Lu Ren followed Gu Nishang as she showed him around the Gu Lineage.
Along the way, Gu Nishang told Lu Ren everything that had happened since they returned to the Gu Lineage.
Gu Pochi had reclaimed leadership of the Gu Lineage through force, but the man he had ousted as patriarch was Gu Shengluo's father.
If Gu Shengluo took first place in this battle and led the Gu Lineage to victory, his father would certainly seize the opportunity to make a move.
"Don't worry. I'll take first place for you!"
Lu Ren made his vow with utter confidence.
A day passed in the blink of an eye.
Gu Pochi and a group of Gu Lineage experts led a hundred prodigies to the Land of Immortal Fate.
The Land of Immortal Fate lay at the heart of the Southern Nether Ancient Star. Whenever a major contest took place on the star, the great sects would gather there.
The Land of Immortal Fate was vast and open, with an enormous battle platform at its center.
Around it, seats and even palaces had been carved into the mountains by magic.
The surrounding peaks were packed with people from the great lineages of the Southern Nether Ancient Star. Their prodigies were taking part in the battle of the factions, so naturally they had come to watch.
Once the battle ended, the Immortal Observation Secret Realm would open.
The Wind Spirit Sect and Moon Shadow Valley both occupied seats on the peaks.
The palaces on either side of the battle platform housed the Gu Lineage faction and the Southern Nether Immortal Dynasty faction.
For now, the two factions sized each other up.
Nanming Fei sat at the center of the Southern Nether Immortal Dynasty faction, surrounded like the moon among stars.
When she spotted Lu