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Boom! Boom!!

Two inexplicable auras suddenly descended upon the Dao Discussion Hall and the battlefield, shrouding Xia Manggan, who sat atop a stone pillar.

"That is..." Fire Saint and Yu Wei were both utterly stunned.

"The aura of the Dao?" True Person Sloppy said in surprise.

Throughout the entire Dao Discussion Hall, aside from the five hidden immortals and the Primordial Spirit Daoists,

among the other third-generation disciples, only the three of them, who had likewise comprehended and mastered a Dao, understood what it meant for the aura of the Dao to descend from the heavens.

"While sparring with Senior Apprentice Brother Sloppy, he still dared to divide his attention to comprehend the Dao—and even succeeded? He even comprehended and mastered two Daos at once?" Yu Wei murmured, looking at Xia Manggan in utter disbelief.

"Senior Sister, are you saying Young Master Xia Mang broke through again?" Upon hearing Yu Wei's murmur, Jiu Lian hurriedly asked, "Then this sparring match...?"

"The outcome is impossible to predict." Yu Wei gently shook her head.

Even she had not expected that her predictions regarding the two newly inducted junior apprentice brothers today would both be overturned one after another.

It was not because her insight was lacking.

The truth was that both of them were peerless monsters, especially Xia Manggan, who was a monster among monsters.

Comprehending and mastering two 'Daos' at once—such inhuman progress was even more terrifying than reincarnated immortals awakening the memories of their past lives!

Within the battlefield.

After his initial shock, True Person Sloppy quickly regained his composure.

Although Xia Manggan had now mastered two Daos, and the descending 'might of the Dao' gave him the imposing presence of someone controlling a region of Heaven and Earth, enough to rival him,

the vast oceanic water world he had unleashed was far more than just the might of the Water Path Dao.

It also contained a secret technique—'Layered Waves'—from a great divine ability inheritance he had obtained through a fortuitous encounter.

With this secret technique, even his master, Immortal Wufeng, had more losses than wins when discussing the Dao with him.

Thus, although True Person Sloppy was amazed by Xia Manggan's talent, he did not believe Xia Manggan could defeat him.

"Since Junior Apprentice Brother Xia Mang has broken through, let us end this sparring match." True Person Sloppy said with a grin, waving his hand.

Rumble, rumble, rumble~~~

Within the entire battlefield, the waves formed by the thousand flying swords under his control immediately surged forth like an overturning ocean, carrying all the layered might of the entire water world as they crashed toward the enormous Sword Wheel controlled by Xia Manggan.

The force was so immense that even the White-haired Elder Puppet maintaining the Sealing Array changed expression. He hurriedly pushed every formation within the Sealing Array to its limit.

A Sealing Array at this level was normally only used when the immortal patriarchs of the Academy sparred.

"He's going to win."

In a corner of the Dao Discussion Hall, Immortal Wufeng clicked his tongue as he took a sip of immortal wine and sighed. "With Xiao Lata's secret technique, even I—"

"Southern Bright Separation Fire, North Underworld Sunflower Water, condense!"

A clear voice suddenly resounded through the entire hall.

Xia Manggan opened his mouth and spoke.

As his words fell, two streams of water and fire suddenly appeared out of nowhere around the Sword Wheel, which was about to be overwhelmed and crushed beneath the surging oceanic waves.

The water was pure black, its color resembling something of the netherworld's extreme Yin nature.

Yet it flowed endlessly through the void. The boundless black water seemed to contain infinite vitality, as though it were alive.

And there was also the fire.

The pure white flames looked incomparably holy and gentle.

Yet the instant they appeared, they burned ravines through the surrounding void.

It was as though beneath their gentle exterior lay a terrifying heat that could burn all things, even reducing the very void of Heaven and Earth to ashes.

"The Dao of Kui Water, the Dao of Departing Fire..."

"Xia Mang... he didn't just comprehend two minor Daos. He has also simultaneously entered the Dao of two Great Daos!?"

Several immortals stared at the battlefield in shock.

Immortal Wufeng's eyes went wide, and he unconsciously opened his mouth.

He did not even notice the immortal wine spilling from his mouth and soaking his robes.

The black-and-white wheel in Xia Manggan's eyes had nearly taken solid form and was no longer merely an illusion.

Under his control, the Southern Bright Separation Fire and North Underworld Sunflower Water condensed from the elemental energy of Heaven and Earth both flowed into the Sword Wheel formed from a thousand flying swords.

After absorbing the two streams of water and fire, the Sword Wheel completely transformed into an enormous black-and-white millstone.

Its appearance was nearly seventy to eighty percent similar to the true Black-White Diagram standing in Forbidden Grounds Square.

"Although these two Great Daos of mine have only just entered the threshold, and the water and fire I have formed possess only a trace of the properties of true Southern Bright Separation Fire and North Underworld Sunflower Water..." A sharp gleam flashed through Xia Manggan's eyes. "It is enough!"

Rumble!!!

The enormous black-and-white millstone spun as though it could overturn all of Heaven and Earth.

It charged fiercely toward the sword-light waves!

Bang~~~~

A terrifying sound erupted from the battlefield.

Even after being weakened by the Sealing Array, it still left many Purple Mansion disciples in the Dao Discussion Hall temporarily deaf.

