The sweet taste of victory.

A few days after the fight in the family hall of the sacred moon family.

"Outrageous! You want three square kilometers of land?! I Know victory village is on the brink of becoming a big city but that is too much." The patriarch of the sacred moon family said.

"If I remember correctly it was you as well who agreed to these conditions." Wang Wei said. "Or do I need to spread word that the sacred moon family doesn't honor their bets?"

"No! You don't have to do that." The patriarch said. "Evacuate three square kilometers of land and hand it over to the red fire-dragon family."

Long Yue asked for a treasure out of their treasury. He then chose a scroll which contained an ancient martial arts technique. Lee Zheng then also wanted to take something out of their treasury and he chose a soul egg which contained a snow-white falcon.

"We can also use this one as a guardian to our family." Lee Zheng said with a big smile to the patriarch of the snow white eagle family.

At the void family, they all asked for a rich mine and at the jade family, they each asked for some farmland with some cattle.

The boys still had more than a year before they would start attending jade academy. They decided that they would focus on cultivating and strengthening their martial arts.

After a few months in the family hall of the red fire-dragon family.

"Wang Wei. I thank you." Patriarch Wang Longwei said. "Without you, our family would never have been able to prosper as it does now."

"It is not a big deal." Wang Wei replied. But in reality, he did know how big of an impact he had on the life in victory village. Which now had city rights so it would be known as victory city from now on. The three families that were victorious on that day were growing at an alarming rate. They acquired riches at a pace that they never would've imagined. The red fire-dragon family now had some strong martial artists that joined and a few chi masters. Each of the chi masters had a fire-animal type of soul form. Wang Longwei did not reject anyone instead he chose to send those with ice or snow type soul forms to the snow white eagle family which could help them better with their cultivation. And holy soul forms he sent to the holy leopard family. The unholy soul forms were established in each family since they still had an elemental attribute.

The family names quickly spread through the continent. Often there would be challengers but either the patriarchs solved it or the trio of Wang Wei, Long Yue, and Lee Zheng. There were no challengers above the soul brawler rank since the families which had stronger patriarchs already had a pretty good life for themselves. As the trio of Wang Wei, Long Yue and Lee Zheng kept winning and dominating their opponents they made a name for themselves. They were now known as the golden trio. The peerless youngsters from victory city who descended from the three great families there. Victory city was transformed into a metropolis and all kind of people visited. The city kept growing and growing. The capital still had the most power and the most powerful families but victory city was rising fast under the influence of the three families.

Which eventually would be known as the three divine families.

"Hey, Wang Wei." Could be heard.

"Oh hey. Lu Piao." Wang Wei said. Lu Piao was a martial artist who joined the red fire-dragon family.

"What is the matter?"

"Nothing." He said very respectfully. Even though Wang Wei was younger than him he still couldn't beat him in a sparring session. Wang Wei was also the most famous genius in victory city. He cultivated to rank twenty-two within twelve years. "I just wanted to see if you needed any help packing for your journey to jade academy?"

"No thanks, jade academy will probably have a lot of applicants but I wonder how many will make the cut." Wang Wei said.

It was true. Jade academy did scout them but they were a special case. Usually, they only allow people with level twenty soul energy to enroll. Even though Wang Wei and his friends did manage to meet this requirement there were few who could.

"Do you have everything with you? I don't see any suitcase." Lu Piao asked.

"Don't worry." Wang Wei said as he held up his hand and showed an interspatial ring. "I have everything I need right here."

Wang Wei then started his journey and traveled to the holy leopard family.

"Who are you? What is your business?" The guards outside the family hall asked Wang Wei.

They couldn't recognize him because he was cloaked. When Wang Wei removed his cloak the guards immediately stood aside.

"Please enter young master Wang Wei."

"Thank you." Wang Wei said.

"Hey! Long Yue. Are you ready?" Wang Wei said.

"You bet. I have been waiting for this day for the entire year. What is your soul energy rank?" Long Yue asked. "Mine is twenty-four."

"Mine is rank twenty-two." Wang Wei replied.

"Maybe I can defeat you this time if we sparred." Long Yue said while laughing.

"You never learn do you?" A voice said behind them.

The boys then turned their heads.

"Lee Zheng!" They both said.

"How have you been doing?" Wang Wei asked.

"I've been great. I am rank twenty-three right now. The snow-white eagle had been in its egg for at least a few hundred years so it now has a cultivation basis of a five-hundred-year-old soul beast." Lee Zheng said.

"That's great!" Long Yue said. "Are you guys ready to take off?"

"Yeah of course!" Both of them said.

"Are you sure you don't want to be escorted?" Long Chen said.

"No, this is something we have to do on our own." Long Yue said.

And so they began their journey towards jade academy.