After the man shouted that he was withdrawing, a pillar of light immediately descended from the sky, enveloped him, and carried him out of Xuan Cang Cave Heaven.
Although the Emperor's trial could not entirely prevent martial artists from being injured or killed, this was, after all, a contest to choose a husband, not a battlefield in Tianjue Prefecture. The Imperial Court would rather prevent as many unnecessary casualties as possible.
Martial artists under two hundred years old who had reached the Fifth or Sixth Realm were pillars of strength in any faction.
Some were even the sole hope for their faction's future.
Though the Imperial Court was powerful and feared no one, too many deaths in a contest to choose a husband—and a refusal to save those who could be saved—would inevitably cost it some people's support.
As the saying went, water could carry a boat, but it could also capsize one. Back then, the Great Jun Dynasty had been founded when the Heavenly Emperor, Ji Tianjun, led many powerful subordinates through countless hardships and personally carved out a place for humanity. Only then had the dynasty attained its present standing.
If it failed to preserve the will of Heaven and the people, one day its fortunes would run dry.
In restaurants, on public squares, and in inns, countless martial artists watched the scenes on the screens and praised what they saw.
"This young marquis truly is the son of the Grand Commandant. He is kind and benevolent, with a generous heart. He could have killed his opponent, yet he let him live. Only a man like him could be worthy of a peerless beauty like the Pillar State Princess!" one martial artist exclaimed at length.
"Exactly. I hear this young marquis has long admired the Pillar State Princess