The entire battlefield became a chaotic expanse of mist and water vapor.

The golden dome formed by the Sealing Array trembled and rippled without end.

What was the final result?

Everyone stared fixedly at the battlefield shrouded in golden light.

Many of them even unconsciously held their breath.

After an unknown span of three breaths or perhaps five,

the golden barrier outside the battlefield finally stopped trembling and rippling.

Yet the mist filling it would still take another two or three breaths before anyone could see through it.

Who won and who lost!?

Time, ordinarily too insignificant to notice, now felt unbearably long to everyone.

Suddenly—

"Xia Manggan wins!"

The White-haired Elder Puppet's voice announcing the result

passed through the rising, spreading mist,

passed through the golden barrier of the Sealing Array,

and rang out.

It echoed through the air above the entire hall.

Lost?

Even Eldest Disciple—

Even Eldest Disciple, acknowledged as the number one among the third-generation disciples and almost the number one among Anchan Commandery's younger generation—

True Person Sloppy... had lost?

The veteran third-generation disciples in the Dao Discussion Hall were all struck dumb.

Quite a few even raised their hands to dig at their ears, suspecting that the terrifying sound from earlier had deafened them and caused them to hear wrong.

But as the mist within the battlefield dispersed, the two Thousand Sword Puppets were revealed.

Everyone saw clearly.

The protective layer around the Thousand Sword Puppet controlled by True Person Sloppy... had vanished.

There was also a shallow sword mark on the puppet's chest.

Meanwhile, the protective layer around the Thousand Sword Puppet controlled by Xia Manggan remained completely intact.

Who had won and who had lost was obvious at a glance.

"I lost."

True Person Sloppy rose from the stone pillar opposite him, shook his head with a smile, and said, "Junior Apprentice Brother Xia Mang, you are already this formidable just after entering the Academy. I, San Pang, am impressed."

"You flatter me, Senior Apprentice Brother." Xia Manggan also rose. "This junior apprentice brother only won by a stroke of luck. If it had been a true life-and-death battle, and we continued fighting, the victor would still be uncertain."

Just now, both of them had used their strongest attacks against one another. The powerful fluctuations of Origin Force had made even Divine Sense unable to observe the battlefield.

Only he and True Person Sloppy knew exactly what had happened.

After their attacks collided, the black-and-white wheel and the surging waves formed by the flying swords exploded apart. Both of their souls were shaken.

But Xia Manggan had once been an expert of the Ninefold Thunder Tribulation in the Yang God World.

Although all his thoughts had been devoured when he perished, leaving only his True Spirit indestructible, allowing him to be reborn in this Desolate Era world through the power of the Primordial Chaos Universe,

he had first spent seventeen years being nurtured in his mother's womb, then comprehended five Great Dao True Intents in succession and mastered two minor 'Daos'... His soul had been continuously nourished by the Dao of Heaven and Earth, allowing Xia Manggan's soul strength to truly rival that of a Void Return Earth Immortal.

Such a soul was even slightly stronger than that of True Person Sloppy, who had cultivated for over two hundred years.

Thus, when both their souls were shaken and neither could immediately launch another attack, Xia Manggan was the first to recover.

He immediately controlled one of the scattered, falling flying swords and, in the briefest instant before True Person Sloppy recovered, pierced through the protective layer of the Thousand Sword Puppet under his control.

In a genuine life-and-death battle, such an attack would not even be able to pierce the protective Origin Force of a Qi Refining cultivator, much less injure the divine body of an expert in Fiendgod Body Refining.

Its force would probably not even be enough to scratch an itch.

Yet under the rules of the Dao Discussion Hall, that tiny difference decided the final outcome.

Upon hearing Xia Manggan say that the victor would still be uncertain in a true battle, True Person Sloppy smiled.

If we truly fought to the death, once I used that great divine ability and the Overlapping Wave Secret Technique, you probably would not even withstand three moves.

Naturally, he only thought it and did not say it aloud.

After all, how long had he cultivated, and how long had Xia Manggan cultivated?

In True Person Sloppy's view, Xia Manggan could already match him in Dao comprehension without falling behind. This junior apprentice brother would likely need no more than a few decades to reach a level truly equal to his own—a good opponent.

Thus, feeling mutual admiration, he merely laughed heartily before flashing out of the battlefield.

"Eldest Disciple."

"Senior Apprentice Brother Sloppy."

The veteran disciples looked at True Person Sloppy, their hearts filled with mixed emotions.

In a struggle between the new and old factions, the position of 'number one among the third-generation disciples' had ultimately been taken by a junior apprentice brother who had only just entered the Academy.

Their veteran disciple faction had suffered a complete and utter defeat this time!

Suddenly—

A burst of light lit up in a corner of the Dao Discussion Hall.

After the light faded, more than twenty figures appeared at once.

"Headmaster Martial Uncle."

"Headmaster Martial Uncle."

All the third-generation disciples saluted.

It turned out to be the Primordial Spirit Daoists among the Academy's second-generation disciples. They had removed their concealment immortal arts and emerged from the corner under the lead of the headmaster, Jade Sea Daoist.

"We have come here to announce something..."

Jade Sea Daoist swept his gaze across the hall before it landed on Beishan Xuantang among the veteran disciples.

"Beishan Xuantang, do you know your crime?"

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