The next day, throughout the Dragon Ridge Hundred Academies, everyone was discussing last night's phenomenon.
The last time there had been such a commotion was thirty-two years ago, when Ruan Xi of the Ruan Clan of Hidden Sea, one of the five great ancient Aristocratic Clans, had opened the Five Elements Heavenly Fire Dao Embryo.
That senior sister had now become one of the Divine Land's ten foremost true disciples.
The academy masters of the Hundred Academies still remembered it vividly. That day had also been at night; blazing heavenly fire had blotted out the sky and shrouded the night, burning everything within hundreds of miles as bright as day.
At the Gold and Silver Terrace, disciples at the various stalls discussed what had happened last night from time to time.
The Hidden Dragon Rankings were even more tightly packed than a wall, with heads bobbing everywhere.
Yesterday had happened to be the final day of the month, and today was the day the Hidden Dragon Rankings unveiled their new list.
A disciple looked down from above, his gaze abruptly fixing on the sixtieth place. "As expected, it's Senior Brother Jiang's flawless Dao Embryo!"
Sixtieth Place: Taiqing Academy, Jiang Beixuan, first level Dao Embryo.
"Senior Brother Jiang's talent towers above all others. His Great Dao is bound to be limitless in the future..."
"Junior Brother Jiang is the Patriarch's lineage successor. He should take command of the Azure Sea and set heaven and earth in order," someone said, narrowing his eyes as though deep in thought.
"It's still far too early for that."
Someone muttered, "So does that mean Senior Brother Jiang won't be attending the Startling Dragon Gathering?"
"Junior Brother, surely you jest. With Senior Brother Jiang's gifts, why would he set his sights on such a minor gathering?