Arc 102The Hall Master Contest

Huo Lian revealed Kui Yong’s scheme to harvest the Hall Masters’ essence blood and prepared Huang Xiao to win the Hall Master's Seat and resist his control. Huang Xiao and Pang Yi advanced past the contest’s first round, and ghost qi erupted as their final contest was announced.

  • Huang Xiao demonstrated his improved moves and fourth stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration to Huo Lian and Shi Hen.
  • Huo Lian revealed Kui Yong’s control over the Hall Masters and instructed Huang Xiao to use the Blood Exhaustion Method to break free after winning the seat.
  • Huang Xiao gave Huo Lian the Supreme Demon Core and drew Kui Yong’s Memory Images, deepening his understanding while helping Huo Lian and Shi Hen study them.
  • Huo Lian learned that the contest had been advanced, granted Wei Yidao an opportunity to gain temporary Pseudo-Void Realm strength, and gave Huang Xiao three Blood Overflow Pills.
  • Huang Xiao mastered the Ghost-Riding Technique on the journey to the Main Hall, where Huo Lian was barred from entering.
  • Huang Xiao, Pang Yi, and Yang Tun entered Mo Pozheng’s first-round test and endured increasing pressure inside separate barriers.
  • Yang Tun struck Huang Xiao and Pang Yi with hidden darts before leaving the arena eliminated, while their armor limited their injuries.
  • Mo Pozheng announced the final contest between Huang Xiao and Pang Yi, and ghost qi erupted in the Martial Arts Arena.
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Ch. 2543Draw Them

Huang Xiao sparred with Shi Hen and demonstrated how much his moves had improved, even forcing Shi Hen to use his feet. He offered to draw the many Memory Images of Kui Yong that he remembered, potentially allowing Huo Lian and Shi Hen to study them and strengthen themselves against Pang Ji.

  • Huang Xiao attacked Shi Hen with his refined moves, which concealed the mysteries of formations and pressured Shi Hen into using both hands.
  • Shi Hen stopped the spar after Huang Xiao forced him to kick, and he praised Huang Xiao's progress while reminding him that Pang Yi remained his main goal.
  • Huo Lian and Shi Hen discussed how Kui Yong's Memory Images could reveal a vast range of moves and might greatly improve Pang Ji if he discovered their secrets.
  • Huang Xiao offered to turn the Memory Images in his mind into pictures for Huo Lian and Shi Hen to examine.
  • Huang Xiao said his experience with painting meant he could likely draw the images with about ninety-percent resemblance.

Ch. 2544Improvements in Other Areas

Huang Xiao told Huo Lian and Shi Hen about his improvements over the past four years, including mastering the fourth stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration and making progress with Shi Hen’s sound arts. Huo Lian judged Huang Xiao’s strength likely sufficient to face Pang Yi, though the contest for the Demon Hall Master’s Seat still lay ahead.

  • Huo Lian said Huang Xiao’s understanding of Kui Yong’s Memory Images might be enough to reveal useful insights, and Huang Xiao admitted his reconstruction could be less than seventy percent accurate.
  • Huang Xiao said he had mastered the fourth stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration and could withstand its damage because his Indestructible Cultivation Method had become better at healing injuries.
  • Huo Lian explained that Huang Xiao’s healing ability resembled the Longevity Chapter, then praised him for exceeding expectations by mastering the fourth stage.
  • Huang Xiao said he had reached his limit, and Huo Lian estimated that the stage’s twenty-sevenfold increase in internal power should be enough against Pang Yi.
  • Shi Hen and Huo Lian discussed Pang Yi’s possible forbidden arts and agreed that the Ten-Thousand Interception Method alone might not overcome Huang Xiao’s strength.
  • Huang Xiao said he had also made progress in Shi Hen’s Sound Art Qi Control and Sound Art Qi Transformation, pleasing Shi Hen.

Ch. 2545The Strength of a Newly Advanced Shattering-Void Realm Expert

Huang Xiao learned that his strength could match an expert newly advanced to the Shattering-Void Realm, while Huo Lian and Shi Hen urged him to stay humble and keep progressing. He asked about Pang Yi, whose strength remained unknown, and was encouraged to defeat him and claim the Hall Master's Seat.

