February 25.
The heavy snow that had lasted nearly two months finally stopped, and the sky cleared at last.
In Black Tortoise Street of Lanling City's Inner City, a duel was about to begin.
Neither side in the duel was insignificant.
One side was a direct disciple of the Great Luo Sect, while the other was a senior monk of Pudu Temple!
Ning Chuan, who had recently broken the historical record, and Ming Qi, the holder of the "previous previous record," were both present.
However, the two people fighting were not them, but their senior brothers.
The Great Luo Sect's participant was Daoist name Ning Qing, while Pudu Temple's participant had the Buddhist name Ming Hui.
Neither Ning Qing nor Ming Hui was a martial artist. They were both sorcerers, Grand Mages at the Possession Stage.
Cultivating the Art Path was slower than cultivating the Martial Dao, and consumed far more time, energy, and resources.
The fastest recorded age for a Martial Dao cultivator to break through and become a Martial Dao Master was twenty-five, while the fastest recorded age for an Art Path cultivator to break through to the True Spirit Realm was thirty-seven! Ning Qing and Ming Hui were both already over forty, yet remained at the peak of the Possession Stage.
The Buddhist and Daoist schools had always focused primarily on spells, with True Lords and Buddhas serving as their leaders.
It was only because Pudu Temple had recently used the national Martial Arts Exchange Competition to make a name for itself that it had pushed Ming Qi into the limelight.
On top of that, Ming Qi had broken the record for Martial Dao cultivation during a nationwide broadcast, causing his fame to soar. Pudu Temple felt such a "spokesperson" was suitable, so this time it had