Shifting Thoughts

"Liu Qingchen, Xuan Tianxing."

Hong Yang silently repeated those two names in his heart,

His face revealing a complex emotion difficult to put into words.

Several decades ago,

He had belonged to the same batch of newly promoted Inner Sect disciples as them,

But even back then,

They had already begun to rise to fame.

At the time,

Their batch of newly promoted Inner Sect disciples had still been young, having only just entered the Immortal Sect's Inner Sect. Most of them had been at the Nascent Soul Second or Third Layer,

Such strength still lay a long, long way from the pinnacle of the Immortal Sect's Inner Sect.

They had yet to reach the level of becoming influential figures within the Inner Sect.

After all, within the Immortal Sect's Inner Sect were veteran disciples from the previous generation or even the generation before that, at the Nascent Soul Late-stage or Nascent Soul peak.

Those newly promoted Inner Sect disciples had cultivated for far less time, so naturally they had no right to compare themselves with those influential figures of the previous generation or the one before it.

However,

True geniuses could never be trapped inside a cage.

People such as Liu Qingchen and Xuan Tianxing, the top prodigies of the Immortal Sect's Inner Sect today, had carved out names for themselves soon after entering the Inner Sect.

For example, they had challenged and defeated Nascent Soul Mid-stage cultivators while still in the early Nascent Soul stage, slapping the faces of the older Inner Sect disciples and stealing the limelight.

Or, during grand lectures, they had faced the deliberate difficulties posed by veteran disciples without fear, striking back powerfully and greatly increasing their fame.

As newly promoted Inner Sect disciples, they had stirred up such waves within the Inner Sect,