A month later.
Chen Zhuo stood on the arena platform, calmly awaiting the result of his match.
"Chen Zhuo wins!"
The referee announced the result without a trace of emotion.
From the stands came a wave of prepackaged gasps, as if the audience had been served a ready-made meal.
"Hiss! Chen Zhuo is terrifying! He really is the legendary Sword Dao Prodigy! There are so many Sword Dao Prodigies this year. Counting Chen Zhuo, that makes three sword cultivators, and they're all in the Foundation Establishment Realm! This truly is a golden age for the sword dao!"
"I think Chen Zhuo's going to win it all this year. Anyone else get that feeling?"
"Foundation Establishment Cultivators are unstoppable! That's the seventh one in the quarterfinals, right? In over a thousand Junior College Dao Tournaments, we've never seen this many Foundation Establishment Cultivators. What's going on?! Has Spiritual Qi returned?"
"Buddy, I seriously don't know what's wrong with you. For over a thousand tournaments, didn't they require Foundation Establishment Certificates and Core Formation Certificates? Those requirements were only abolished a few years ago. Isn't it normal that we've seen more Foundation Establishment cultivators in recent tournaments?"
"Only one of the quarterfinalists isn't at Foundation Establishment. I won't say who."
"..."
Discussion buzzed around him, but Chen Zhuo felt no particular excitement.
This was his daily life now.
He couldn't help it. In Taiqing City's junior college circles, Chen Zhuo was already a star-level competitor.
Ever since Chen Zhuo had activated the Azure Immortal Sect's Spell Repository in Heavenly Drum Grotto-Heaven a month ago, he had thrown himself into the grueling life of a sword cultivator.
Vast Dharma Universal Thunder Sword Monarch was indeed a capable sword-cultivating True Lord. Chen Zhuo had learned a great deal from him—and suffered a great deal