Central Region of Canglan, Bodhi Air Mountain Range, Jade Firmament Sect.
The Bodhi Air Mountain Range lay in the western plateau region of Central Region of Canglan. The Xi Family's second-rate forces had established themselves throughout the range, along with some insignificant small sects and clans.
Jade Firmament Sect had once always ranked at the bottom among the Xi Family's forces, a state that had continued until eight years ago.
Eight years ago, Jade Firmament Sect's second True Intent Cultivator was born, and only then did its ranking within the Bodhi Air Mountain Range rise.
From the bottom of the Xi Family's forces, it became third from the bottom.
That day, two phantom figures swept into the clouds at the summit of Jade Firmament Sect's mountain gate, then departed again not long afterward.
After they left, a sigh drifted from the top of Jade Firmament Sect's main hall.
"Alas... the Sect Master and Martial Uncle lost that contest. There is no place for our Jade Firmament Sect in the Heaven Ascending Tower's entry qualifications."
Upon hearing this news, the elders and peak masters within the hall all darkened.
Because Central Region of Canglan was vast and home to countless forces, competition for every kind of resource was fiercer than in the Northwest.
To seek development here, one could only fight and seize with one's fists.
For instance, the Heaven Ascending Tower this time was a Secret Realm within Central Region of Canglan, not far from the Bodhi Air Mountain Range.
Yet because the sect's two True Intent Cultivators had lost the contests for places against other forces, Jade Firmament Sect was unable to enter it.
Including this time, they had already missed three worldly opportunities around this region in recent years.
That was why the Grand Elder above had sighed,