The Dust Settles, Sword Master Ceremony

Cao Ming believed he had already rated this Longtan Retainer General who had appeared halfway through highly enough. He had never expected that he had still underestimated the youth's destructive power.

There had only been twelve participants in the entire refinement. Yet he had swallowed the energy of the whole Jade Mountain like a whale devouring the sea, fought one against eight and blasted through them at light speed, then charged out of the secret realm...

To be honest, before Cao Ming had participated in the refinement back then, he would not have dared dream of something on this level.

It was simply too outrageous.

Still, the outcome was good... Cao Ming glanced at the ceremony observers not far away, all of whom had collectively fallen into a daze, and an unconscious smile curled across his lips.

Originally, because the participants in this refinement had generally been of exceptional caliber, he had intended to use them to give these local powers of Xianjing Continent a small warning.

It would also let them know that the Nine Luminaries Division had successors in the wings.

But events had clearly developed beyond his expectations. Fortunately, the effect had been even more gratifying. This could no longer be called a warning; such a record was absolutely a shock that shattered everyone's understanding!

Yet the person involved was exceptionally calm about this result, as though it had been entirely within his plans.

Cao Ming's fingers trembled faintly. Perhaps he had truly encountered an incomparably precious genius this time...

After doing his utmost to suppress the surging emotions in his heart, he raised a hand and summoned the attendants who had long been waiting nearby, ordering them to carry away all eight critically injured people.

Once that was done.

The Prefect of Xianjing Continent first gave