It had been roughly eight months since Li Ling returned from the Black Heaven Sect War of Annihilation after causing so much trouble in the Qing Shan Sect region and then coming back through the Boundless Joy Sect's teleportation array before locking himself up in seclusion after impregnating Bai Ruyi.
And in that time, a lot of things happened in the wider sect that Li Ling missed.
The first was that this yearly tournament's rules and structure had been changed for the first time in centuries, puzzling many within the Six Paths Halls as to what was going on with the upper layers of the sect.
Of course, the various Hall Masters, as well as those with connections in the middle and upper layers of the sect, knew that this was due to the situation with the Heavenly Mandate Dao Child of the righteous sect faction and her recent execution of the Six Paths Demon Sect's Saint Son in a fair duel.
