"Where did Jiang Wang go?" Lin Youxie suddenly asked.
Zheng Shangming, who was reciting the Son of Heaven's imperial rewards, froze. "Huh?"
"I asked where Jiang Wang went. Do you know?"
Zheng Shangming pressed his lips together. "He left Qi."
And so they fell silent.
A fierce battle had just ended.
The result was a victory.
Yet the young man named Ling Yue in the Great Void Illusion Realm still knitted his handsome brows, deeply dissatisfied with himself.
He had won, but it hadn't been easy.
His current ranking was only fifth in the Inner Palace level of the Great Void Illusion Realm. Holding steady in the top ten was one hurdle. Holding steady in the top five was another. And to secure first place in the Great Void, he would have to outclass everyone else by a wide margin.
He had only just entered the top five, and already he could feel the tremendous resistance. Some people, meanwhile, had claimed first place in the Great Void Inner Palace long ago, looking down on all their rivals. Now they were advancing toward first place in the Great Void Outer Tower...
There were, of course, some objective reasons for this. The Great Void Illusion Realm had expanded rapidly, drawing in more and more cultivators, and powerful newcomers kept emerging. As a result, competition for the Inner Palace rankings had grown increasingly fierce...
But he wasn't the sort to make excuses.
Especially when certain people ranked first among the prodigies of every kingdom in the Present World. They were even first across all recorded history.
He had no excuse to make.
The more Young Lord Ling Yue thought about it, the more dissatisfied he became. Just as he was about to fight a few more battles, he glanced aside and