Award Ceremony, Inverting Heaven and Earth

There was still one hour until the award ceremony began.

Zhang Yu stood at the prow of the flying boat, watching the Floating Continent not far away, as though countless thoughts were surfacing in his eyes.

He wanted to speak with Fu Ji, yet feared that, with so many eyes gathered upon him, he would expose his identity as an Evil God believer.

And whether it was Zhang Pianpian, Spark True Person, Director Gao, or even Bai Zhenzhen, he had no way of laying bare all the many secrets in his heart.

Watching the fleeting advertisements in the sky for Immortal Dao Techniques such as Dharma Realm and Longevity, Zhang Yu knew the Deity Transformation cultivators were subtly reminding him again. In fact, as the award ceremony drew closer and Zhang Yu continued to withhold his stance from the Deity Transformation cultivators, the Deity Transformation cultivators of each school had begun, vaguely yet unmistakably, to place more and more pressure on him before he chose an Immortal Sect Technique.

Blessing videos from his former teachers and classmates had already been sent before Zhang Yu's Eye Remains.

The junior colleges reduced to ruins by the Deity Transformation peace talks were also being played before him again and again in the form of news reports.

All of it seemed to be issuing him warning after warning.

And faced with all this, Zhang Yu suddenly felt an intense loneliness well up within him.

This time, no one could make the choice for him.

This time, he had to make alone a choice that would affect his life, his companions' lives, and the lives of hundreds of millions.

That sense of being alone, that pressure crashing down upon him, was like chain after chain binding his body completely, squeezing him until he could barely