All at once, the area around the Tower of Three Trials of Heavenly Ascent fell silent. Amid the countless gathered cultivators, not even the sound of breathing could be heard.
This sudden change left Nangong Ruoshui, whose eyes had been slightly closed, momentarily stunned.
Just as she was wondering what was happening,
gasps of cold air rang out one after another.
They were followed by frenzied cries of astonishment.
"Hiss... Everyone, look! Th-that... what is that?"
"What? Th-this is impossible!"
"Clearing the Three Trials of Heavenly Ascent in a single day? What kind of joke is this?"
"Just who is this Qu Liushang?"
"Doesn't the Heavenly Rankings say it? A Rogue Cultivator."
"Since when did the Cultivation World have such a formidable Rogue Cultivator? And how did he do it? Could it be... that the Heavenly Rankings made an error?"
"No, that shouldn't be possible! This man entered the Three Trials of Heavenly Ascent a day ago, and in merely one day and one night, he reached the ninety-ninth platform of the first trial. I saw it with my own eyes!"
"Then doesn't that mean the Heavenly Rankings are wrong? Or are you saying he cleared the latter two trials in an instant? What kind of joke is that?"
"But if this isn't a joke, then among the three slots Tiandao Palace promised—slots that can receive Heavenly Gifted Power and ascend to the heavens in a single step—one must surely belong to him!"
"Terrifying, truly terrifying! I had thought these three slots could only be claimed by people from great sects and powerful factions.
Who would have thought that among Rogue Cultivators like us, there would be such a peerless genius!"
Voices of men and women, young and old, rose and fell one after another.
The whole place seemed