The Greenmaple Chapter seemed to have embarrassed themselves this time around.

"What's going on? Isn't Lin Xiaoxiao a fresh empyrean saint? The last time I saw her, she was only a sky saint." Xuanyuan Xixi seemed a little confused and was wondering if she had remembered it wrongly. She agonized over it, feeling horrible over nobody being able to avenge her, to say nothing of the rest of the Greenmaple Chapter.

"Emblem," Lin Xiaoxiao said with her hand outstretched. She found herself enjoying this sensation more and more, finally understanding what kind of kick Tianming got out of dominating others. It was an addicting sensation indeed.

The rush of going against fate and seeing the results of using her fists to teach those that thought themselves better than her was intoxicating, to say the least. She fell in love with this feeling and wanted to become someone like Tianming. Turning back to shoot him a glance, she felt like she was reborn. No matter the price she had paid to come here, she now felt that it was worth it.

Soon, a deacon’s emblem fell in her hands.

"It seems that we're rather lucky today. The Greenmaple Chapter now has two new capable deacons, bringing our total up to thirteen," Gu Qingyao said.

"Congratulations, Chief," Tianming said.

"Hmm." Though she nodded, her displeasure was plain to see.

"If that’s all, I should take my leave now. I’ll be participating in the faction battles eight days from now," Tianming said.

"Wait a moment," Gu Qingyao said, "Tonight, we’ll be holding a meeting at Dragonmight Hall. All deacons have to participate in the planning for the faction battles. The faction lord will be making a trip here from the Earth Branch."

"Understood. I'll be there."

Once someone reached the sixth level of Empyrean Saint, they would be able to cultivate at the Earth Branch. The faction lord of the Dragonmight Faction was a core member of the Archaic House of Xuanyuan, so it was no surprise that he could cultivate there. Perhaps he would be moving onto the Heaven Branch in a few years; however, as long as he was in the Human Branch, he would be king.

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Two hours after Tianming left, a yellow-robed man came to the Greenmaple Chapter. Within the hall,...