Ancient Godly Monarch - Chapter 817

Chapter 817: Conclusion of the Cloud Prefecture’s Selection Test

 

Everyone else could also sense the intense fluctuations to Qin Wentian’s aura. Astral light flashed as a rumbling sound echoed from his body.

“What a great commotion. Qin Wentian is actually about to breakthrough.”

The crowd started before they understood what happened. No wonder after a long period of silence, Qin Wentian suddenly started going crazy and challenged higher-level opponents. First he fought against fifth-level ascendants and after finding out that none were a match for him, he moved on to the sixth-level ascendant Li Yu. Upon defeating Li Yu, he didn’t stop and continued challenging the seventh-level Gu Zhantian.

He didn’t fight for the sake of accumulating battle qi for his halo or there would be an easier target for him to choose like Zhuge Yue. After defeating her, he could directly seize an additional 50,000 meters worth of battle qi, instantly surpassing Gu Zhantian’s earlier 200,000 meters with his own 180,000 meter battle halo. He fought only for the sake of breaking through to the next level.

Qin Wentian evidently already sensed that he had already reached the peak-phase of his cultivation level and only needed external stimulus to aid him. And apparently, he had accomplished that.

Only after that did he plunder Zhuge Yue’s battle qi, simply to ensure that he was still in the run. Just with a battle halo the size of 50,000 meters was already sufficient to rank him within the top 1,000 which would all be eligible for the next round.

If he really wanted battle qi, he was able to effortlessly accumulate it.

However, in the face of a breakthrough in cultivation level which should be the path for stellar martial cultivators, even if it was a 180,000 meter halo, Qin Wentian could still straightforwardly abandon it, with no hesitation at all just for a mere chance and not an absolute certainty to breakthrough.

From this perspective, was Qin Wentian really the loser?

Although that 380,000 meter battle halo of Gu Zhantian was dazzling, Qin Wentian had achieved his breakthrough. Both of them were winners but if one were to view things this way, Gu Zhantian’s 380,000 meter battle halo was no longer as dazzling as before.

“What senior Qin has is not merely courage. Comparing you to him, you are lacking severely.” Jun Mengchen stared at Gu Zhantian as he spoke, his words causing Gu Zhantian’s countenance to turn heavy. After which, he laughed maniacally, “I was victorious and even almost claimed his life but in your eyes, I’m lacking when compared to him? How ridiculous. If there’s another chance to exchange blows, I will definitely not give him any chance to survive.”

After speaking, Gu Zhantian soared towards another battle platform and launched out his Wargod Fist towards an eighth-level ascendant, directly blasting his opponent off the platform and plundered away his battle qi. Such dominance was actually so casual to him.

After the degree of augmentation boost provided by his 380,000 meter battle halo, it was clear that there’s no problem for him to fight against eighth-level ascendants. On the battle platforms of the Cloudheaven Arena, he was invincible.

“As expected as more time goes by, there basically wouldn’t be any chance at all. Those on the Cloudheaven Arena have to be more cautious.” The crowd silently stated. These experts already accumulated terrifying amounts of battle qi. If you choose to plunder now, your actions would definitely be marked by others and after you accumulated a certain amount yourself, you would become the next target.

“With such so much battle qi, what do you have to be so proud of?” Just as Gu Zhantian was exuding an unbridled arrogance after defeating an opponent a level higher than him, Jun Mengchen coldly laughed. Jun Mengchen then walked towards a platform with an opponent a level higher as he roared in rage, transforming into an ancient wargod, punching out with a fist of desolation and destroying everything. Similarly, his opponent was blasted off the platform in a single strike. This was a provocation to Gu Zhantian. He wanted to tell him that although he only had a battle halo of a 100,000 meters or more, he could still do what Gu Zhantian did effortlessly. So, on what grounds did Gu Zhantian have to be proud? He had the augmentation effect from a 380,000 meter battle halo after all.

After Qin Wentian, this junior brother of his Jun Mengchen, actually started to provoke Gu Zhantian, causing many to sigh. The arrogance of these two fellow sect brothers truly towered up into the skies, daring to challenge an extraordinary individual like Gu Zhantian. As for the other participants on the Cloudheaven Arena, none among them could really suppress the radiance given off by Qin Wentian and Jun Mengchen.

However, Qin Wentian didn’t step on any other battle platforms. Up till the end of the selection test, he sat cross-legged quietly consolidating his recent breakthrough to the fifth-level of Celestial Phenomenon.

