"Kong Ming failed his breakthrough. His path to becoming an Imperial Lord has been severed for good!"
The news seemed to sprout wings, sweeping through every corner of the Abyss Realm in just three days!
The Realm Sea's foremost prodigy, Great Sage Kong Ming, who had once left his peers struggling to breathe beneath his dominance, had fallen, his broken halberd buried in the sand.
Countless factions dependent on the Void Sacred Spirit Clan or admiring it mourned as though they had lost their own parents. Wherever one went, there were sighs of bitter regret.
But while some sighed, others dusted off their official caps in celebration.
Among them were the Great Sages who had taken part in this affair.
Great Sage Yuan Gang of the Five Sacred Spirit Clan returned to his clan's territory. The moment he arrived, the clan's higher-ups summoned him to the council hall.
No lamps were lit inside the hall. Only a few floating crystals gave off a faint blue glow.
"Take it. This is what the clan promised you."
The old man seated at the head of the hall casually tossed him a jade box.
Great Sage Yuan Gang caught the box and opened it for a look. A rich surge of origin energy washed over him.
With just one breath of it, Great Sage Yuan Gang felt his sacred energy increase slightly, and his Dao fruit advanced a little as well!
What lay inside was no ordinary object, but an exceptionally precious exotic treasure called primordial Dao sand, one comparable to the finest sacred treasures!
Such an exotic treasure was extremely rare even within the Five Sacred Spirit Clan. It offered some benefit even to Imperial Lords, let alone cultivators like him who were still at the second rank!
But now, this exotic