The scene shifted outside the Hidden Sect.
After unleashing a furious barrage, Long Aotian was gasping for breath in midair.
He had thought that after breaking through to the middle stage of the Immortal Emperor realm, he would become synonymous with invincibility across all the heavens and myriad worlds, and that a little Hidden Sect would be easy for him to crush.
But reality had slapped him hard in the face. He had blasted away for ages without even breaking down the sect's gate, never mind storming the Hidden Sect to search for the Great Innate Treasure and the Dao Seal.
"How could this happen?!"
Long Aotian's face burned with embarrassment, and frustration began to churn inside him.
Ever since Qin Hao had replaced him at the top of the Talent Ranking, cultivators had been giving him strange looks. Now, after he had pounded away for so long without breaking down the Hidden Sect's gate, the cultivators around him had become even more brazen, pointing and whispering about him.
"Is Immortal Emperor Aotian even any good? He's been blasting away forever, and nothing's happening!"
"I used to think Immortal Emperor Aotian was powerful, but now he doesn't seem all that impressive!"
"He's dominated the rankings for ten thousand years. He's old now; this is the age of the young!"
"Exactly. Long Aotian is old, and Qin Hao has pushed him down to second place!"
"You can't put it like that. This formation is illusory and elusive. Immortal Emperor Aotian just can't find his target; it's not that he can't break down the Hidden Sect's gate!"
"Stop hyping up Long Aotian. His era is over!"
"..."
Hearing those words only fanned the flames of Long Aotian's anger.
First, Ye Chen had kicked him while he was down over the woman he