Several days later, Zhou Ling had mostly recovered and headed to the Dao Court.
He paid a visit to Envoy Wang.
"Congratulations, City Lord Zhou. You have now obtained the rightful position of the Lingxiao Sect!"
As soon as Zhou Ling entered the Mystic Office of the Dao Court and saw Envoy Wang, whose complexion was ruddy and build burly, the man greeted him with a delighted smile and cupped his hands in congratulations.
In just these few days, news of the Lingxiao Sect defeating the Purple Firmament Sect in the written trial had spread throughout Tianxia Immortal City.
No one had expected that the Lingxiao Sect, which had lain dormant for many years,
still possessed the strength to defeat the Purple Firmament Sect, one of the Dao Alliance's top ten sects.
Of course, this had only been a contest.
It could not represent the sects' overall strength.
Yet the fact that the Lingxiao Sect would henceforth inherit the Purple Firmament Sect's Dao lineage and gain the Dao Alliance's recognition was beyond dispute.
Especially since, in this battle, Zhou Ling had defeated Liu Po Lei, the Purple Firmament Sect's future sect master and sixth on the Heavenly Ranking.
His ranking had directly entered the top five.
Coupled with his previous feat of slaying a Fifth-Tier Demon King,
his name had soared in prominence throughout Tianxia Immortal City.
Quite a few cultivators from prominent clans came to pay him visits.
Fortunately, Zhou Ling had been recovering these past few days, so he had Wang Qingshang receive them on his behalf.
And since Wang Qingshang came from a prominent clan herself, she naturally handled such matters with effortless ease.
"I was rather fortunate this time," Zhou Ling said with a smile, cupping his hands.
"To defeat Liu Po Lei, a Mid Nascent