After the Soul Fighting match in Suotuo City, the Papal Hall bowed its head, and the world shook.
The towering Immortal Mountain stood outside Suotuo City, wreathed in clouds. Overnight, it had gone from a secluded paradise to the center of politics and the Soul Master World.
The royal families of both empires summoned their ministers for overnight talks, while the major sects sent key figures to investigate.
The reason was simple: Immortal Mountain's plan to reorganize the Papal Hall cut straight into the continent's most sensitive issues—the division of interests between rulers and commoners, and the question of unifying the Soul Master World.
That blade struck precisely where those conflicts met: the struggle between rulers and commoners, and whether the major sects could continue ruling their own territories.
This was no mere change of leadership within a sect. It was an upheaval that could sweep across the entire continent.
Immortal Mountain had always drawn crowds of Immortal-Chasing Fans and Soul Masters seeking instruction.
Now, scouts, lobbyists, and observers from every major power mingled with the Soul Masters who had come to see the mountain for themselves. The once-quiet path grew louder by the day.
Among the student Soul Masters, those from the Five Elemental Academies were the most eager to come. At the last Soul Fighting match, they had seen the strength of Immortal Mountain's students with their own eyes. They had also seen Su Chen's breathtaking face and peerless bearing, and had been utterly captivated.
On top of that, Immortal Mountain's unheard-of method of accepting apprentices—Trait Entry detection—was novel and all the more fascinating.
For all these reasons, the major powers had become fixated on how to gain an apprenticeship at Immortal Mountain and get someone inside.
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