Even with the Endless Sea Nine Sons Sect Master Succession Conference approaching, many people present still had no idea which sect master was about to take office.
But while some knew nothing of the Endless Sea Nine Sons Sect Master Succession Conference's true circumstances, others had learned the inside story in advance.
Quite a few people in the crowd had already heard rumors.
Yet for Rogue Cultivators like them, who would fight until heads were broken and blood flowed—and even risk their lives—for the slightest bit of Cultivation Resources, it was hard to understand what sort of promise the Immortal Sects of the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea had made to one another.
How could they bear to leave Dao-Merging Grounds that could help a cultivator break through and become a Tribulation-Crossing Pseudo-Immortal Powerhouse to a native born within those very grounds?
News of that Native Sect Master's talent and strength surfaced from time to time.
But rumors were rumors. Without seeing him for themselves, no one would believe them.
And regardless of that Native Sect Master's talent, insight, or natural gifts, these Rogue Cultivators could not see why they should pay such a steep price to cultivate a young genius from scratch.
How could that be better than letting an Inner Sect Elder or Personal Disciple at Great Vehicle Perfection from one of the Nine Sons' Immortal Sects use the Dao-Merging Grounds?
Surely raising another Tribulation-Crossing Pseudo-Immortal Powerhouse as quickly as possible mattered more, even if that young Native Sect Master's talent was unmatched through the ages.
Only the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea, with their deep pockets and eight Tribulation-Crossing Pseudo-Immortal Powerhouses behind them, stood firm enough to do such a thing.
Only they had the confidence to make a decision that, to everyone else, looked