The martial arts competition of the Nine Peaks, the twenty-third day.
In past years, each martial arts ceremony would never last more than a month. If it were before, the finals would probably already have begun by this point.
But the current year's number of disciples is so large, and the invited guest elders are so numerous, that tracing back a thousand years, few events could compare in scale. Even with the remnants of the Xuanyin Sect causing trouble, it didn't pose a significant impact, as Liu Tangxi executed Deacon Ma with lightning speed.
Many guest elders and disciples are still unaware of the outside invasion, and the pause in the martial arts ceremony was naturally explained by the Purple Cloud Palace as an enemy attempt to sabotage, but the culprits have now been vanquished.
