During the two days Ning Xiaochuan spent in the Celestial Palace, the entire Emperor Ruins erupted in an uproar.
The Heaven Bell's ringing startled even old masters who had been in seclusion for decades. One after another, they asked what had happened.
Two figures of academy-master rank declared that they wanted to take Ning Xiaochuan as a disciple. But after learning that he had once studied under a mysterious woman, neither brought it up again.
"When the moon is full tonight, meet me at the summit of Heavenly Emperor City. Ming Yang, do you dare fight?"
After leaving the Celestial Palace, Ning Xiaochuan stood amid the autumn wind and fallen leaves and issued his challenge without hesitation.
Word spread at once throughout Heavenly Emperor City, reaching the Three Masters Martial Academy and the Dragon Elephant Divine Martial Battalion. It even reached the Imperial City of the Yulan Empire.
Ning Xiaochuan's challenge was impossible to ignore, and all eyes turned to him! This would be his third clash with Ming Yang: a contest between two peerless geniuses, a head-on collision between the Northern Darkness Divine Art and the Supreme Sword Dao.
In the Imperial City's Jade Viewing Pavilion.
Dashing drinkers had gathered there in great numbers. Martial artists from all corners of the land and from marquis families were deep in discussion.
Wang Yunchong of the Celestial Elephant Marquis's Mansion raised his cup and said with great relish, "I heard a mysterious master took Ning Xiaochuan as a disciple at the Heavenly Emperor Academy. His martial cultivation has reached the summit, and he even rang the Heaven Bell. He's alarmed the marquises of all the great houses."
"I heard Ning Xiaochuan rang the Heaven Bell to ask for an audience with the Academy Master, so the Academy Master would buy Ningsheng