  • Huo Lian estimated that Huang Xiao could exchange blows with someone who had just entered the Shattering-Void Realm, and Huang Xiao accepted the assessment.
  • Shi Hen and Huo Lian compared Huang Xiao’s talent with their own younger selves and cautioned him that future achievements mattered more than early strength.
  • Huo Lian and Shi Hen discussed Pang Ji’s rise after losing to Huo Lian and reflected on how the Demon Hall and Jianghu had changed over time.
  • Huang Xiao asked about Pang Yi, and Shi Hen said Pang Yi had remained with Pang Ji for over four years, leaving no one else able to observe his strength.
  • Huo Lian said Pang Yi was likely still in the Dao Realm, and Shi Hen encouraged Huang Xiao to defeat him and win the Hall Master’s Seat.

Ch. 2546A Private Talk

Huang Xiao learned that the Hall Master's contest could begin within three months, as Huo Lian warned him about the Pang Family's ambitions and the likely return of Kui Yong. After Shi Hen left, Huo Lian began explaining the purpose and cost of the Hall Masters' prolonged slumber, leaving Huang Xiao to consider why they sacrificed most of their lives to it.

  • Huo Lian estimated that the contest for the Hall Master's Seat would take place within three months after meeting Mo Pozheng of the Tomb Clan.
  • Huo Lian told Huang Xiao and Shi Hen that the Pang Family might seek to rule independently, while Shi Hen worried that opposing them could ruin the Demon Hall.
  • Huo Lian said they should not move against the Pang Family because Kui Yong might emerge, and he wanted their strength available against him.
  • Huo Lian asked Shi Hen to leave so he could speak to Huang Xiao alone about the approaching contest.
  • Huo Lian questioned why Hall Masters entered slumber, arguing that they spent most of their supposed long lives asleep, and Huang Xiao fell silent.

Ch. 2547They Were All Forced

Huo Lian explained to Huang Xiao how Kui Yong controlled Demon Hall Masters through the Demon Refining Formula and used their essence blood to prolong his life and grow stronger. He warned that Kui Yong intended to kill the next Hall Master after using him to slaughter Jianghu experts.

  • Huo Lian told Huang Xiao that Kui Yong controlled those who practiced the Demon Refining Formula by making their true qi and essence blood turn against them.
  • Huo Lian explained that he alone had escaped Kui Yong’s control, after taking precautions and spending nearly a thousand years undoing the formula.
  • Huo Lian said Kui Yong had planned to emerge a thousand years earlier and might kill the next Hall Master instead of sending him into slumber.
  • Huo Lian revealed that previous Hall Masters surrendered most of their essence blood to Kui Yong and then recovered some of it during slumber.
  • Huo Lian explained that Kui Yong needed the new Hall Master to slaughter Jianghu experts so their killing intent would strengthen his essence blood before Kui Yong devoured it.

Ch. 2548Making a wedding gown for you

Huo Lian explained how Huang Xiao could use the Demon Refining Formula to fool Kui Yong, then use the Blood Exhaustion Method to escape his control after gaining strength as Demon Hall Master. Huang Xiao agreed to defeat Pang Yi and showed Huo Lian the Supreme Demon Core.

  • Huo Lian told Huang Xiao that Kui Yong had harvested Jianghu experts in thousand-year cycles for ten thousand years, and that becoming Demon Hall Master could give Huang Xiao a chance to disrupt the scheme.
  • Huang Xiao questioned why Huo Lian wanted him to compete for the Hall Master's Seat despite the danger, and Huo Lian said he hoped to weaken Kui Yong by repeating his own resistance.
  • Huo Lian explained that Huang Xiao should use the complete Demon Refining Formula to convince Kui Yong he was controllable, then use the Blood Exhaustion Method to dissolve the essence blood and break free.
  • Huang Xiao said he understood and promised to spare no cost to defeat Pang Yi.
  • Huang Xiao opened his box briefly to show Huo Lian the Supreme Demon Core, and Huo Lian approved of what he saw.

