As soon as these words were spoken, the private room fell silent.
Everyone present had different expressions, but a flicker of shock and complexity passed through the depths of their eyes.
Wan Shangyi hailed from the Nine Heavens Lineage, so his source of information was highly credible.
Even if this was just a rumor deliberately spread by Lu Chenming to further intimidate them, the other candidates, everyone knew that with the profound foundation he had spent nearly eight years honing, he was indeed only a step away from the True Essence Realm.
Once he successfully broke through, the gulf between a True Disciple and an Inner Sect Disciple would become an impassable chasm. For them to challenge him then would be nothing short of a fool's dream.
