In less than 15 minutes of time, everything that occurred at the entrance of the city had spread throughout the entire Imperial Capital. Moreover, the names of Wenren Yue from the Flower Palace, Murong Yao from the Sword Sect, Leng Xinran from the Snow Palace, and Yuan Hua from the Origin School had spread throughout the Imperial Capital as well. This caused all the Profounders that came to participate in the Ascension Rankings to seethe with excitement. The disciples of many clans and numerous independent cultivators had simultaneously headed to the entrance of the city to measure their strengths and make a name for themselves.

The Sword Sect had its own properties even in the Imperial Capital. At the hall of an inn called Celestial Residence, all the disciples of the Sword Sect who were participating in the Ascension Rankings resided here. All of them had solemn expressions while worry had even appeared within their eyes.

The reason they were worried was that they were usually geniuses amongst geniuses in the Sword Sect. However, the incident today allowed them to realize that if...