Lu Ming's performance overshadowed every single participant within the competition. Although there were some good performances, none even came closer to Lu Ming's. Teng Huan remained the topper of the remaining participants with 16 lanterns to his name. Lu Ming scored rank 1 for the 2nd time. The competition was going to mark participants according to their performance in the rounds. Lu Ming remained the reigning champion consecutively. Only two rounds remained.
"We appreciate the huge following which gathered here to take part in the disciple acceptance competition. We congratulate those who made it as the inner disciples of the valley and even those who are exempt from the competition as outer disciples shouldn't lose hope. You can perform well within the inner hall competition at the end of the year to get promoted to the ranks of inner disciples."