Ten years had passed.
The protection period for the many geniuses of the Plum Gathering had ended. Who knew how many geniuses had fallen in rank.
Among the higher ranks, especially the top four, Plum Gathering geniuses being demoted was commonplace.
After all, those able to enter the higher ranks were already exceptionally strong. The top four ranks contained no shortage of Dao Fruit Immortality experts.
With only ten years, it was difficult for these Plum Gathering geniuses to make major breakthroughs and reach the average strength of their respective ranks.
The Plum Gathering geniuses in the lower ranks, on the other hand, performed much better.
Over those ten years, quite a few had risen in rank. Those who rose multiple ranks were not uncommon either.
After all, the lower one's rank, the lower one's strength.
Take Li Linliu, for example. His talent far surpassed others at his level. It was only because he was young and had lacked adequate training conditions in the past that his strength had been relatively low.
Yet after entering the Sacred Hall, he received special training, along with Chen Fan's support, and his strength improved at an astonishing rate. In just ten years, not only had he broken through to the tenth level, he had also broken through the second Dao Domain of the so-called "Fierce Wind Path."
He rose two ranks in succession, leaping directly from the ninth rank to the seventh.
In fact, Li Linliu was not the person whose strength had improved the fastest over those ten years.
The most monstrous person had risen directly from the ordinary ranks to the sixth rank in ten years. That person had also caused quite a stir in the Sacred Hall!
Others might not have been as outrageous as that person, but there was