full.
There was no longer the slightest chance of taking him as their disciple.
Only two paths lay ahead for Jiang Fan.
He could either remain in the Heavenly Divination Palace.
Or he could enter the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty's government service.
"Will Lord Wei devise all sorts of incentives to win Jiang Fan over?"
As the two pondered this, something happened.
Suddenly, a fissure opened in the Secret Realm's sky, which had been shrouded in golden light.
An enormous pillar of white light descended from the sky and burst open in the center of Phoenix Ridge, forming a magnificent teleportation formation.
"Time's up!"
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