"It's over."
Staring at Bai Yi, who stood before him with his sword raised, Ye Feiyun's expression shifted from stiffness to surprise and admiration.
He had grown up surrounded by praise and exclamations of amazement. Even after entering Domain-Suppressing City, he had been one of the very top prodigies.
He had always been the one who defeated others across realms.
He had never imagined that one day he would be defeated across realms by a cultivator whose cultivation was two minor realms below his own.
Although he had displayed only half his strength in this contest.
But Bai Yi before him had done no less.
At that thought, a trace of gloom passed through Ye Feiyun's eyes. It lingered for only a moment before being replaced by that bright gaze.
"Ye Feiyun, a disciple of the All-Beings Unity Lineage, pays his respects to a disciple of the Main Lineage."
"From today onward, I, Ye Feiyun, will shoulder the duty of protecting Divine Unity and all beings, and protect the inheritance of the Main Lineage!"
The dragon-and-tiger visions around Ye Feiyun dissipated, revealing his golden, finely wrought armor once more. Still holding his silver spear, he knelt on one knee.
"Bai Yi will not let the All-Beings Unity Lineage down, either."
Bai Yi looked at Ye Feiyun and replied solemnly.
He would not say hollow words just to save face, nor would he make a show of claiming that he would treat everyone equally.
Since the All-Beings Unity Lineage was a branch of the Great Sun Golden Crow Lineage, the Guardian Lineage that had secretly safeguarded its inheritance for countless years, the original Great Sun Golden Crow Lineage must have granted them many benefits.
That, too, was the protection the Great Sun Golden Crow Lineage had bestowed upon him, a junior