Ch. 2549The Different Flames Grow Stronger

Huang Xiao learned that the other powers would not lend their supreme treasures, but Huo Lian believed the strengthened different flames and the Supreme Demon Core would be enough to reforge the Supreme Demon Saber. Huo Lian let Huang Xiao keep the Supreme Ghost Stele and prepared him for the approaching contest for the Demon Hall's Hall Master's Seat.

  • Huo Lian told Huang Xiao that the other powers had refused to lend their supreme treasures, though he had found the Supreme Evil Crystal and Supreme Demon Pearl.
  • Huang Xiao offered to fetch the Supreme Ghost Stele, but Huo Lian told him to keep it because it would support his Blood Exhaustion Method and remain hidden from others.
  • Huo Lian explained that Demon Phoenix had strengthened the different flames in the Supreme Evil Crystal and Supreme Demon Pearl more than threefold, bringing his power to above-average Shattering-Void Realm strength.
  • Huo Lian said the Supreme Demon Core would provide enough different flames to reforge the Supreme Demon Saber, while Demon Phoenix's limited energy made the Supreme Ghost Stele less useful for that purpose.
  • Huang Xiao asked about stronger pills, and Huo Lian admitted that his claim about pills better than Blood Overflow Pills had only been meant to provoke Pang Ji.
  • Huang Xiao handed Huo Lian the Supreme Demon Core, and Huo Lian said the Demonized Divine Beast Core's secret might soon be exposed but would matter less if Huang Xiao won the Hall Master's Seat.

Ch. 2550Losing His Nerve

Huang Xiao learned that the contest for the Hall Master's Seat had been moved up to half a month away, likely because Pang Ji feared Huang Xiao would grow stronger with more guidance. Huo Lian and Shi Hen wondered whether Pang Ji had discovered the secret of the Stone Gate Relief.

  • Huo Lian told Huang Xiao to seek Shi Hen's guidance while he tried to return the Supreme Demon Core to Demon Phoenix.
  • Shi Hen reported that the Main Hall had scheduled the contest for the Hall Master's Seat in half a month.
  • Huo Lian and Shi Hen suspected Pang Ji had moved the contest forward to deny Huang Xiao time to improve.
  • Huo Lian said Pang Ji was losing his nerve and contrasted him with Wu Xuancang, whom he regarded as his true rival.
  • Shi Hen wondered whether Pang Ji had discovered the secret of the Stone Gate Relief, startling Huo Lian.

Ch. 2551I must make a trip back

Huo Lian and Shi Hen discussed whether Pang Ji had uncovered Kui Yong’s Memory Images and decided to investigate the Main Hall and Pang Family for efforts to obtain Supreme Demonic Qi. With the Hall Master Contest only half a month away, Huo Lian planned to return to refine a Blood Overflow Pill, but agreed to review Huang Xiao’s drawings before leaving.

  • Huang Xiao argued that Pang Ji could not have unlocked the Memory Images without knowing about his Demonized Divine Beast Core and obtaining Supreme Demonic Qi.
  • Huo Lian proposed investigating whether Pang Ji’s people had recently collected treasures containing Supreme Demonic Qi, and Shi Hen agreed to use the Hidden Demon Guard to look into it.
  • Huo Lian said he had to return to refine a Blood Overflow Pill and explained that broad guidance would disrupt Huang Xiao’s training with only half a month left.
  • Shi Hen suggested that Huo Lian and he could guide Huang Xiao by studying drawings of the Memory Images, and Huo Lian agreed to stay another day or two to review them.
  • Huang Xiao took out painting supplies and began drawing the Memory Images, saying he could finish in half a day.

Ch. 2552Putting Heart and Soul into It

Huang Xiao spent half a day drawing Kui Yong’s Memory Images for Huo Lian and Shi Hen, focusing on the battles after Kui Yong reached the Shattering-Void Realm and on the Imperishability Chapter. After finishing, Huang Xiao realized that drawing with complete concentration had deepened his understanding of the moves.

