"Let’s meet in the Primordial Yang Domain Lord’s Mansion one month from now!"

With Jun Tianyi’s final words, this session of the Seven Domains Celestial Ascension Ranking of the Red Domain officially drew to a close!

Everyone was filled with emotion, for they had witnessed a breathtaking battle of prodigies in the Red Domain, seen the power of the once-obscure Immortal Sect Disciples, and also seen the shocking upheaval brought to this competition by the infiltrators from the Heaven-Shrouding Tower.

Thinking back to when the Seven Domains Celestial Ascension Ranking first began, the Immortal Sect had bragged wildly to the entire Red Domain through the Immortal Daily, and everyone was questioning them. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

But now, no one questioned them anymore.

What remained was only madness!

"Sect Leader Wen!"

"Sect Leader Wen!"

"Sect Leader Wen!"

As soon as one shout rang out, people began to call out one after another.

Because they were afraid that if they didn’t call out to stop Wen Ping, Wen Ping would leave the Shaving Realm in the blink of an eye.

This was one of their few chances to see Wen Ping!

So they had to seize it!

When the mountain-shaking, sea-roaring shouts erupted, the Immortal Sect crowd immediately halted, and Wen Ping also stopped, raising his head to look at the sky.

"May I ask, Sect Leader Wen, when will the Master’s Dao Maze open again? Can you give us a chance to join the Immortal Sect?"

"We want to join the Immortal Sect, please give me this chance, Sect Leader Wen!"

"Please give us this chance, Sect Leader Wen. We don’t want to muddle through our entire lives. We also want to become stronger, we want to protect our families. Heaven-Gazing Gorge is unstable, the danger from the Heaven-Shrouding Tower could erupt at any time—we want to protect our loved ones!"

...

One pleading voice after another echoed throughout the Shaving Realm.

In their eyes, Wen Ping saw expectation, saw longing, and also saw the desire to join the Immortal Sect.

But Wen Ping had never been someone who casually accepted Disciples; the Immortal Sect would always rather lack than take trash. It was impossible for it to be like the Red Leaf Sect, with hundreds of thousands of Disciples.

Let alone like the even stronger Six-star Influences, whose Disciples and Sect members numbered in the tens of millions!

Even so, Wen Ping still opened his mouth and gave them a sliver of hope.

"It will open once every half year! Age doesn’t matter, Realm doesn’t matter; I only look at talent and your heart! Talent in Magic cultivation, talent in Cultivation Meridian Gate—if you have either one of these, and finally pass through the Master’s Dao Maze, then you may enter my Immortal Sect!"

However, Wen Ping did not say how many people he would accept each time.

Nor did he mention anything about Magic.

How many people to take—that would depend on his mood half a year from now.

As for Magic Skills.

That would depend on fate.

The Master’s Dao Maze would assess talent in Cultivation Skill, but Wen Ping had no intention of telling everyone about this.

Even so, when people heard Wen Ping’s promise, each of them instantly broke into broad smiles, a blaze of fire igniting in their hearts.

"Many thanks, Sect Leader Wen!"

"Many thanks, Sect Leader Wen!"

Unending voices of gratitude rang out once again.

Wen Ping smiled faintly, glanced over these people, then turned around with a thoughtful look, ready to lead his people out of the Shaving Realm.

Jun Tianyi, Fog City and the others followed right behind him.

But just then, five people suddenly landed in front of Wen Ping, blocking his path with their bodies, a hint of hostility on their faces.

These five were none other than Feng Kong and the four, including the Celestial Industry Divine General’s Maid, Xiao Yin!

"Hold it!"

Xiao Yin’s crisp voice called Wen Ping’s steps to a halt.

Feng Kong followed up, his tone carrying a trace of coldness as he spoke in a low voice, "Sect Leader Wen, please come with us to meet my lord."

"What are you trying to do?" Being blocked by Feng Kong and the others, Jun Tianyi rushed forward in anger, glaring at the few of them.

Wen Ping raised his hand to stop Jun Tianyi, then spoke indifferently, "I don’t have the time, and I don’t want to go."

When Feng Kong heard Wen Ping’s refusal, the anger on his face turned into a faint killing intent, pressing toward Wen Ping through his icy gaze.

"Sect Leader Wen, don’t think that just because you played the hero once and made a bit of a splash, you can put everyone else beneath your eyes." Feng Kong stomped his foot heavily on the ground as a warning. "This is the Shaving Realm! This is my lord, the Celestial Industry Divine General’s territory!"

Destroy the Lifeless Tide and still want to walk away so easily?

Dream on!

Just for the sake of a mere few hundred immature youngsters, you destroyed the Lifeless Tide that was forged by thirty-five Five-Spin Vortex Divine Artisans.

This loss must be borne by Wen Ping!

"I’m not going. No time." Yet Wen Ping only replied with the same casual words, then lifted his foot and moved to walk forward.

The other three Divine Shadow Army officers immediately closed in when they saw this, forming a wall that completely blocked Wen Ping’s way.

Their attitude was already crystal clear.

Wen Ping stopped again and said once more, "The things you said earlier inside the Sound Insulation Barrier, I heard them all. You think that even if everyone on the Lifeless Tide Battlefield died, the Lifeless Tide still wouldn’t be destroyed—that’s what you think. But I have my own view! In my eyes, even the five of your lives together aren’t worth as much as the red-eyed monkey that plants trees in my Immortal Sect, let alone my Immortal Sect’s Disciples!"

At these words, the four faces that had been full of coldness and anger shifted slightly, but they still didn’t give way for Wen Ping.

Although they didn’t know how Wen Ping had managed to hear their conversation, things had already come to this point: someone had to take the blame for the damage to the Lifeless Tide.

It couldn’t be the four of them!

So it could only be Wen Ping!

"Enough nonsense, come with us! The Lifeless Tide is an official treasure of You Country, a cultivation supreme treasure of the entire Cultivation Realm. For the sake of safety, the higher-ups specially placed it in the Shaving Realm under the guard of the Celestial Industry Divine General. Now it’s been destroyed by your four Demons—you must take responsibility!" Cold light shot out from Feng Kong’s eyes, stabbing straight at Wen Ping’s face, his words full of naked threat.

"Laughable, absolutely laughable. After you learned that control of the Lifeless Tide had been seized by infiltrators from the Heaven-Shrouding Tower, you didn’t think first of saving people—you only thought about how to take back control of the Lifeless Tide, completely ignoring the life and death of my Sect’s Disciples. I may not be that great a person, but after what you’ve done, how do you have the face to criticize me?" Wen Ping’s tone had become bone-chillingly cold as well.