Meanwhile, the Fox Lord in question had long since departed the Bestiary Division's premises, flying directly to the bustling main island of the sect.

At Forgotten Waters sect's largest floating island, an important tournament was currently taking place.

The sun was glaringly bright. A deafening roar could be heard from the crowds as they cheered for their respective divisions. Many visitors from far away had arrived, and mingled with the rest of the sect disciples. The place was an infested pile of rambunctious, overzealous mortals, reeking with sweat.

Bai Qingyue wrinkled his small nose in disgust, avoiding the large crowd as tactfully as possible.

The tournament was a long-standing tradition that had existed for hundreds of years. Besides the sect disciples who were privileged enough to witness the event, only the highest-ranked martial heroes of the pugilistic world were permitted to attend.

Many a talented martial artist, as well as numerous cultivators of great renown, came from far and wide to witness the righteous sect's talented youths, portraying their skills in the preliminaries. They came not only for the opportunity to witness the spectacular event, but also for the slightest chance they might be granted an opportunity to battle for the championship.

The Forgotten Waters sect was known for its prestige and glory, and bore an excellent reputation for promoting young, highly talented cultivators. The winner of this tournament would advance to battle against the champions from the continent's other righteous sects. Not only that, but they would also be given a rank ten spirit beast mount, a chest filled with precious spirit cores, and most importantly, a One Thousand Frozen Tear pill.

As the name suggested, the One Thousand Frozen Tear pill was a pill that took over a thousand years to concoct. Its main ingredient? The frozen tear of a qilin.

Wreathed in flames and smoke, the noble qilin was known as the most divine and peaceful being across the entire realm.

As there were scarcely any qilins left roaming the lands in this day and age, a One Thousand Frozen Tear pill was an extremely rare and priceless treasure.

For a cultivator, consuming a One Thousand Frozen Tear pill could make all the difference between rising the ranks towards the pre-immortal stage – otherwise known as the Nascent Soul cultivation stage – or being stuck forever in the bottleneck of the Core Formation stage.

Such an invaluable pill could easily be worth enough to buy several whole nations, and was known to be the cause of many wars in the mortal realm. For what wouldn't a person do to ascend to immortality?

As for the Sovereign Fox Lord? The tournament meant very little to him. The enticing treasures offered were nothing more than useless trinkets to a deity from the Heavens.