  • Shi Hen left to investigate whether anyone in the Demon Hall had recently used treasures connected to Supreme Demonic Qi, then returned an hour later to find Huang Xiao had drawn several hundred scenes.
  • Huo Lian and Shi Hen examined Huang Xiao’s drawings as he continued, noting that he had devoted most of his effort to Kui Yong’s later battles and the Imperishability Chapter.
  • Huang Xiao drew more than a thousand images over half a day, taking longer as the difficult scenes became harder to capture.
  • Huo Lian told Shi Hen he would stay another two days so Huang Xiao could finish without being rushed.
  • Huang Xiao completed the final drawing, exhausted his mental strength, and meditated to recover.
  • Huang Xiao realized that concentrating fully on the drawings had helped him understand previously unnoticed subtleties in the Memory Images.

Ch. 2553Remarkable painting skills

Huang Xiao showed Huo Lian and Shi Hen paintings of the scenes he remembered, gaining fresh insights from painting them. The three discussed Kui Yong’s mysterious Forbidden Art and whether the ancient Demon God, Righteous Path Leader, and Immortal Alchemist might still be alive, but they had no answers.

  • Huang Xiao woke from meditation and said painting the scenes had helped him understand more of the moves in his mind.
  • Huo Lian and Shi Hen praised Huang Xiao’s paintings and said they had gained a great deal from them.
  • Huo Lian asked about Kui Yong’s black-painted eyes, and Huang Xiao explained that they had glowed red after Kui Yong used what seemed to be a powerful Forbidden Art.
  • Huo Lian said the Demon Hall held few records of those ancient events, while Shi Hen and Huang Xiao identified the figures they believed were the Demon God and the Righteous Path Leader.
  • Huo Lian, Shi Hen, and Huang Xiao speculated that the ancient experts and the Immortal Alchemist might still be alive, but admitted they had no way to know.

Ch. 2555Word Spread Across the World

Huo Lian offered Huang Xiao guidance on Kui Yong’s moves before leaving, while the Demon Hall announced the approaching Hall Master Contest and its thousand-year purge. Huo Lian returned to Mist Mountain with the Supreme Demon Core and presented Wei Yidao with another opportunity before sending him away.

  • Huo Lian told Huang Xiao he would teach him about Kui Yong’s moves before departing the next day, and Shi Hen left them to study.
  • The Demon Hall announced the date of the Hall Master Contest, and news of the coming thousand-year period spread throughout the Jianghu.
  • Sects and martial artists across the Jianghu called truces and waited for the new Hall Master, fearing the purge but hoping to benefit from the upheaval.
  • Huo Lian returned to Mist Mountain with the Supreme Demon Core, and Wei Yidao greeted him.
  • Huo Lian praised Wei Yidao’s progress, told him to prepare to leave, and produced a box as he offered him another opportunity.

Ch. 2556Pseudo-Void Realm

Huo Lian offered Wei Yidao a chance to temporarily reach the Pseudo-Void Realm using the supreme demonic qi crystal. Wei Yidao accepted despite the pain and risk, preparing to gain strength for the Demon Hall Thousand-Year Period.

  • Demon Phoenix and Wei Yidao recognized the supreme demonic qi emanating from the crystal in Huo Lian's box.
  • Huo Lian told Wei Yidao the crystal could raise him to the Pseudo-Void Realm without lasting damage, though the strength would last only about a year and the process carried pain and risk.
  • Wei Yidao accepted the opportunity, believing it could help him face powerful opponents during the Demon Hall Thousand-Year Period and aid his eventual breakthrough.
  • Wei Yidao considered the relative strength of Void Realm experts and concluded that Li Bai could still grow stronger, while Zuo Qiu Yi and Kui Yong had surpassed the Void Realm.
  • Huo Lian agreed to grant Wei Yidao the opportunity.

Ch. 2557The New Hall Master's Method of Increasing Internal Power

Huo Lian forced compressed Supreme Demonic Qi mixed with his Heavenly Demon Indestructible true qi into Wei Yidao to increase his internal power, warning that the method was risky but would not threaten Wei Yidao’s life. Huo Lian left to refine Blood Overflow Pills for Huang Xiao, whose contest for the Hall Master’s Seat was only ten days away, while Wei Yidao endured the process.

