Basically, every single genius of the five institutions who had come to the Tongyou City was gathered in the training plaza by the time Shang Xia arrived.  

If anyone else were to take Shang Xia’s place, they would probably be paralyzed with fear. Unfortunately, that was Shang Xia they were talking about! He managed to keep his calm in front of so many geniuses.

When he returned with the convoy of the Shang Clan more than a month ago, he defeated the star sword cultivators of the other four institutions in one go. The most terrifying part was that even the most talented inner disciple of the Jianmen Institution, Hou Yuchun, was defeated in a single blow!

The battle might have ended, but the effects it brought about still lingered in the minds of those present.

In the time that passed, many of the disciples of the other...