On the battlefield, things unfolded just as He Xinlan and the others had expected.
Although Lan Weihai had brushed the surface of the fourth realm of the Water Marsh Great Dao, with Xu Ruoshan ahead of him in nearly every respect, he fell completely onto the defensive in just an hour.
Then Xu Ruoshan used the Dark Yellow Banner to summon his own Nascent Soul Dharma Form and suppress Lan Weihai's.
This duel, which had lasted nearly an entire day, finally ended in Xu Ruoshan's victory.
"Fellow Daoist Wei Hai, thank you for the match."
Holding his spear in one hand, Xu Ruoshan kept its mountain-like tip an inch from Lan Weihai's throat, a smile curling his lips as he chuckled.
"Today, the Sea-Hearing Token returns to its rightful owner."
"Thank you for parting with it, Fellow Daoist Wei Hai."
Xu Ruoshan withdrew his Black-Gold Spear and took a step, his figure instantly passing through the space of Pinghuang Pavilion and entering Cloudmist Pavilion.
Seeing the duel end, the many prodigies watching offered a few words of admiration, then followed Xu Ruoshan through space and returned to the pavilion.
To them, there had been little suspense about Xu Ruoshan's victory.
What truly shocked them instead was that Lan Weihai had touched the fourth realm of the Water Marsh Great Dao.
That alone qualified Lan Weihai as a top prodigy throughout the Six Provinces.
"Lan Weihai!"
Ke Bufan clenched his fists and fixed a hard stare on Lan Weihai, jealousy and satisfaction intertwining in his heart.
So what if he had touched the fourth realm of a Great Dao? Hadn't he still lost to Xu Ruoshan's spear?
Without the Listening Sea Pavilion, given the Lanhai Sect's lack of worthy successors, they only needed to eliminate Lan Weihai and wait for the