A young man emerged from the Immortal Dao in the void, looking around.
He stood tall and straight, his Heaven Yard disciple robes spotless, without a trace of blood or damage. He looked as though he had wandered through a garden and strolled all the way here. There was none of the lingering fear or relief of someone who had fought the Ancestral Dragon, only a little curiosity.
"Another one made it up?"
The eyes of those before the thatched cottage sharpened. They had not expected people to keep reaching the summit just before the trial ended.
The girl who had been transported here earlier had collapsed as soon as she landed, prompting Elder Li and the others to rush over and help her. This newcomer, however, seemed utterly unruffled, putting many of them on their guard.
Li Hao had only recently become a disciple, and he spent his days either in his courtyard or out in Floating Slaughter City.
The other Heaven Yard disciples had no impression of him. But when Elder Li, Zhou Qingyun, Wei Hongye, and the others beside them recognized him, their eyes widened in disbelief.
"Little... Seventh Junior Brother."
Wei Hongye was stunned.
Li Tiemu, who held the unconscious Yue Xi, froze as well, staring at Li Hao with eyes as wide as if he had seen a ghost.
This brat could pass too?
"Hm?"
Murong Qingwu also looked at Li Hao in surprise, as though she were seeing this junior brother for the first time.
According to their master, Yue Xi and this junior brother had joined the sect not long before Gu Yan. Yue Xi, with her Disaster Clan bloodline, reaching the summit had already been astonishing enough, but she had suffered severe injuries and fallen unconscious, her condition still uncertain. This boy,