  • Huo Lian gathered and compressed Supreme Demonic Qi, then mixed it with his Heavenly Demon Indestructible true qi to trigger an eruption.
  • Huo Lian ordered Wei Yidao to focus and pressed the raging mixture into the crown of his head.
  • Huo Lian told the Demon Phoenix that failure could weaken Wei Yidao or reduce his internal power but would not damage his foundations or endanger his life.
  • Huo Lian said Wei Yidao’s process would take about two hours, then left to refine Blood Overflow Pills for Huang Xiao.
  • Huo Lian revealed Huang Xiao had emerged from seclusion and had only ten days before the contest for the Hall Master’s Seat.

Ch. 2558Ghost-Riding Technique

Huo Lian returned to the Heavenly Demon Hall with three Blood Overflow Pills and prepared Huang Xiao for the Hall Master Contest, teaching him the Ghost-Riding Technique to use with the Supreme Ghost Stele. Meanwhile, Wei Yidao remained in a dangerous, unexplained state as Demon Phoenix and the others waited nearby.

  • Wang Jiu, Zhu Yang, and Fan Tianhui found Wei Yidao trembling, and Wang Jiu urged them to keep their distance while Demon Phoenix watched over him.
  • Huo Lian returned to the Heavenly Demon Hall and gave Huang Xiao three Blood Overflow Pills before they prepared to leave for the contest.
  • Huo Lian told Huang Xiao to carry the Supreme Ghost Stele and taught him Feng He's Ghost-Riding Technique, a divine sense attack method that relied on the stele.
  • Shi Hen questioned whether using the stele's ghost qi would alert Pang Ji, and Huo Lian explained that Pang Ji expected Huang Xiao to possess it and had prepared for its aura.
  • Huo Lian revealed that Yan Youwang was watching Feng He to prevent him from warning Pang Ji, though Fan Liya might still try to deliver the news in person.

Ch. 2559Yang Tun

Huo Lian sent Huang Xiao and Shi Hen to the Main Hall for the Hall Master Contest, hoping Huang Xiao could master the Ghost-Riding Technique and defeat Pang Ji. As the contest drew near, the Three Great Halls gathered, including Ten Thousand Demons Hall’s candidate and Hall Master, Yang Tun.

  • Huo Lian said Wei Yidao could delay Fan Liya and believed Feng He would likely stay silent rather than carry a message to Pang Ji himself.
  • Huo Lian asked whether Huang Xiao could master the Ghost-Riding Technique on the journey, and Huang Xiao confidently said he could.
  • Huo Lian, Huang Xiao, and Shi Hen left the Heavenly Demon Hall as its disciples watched, knowing their fates depended on the contest.
  • The Main Hall mobilized its disciples and elders for the thousand-year Hall Master Contest, while the Three Great Halls sent their candidates and selected representatives.
  • Yang Tun, a man in his sixties and the Ten Thousand Demons Hall’s Hall Master Candidate, had taken the position after Lou Feishang died.

Ch. 2560Just there to make up the numbers

Yang Tun arrived at the Main Hall as Ten Thousand Demons Hall’s Hall Master Candidate, determined to prove himself despite others viewing him as a stand-in. Chu Fanyin knew Yang Tun had little chance against Huang Xiao and Pang Yi, and awaited their arrival for the contest.

  • Ten Thousand Demons Hall chose Yang Tun as its Hall Master Candidate and raised his strength to the Entering Dao Realm, then he succeeded Chu Fanyin as Hall Master.
  • Chu Fanyin and Yang Tun arrived at the Main Hall, where disciples mocked Yang Tun as someone chosen to make up the numbers, though some envied his resources and strength.
  • Yang Tun vowed privately not to concede defeat and believed his age, Forbidden Arts, and medicines gave him a chance against Huang Xiao and Pang Yi.
  • Chu Fanyin warned Yang Tun to steady his mind but privately considered him overconfident, knowing Huang Xiao and Pang Yi had grown far stronger than Yang Tun imagined.
  • A Main Hall disciple escorted Chu Fanyin and Yang Tun and said Huang Xiao was expected to arrive later that day, before the contest began the next day.

