Sima Tian stared at the woman, unwilling to accept defeat, panting incessantly. The severe backlash had left bloody fissures across his body, his seven orifices were still bleeding, and the bloodshot veins in his eyes looked frighteningly savage.
He had already surpassed his usual limits. This time, he had remained in the young heaven domain longer than ever before.
I thought I was only one final step away, but there was still a heavenly chasm between us. Wu Yun, Tianming Wuji, and the others were still holding back. They simply couldn't bear to thrash me...
Sima Tian smiled bitterly inwardly.
He had never dared underestimate those in the young heaven domain, and he had always tried to approach that supreme domain. Yet the closer he came, the more terrifying he realized it was.
Even when he exhausted every ounce of strength to briefly step into it, he barely reached their normal level of combat prowess.
Such a gulf drove one to despair!
He was already the Sima Family's most outstanding successor, carrying their hopes of rising to glory. Yet an insurmountable gulf still lay between him and the greatest monsters.
"Lord Sima Tian..."
The Sima Family disciples watched, unwilling to accept what they saw. Tears welled in their eyes, and their fists clenched tightly. They could not bear to watch their finest clansman meet his end.
"Ah..." Within the arena, Hua Yunfei, Tianming Wuji, Chen An, Gu Jinghong, and the others fell silent as well.
They had spent a considerable stretch of time together in the Brilliant Ancient Hall and had long since become familiar with one another. Now, seeing Sima Tian on the verge of defeat, none of them felt good about it.
In truth, when they saw that the Nine Profound Ancestral Domain's contestant was a Young Heaven,