The Clash of the Two Ranked Second Under Heaven, the Shift in Who Truly Held Second Place!

National Preceptor's Residence.

A figure suddenly appeared at the entrance.

The newcomer was Jiang Ning.

He raised his head and glanced at the towering walls of the National Preceptor's Residence ahead.

Before, he had been unable to discern anything unusual. Now, he could clearly see invisible grand formations blanketing the National Preceptor's Residence.

The formations interlocked one after another, wondrously intricate.

An instinctive feeling told him that if these formations were fully activated, they could pose no small threat to him.

Before even achieving the Primordial Spirit, there have already been so many changes. Taking this step was indeed the right choice! he silently thought.

Ever since leaving Yang Lake Grotto-Heaven, he had felt different from before in every way.

Even when looking upon heaven and earth, it seemed as though he had changed to another perspective, an entirely new one.

He stood at a greater height and saw many more things that were different.

He knew that all of this had been brought about by his divine soul entering the Dao Embryo and completing the Ninefold Profound Transformation.

And this was while his divine soul had yet to fully break free from the embryo and attain the realm of a Primordial Spirit immortal.

Once he succeeded, the changes would be even greater.

The next moment.

He stepped onto the stairs before the National Preceptor's Residence and raised his knuckles to knock lightly.

Knock, knock, knock—

The sound of knocking carried into the National Preceptor's Residence.

Although he could now enter the National Preceptor's Residence directly as he had when first arriving in the royal capital, he did not do so.

Instead, he stood before the gate and waited quietly for a response.

For acting that way here would have been neither polite nor respectful.

Only a moment passed.

Hurried