Meanwhile, in the square outside the Heavenly Mechanism Tower.
The crowd's discussions continued.
Xu Guanquiong looked displeased, but he still struggled to maintain his smile.
He knew the limits of his disciple Murong Fu's strength. Making the top ten had already been no easy feat.
Among the other Profound Mastery Realm experts, apart from Abbess Jingxuan, Yue Shentong, the sect master of the Immortal Rosy Cloud Sect, and Li Cheng'en and Lu Bing.
The rest looked rather grim.
The sect masters and elders of the Flying Feather Sect, the Great Void Sword Sect, and the Seven Stars Sect looked especially displeased.
They had thought their disciples would achieve excellent results, perhaps even contend for the top three, only for them to barely scrape into the top ten.
It left them feeling rather defeated.
"Let's see who the other two are."
Everyone stared intently at the open space.
Then, after a flash of white light.
A figure appeared in the square. Everyone looked closely and froze.
"Who is that?"
"Where did he come from? I don't recognize him."
"He's the third one? Just who is this man?"
The Profound Mastery Realm experts nearby also frowned.
Once Zhang Fan steadied himself, he saw everyone looking at him and gave an easygoing chuckle. "Quite the gathering." Then he walked off to one side.
No elder from his sect came to meet him.
Xu Guanquiong flipped through the Roll of Names. "Zhang Fan, Thunder God Island." Surprise crossed his face. Thunder God Island was a Hidden World Sect that had long since declined. Of course, since its legacy dated back to before the founding of Great Yan, it still qualified to participate in the assembly.
Still, it was quite unexpected that this declining sect had produced a genius capable of competing for a place