The sect competition concluded with an unexpected outcome.

Although the first place was still Mu Yuan, with his profound cultivation from the Eternal Youth Technique, a second-tier Qingyang Tree, and a second-tier magical weapon, he could hold his own against Foundation Establishment cultivators for a few moves.

But the second place was unexpectedly taken by the out-of-nowhere Yu Lian.

Had it not been for his status as a challenger-turned-true disciple, targeted by everyone in the latter rounds, revealing almost all his trump cards by the finals, Mu Yuan might have had a fierce battle with him.