After entering the portal, Yuan, Wang Xiuying, and Lan Yingying appeared outside the Mystic Realm.
"So this is the outside world..." Lan Yingying mumbled in a dazed voice as she looked at the desolate area and the people gathered outside.
Meanwhile, Yuan and Wang Xiuying were bombarded with notifications.
[You have obtained a massive amount of spiritual energy from the Mystic Realm!]
[You have enough Qi for a breakthrough]
[You have reached Second Level Spirit Master]
[+11,000 Stats]
[You have reached Third Level Spirit Master]
[+12,000 Stats]
[You have reached Fourth Level Spirit Master]
[+13,000 Stats]
"..."
"..."
"..."
[You have reached Ninth Level Spirit Master]
[+18,000 Stats]
Yuan’s cultivation stopped at the peak of Spirit Master after leaving the Mystic Realm whilst Wang Xiuying’s cultivation entered fifth level Spirit Warrior.
As for Lan Yingying, her cultivation base remained the same.
"Brother Yuan!"
"Young Master!"
Two figures could be seen flying in their direction shortly after they left the Mystic Realm.
"Xiao Hua. Feng Feng. It’s been a while." Yuan greeted them.
"Young Master, is it true that you’d accepted a servant?" Feng Yuxiang immediately asked him, and she turned to look at the beauty standing beside him.
"You... You’re a Divine Beast?" Feng Yuxiang could immediately tell, as Divine Beasts have a distinct aura and smell that could easily be noticed by other Divine Beasts.
"I am." Lan Yingying nodded calmly.
"Are you okay, Brother Yuan?" Xiao Hua asked him after her initial shock, as Yuan’s cultivation base suddenly leaped all the way to the peak of Spirit Master.
"Yes, I am fine." Yuan nodded.
Sometime later, Senior Nie approached them and said, "Sorry to intrude on your reunion, but I would like to announce the results. Please go back to your sect in the meantime. And young man, I would like to speak with you afterward."
"Okay." Yuan nodded.
"I will see you later, Wang Xiuying," Yuan said to her before going back to the sect.
"See you later! It was fun playing with you!"
As Yuan walked back to the Dragon Essence Temple, everybody there stared at him with serious frowns on their faces, looking like they were all in deep thoughts.
"Welcome back, Disciple Yuan." Long Yijun said to him after he returned.
"I cannot wait to see the results!" Elder Shan chuckled.
Once everyone was back in their own sect, Senior Nie hovered above them and said, "First and foremost, let me start by saying that this year’s Mystic Realm was completely unexpected and full of unexplainable phenomenons that have never happened before. In other words, it was an unprecedented experience."
"However, such is the nature of the cultivation world. Therefore, I will continue to rank the sects based on the points the participants have accumulated during the time they were inside, even if it was cut short."
Senior Nie then turned to look at the Mystic Realm and began making some weird hand signals.
"Reveal!" He shouted.
A moment later, a list of sect names and numbers appeared in front of the Mystic Realm for all to see.
[Rank 1: Dragon Essence Temple(9,999,999 Points)]
[Rank 2: Medicine Valley(5,032 Points)]
[Rank 3: Heaven and Earth Palace(1,512 Points)]
[Rank 4: Azure Phoenix Sect(641 Points)]
[Rank 5: Heavenly Melody Academy(357 Points)]
[Rank 6: Grand Sword Mountain (240 Points)]
[Rank 7: Three Poisons Manor(101 Points)]
[Rank 8: Fallen Saber Sect(88 Points)]
[Rank 9: Xianxia Academy(72 Points)]
[Rank 10: Pink Garden Paradise(69 Points)]
"W-What kind of result is that?!"
The Sect Masters there exclaimed after seeing this unexpected result.
How on earth did the Dragon Essence Temple amass ten million points whilst the others couldn’t even break five digits?
And how did the Medicine Valley achieve second place, beating the Heaven and Earth Palace that is now kicked all the way to the third place?
Furthermore, there were sects in the top 10 that weren’t even top 50 before!
"This year’s Mystic Realm— What a mess!" The Sect Masters there shook their heads at the results that were hard to swallow.
Of course, many of the Sect Masters there were unable to accept this result.
"Senior Nie! There’s clearly something wrong with the results! Look at the Dragon Essence Temple! How could they have possibly achieved ten million points in such a short time?! The highest points recorded in history were only 10,000 points! Their points are 1,000 times higher, which is clearly impossible!"
"Hmm..."
Senior Nie looked at the scoreboard with narrowed eyes.
Indeed, the results looked a bit ridiculous even for him. However, if Disciple Yuan was the one who opened the Mystic Pagoda which hasn’t been opened since forever, it would make sense why they’d managed to obtain so many points.
As for the Medicine Valley, their disciple was following Disciple Yuan, which could be the reason for her unusually high points despite being alone.
"What do you guys think?" Senior Nie asked the people behind the crystal balls.
"Who cares about the results? It doesn’t affect us, anyway. Just get on with it so we can take that genius to the Spirit Heavens!"
"I agree. The results are final. There’s nothing we can do at this point."
The elders all agreed.
Senior Nie nodded and said to the people on the ground, "The results are final. If you don’t like the results, you can fix it next time."
The Sect Masters’ hearts dropped after hearing the verdict, especially the sects that used to be top 10 but didn’t even make the top 50 this year because someone had killed their disciples before they could earn any points.
As for the sects that used to be top 100 but now within the top 10, they were obviously ecstatic about the results.
However, out of everyone there, nobody was more ecstatic than Long Yijun and the Dragon Essence Temple, as the results had far exceeded their expectations by reaching first place!
"Hahahaha! We did it! You did it, Disciple Yuan! The Dragon Essence Temple has returned to being first again after so long! Hahaha!" Long Yijun could no longer hold his excitement and burst out laughing.