Ye Bufan and Lin Qing'an each activated their avatars and charged at the other.
Boom!
The thousand-zhang-tall tree erupted with boundless azure light, filling the entire space within the Immortal Dao Platform.
The purple-gold sun, a mere ten zhang across, was submerged in the azure light.
Not a sound emerged.
Nor could anyone's spiritual sense probe what was happening inside the Immortal Dao Platform.
Silence!
Deathly silence.
Everyone stopped what they were doing, their eyes fixed on the Immortal Dao Platform as they awaited the outcome.
Only when the azure light gradually faded did the scene within the Immortal Dao Platform become visible.
Ye Bufan and Lin Qing'an faced each other from a distance, both having withdrawn their avatars.
"To think a faction like the Mountain Sea Alliance could nurture an unparalleled prodigy like you."
"You're quite impressive yourself."
"You still haven't told me your name."
"My name is Li Lin."
Lin Qing'an borrowed his mother Li Ruxue's surname and used Lin Fei's surname as his given name.
It was the alias he had settled on before stepping onto the platform.
"Pfft..."
He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. His face turned pale, and he fell toward the Immortal Dao Platform.
Only then did the cultivators from the various immortal factions begin discussing what they had seen.
"I told you Ye Bufan would win. How could an unparalleled prodigy nurtured by the Five Great Sects have an undeserved reputation?"
"The Mountain Sea Alliance's legacies of divine abilities and techniques are countless times inferior to those of the Five Great Sects."
"Alas, Li Lin's defeat is a real shame. He didn't lose to Ye Bufan, but to the lack of a good legacy..."
Just as everyone thought Ye Bufan had won, something happened.
Ye Bufan suddenly closed his eyes and