(First update)
Feng Xiaotian had a beautiful dream, one that lasted three days.
In that dream, he saw Yang Ming's reputation utterly ruined because of his own fake death. Yang Ming's friends distanced themselves from him, and those who had once loved him left one after another. He was left all alone, collectively ostracized by Godwind Academy and the other Five Elements Academy schools, spending the rest of his life drifting miserably through the Spirit Master world, fading into obscurity.
Meanwhile, as the victor, he reinvented himself, won Huo Wu, the woman of his dreams, and, with the support of the sect behind Godwind Academy, climbed step by step to the pinnacle of life, becoming a Titled Douluo whose might shook the four seas.
A satisfied smile lingered at the corner of his lips as Feng Xiaotian slowly lifted his eyelids.
Today was the third day since his fake death. The lingering effects of the medicine in Feng Xiaotian's body had been completely cleared. According to his agreement with Platinum Bishop Salas, someone from Spirit Hall should have been waiting to receive him by now.
What entered his sight was an unfamiliar ceiling. Since Feng Xiaotian had already expected this, he was not too surprised.
However, when a gentle yet somewhat familiar middle-aged male voice reached his ears, Feng Xiaotian suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"Feng Xiaotian, you're finally awake?"
That voice was...
The expression on Feng Xiaotian's face froze. He mechanically turned his neck and saw Ning Fengzhi, the famous sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and a regular in the VIP seats of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, smiling at him. His usual gentle smile, paired with his handsome, slightly weathered face, was enough to make many young girls scream.
Yet Feng