"Good!" Xiao Hua let out a breath, then a deep compassion flashed through his eyes as he said, "I summoned you all to the Creation Dao Palace today to tell you that I have successfully cultivated my divine abilities. Before long, I will tear through the barrier between realms and head to the Myriad Monster Realm. Have you made your choices?"
As Xiao Hua's words fell, the disciples' hearts grew heavy. Though they had known this choice would inevitably come, when the moment truly arrived for them to decide, they still felt caught off guard. Fu Zhiwen glanced at Liu Yi. Liu Yi nodded to him, then stepped forward and said, "Master, do you still remember that before entering seclusion, you told us disciples to find a way to determine the ranks of our senior and junior brothers? Now that we have discussed it, amid this world-ending calamity, whoever survives to the end will be the eldest senior brother! Whoever... falls early... will be the junior brother!"
"Hiss..." Xiao Hua drew a sharp breath, and his eyes could not help but moisten. He truly had not expected his few disciples, each with talent that stood proudly above the world, to decide who would be the eldest senior brother in such a manner!
Xiao Hua sniffed softly, suppressing the pride in his heart, and said in a low voice, "Then it seems you have already made your final choice?"
"Yes, Master!" Fu Zhiwen nodded. "We are all humans of the Three Great Continents. We have an obligation to defend humanity's dignity! At this moment when the Three Great Continents are on the brink of utter destruction, we... cannot flee, cannot hide, cannot become cowards! Otherwise... even if we survive, our hearts will already be dead! Our souls will no longer belong