The Azure Cloud Sect Grand Competition gave the entire Cultivation World its fill of juicy gossip.
First and foremost, the Devil Race, which had vanished for thousands of years, had appeared in the world again.
Thousands of years ago, in the War Between Dao and Demons, the entire Cultivation World had paid an extraordinarily heavy price to drive the Devil Race back into the Demon Realm. No one had expected that, thousands of years later, the Devil Race would find a way to undo the seal and return to this world, or even become the Sect Master's Personal Disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect, one of the Nine Great Sacred Lands.
Meanwhile, a once-in-ten-thousand-years genius had emerged in the Azure Cloud Sect. During the Azure Cloud Sect Grand Competition, he had swept through hundreds of opponents, taken first place outright, and been personally appointed Holy Son of the Azure Cloud Holy Land by the Sect Master on the spot.
To stand before the Holy Son was to stand before the Sect Master. He was second to one and above ten thousand.
Yet this Holy Son of the Azure Cloud Holy Land kept an exceptionally low profile. Even ninety percent of the Inner Sect disciples did not recognize him. Rumor had it that he spent his years cultivating in seclusion on some nameless little mountain within the Azure Cloud Sect.
Had the Devil Race not made a shocking appearance during this Azure Cloud Sect Grand Competition, forcing the Azure Cloud Holy Son to act to keep the sect from being disgraced, he would never have intervened.
With his Core Formation Realm cultivation, he had swept through hundreds of cultivators, including Hui Zhi, the Holy Son of the Great Spirit Mountain Temple, another of the Nine Great Sacred Lands!
He could well