Ch. 2561A Means of Countering Him

Huang Xiao and his companions reached the Demon Hall’s Main Hall as the thousand-year Hall Master Contest drew near. Huo Lian stayed outside, while Huang Xiao entered to face Pang Yi, relying on the strength he had gained in secret and on the Tomb Clan’s protection if Pang Ji tried to interfere.

  • People from across the Jianghu gathered in Youzhou to await news of the new Demon Hall Hall Master, and the Demon Hall let them enter under the contest’s long-standing rules.
  • Huang Xiao arrived near the Main Hall with Shi Hen and Huo Lian after mastering the Ghost-Riding Technique, but he had not figured out how to use it without exposing the Supreme Ghost Stele to Pang Yi.
  • Shi Hen and the Patriarch judged Pang Yi’s chances of winning to be greater, while Huo Lian said he did not know Huang Xiao’s true strength.
  • Demon Hall disciples welcomed the group, but the gatekeeper barred Huo Lian from entering the Main Hall, so Huo Lian stayed outside and urged Huang Xiao to do his best.
  • Huo Lian expected Mo Pozheng to represent the Tomb Clan and believed he would have a way to stop Pang Ji if Huang Xiao won and Pang Ji tried to kill him.

Ch. 2562It Wasn't His Place to Offer Sympathy

Huang Xiao met the other Hall Master Candidates and learned how Yang Tun viewed their coming contest, while Shi Hen and Chu Fanyin discussed the shifting alliances among the halls. Pang Ji arrived with Pang Yi and announced that the contest would begin at noon the next day, but Yang Tun spoke up before the gathering ended.

  • Huang Xiao greeted Chu Fanyin and Yang Tun in the Main Hall guest room, where Yang Tun reacted with shock to Huang Xiao’s Dao Realm strength.
  • Yang Tun challenged Huang Xiao’s confidence, and Huang Xiao recognized that Yang Tun had little chance in the contest but accepted that he had to face the consequences of his choice.
  • Shi Hen asked whether Pang Yi had arrived, and Pang Ji entered with Pang Yi shortly afterward.
  • Pang Yi threatened Huang Xiao through voice transmission, and Huang Xiao answered without backing down.
  • Pang Ji announced that the Hall Master Contest would begin at noon the next day and that all means were permitted.
  • Yang Tun immediately asked to speak, surprising the others as Chu Fanyin wondered whether he had decided to take a final risk.

Ch. 2563The Source of His Confidence

At a meeting of the Hall Master Candidates, Pang Yi revealed that Yang Tun had once secluded himself in a Demon Hall senior’s chamber on Supreme Demon Peak, but still treated him as no threat and focused on Huang Xiao. The contest was set for noon the next day, and Shi Hen told Huang Xiao that Pang Yi remained his true opponent.

  • Yang Tun vowed to prove himself in the struggle for the Hall Master's Seat, while Huang Xiao considered using the Ghost-Riding Technique and promised to surprise Pang Yi.
  • Pang Yi revealed that Yang Tun had gained an opportunity to seclude himself in a Demon Hall senior’s secret chamber on Supreme Demon Peak, surprising Huang Xiao and Shi Hen.
  • Pang Yi dismissed Yang Tun as beneath his notice, and Pang Ji reminded him that all three candidates held equal status.
  • Pang Ji said the contest would take place at noon the next day in the Main Hall's Rear Hall Martial Arts Arena, then left with Pang Yi.
  • At Shi Hen's residence, Shi Hen told Huang Xiao that Pang Yi, not Yang Tun, was his true opponent.

Ch. 2564Never giving up hope of survival

Huang Xiao and Pang Yi spent a sleepless night anticipating the Hall Master Contest, each determined to claim the seat for different reasons. The next morning, experts gathered at the Main Hall’s arena to assess the candidates before the contest began at noon.

