Bathing in Divine Light, Golden Core Realm, Third Layer

"Senior Brother Zhou? Which Senior Brother Zhou?"

A disciple of the Demon Sacrificial Sect froze for a moment, then frowned. "A mere male disciple could ascend to the Divine Temple? Impossible—"

Everyone nodded.

As everyone knew, the Ice and Snow Palace was dominated by women, with men in decline. Aside from their good looks, male disciples were usually useless. When the Ice and Snow Palace fought with outsiders, it was often the female disciples who did the fighting.

As for the male disciples, neither their cultivation nor their combat strength was impressive.

The fact that the peak masters of the Ice and Snow Palace's Thirteen Peaks were all women proved the point.

Every faction on Mystic Ice Island knew that the Ice and Snow Palace's women were strong and its men were weak. So when Guo Lingyun said "Senior Brother Zhou," it immediately drew skepticism from many people.

"Ninth Peak, Zhou Jintian!"

Guo Lingyun declared proudly.

What?

It was Zhou Jintian?

Before the outsiders from the Demon Sacrificial Sect and the others could react, many of the Ice and Snow Palace's female disciples were already stunned.

"Junior Sister Guo, isn't Zhou Jintian only at the second layer of the Golden Core Realm? How could he still be on the Divine Mountain?"

An Ice and Snow Palace disciple asked in disbelief.

Seeing so many of her fellow disciples looking unconvinced, Guo Lingyun snapped, "Is it so wrong for Senior Brother Zhou to be talented?"

The female disciples of the Ice and Snow Palace exchanged glances.

Since the day the Ice and Snow Palace was founded, had any male disciple ever amounted to anything?

At most, one might become a Nascent Soul Realm elder.

As for the positions of peak master and palace master, they had always been firmly held by female