"But..." Li Xiaoya looked at the Vacuum Ring on his finger and murmured to himself, "If I used this Vacuum Ring too, even the Four Friends of the Wang together would be no match for me, right?" At that thought, he could not help laughing. "What's so impressive about beating them? If I have treasures like these, the top disciples of other sects should have them too. I still need to raise my cultivation. After all, the higher my cultivation, the more power I can draw out of my treasures."
The days passed one by one. Half a month later, registration for the Sect Qualifying Tournament was finally about to open. During that time, Li Xiaoya's cultivation had improved only slightly. He had visited the Star Plucking Platform twice, but because of the challenge rules, he had only won three matches in a row and reached sixty-eighth place. Later, when he heard that the Sect Selection was about to begin, he redoubled his efforts, cultivating day and night to hone his spells and divine abilities and raise his cultivation. He had not returned to the Star Plucking Platform since.
"What? I can't register?" Li Xiaoya shouted in a hall of the Heavenly Dao Sect.
"Well... Senior Brother Li, these are the Peak Lord's orders. There's n-nothing I can do!" The disciple handling registration was only at the seventh level of the True Cultivation Stage, and sweat covered his forehead as he spoke. Li Xiaoya was notorious on Heavenly Capital Peak for being unreasonable. He was already regretting taking this registration assignment.
"Why not?" Li Xiaoya asked in frustration, thinking, I've never offended the Peak Lord of Heavenly Capital Peak. I've never even met him!
"I don't know either. Those were simply the Peak Lord's instructions. He also said... also said..."