"I lost..."
As soon as the Taixu Temple Master spoke, countless disciples outside Longtian Palace fell silent. Not a sound could be heard throughout the vast Taixu Temple.
Everyone was too stunned to speak.
What had they heard?
The Temple Master had said he... lost?!
In a debate on the Dao with Chu Kuangren, the Temple Master had actually lost!!
He was a Supreme Supreme! He had actually lost to a junior? This was simply too inconceivable. No one would dare believe it if word got out.
"The Temple Master... lost!"
"How is that possible? Chu Kuangren actually beat the Temple Master!"
"What kind of monster is he? He's only at Void Insight, yet he beat a Supreme Supreme in a debate on Daoist Law. He's defying the heavens!"
"Terrifying. Absolutely terrifying."
"As unwilling as I am to admit it, he was right. Before him, no one can call themselves a Heavenly Pride! We're all mediocrities."
After the deathly silence came a boiling uproar of discussion.
Countless people marveled, countless people were shaken, and a shadow fell over the hearts of the Heavenly Prides, as though they had glimpsed a summit they could never surmount in this lifetime.
Inside Longtian Palace, the Temple Master quietly watched Chu Kuangren after recovering from his shock. He remarked, "I never expected you to achieve sudden enlightenment at the final moment and break through in your Daoist Law realm, young friend Chu. Truly astonishing."
"If you hadn't put me under so much pressure, Temple Master, I wouldn't have been able to break through at the final moment either." Chu Kuangren smiled faintly.
To him, wasn't this all just business as usual?
He was the protagonist, after all.
The corner of the Temple Master's mouth twitched at those words. So he had failed to steal