"Not going?"
"Dean, if we don't go, wouldn't that be the same as betraying the Eternal Sacred Hall?"
"What do you know? Not going doesn't mean betrayal. It means protecting ourselves wisely."
"If Chen Changan wins, we'll escape disaster."
"If Chen Changan loses, we can say we did it to mislead the enemy and had no choice."
"The Eternal Sacred Hall won't really do anything to us. After all, by then, there probably won't be many Sacred Dao Academies left in Nanwu Land."
Although the others felt the Dean's reasoning made some sense, they still thought it was a huge gamble.
But they had no better options now, so all they could do was follow the Dean's orders.
Meanwhile, Chen Changan had just returned to Holy Dragon Mountain when he heard some good news.
"Sect Master, we... we've broken through!"
"The Saint King realm! We really have a chance to break through to the Saint King realm!"
Elder Yun and the other two gazed at Chen Changan, their faces alight with excitement. The Saint King realm had always been their dream!
But after all these years, their cultivation had made no progress. They had once thought they would be trapped in the Heaven Saint realm for the rest of their lives.
Chen Changan's arrival had changed everything—and changed them, too.
"Excellent. That means our Strongest Sect in the Saint Domain now has three Saint King powerhouses," Chen Changan said with a smile.
"This is all thanks to you, Sect Master. Without you, we never would have had this opportunity."
"Exactly. Ever since I started following the Sect Master, I've noticed my cultivation speed has improved tremendously."
"It's strange. Nothing is different from before, so why has there been such a huge change?"
Elder Yun and the other two were just