Gu Yanqiu's battle ended, and storms swept across Azure Province.
In just three days, news of Liu Yunche fighting a Bone Tempering Realm opponent while at Tendon Forging swept through the entire Provincial Capital like a raging gale.
Throughout the province, there was no one who had not heard, no one who did not know.
For this young prodigy from Verdant Grain County, people had nothing left but astonishment and newfound respect.
One battle made him a legend; the dark horse soared into the sky.
And only half a month remained before Azure Province's annual grand event-the province-wide Youth Martial Arts Tournament.
It was precisely Liu Yunche's earth-shaking victory that sent excitement for this year's Martial Arts Tournament erupting.
Everyone abruptly woke to the realization.
This year's tournament would no longer be a one-man show for a select few.
A brand-new Three Extremes Realm prodigy had entered the fray in force, overturning the balance among Azure Province's prodigies!
An even more startling announcement followed close behind, thundering out of the Patrol Platform Office and shaking the entire province!
This year's Azure Province Martial Arts Tournament would break with the tradition of arena matches at the Martial Academy!
The Patrol Platform Office would open the Azure Province Secret Realm, a relic of ancient times, as the tournament's battlefield!
Within the secret realm, spiritual energy was abundant and the terrain varied endlessly, with opportunity and danger existing side by side.
Beasts roamed everywhere, and many undiscovered ruins left by predecessors lay within, making it seem like a world unto itself.
Most astonishing of all-
The Provincial Inspector of Azure Province would personally preside over the secret realm and observe the tournament.
The announcement set the entire province boiling!
Previous tournaments had, at most, been grand events within the Provincial Capital's Martial Academy.