The Sword Firmament Pavilion calmed down after the bell dissipated, but that was only the beginning of the uproar created by Lin Yun.

“The Alliance-Union Battle?” Lin Yun heard about it when he returned to Locket Mountain.

“That’s right. It will take place two months from now and the sect will reward us based on the rankings. FIghting for the top three isn’t imperative, but it’ll be troublesome if we can’t make it into the top ten,” explained Xin Yan.

“If we’re going to fight, why don’t we just fight for first place?” asked a baffled Lin Yun.

“The Alliance-Union Battle is also the outer disciples’ competition. Basically, it’s a competition for those in the top ten on the Mortal Ranking. Everyone in the top ten are prideful and they don’t like to be restrained. They might join a small elite alliance-union, such as the Lone-Star Alliance or Asura Alliance,” smiled Xin Yan bitterly. “Even Wang Yan won’t be able to recruit them into his alliance-faction. He paid Chu Haoyu three visits...