Kong Chenguang, the Master of the Fire God Gate, was stripped of his position as Gate Master. After being thoroughly beaten, he was thrown into confinement. The Fire God Gate's old ancestor, who had been seclusion for over a decade, emerged once more to reclaim supreme authority over the Fire God Gate.
The reason was simple — Chu Feng had brought utter humiliation upon the Fire God Gate. He had to be killed; otherwise, the fury in the old ancestor's heart would never be quelled.
And inevitably, the news that Chu Feng and Zi Ling had paid the Fire God Gate a visit — slaughtering disciples and elders, desecrating their ancestral burial grounds, and forcing the secluded old ancestor to emerge — soon spread across the entire Nine Provinces Continent.
The moment this news broke, it was nothing short of explosive. Almost no one who heard it was not completely stunned.
Chu Feng had grown more and more audacious, more and more heaven-defying. He had gone so far as to actively storm the Fire God Gate, dig open their ancestral graves, slaughter a massive number of elders and disciples, destroy countless palaces, and — rumor had it — even break through the defensive formation that the Gate had commissioned the World Clan to set up.
Had the Fire God Gate's old ancestor not come out of seclusion, the entire sect would have been razed to the ground. It was terrifying — Chu Feng was simply too terrifying.
However, alongside Chu Feng, another person had risen to fame as well: Zi Ling.
Whenever people spoke of a purple-clad young girl at the ninth level of the Xuan Martial realm with equally heaven-defying strength, many could immediately guess that she must be Miss Zi Ling — the one who had declared at the Supreme Mountain Manor's marriage assembly that she was willing to follow in Chu Feng's footsteps.
A sixteen-year-old boy and a fifteen-year-old girl had nearly destroyed an elite power with nearly a thousand years of heritage. What did that say? It didn't mean the Fire God Gate was too weak — it only meant their opponents were too strong.
Chu Feng was absolutely someone who would achieve great things. This was now an undeniable, universally acknowledged truth across the entire Nine Provinces Continent.
Chu Feng's heaven-defying combat strength, his fearless audacity, his bloodthirsty nature, his frenzied actions — all of it was being talked about furiously throughout the Nine Provinces Continent.
This sixteen-year-old boy had already become the single most discussed figure on the Nine Provinces Continent, and the name "Chu Feng" had become synonymous with terror.
Some martial cultivation families even used his name to frighten misbehaving children — the elders would warn that if they didn't behave, Chu Feng would come and take them away, and the children would immediately obey.
Still, there were those who admired Chu Feng's courage and dominance. Even though every major power on the Nine Provinces Continent wanted him dead, he showed not the slightest fear.
Not only did he refuse to flee the continent, he actively engaged these forces in a cat-and-mouse game, dealing them blow after blow, setback after setback — nearly pushing some to the brink of annihilation.
It had to be said that Chu Feng had become an idol in the hearts of many young people, a figure of worship. Some had even compiled the various tales about him into biographical chronicles.
These people believed that the young man Chu Feng was destined to become a towering, world-shaking figure — perhaps even surpassing the Dragon Daoist himself — and would become another legend of the Nine Provinces Continent.
Countless young women openly declared their love for Chu Feng, professing their desire to marry him and to follow in his footsteps just as Zi Ling had, begging him to take them in.
There were also passionate young men who expressed their admiration for Chu Feng, wishing to befriend him, to become his brothers, and to stand together against the great powers.
In short, the name on everyone's lips across the Nine Provinces Continent was Chu Feng, and the matter drawing the most attention was the conflict between Chu Feng and the six great powers.
And when the news from the Fire God Gate broke, those most shaken were none other than the Yuan Gang Sect, the Carefree Valley, the White Veil Church, the Sword God Valley, and the World Clan.