Immediately afterward, nine chosen disciples were moved to the front of the densely packed ranks of Supremes and True Immortals with a single thought from the Immortal King.
Among them were three True Immortals, five at supreme perfection, and one at supreme great accomplishment.
Xiao Tian discovered something shocking: he had not been chosen. The Diamond Saint Spirit beside him also shook his head and sighed, having failed to make the cut.
The hunchbacked old man White Marsh, the Flame Divine Spirit in a red bellyband, the burly Black Tortoise, the alluring beauty Vermilion Bird, the cold beauty Ink Qilin, and the Ancient Witch Tribe member he had just seen had all been eliminated too.
For a moment, Xiao Tian found it rather unbelievable. He wanted to see just what sort of beings they had selected.
The three True Immortals, two men and one woman, were all children of Immortal Kings. The instant he saw them, the first thing he sensed was the surging, immense power of Immortal King cause and effect and destiny. More than one Immortal King stood behind each of them; some even had Immortal Kings for both parents. They were only ordinary Immortal Kings, however. Only those who reached immortal king perfection could be called Peak Immortal Kings.
Their parents were all at the entry, minor accomplishment, or great accomplishment stages of the Immortal King realm.
With advantages like those, why had they come here to become disciples of the Tai Su Daoist Temple? The people Xiao Tian hated most in his life were those who got ahead through connections.
As for the other six, the instant he saw them, Xiao Tian felt a powerful wave of favor from heaven and earth sweep toward him.
Yes, those six fellows, four men and two women, were all