During the few months Vasari was away, Witney and the others diligently cultivated and performed at least one mission for the Sect and one for their Faction each month.
Hiromi and Kurumi had already started classes at the Cloud School at the start of the new year. There were talks of this year's new disciples being just as talented as Vasari's year, with several outstanding young talents hailing from powerful families, particularly the females who greatly outnumbered the males. No doubt due to the influence of the God of Handsomeness being a disciple of the Cloud Haven Sect.
With only 14 months until the start of the Westernord Sect Competition, the ranking battles were starting to heat up.
Those hiding their strength and cultivation breakthroughs started to take action; every day felt like there were major movements in and around the top 100.