A few days after the grand competition ended,
News of the competition—especially Shen Changchuan's sudden emergence, his defeat of Lin Wushuang, and his claim to first place—swept across the entire Cultivation World of the Southern Great Domain like mountains roaring and seas howling in a short span of time!
Across the Southern Great Domain, the Thirty-Six Minor Domains, countless hundreds of millions of cultivators turned their eyes toward the Yuqing Immortal Sect.
Any faction or cultivator with even a little standing, with the qualifications to access information at the level of an Immortal Sect, was aghast and unable to believe it after confirming that the news was true!
"Where did this Shen Changchuan come from? He actually surpassed all those Peerless Prodigies of the Immortal Sect's Inner Sect and climbed to first place? Why have I never heard this person's name before?"
"I heard that the Daozi and the other candidate Daozi did not participate in this grand competition. That must be why that fellow called Shen Changchuan managed to seize first place in an upset. It was probably just luck."
"No, it was not entirely luck. I heard that Lin Wushuang, the monster of the Immortal Sect's Inner Sect, participated in this competition. Not long ago, Lin Wushuang successfully defeated the previous candidate Daozi and took his place. Yet even Lin Wushuang lost to Shen Changchuan in the final arena match!"
"Hiss! If that is so, does that not mean Shen Changchuan possesses the strength of a candidate Daozi? No—since Lin Wushuang lost to Shen Changchuan, does that mean Shen Changchuan will replace Lin Wushuang as the next candidate Daozi?"
"How could a candidate Daozi be replaced so casually? Come on."
"Wait! You are all getting sidetracked! I do not care whether he is a candidate Daozi or not!"