  • Huang Xiao told Shi Hen he hoped Yang Tun would help pressure Pang Yi, but Shi Hen warned that Yang Tun might resent Huang Xiao and urged him to rely on himself.
  • Huang Xiao accepted that Pang Yi would kill him if he lost, yet vowed not to give up hope of survival.
  • Huang Xiao reflected on how Pang Yi’s upbringing and years of cultivation gave him a major advantage, while Pang Yi resolved to claim the Hall Master’s Seat and become Number One in the world.
  • Experts gathered at the Martial Arts Arena in the Main Hall’s Rear Hall to observe the three Hall Master Candidates, with most divided between the Pang Family and the allied halls.
  • Huang Xiao arrived first, followed by Yang Tun and Chu Fanyin, while Shi Hen sat on the raised platform beside the arena.

Ch. 2565Realm Leap

Pang Yi arrived for the Hall Master Contest, and Pang Ji introduced Mo Pozheng, the Tomb Clan Chief, to Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan. Before the match began, Pang Yi revealed that his cultivation had reached the Dao Realm, leaving Huang Xiao and Yang Tun to face another Dao Realm contender.

  • Pang Yi arrived and told Huang Xiao that he would be dead by the same day next year.
  • Liu Tengfan joined Shi Hen on the high platform as they waited for Pang Ji and the visitor from the Tomb Clan.
  • Pang Ji arrived with Mo Pozheng and privately introduced him to Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan as the Tomb Clan Chief.
  • Huang Xiao, Pang Yi, and Yang Tun entered the arena, and Pang Ji told Pang Yi to stop concealing his strength.
  • Pang Yi released his restraints and raised his aura to the Dao Realm, prompting Mo Pozheng and Pang Ji to discuss the previous Hall Master Contest.

Ch. 2566Three Circles

The first round of the Hall Master Contest began as Mo Pozheng set up a formation to test Huang Xiao, Pang Yi, and Yang Tun’s ability to withstand increasing pressure. The three were sealed in separate energy walls, where they would remain until one could no longer endure.

  • Mo Pozheng began the contest’s first round by placing four black flags at the arena’s corners and forming three circles.
  • Pang Yi, Yang Tun, and Huang Xiao each chose a circle after Mo Pozheng made them shuffle places.
  • Mo Pozheng explained that the test would eliminate whoever failed to endure first and allowed the contestants to use any means as long as they stayed inside their circles.
  • Mo Pozheng raised cylindrical black energy walls around the three contestants and said the pressure inside them would steadily increase.

Ch. 2567Any Means

Yang Tun struggled against the rising pressure in the first contest for the Hall Master's Seat while Huang Xiao and Pang Yi remained composed. As the pressure reached the Dao realm, Yang Tun released a dangerous aura, and Huang Xiao found he could not dodge within the barrier.

  • Mo Pozheng identified the pressure as having reached the enlightenment realm, and observers predicted Yang Tun would be eliminated because his cultivation was lower than Huang Xiao's and Pang Yi's.
  • Yang Tun resisted the escalating pressure and recalled how he had lost his earlier chance to become a Hall Master Candidate after Lou Feishang was chosen.
  • Mo Pozheng announced that the pressure had reached the entering Dao realm, and Pang Ji said Yang Tun was struggling while Huang Xiao and Pang Yi remained fine.
  • Yang Tun grew furious when Huang Xiao and Pang Yi ignored him and decided to use the strength he had been saving for the final contest, invoking the advice to use any means.
  • The pressure reached the Dao realm, and Huang Xiao and Pang Yi expected Yang Tun to fail before a dangerous aura suddenly appeared; Huang Xiao could not dodge within the barrier.

Ch. 2568The third showdown

Huang Xiao and Pang Yi survived Yang Tun’s hidden-weapon attack and eliminated him from the contest. As the two rivals prepared for their final showdown over the Hall Master’s Seat, a surge of ghost qi erupted in the arena.

  • Yang Tun’s hidden darts struck Huang Xiao and Pang Yi, but their armor helped them escape with only minor injuries.
  • Mo Pozheng confirmed that hidden weapons were allowed, and Pang Yi stopped his attack on Yang Tun when Pang Ji intervened.
  • Yang Tun left the arena eliminated, while Pang Yi threatened to kill him after taking the Hall Master’s Seat.
  • Mo Pozheng announced the final contest between Huang Xiao and Pang Yi, and ghost qi suddenly erupted in the Martial Arts Arena.
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