The Shanmen Annual Assembly, closely watched by the entire Mainland Xiuzhen World, finally ended. The outcome was wildly unexpected, and its repercussions spread rapidly, giving every tradition food for thought.
An ordinary Shanmen disciple who was not even a True Disciple had actually slain a Constellation True Disciple in a fair fight? What did that imply?
Was something wrong with the selection system the continent had followed for over a thousand years? Or was this an isolated exception? A whole series of conjectures followed.
If even Constellation True Disciples might not live up to their reputations, what about ordinary True Disciples? One thing was certain: if challenges were opened to all, a large proportion of them would probably be exposed for what they really were.
Shanmen Quanzhen's Annual Assembly had been bloody, but it had also broken the tradition's restraints. The Demonic Sect was the Demonic Sect: without the slightest regard for how other traditions felt, it had simply abolished its existing True Disciple selections. Now, if a Shanmen disciple lost the substance of that title, anyone could pursue and displace them.
As the news spread, it inevitably sparked a chain reaction among the middle- and lower-ranking cultivators of every tradition. If Shanmen could do it, why couldn't they?
This shook the foundations. Any Upper Cultivator or great cultivator with the slightest insight understood that it could neither be taken lightly nor met with feigned ignorance. Once the foundations-the people's hearts-wavered, the upper levels would naturally become unstable. This could lead to serious trouble.
This insignificant Sword Cultivator had successfully spread chaos across the entire continent. It was not just Shanmen Quanzhen that had to wipe up the mess; every faction had to do the same. Was the accumulated grime of over a thousand years so easy to wipe away?