Published: February 24, 2025
Tan Yun, feeling frustrated, had just spent a moment in turmoil when the grand competition of formation techniques came to a close.
After a thorough verification and scoring, Ru Yan Wu Ji frowned, her clear voice echoing across the vast Eternal Creation Field:
"Eternal Immortal Sect's formation arts total score is 8000 points, taking the first place!"
The atmosphere grew tense as the participants processed the announcement. Tan Yun couldn't shake off the feeling of unease that had settled within her.
As the crowd erupted in murmurs, the tension thickened. The Sacred Sect’s performance had always been a strong contender, yet the outcome had left many questioning their future strategies.
In the distance, the palace masters and sovereigns exchanged looks. It was clear that the competition was far from over, and alliances might need to be reconsidered in light of the recent developments.
Tan Yun took a deep breath, steeling herself for what was to come. This was just the beginning of a much larger battle ahead.
"Huangfu Sacred Sect's formation arts total score is 3590 points, last place!"
At this point, Ru Yan Wu Ji sighed, raising her voice a few notches, "This sovereign announces that the Divine Soul Celestial Palace's alchemical, artifact, talisman, and formation arts have a combined total of 31500 points, claiming the first place!"
"Eternal Immortal Sect's total score in the four arts is 30370 points, ranking second!"
"Huangfu Sacred Sect with 20850 points, still in last place!"
Ru Yan Wu Ji, feeling a sense of unwillingness, added, "In the grand competition of the four arts, my Eternal Immortal Sect's talisman and formation arts took the first place."
"Divine Soul Celestial Palace's artifact arts ranked first."
"Huangfu Sacred Sect's alchemical arts ranked first."
Upon hearing this, the hundreds of elders from the Eternal Immortal Sect, along with the over two million disciples present, all secretly lamented!
Their Eternal Immortal Sect had won first place in two categories, yet they ended up second, only 1130 points behind the Divine Soul Celestial Palace!
At this moment, disciples and elders of the Eternal Immortal Sect, including Ru Yan Wu Ji, all cast unfriendly glances at Tan Yun!
In everyone's eyes, if the genius disciple of the artifact lineage from the Eternal Immortal Sect, Tuoba Zhantian, had not been killed by Tan Yun, the outcome of this grand competition of the four arts would have been rewritten!
The ultimate victor would surely have been the Eternal Immortal Sect!
Facing the hostility directed at him, Tan Yun sneered coldly in his heart, "A month and a half ago, I ordered the two disciples guarding the mountain gate to fly for ten days before returning to the mountain gate, which totals twenty days."
"Twenty days ago, those two must have discovered that the Eternal Divine Sword was missing. Based on their flying time, they should be on their way to report to Ru Yan Wu Ji soon!"
"At that time, I want to see if the old man Ru Yan will be so furious that he dies of anger!"
As Tan Yun contemplated this, Dantai Xuanzhong also accepted the fact that they had lost in the grand competition of the four arts.
The fact that Huangfu Sacred Sect's alchemical lineage took first place was his greatest consolation.
During the long eighty-day competition, three people left a deep impression on Dantai Xuanzhong: Tan Yun, Gongsun Ruoxi, and Huangfu Tingfeng.
Especially Tan Yun, who made the deepest impression on Dantai Xuanzhong.
With his own strength, Tan Yun reversed the inevitable failure of the alchemical lineage, rewriting the fate of losing for millennia, and also overturning the iron law that no one could successfully challenge the supreme sub-respect elixir since the competition began fifty thousand years ago.
Every time Dantai Xuanzhong thought about Tan Yun gently refusing his offer to appoint him as the inner sect danmai chief, he grew fonder of this young man!
Previously, he was torn between whether Tan Yun or Huangfu Tingfeng was more suitable to be his son-in-law, but he had now made up his mind!