Xu Guang and Yuan Shuang consecutively won their matches, greatly boosting the reputation of the Six Northern Institutes.
Some said that this year the Six Northern Institutes might unfurl their banner on the God-Sealing Platform.
Others scoffed at the idea, as no true elite from a Venerable Power had yet appeared. While Xu Guang and Yuan Shuang's displayed strength was impressive, their victories came too easily and lacked genuine tests of hard ability.
However, people's focus on the Six Northern Institutes soon faded because of one person's appearance.
That person was named... Lin Zhen!
He hailed from the Falling Star Sect in the Northern Lands, a minor sect barely known, which had some fame a thousand years ago, having produced a Saint, but since that Saint sacrificed himself on the God-Sealing Mountain, no Saints have appeared in over a thousand years.
