Time flowed on, and seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
The Nine Peaks Tournament officially came to an end.
The stewards of Neiwu Hall worked busily for an entire day before finally posting the rankings on the Inner Sect Announcement Stone Wall and sending the results to every disciple through their identity tokens.
The name ranked first was unmistakably Chen Xuan's. Behind it was a line of small golden words: 108,000 points, with one portion of Innate Realm Metal Dao Origin Qi awarded as an additional reward.
The points from the Nine Peaks Tournament could be exchanged for Great Merit.
The moment the news came out, the inner sect erupted.
Before this, everyone had known in their hearts that Chen Xuan would take first place. Yet when the result was officially announced, it still caused a tremendous stir.
It was not because of the ranking itself, but because of the recorded image released alongside it.
After deliberation, the sect higher-ups decided to make public the image-recording of Chen Xuan slaying the Black Fiend Demon General.
Rather than allowing rumors to rise on all sides and speculation to fill the skies, it was better to let everyone openly see how Chen Xuan had slain a Demon General at the Condensation Origin Grandmaster level.
The area before the Inner Sect Announcement Stone Wall was packed solid, three layers within and three layers without.
The stone wall stood three zhang tall and roughly five zhang wide, its entire surface polished from green jade. It was ordinarily used to post important sect announcements, mission rankings, and all manner of notices.
At this moment, the activated formation patterns before the wall projected the scene within the Image-Recording Stone onto its surface, the image so clear it felt as though one were there