Outer Realm Battlefield!

And now, Nalan Hongruo, master of the Artifact Dao and known as the Artifact Venerable, had actually brought this up and called it unfair. Was he not directly targeting the Talisman Dao?

Though the Talisman Dao had developed somewhat under Chen Xiao's hand, the time had ultimately been too short. It simply lacked the foundation needed to compete for a place in the Mystic Yellow Dao Assembly.

"Then what does the Artifact Venerable suggest?"

The Glazed Academy Master's silver-white brows rose slightly.

"In my view, why not do this? The academy can cancel the selection among individual disciples and instead conduct the selection with each Dao lineage as a whole. The five Dao lineages that emerge victorious will each send two thousand disciples—one thousand immortals and one thousand cultivators... What do you all think?"

"What?!"

At Nalan Hongruo's words, everyone sucked in a breath. At the same time, a different meaning entered their gazes as they looked at Chen Xiao.

How was Nalan Hongruo's proposal meant to do Chen Xiao a favor? It was plainly meant to cut off the Talisman Dao's retreat!

Selection based on Dao lineages as a whole? Would weaker Dao lineages still have any chance? If this were truly done, then the five Dao lineages participating in the Mystic Yellow Dao Assembly had already been decided.

The Artifact Dao, Array Dao, Alchemy Dao, Martial Dao, and Sword Dao!

These were currently the five strongest Dao lineages in the Glazed Dao Academy. The other Dao lineages would have no chance at all.

Unfair to weaker Dao lineages? The previous arrangement had still counted as fair to them, but this one would completely snuff out their hopes.

Though Nalan Hongruo had not said it aloud, everyone had already grasped the crux of it. This was aimed at Chen