At the same time, those participants who were recognized by the Idlecloud Immortal King all performed exceedingly well. Other than them, a few other heaven chosen also performed quite well, exhibiting their own radiance but no matter what, the light from them couldn’t surpass Gu Zhantian or Jun Mengchen.

Both Gu Zhantian and Jun Mengchen were having a competition of their own, unceasingly plundering battle qi, effortlessly defeating their opponents.

After the eighty-one days selection test ended, Gu Zhantian’s battle halo was even more radiant now and was over 500,000 meters in addition to having a rich violet-gold hue.

Jun Mengchen wasn’t at ease either. He madly plundered battle qi, while shooting Gu Zhantian with sarcastic remarks every time, becoming the second most dazzling participant of the selection test with a battle halo of over 360,000 meters in size. These two raced far ahead compared to the other participants, they were simply too dazzling.

As for the third ranker, it was none other than the Idlecloud Immortal King’s descendant, Mu Yun. He was also at the seventh-level of Celestial Phenomenon, and shared the same level of cultivation base with Gu Zhantian. However it was unknown if Gu Zhantian was intentionally giving face to the Idlecloud Immortal King as from the start till the end, he didn’t choose to clash against Mu Yun. Eventually, Mu Yun obtained a battle halo of over 200,000 meters in size with his tyrannical strength. For those who witnessed his performance, there were even some who believed that if Gu Zhantian fought against Mu Yun, and if the factor of augmentation wasn’t taken into consideration, it would be unknown who was the victor.

Next, it’s those participants with battle halos the size of over 100,000 meters to 200,000 meters. There weren’t many participants who accomplished this, just roughly over ten of them.

The majority of participants that were above average all acquired battle halos the size of 10,000 meters to 100,000 meters. After all throughout the eighty-one days, there were many participants who instantly ceased battling after acquiring a 10,000 meter battle halo.

At this moment, Qin Wentian also halted his cultivation. On the ground, the participants all inclined their heads and stared in the air.

The Idlecloud Immortal King stood from his throne and laughed, “For those who believe that you are ranked within the top 1,000, go stand on the battle platforms and allow everyone to see your dazzling battle halos.”

As the sound of his voice faded, several participants instantly flew upwards, appearing on all eighty-one platforms in an instant. The terrifying light from their battle halos were so bright that it illuminated the sky.

Qin Wentian also soared into the air and stood upon one of the battle platforms, together with Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan.

In just a few short moments, over 3,000 participants stood on top of the battle platforms. But once some of them glanced at their surrounding participants, they couldn’t help but to sigh with unwillingness and descend to the ground again, having a sense of self-awareness.

After a period of time of adjustment, only roughly 1,000 participants remained. Among which, those with 50,000 meter battle halos and more were naturally the more dazzling ones. The battle qi and intensity of radiance from their halos were terrifying to the extreme.

“Everyone pay close attention to the size of your battle halos. Even with a single meter smaller, you might be eliminated. Right now there’s a total of 1,070 participants. Would the latter 70 participants please make your way down of your own accord?” An expert beside the Idlecloud Immortal King spoke. The 70 participants ranked at the back could only gaze around their surroundings with dismay before exiting one after another until only 1,000 remained.

“Congratulations to everyone.” The Idlecloud Immortal King smiled. “The Eastern Sage Immortal Sect is organizing a grand banquet for geniuses from the thirteen prefectures. Please take a break for seven days before gathering back here again. I will then personally send all of you to the Eastern Prefecture where you will meet the geniuses of the other twelve prefectures. The competition there would be even more intense and I hope everyone would continue having such outstanding performances, gaining glory for my Cloud Prefecture.”

“The Idlecloud Immortal King is truly polite.” The spectators below silently stated in their hearts.

“There’s almost one more thing I must make clear first. Maybe throughout these eighty-one days of the selection test, there might be some conflict among you due to the fact some geniuses slew someone else from some major power. But please bear in mind that in combat, life and death are predestined. No one must make any moves to take revenge for those who have died or I will treat them as going against, I, the Idlecloud Immortal King as well as going against my Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. For those who wish to try anything funny, consider the consequences well.”

The tone of the Idlecloud Immortal King turned solemn causing the expressions of those from the major powers to turn heavy. These words were clearly spoken to them.

