[Of course, the rumors in Azure Sea Lake had always grown more outrageous with every retelling.]
[Some swore that the Third Prince had broken into the seventh tier in just ten years, then reached the eighth tier in another ten. Others went even further, insisting that he already secretly held a fruit status and was merely keeping it concealed.]
[At first, quite a few people privately wondered whether the Third Prince had been hiding his abilities all along.]
[But as the rumors grew ever wilder, people gradually lost interest in investigating them.]
[After all, even the Xuantian Devil Master of Southern Shu could never have cultivated at such a heaven-defying pace-reaching the eighth tier and holding a fruit status in thirty years was an unheard-of absurdity.]
[And so some scoffed, saying that the Third Prince was merely puffing himself up, boasting to build his reputation.]
[The more outlandish the rumors became, the less anyone believed them, until they gradually collapsed without anyone needing to refute them.]
[Everyone in Azure Sea Lake seemed to have forgotten whether this prince was a mediocre third-tier cultivator or a heaven-born genius who truly concealed unfathomable depths.]
[There had been a brief flurry of excitement, but it eventually ebbed like the tide, and talk of the prince gradually died down.]
[As for the riot in the Northern Sky Prison, it was even less worth mentioning, as though it were merely an old story told over tea.]
[The Northern Sky Prison was now being rebuilt and remained closed to outsiders. Only the nobles of the Nine Great Clans who often placed wagers on the Demon-Slaying Platform there felt some regret. After all, it had been one of the few entertaining places available.]
[After returning to Tai Chi Hall, you first settled Daoist Danyuan, Lingmiaozi, and Ye