Shu Jianyue slapped his head away and looked at Yan Xi, continuing, "Xi Xi, you can tell your mother anything directly. When you want to have a heart-to-heart talk, treat your mother like a sister your own age. Who is your mother to you? Who would I tell your little secrets to?"

Chong Jiu pursed his lips, rested his chin on her shoulder, and looked for her attention.

Yan Xi's expression softened, and she nodded with a smile, "Yes, Mother, I will."

Yu Chuan suddenly leaned over and said with a smile, "Mom, can I chat with you like a sister?"

Shu Jianyue raised her eyebrows, looked at a certain part of his body and said with a smile, "Sure, we're all born of the same mother, so we can't favor one over the other."

Yu Chuan squeezed his legs together, his face turning red. "Mother, even if I'm your son, it doesn't mean I can look at everything."

Chong Jiu's face darkened, and he immediately covered Shu Jianyue's eyes with his hands, "Shu Jianyue, where are you looking?"

Then he transmitted his voice to her again: "[Is it because I haven't seen enough of my son?]"

Shu Jianyue blushed and kicked him, saying, "What are you saying? Have you no shame?"

Chong Jiu raised an eyebrow as he looked at her.

Shu Jianyue snorted and turned to look at the battle stage.

Seeing that Chongjiu had angered Shu Jianyue, Yu Chuan didn't dare to provoke her further. He sat back down and discussed with Yun Zhongtian how to torment the Gu Lin Sect.

Tiankong glanced at the Gu Lin Sect and wondered if he should go and put some sacks on their heads tonight.

The Ancient Lin Sect quickly won the game, and the next match will be between the Supreme God Palace and the Qingcheng Sect.

The disciples of Qingcheng Sect who went on stage lacked any imposing presence; they all appeared listless and dispirited.

Even without Sammo Hung and his sister Wan Ai going on stage, the disciples of Nanyue Peak won the competition.

After one round of competition, those remaining will draw numbers again for comparison. Winners will move up and losers will move down, and so on, until only three sects remain in the end.

The Supreme Temple had always wanted to confront the Ancient Lin Sect, and they finally met in the fifth round of the final three.

Jiang Jingyi immediately arranged for Yun Zhongtian and his group of five to take the stage, with Yu Chuan and Yan Xi as the final performers.

Sammo Hung had the lowest cultivation level among the five, so he went first, but still won two matches.

They all tortured them to the point of questioning their existence.

Seeing this, Yang Chaoyue went on stage first, looking at Sammo Hung as if she wanted to glare him through.

When Sammo Hung saw him go on stage, he readily admitted defeat and stepped off. He didn't want to be humiliated in return, so he decided to let Brother Tin humiliate him instead.

Yang Chaoyue's face darkened even more upon seeing this, and she looked at Yun Zhongtian, who had leaped onto the stage, as if he were a dead man.

Yun Zhongtian looked at him coldly, raised his hand, and indicated that they could begin.

The referee immediately stepped off the stage and shouted, "Start!"

Yang Chaoyue attacked before he could finish speaking.

Yun Zhongtian snorted coldly, went straight to meet Yang Chaoyue's attack, deflected it, and began to torment him with a sneer, giving him no chance to fight back or catch his breath.

They wouldn't deliver a fatal blow; they'd just knock him down again as soon as he got up, and then stomp him down again as soon as he got up—the more gruesome, the better.

Finally, the sect leader of the Ancient Lin Sect couldn't stand it any longer and stood up to admit defeat. Tian Kong also stood up and laughed, "What, you want to admit defeat?"

"So this is all your Ancient Lin Sect is like? I thought you were something special, daring to be so disrespectful to our... young master."

"You'd better think this through. If you admit defeat, the Ancient Lin Sect, which used to be ranked second, will fall out of the top three."

Gu Tianzhen, the sect leader of the Gu Lin Sect, snorted coldly, "Then there's no need for Peak Master Tian to worry about it. You should worry about your own sect instead."

"After all, the sect rankings are not determined by the disciples' competition. Even if you win, so what? It's a pipe dream to get into the top three."

Sky laughed loudly. So what if we compare overall cultivation levels? Although he didn't know the exact cultivation level of Master Chongjiu, he knew that no one in the Four Seas could compare to him.

As the laughter subsided, so too did the sound of Yang Chaoyue falling off the stage.

Yun Zhongtian only kicked the person off the battle stage after he had enough of torturing him.

Sky looked at Gu Tianzhen and sneered, "Heh, then your Gu Lin Sect can wait and see."

"I say you can't make it into the top three." Even if you can, I'll make sure you can't.

Gu Tianzhen was stunned by his confident gaze, as if he was the one who made all the decisions here.

How could that be?

Gu Tianzhen looked at Qiu Zhengqi, but seeing that he had no expression, he became unsure again.

Even Qiu Zhengqi isn't qualified to change the rankings in the competition, so where does he get the confidence to say such things?

Gu Tianzhen thought for a moment, then looked up at the sky and asked, "I wonder where Peak Master Tian gets the confidence to say such a thing?"

"So, you're saying this sect competition is decided by your Supreme Divine Palace?"

The sky wasn't stupid; how could it not know what he was up to? It sneered, "What, do you want our Supreme Temple to become the target of everyone's criticism?"

"I was saying that your Ancient Lin Sect couldn't even make it into the top five. When did you say you could determine the rankings of the competition?"

"For a sect leader to resort to such petty tricks is both degrading and tasteless."

"However, I'm making this clear: in the following comparisons, no matter who you face, I will fully support you."

"You can wait and see if my words will come true, and whether they count."

“You…” Gu Tianzhen did not expect him to mean that.

There are three more matches to go. If he supports the opposing sect in all of them, then even if the Ancient Lin Sect has an advantage in cultivation ranking, it won't make a difference.

At most, it only rose from fifth to fourth place; it really can't break into the top three.

Sky raised an eyebrow at him and said, "Blame it on yourselves for provoking us first. We, the Supreme Temple, were just upholding our dignity."

Shu Jianyue turned to look at Chaotian and raised her eyebrows at him.

He smiled at the sky and shook his head.

He knew she was asking if he had taught Sky, but it really wasn't.

Since coming to Sihai, Tiankong has truly grown. He has become more restrained and his personality has become much more introverted.

Shu Jianyue looked up at the sky and gave him a big thumbs up.

Sky immediately grinned, revealing his true nature, and leaned close to Shu Jianyue, asking, "Master, how was my performance just now?"

“Great job, our Tiankong is a capable person now.” Shu Jianyue said, giving him a thumbs up again.

"Am I being too wasteful?" After all, supporting the other two sects would require quite a few good things.

Shu Jianyue smiled and shook her head, "Don't worry, some money should be spent when it's necessary, and some things should be used when they're needed."

"And what you did really brought honor to our Supreme Temple. You deserve praise, and we'll reward you when we get back."

"What's the reward?" Sky looked at her with bright eyes; he certainly didn't want it to be another spirit fruit.

"I'll give you a surprise when we get back." Shu Jianyue simply wouldn't tell him.

The sky suddenly felt itchy.