Although they sat together with the Idlecloud Immortal King and had extraordinary statuses in the Cloud Prefecture belonging to the peak, the Idlecloud Immortal King truly need not give them any face at all. These event was organized by the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect and is a grand event that involved all thirteen prefectures. These 1,000 geniuses were selected from his Cloud Prefecture under the personal watch of the Idlecloud Immortal King. And if they were assassinated by someone, wouldn’t that mean smacking the face of the Idlecloud Immortal King?

No matter what sort of grudges they had towards the participants, everything had to be pushed back. If you want to settle a grudge, you have to at least wait until the entire event was concluded before you make your move. Now, even if you have so much hatred that it towered up into the sky, you also have no choice but to endure it.

If not, where would the prestige of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect who organized this event be?

“Next, I will give you your ranking medallions.” The Idlecloud Immortal King spoke. After which, many immortal-foundation characters appeared before the battle platform and passed medallions with words carved on them to the participants.

Not too long after, Qin Wentian also received a medallion. On the back of the medallion, the word ‘Cloud’ was engraved on it, representing the Cloud Prefecture. And on the front of the medallion, Qin Wentian’s name as well as a number ‘27’ could be seen on it.

Beside Qin Wentian, Jun Mengchen’s medallion also had his name engraved upon it as well as a number, ‘2.’

Zi Qingxuan’s medallion had her name and the number ‘5.’

The number represented their rankings among the 1,000 participants.

“Seven days later, gather here again with this medallion before we set off together.” The Idlecloud Immortal King’s voice permeated the air. As the sound of his voice faded away, it indicated a conclusion to the selection test of the Cloud Prefecture.

“It’s ended.” The spectators stared at the 1,000 participants in the air. Among them, there were a few characters who made such lasting impressions that nobody would ever forget!

Chapter 818: Spatial Transference Arrays of the Prefecture Manor

 

The selection test of the Cloud Prefecture has ended. The selected participants on the eighty-one platforms all dispersed and those who didn’t make it couldn’t help but to sigh silently in their hearts. But even so, for some of them who had outstanding performances despite not being selected, they were all invited to join the major powers of the Cloud Prefecture. After all, given that there were so many participating in the selection test, it was understandable that it wouldn’t be so easy to get into the top 1,000.

In fact, other than those extremely dazzling individuals, the talent of these people who weren’t selected wasn’t that much different compared some of those who were within the top 1,000. Hence, some of those who failed to rank within the top 1,000 also had amazing potential.

Although the selection test has ended, the Cloud Prefecture was still extremely lively as the inns on the streets were fully filled and the topic of conversation were all regarding this selection test.

“Gu Zhantian is truly powerful. With a cultivation base at the seventh-level, he plundered a battle halo of 500,000 meters. This is completely inconceivable, it’s too terrifying.

“Gu Zhantian would act so crazily because he was provoked by Qin Wentian and Jun Mengchen, those two fellow sect members. These two individuals were truly outstanding as well. Initially, Qin Wentian was undefeated and had accumulated a battle halo of 180,000 meters. At that time, Gu Zhantian only had a battle halo of 200,000 meters and his advantage wasn’t that clear. But Qin Wentian was willing to abandon his battle halo to seek a breakthrough and that caused the size of the battle halo Gu Zhantian had to far outstrip the other geniuses after he defeated Qin Wentian. And as for Jun Mengchen, he actually managed to place second at the end.”

“The descendent of the Idlecloud Immortal King Mu Yun is also extremely powerful. Although he appeared low-profiled, not many people could truly pose a threat to him. Despite Gu Zhantian being at the same cultivation level as him, he also didn’t issue a challenge to Mu Yun.”

“Naturally, the ultimate strength of Gu Zhantian didn’t erupt forth too. These dazzling people always wanted to be more outstanding than the others despite this being only the selection test of the Cloud Prefecture. Their true aim is at the Eastern Prefecture where they could contend against other similarly dazzling geniuses. Sadly, I’m unable to go there to spectate because my cultivation base is too low. When I reach the Eastern Prefecture, the entire event would already be over due to my slow travelling speed. Hahaha…”

“You can just spend some money and use a spatial transference array.”

“The cost is too high, I’m unable to afford it.”

On the streets, many people laughed as they chatted leisurely while some others sighed lamenting the fact that their cultivations were too low. The immortal realms were simply too vast. For weaklings, they were destined only to be able to see a corner of the immortal realms for their entire lives. Although there were things like spatial transference arrays, given the wealth of ordinary people, how could any of them afford it?

