When the sky-quaking announcement came, reactions were unbelievably varied with eye-popping, jaw-dropping, and mind-swirling responses. Many gazes turned to the lifeless, warmth-fading body of Xue Yifei lying there. They had just been wondering one second ago about how or why Xue Yifei lost her life, but then His Majesty had ultimately declared her victorious against all her extraordinary peers.
How?
Why?
What happened?
Numerous questions rose unbidden within their hearts and minds. Not for a single second did any of the Ascendants, from top to bottom, believe that Xue Yifei had won due to her status as Wei Wuyin's concubine. The sheer thought had never occurred to them, unlike to the minds of the Chosen of the Sealed Regions and the World Beyond, and even Yi Yun, who was deeply astonished, thinking that the competition itself was rigged!