"Hmph! What nonsense!"
Just as Daoxuan and the others prepared to shatter the lightning, a cold snort rang out. The sound became a shock wave that swept toward the lightning above the arena, dispersing the divine bolts that filled the sky.
They looked up. The voice had come from Xuantian, who appeared entirely untroubled.
But no one had time to marvel at his astonishing feat. In the arena, Lu Xueqi and Zhang Xiaofan had both fainted, their injuries far from light.
As that match ended, so did the one in the other arena. Qi Hao had defeated Wen Min.
The next day, Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi were still unable to fight. Daoxuan declared Qi Hao the winner and Wen Min the runner-up. Lu Xueqi and Zhang Xiaofan shared third place, leaving fourth place vacant in this year's tournament.
At Tongtian Peak, Daoxuan publicly awarded Qi Hao the rare treasure passed down by Wufangzi, the Qingyun Sect's tenth-generation patriarch: the Six Harmony Mirror. It also served to spur the Qingyun Sect disciples to train harder.
After thanking him, Qi Hao accepted the Six Harmony Mirror. He studied its simple, stately bronze frame, with a dragon carved above and a tiger below. The Eight Trigrams directions were engraved around its face, while the glass at its center was shrouded in a murky yellow haze. So this is the famed Six Harmony Mirror.
"Nephew Qi Hao, come closer," Daoxuan said softly.
Qi Hao hurried forward. Daoxuan used his power to focus his voice into a thread and taught him the secret to activating the Six Harmony Mirror.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Daoxuan smiled faintly. "Have you remembered it all, Nephew Qi Hao?"
"Thank you for teaching me this true art, Sect Leader. I've remembered it!"