These genius disciples had already held prestigious positions before entering the Cosmic Genius War. After leaving the Ancient Domain, they had also earned considerable recognition by bringing their sects massive contributions. But now that the Cosmic Genius War had truly drawn to a close, their status was naturally far inferior to that of the top fellow disciples who had entered the Final Battleground and won glory for their sects.
Originally, this group would all have begun keeping a low profile once the truly monstrous geniuses appeared, but this year was extraordinarily strange.
Defeating Blue Emperor Ancestor and the others had all cultivated themselves to the Great Ancestor Grade consummation realm within the Ancient Domain. Without disturbing the Ancient Ancestor Grade Ancient Domain Fierce Beasts, they had achieved rather impressive battle records. Along the way, they had joined forces to kill quite a few geniuses from hostile forces and had reaped tremendous gains.
Several squads of Ancient Ancestor Grade genius disciples had also survived the great battle in the Ancient Ruin. Some had even successfully infiltrated it and opened the Ancient Ruin, claiming a share of the spoils. As a result, they had brought several powerful Ancient Ancestor Grade Weapons back to their sect.
Although these powerhouses could not be considered top-tier, they had made no small contributions. This year, they began winning over disciples from the various palaces within the sect. In corners unnoticed by the Palace Ancestors, large numbers of inner disciples and core disciples had already formed small factions with this batch of genius disciples who had returned from the Cosmic Genius War.
In private, some unpleasant rumors began to spread. Some of the disciples who had entered the Final Battleground had allegedly won the chance to stand on the Ancient Domain Inheritance Platform by sacrificing large numbers