Peak Master Hao and the sect master both knew full well what kind of uproar the Myriad Worlds Sect would cause after tomorrow.
As for what Chen Changan had discussed with the Grand Elder and Third Elder, they no longer had the energy to care.
When word spread that the three of them had completed the mission, successfully wiped out a branch of the Heavenly Tribulation Alliance, and would hold their promotion ceremony tomorrow—with everyone in the Myriad Worlds Sect required to attend—everyone was left stunned.
"Wait, what's going on?"
"Promotions to Elder never made such a big fuss before. And they actually succeeded? Is that for real?"
"Since they're making such a huge fuss, it probably isn't fake. I even suspect that although they say the three of them completed the mission, someone must have helped them."
"What do you think the sect master is up to? Is he trying to groom those three?"
"I heard they only broke through to the Greater Thousand Realm not long ago, and now they're being promoted to Elders."
"Exactly! And they haven't even been in the Myriad Worlds Sect for long."
"Do you think the sect master is preparing for the next sect master, who'll take over a few thousand years from now?"
"What? You mean this looks like an Elder promotion ceremony, but it's actually a way of signaling to everyone that those three will be the next sect master's successors?"
"Not all three—just one. Don't forget, the one leading those three is that fellow surnamed Chen."
"Now I really want to get a good look at this Chen fellow. What's so extraordinary about him that the sect master favors him so much?"
"You'll see tomorrow. He's the only one in the history of the Myriad Worlds Sect to have been