This was the tragicness of being weak and was also the reason why people in the immortal realms emphasized on pursuing strength so heavily. If one couldn’t become a strong expert, you can’t even tour the immortal realms to view the beautiful lakes and mountains that existed here.

In a certain area located on an ancient mountain peak within the Cloud Prefecture, Qin Wentian sat in his room cross-legged. Abruptly, his eyes opened as sharpness gleamed within as he inclined his head and stared in a certain direction. Over there, an overwhelming king aura was gushing forth tyrannically, permeating the entire atmosphere.

Stepping out, Qin Wentian instantly arrived on a huge rock on the ancient peak, only to see Jun Mengchen sitting there calmly as his aura fluctuated intensely around him.

At this moment, Zi Qingxuan’s silhouette also flew over from afar. Her beautiful eyes flickered as she stared at Jun Mengchen on the rock and to her surprise, she actually felt a faint sense of pressure boring down on her.

In ordinary cases, disciples of the Heavenly Talisman Realm would usually not acknowledge each other out in public. But because the three of them accepted the same mission together, an exception was made allowing them to say that they were fellow sect members.

Among these three, her cultivation level was initially the highest but after the Cloud Prefecture’s selection test, Qin Wentian’s cultivation also broke through to the fifth-level, reaching the same as hers. And now, Jun Mengchen was showing signs of an imminent breakthrough as well, to the fourth-level of Celestial Phenomenon. Both of them were catching up to her.

The disciples of the Heavenly Talisman Realms were simply too outstanding. The first criteria was to have a violet-gold astral soul at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm and the mounting pressure would definitely be much higher if one hangs out with their fellow disciples. But precisely because of this, the motivation to climb higher than each other was born. If any of them were to travel with ordinary geniuses, their potential couldn’t be tapped because once you reached a point where your accomplishments surpassed all your peers, you would have no more aim, no more purpose. That was the dangerous thing.

“There are already many geniuses in the Cloud Prefecture but when in the Eastern Prefecture, the number of experts would only increase. This tempering mission isn’t easy.” Zi Qingxuan spoke. Qin Wentian smiled and replied, “This is only natural, the Eastern Prefecture will be the gathering place for geniuses for the entire thirteen prefectures and another selection test with over 10,000 participants would commence. It would certainly not be easy.”

“Are you confident?” Zi Qingxuan’s beautiful eyes swept over, staring at Qin Wentian’s good looking countenance.

“Without reaching the end, nobody would know the conclusion. In addition, we have no idea what the rules of the selection test will be there, I can only say we must do our best.” Qin Wentian’s eyes stared at Zi Qingxuan as he spoke with a smile. Zi Qingxuan finally shifted her gaze aside, it was not easy to tell what emotions were flickering within.

The two of them simply stood there silently until a humming sound rang out. Jun Mengchen had broken through and entered the fourth-level of Celestial Phenomenon.

“How refreshing.” Jun Mengchen stood up, his eyes gleaming with sharpness. When he noticed Qin Wentian and Zi Qingxuan behind him, he retracted his aura, stood up and turned to them. “Senior Brother Qin, Senior Sister Qingxuan.”

“Awesome.” Qin Wentian praised. Jun Mengchen gave a straightforward chuckle, his exquisite features was nice to watch with a smile painted on it. If one didn’t witness how he fought against others, they would never be able to imagine such an exquisite young man could fight in such a crazy manner.

“Senior you are the awesome one. Already breaking through back then on the battle platform.” Jun Mengchen sincerely stated. Speaking of which he should thank this senior brother of his. He fought so crazily in the latter days of the selection test was because he was inspired by Qin Wentian as well as he wanted to challenge Gu Zhantian in his own way. All the accumulated experience gained slowly built up and finally during these few days, he felt signs of an imminent breakthrough.

Cultivation was just such a mystical process. Sometimes one would break through during battle, sometimes one could break through in tranquility. Or sometimes just like Jun Mengchen’s situation, after mad combat and when things quieted down, he unconsciously sensed that he was about to breakthrough then.

But no matter what, breaking through a cultivation level was a product of sufficient accumulation by the individual. When enough water droplets are collected, a river would naturally form.

“Stabilize your foundations, we are about to head to the Eastern Prefecture.” Qin Wentian added. Jun Mengchen nodded his head and stared at the horizons. Eastern Prefecture? He’s coming soon.

