A breeze swept over Sky-Piercing Mountain, stirring a soft rustle through the flowers, grass, and trees.
Water struck the rocks, and faintly audible beneath it were the heartbeats and breaths of all the martial artists outside Sky-Piercing Mountain.
Everything at the foot of Sky-Piercing Mountain was quiet. There was no chatter, no exclamations of shock, only countless eyes fixed on the cloud-shrouded summit, watching that lone figure.
At that instant, Jun Wangchen's silhouette became that of a true divine prodigy in everyone's hearts.
Reaching the summit of Sky-Piercing Mountain was a goal countless martial artists dreamed of, yet could never attain.
When the top-ranked climber on the Stone Tablet had reached the 9,400th step years ago, he had shaken the entire martial arts world and been hailed as a divine prodigy whom no one would surpass for a century.
Yet none of them had expected the legend established by the Stone Tablet's top-ranked climber to be utterly shattered by a newcomer today.
Taking up the goal that the top-ranked climber had failed to achieve, this newcomer had conquered the summit of Sky-Piercing Mountain.
The long-haired man gazed up at the figure on the summit, his eyes filled with complicated emotions. Those familiar short locks and that slender frame left a thousand words lodged in his heart, and he did not know how to voice them.
Although he could see only the figure's back, the long-haired man recognized him at a glance.
He had thought he was merely giving a newcomer a few casual pointers. Never had he imagined that such casual guidance would reveal a prodigy blessed by the heavens.
In the crowd, Dongfang Chuixue watched the silhouette on the summit and instantly recognized him as the monstrous genius who had climbed Sky-Piercing Mountain as easily as drinking water.
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