When news of Han Dulong's entry onto the Investiture of the Gods reached Golden Turtle Island.
Zhao Gongming was the first to laugh.
"Someone from the Elucidation Sect made the list too?"
He had just returned from Mount Emei.
He sat in a side hall of Biyou Palace, still holding a cup of immortal wine.
After hearing the news Duobao brought, he looked rather pleased at their misfortune.
"They all used to think the list was prepared for our Interception Sect."
"Now they know it doesn't care what color robes you wear?"
Yunxiao glanced at her elder brother.
"Brother."
Zhao Gongming waved a hand. "I know, I shouldn't be too happy. But someone nearly worshipped me to death a while ago. Surely I'm allowed to feel a little better."
Qiongxiao said from beside him, "A little better? The corners of your mouth are practically touching the sky."
Zhao Gongming gave a light cough.
"Is it that obvious?"
Bixiao nodded earnestly. "Yes."
Quite a few people in the hall laughed.
Even Tongtian wore a faint smile.
For the first time, a member of the Elucidation Sect had truly entered the list because of the reshuffling of the karmic tribulation.
From the Interception Sect's perspective.
It was hard not to feel something.
They had spent far too long being treated as the main candidates for the Investiture of the Gods.
The Ten Ultimate Formation, Zhao Gongming, the Three Cloud Sisters, Wen Zhong, Huo Ling—one wave after another.
Much of the time, the Elucidation Sect really had assumed that "the investiture is mainly for you lot."
Now the list itself had turned its attention elsewhere.
It did feel a little like the tables had turned.
Lin Yuan sat just below Jin Ling.
There was no obvious excitement on his face.
Tongtian soon noticed.