At last, the contest in Heavenly Lake City came to an end. For months afterward, the contest to decide the city's ruling lord became the talk of its residents over tea. Even three-year-old children knew a fair bit about it: someone named Li Xiaoya had defeated Ji Fazi, the Mystic Heaven Way's strongest fighter; an idiot named Dong Santong had beaten Heavenly Lake City's strongest fighter, only to jump out of the ring himself and lose the match; the Du Household would remain in charge of Heavenly Lake City for the next thirty years, and so on...
Meanwhile, Li Xiaoya's name spread even farther through the Cultivation World. Mortals had merely watched the spectacle, but cultivators were thoroughly shaken by his divine abilities. He had defeated Ji Fazi of the Mystic Heaven Way, reputedly the Righteous Path's foremost core condensation stage cultivator, with two punches. In just a few days, the news spread across the entire Tianyuan Continent-for no other reason than that Ji Fazi was simply too famous.
His body could withstand a full-powered blow from a Supreme Spiritual Artifact. More than thirty cultivators of his own stage had fought him in succession, yet they had seemed like children before him. With his fists and feet alone, he had crushed every one of them. It was simply unbelievable; even an ordinary Golden Core Stage Cultivator could not have accomplished such a feat. In just a few days, the news spread across the entire Tianyuan Continent-for no other reason than that Ji Fazi was simply too famous.
At this point, however, the members of the Du Household had only just returned home. Du Chengfeng had arranged for people to maintain order at the venue and usher the mortals out before returning himself.
Everyone had gathered in the Main Hall. Du