Hao Shuang was a young man with a slender build. He possessed a long head of snow-white hair and matching white eyebrows, yet his skin remained as delicate as an infant’s—a true case of having "crane-like hair and a youthful face." Furthermore, a faint, easygoing smile seemed to perpetually grace his handsome and refined features.
Beyond being ranked fifth on the "Supreme Saint Ranking," Hao Shuang was a rogue cultivator—the most formidable one outside of the Dao Martial Saint Land’s number one expert, Nie Wutian. Before the Cult Master of the Cult of the Blazing Sun, Tang Xuan, had broken through to the Ninth Transformation of the Saint Immortal stage, Hao Shuang had been the second strongest individual beneath that level. Since Tang Xuan’s successful breakthrough, Hao Shuang had stepped into his former place, becoming the "number one person beneath the Ninth Transformation of the Saint Immortal stage" in the Dao Martial Saint Land.
To be the strongest beneath the Ninth Transformation meant being invincible among all who had not reached that peak. It was for this reason that the moment he was recognized, the former head of the three protectors of the Cult of the Blazing Sun, Protector Zi Feng, felt his expression change drastically, his heart sinking. He had never expected that Hao Shuang would appear here—or that he had been brought in as a "helper" by the Cult Master of the Profound Heaven Cult.
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