After being reborn, the villain comes with a spoiler tag.

Inside the main hall of the First Peak.

Although Huo Yu didn't actually kill Long Yucheng in the end, it was that overconfident brat who almost killed himself—Elder Gu had cursed Long Yucheng in his heart for who knows how many times.

However, seeing Huo Yu leave the assessment site with the half-dead Long Yucheng, Elder Gu couldn't help but have some doubts:

"Is this kid planning to find a secluded spot to dispose of the body and cover his tracks?"

But despite the worries, people still need to live.

Elder Gu was about to say that Ghost Control Peak wanted both of them, but someone beat him to it:

"This person is wanted by Soul Refining Peak."

An elder from Refining Soul Peak spoke slowly, and the person he wanted was none other than Huo Yu, who had left the assessment site with his opponent before the results were even announced.

Elder Gu certainly wouldn't release the person. Not only have Refining Soul Peak and Controlling Ghost Peak never gotten along, but this person was entrusted to him by the Left Protector, so of course he had to keep him under his watchful eye.

He glanced sideways at the elder who had spoken earlier and said:

"This person is my disciple by name, and has already been selected by my Ghost Control Peak."

"Is that so? Judging from the cultivation method he practices, there is absolutely no intention of going to Ghost Control Peak."

The elder from Refining Soul Peak who had spoken earlier glanced at Elder Gu and made a sarcastic remark.

Elder Gu was speechless for a moment. When he saw Huo Yu take out ten soul banners at once, he knew something was wrong. Sure enough, he had been targeted by the Soul Refining Peak.

The elder who spoke, He Ying, was the youngest among all the elders, although he had only recently risen to the position. He had only been cultivating for a little over a hundred years and was already at the late Golden Core stage. If there were no unforeseen circumstances, it was a certainty that Refining Soul Peak would have another Nascent Soul stage elder.

He Ying's exceptional talent gradually made her arrogant, and she always looked down on Elder Gu, who had risen to his position through connections.

The two had been at odds for a long time. If it were someone else, Elder Gu might have actually considered letting him go—after all, Huo Yu's talent in the path of soul refining was truly rare, and he didn't want to waste such a promising talent.

However, now that He Ying has spoken, getting him to release the person won't be so easy:

"Say what you will, this person is still registered under my name, so he is my disciple. If you want him, you'll have to get past me first."

Seeing that Elder Gu had begun to act unreasonably, another elder from the Soul Refining Peak, who had remained silent until now, slowly spoke up:

"To be able to command multiple souls of the same realm during the Foundation Establishment stage is a talent that is truly exceptional in the art of soul refining. It would be a waste of his talent to send him to Ghost Control Peak."

Just as Elder Gu was about to retort, the man changed his tone again:

"However, we can understand Elder Gu's love for his disciple. Why not take this boy into the Soul Refining Peak and keep him on Elder Gu's roster?"

In reality, once someone enters the Soul Refining Peak, they are entirely at the mercy of the peak's control; the roster is merely a formality.

However, Elder Chen, who spoke up, was the most experienced person on Refining Soul Peak besides the Nascent Soul stage elders. His words not only gave Elder Gu face but also presented an irrefutable reason. Elder Gu had no choice but to accept the offer and thought he could take the opportunity to get Long Yucheng over.

"Then we shall do as Elder Chen says. As for the remaining people..."

"I want this person."

Elder Gu was surprised that someone would try to take a Qi Refining stage disciple from him. He was about to lash out, but when he saw who had spoken, he swallowed his words back.

The elder sitting at the north end appeared out of nowhere. He stood out among the others in the room because he was surrounded by a strange black mist that could block all divine sense. Everyone present could only see a black shadow standing there.

No one knows what he looks like, or even his name.

Since the start of the assessment, the shadowy figure has chosen very few people, but as long as he speaks, no one will compete with him, because the shadowy figure represents the most mysterious Shadow-Seizing Peak of the Yellow Spring Sect!

Only the shadowy figure knows the criteria for selecting people at Duoying Peak. The selected people range from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment stages, and there is nothing in common among the selected people.

Elder Gu didn't know what the shadowy figure had taken a liking to this time, but although Duoying Peak was nominally ranked third in the Yellow Springs Sect, its actual status was extraordinary, and even Elder Gu wouldn't dare to compete with it for people.

Elder Gu was at his wits' end, but there was nothing he could do. He could only curse Huo Yu and Long Yucheng countless times in his heart:

Why fight like enemies for no reason? Why get serious? If they had just put on an act and stopped short of killing each other, they would have both been recruited into Ghost Control Peak! Now look what happened, they didn't manage to keep a single one, and they've all been taken by others.

However, since things had come to this, Elder Gu could only console himself in his heart—at least Long Yucheng had entered the inner sect, so Elder Gu had not failed the Left Protector's entrustment.

As for what will happen to Long Yucheng at Duoying Peak in the future, to be honest, Elder Gu doesn't know either.

Duoying Peak has always been the most mysterious place in the Yellow Springs Sect. No one knows how many elders or disciples Duoying Peak has.

The disciples of Duoying Peak rarely appear in front of other disciples, but every time they do, the strangeness of their techniques leaves a deep impression.

Although Duoying Peak would send people to attend the elders' meetings, they never spoke and were completely indifferent to sect affairs.

The elders of Duoying Peak all appear in public as black mist, and even Elder Gu, who is also an elder, does not know who is inside the black shadow—the answer to this question may only be known to elders in the Nascent Soul stage.

On the other side, when Long Yucheng woke up from his deep coma, he found that his injuries had healed, but his clothes were still tattered and hanging on his body.

After coming into close contact with the spiritual energy explosion, Long Yucheng's clothes on his chest had almost disappeared, turning into a rather fashionable open-chested top.

However, such a trendy concept didn't exist in this era; he was simply barely clothed.

When Long Yucheng took out spare clothes from his storage bag to change, he noticed that he was still holding a talisman in his hand for some reason. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was a fireball spell he had obtained from the system, with a product code visible only to him in the lower right corner.

However, for some reason, the lowest-level fireball spell that should have been recorded in the talisman was replaced by another spell.

Out of curiosity, Long Yucheng activated the strange talisman with his spiritual power. The next second, he was almost scared to death by the fire dragon that appeared almost face to face with him.

The deep red dragon was exquisitely detailed, with each scale clearly visible, making it incredibly lifelike, and its enormous head was staring directly into his eyes.

This was clearly a Fire Dragon Technique from the Foundation Establishment stage. Moreover, the lifelike fire dragon in front of him appeared almost right next to Long Yucheng's face, yet Long Yucheng did not feel any heat from it. This indicated that the person who modified this talisman had mastered the Fire Dragon Technique to a very high level, and was able to ensure that no spiritual power leaked out.