The Condensed Jade Sect's seven Grand Elders were holding a brief discussion through the third-tier Communication Arrays aboard their War Treasure Ships.
After receiving the report from the cultivators stationed on Immortal-Severing Island, the Grand Elders felt that the time was ripe.
"The thirty-three-year period will be up in another year. It is time to select some people."
A white-bearded cultivator with a lean face and the bearing of an immortal spoke first.
"Hmph, do we need you to tell us that? Who doesn't know it's time to select people?" a True Person who seemed bathed in flames said, his eyes wide.
He was none other than the hot-tempered Third Grand Supreme, Heavenfire True Person.
"Heavenfire, are you looking for more grief?" The white-bearded True Person was not annoyed and continued to smile as he spoke.
"Yuji, if I weren't on a different battlefield from you, I'd beat you up right now. Just looking at that face of yours sets my temper ablaze." Heavenfire True Person burned with anger.
"Enough arguing! Even over a million li apart, you still won't stop making a racket." A Grand Elder sternly interrupted their quarrel.
The Grand Elder's eyes were blood-red, with a faint layer of black energy floating over them.
His silver hair was white as frost, yet his face was utterly ordinary. He looked no more than twenty or thirty, just like a young man.
He seemed to command considerable respect. As soon as he spoke, the two True Persons who had been at each other's throats immediately fell silent.
A moment later, the silver-haired Grand Elder spoke again:
"The Sect Master has now reached the most critical point of his breakthrough. This is our foremost priority, one that concerns the Condensed Jade Sect's rise and fall, honor and disgrace.
"Next come