Fresh Turmoil in Heyang City

Heyang City was once again swept up in a new wave.

It could only be said that, many times, the bearing of those at the helm became the wind vane of the entire cultivation world.

People always unconsciously imitated and learned from those at the forefront. Even if such a posture did not suit them, it could not stop their enthusiasm.

The battle in the square had thoroughly settled the question of Ji Ye's so-called rightful claim to his position.

Cultivators actually had a remarkably high tolerance for their leaders.

Just as the one leading most sects was not necessarily the strongest among their generation, and the branch of a great clan that laughed last was not necessarily the one that had been most flourishing at the start.

Whether one could lead the entire group onward was what everyone truly needed to consider.

The greatest reason Ji Ye had been opposed before was that he had not opened up an essential gap between himself and the vast majority.

What was an essential gap?

In present-day Heyang City, among the younger generation—whether they were barely in their teens or around thirty—so long as they crossed the line into the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, everyone would acknowledge their talent.

This was the greatest barrier before the Core Formation Realm. A cultivator had to turn spiritual power from illusion into substance and construct the embryonic form of a golden core within their body.

Once this first step was achieved, everything afterward was merely the slow work of grinding water through stone. With steady accumulation over time, one could successfully form a core.

But if one was at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, then with insufficient talent, who knew how long one would have to wait for that flash of inspiration?

At present, the