This mission of the Heavenly Talisman Realm, he had to acquired one of the top three rankings!

…

For the seven days after the selection test, the entire Cloud Prefecture was extremely lively. When the seventh day arrived, a wave of countless silhouettes gathered over at the Cloudheaven Arena region. While the 1,000 selected participants also arrived one after another.

Today, was none other than the day where they would head to the Eastern Prefecture.

These 1,000 participants came in a domineering manner, occupying the platforms in the air. Gu Zhantian naturally received the most number of stares. He had a lanky figure and he naturally exuded a supreme aura as though he was an innate chosen of the heavens.

Gu Zhantian swept his eyes through the crowd, halting briefly on Jun Mengchen and Qin Wentian. His thin lips curled up in a smile of extreme sharpness that had hints of provocation appearing in his eyes.

Qin Wentian casually ignored it, but Jun Mengchen turned his head and the aura exuding from him felt as though he was about to lunge out at any moment. There was no fear of Gu Zhantian at all in his heart.

“Although you’ve broken through to the fourth-level of Celestial Phenomenon, you are still nothing but a weakling in front of me. You have no qualifications to challenge me.” Gu Zhantian completely disregarded Jun Mengchen with an incomparably cold arrogance.

“Hmph, the rules for the selection at the Eastern Prefecture aren’t even known yet. You’d better not count your chickens before they are hatched.” Jun Mengchen coldly snorted, yet he only heard Gu Zhantian laughing uproariously before shifting his eyes away, not bothering to look at Jun Mengchen again. An incomparably arrogant voice sounded from his lips, “If there’s a chance to exchange blows, I will make you guys stay in the Eastern Prefecture forever.”

As the sound of his voice faded, a killing intent gushed forth from him causing people in the surroundings to start. This Gu Zhantian was simply arrogant, not bothering to mask his killing intent at all, directly threatening Jun Mengchen.

At this moment, the immortal-foundation experts arrived. In fact, the heads of many of those major powers, that were at the immortal king realm, were also here today. It was as though all of them were also preparing to head to the Eastern Prefecture together.

But this was also very normal. This event was organized once every hundred years by the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. These major powers naturally had to show their face and be present to greet people from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. After all, the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect was the governor of the entire thirteen prefectures.

This time round this expedition to the Eastern Prefecture could be considered a tempering exercise as well as an opportunity for the geniuses. But to experts of their level, they were going over to pay their respects to the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor.

In the Eastern Sage Thirteen Prefectures, the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor was god. He stays in the Eastern Sage Immortal Palace and sat in a throne that was of the loftiest peak.

The Idlecloud Immortal King also brought along a number of experts as he appeared. He swept his gaze over to the participants and upon seeing everyone wearing the Cloud Medallion on their robes, a smile involuntarily painted his face.

“The expedition this time around will be aided by the immense spatial transference array of my Cloud Prefecture Manor. The travel distance of this array can span boundless miles and can directly connect to the array in the Eastern Prefecture. Now, come along with me and let’s head out.” The Idlecloud Immortal King spoke as he turned and soared towards that imposingly majestic Cloud Prefecture Manor which he resided in.

The people here all followed after the Idlecloud Immortal King. The overlords of the thirteen prefectures were all from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect, hence there was an immense spatial transference array build within each of the prefectures. This was established by the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect as they could arrive instantly if there were any events of great import. However, this array couldn’t be used casually and external people would almost never have a chance to use it at all. This time around was an exception.

The experts couldn’t help but start when they saw it. There were actually a total of twelve such spatial transference arrays, each one corresponding to the other twelve prefectures. The array right in the center had a gigantic word engraved on it – Eastern. This array is the one that would lead them to the Eastern Prefecture.

The Idlecloud Immortal King then spoke, “Go stand in it batch by batch according to the numbers on your medallions. The first batch consists of numbers 901 to 1000. Go on.”

As the sound of his voice faded, a hundred people moved out and stepped into the huge array. When the array activated, a burst of blinding light flashed as the entire atmosphere trembled violently while the first hundred to move out vanished in the blink of an eye.

“The second batch.” After that the Idlecloud Immortal King spoke again as batch after batch of participants stepped into the array before vanishing from view. When the last group of participants disappeared, the Idlecloud Immortal King and the heads from the other major powers then stepped onto the array as they too, also vanished from sight. The surrounding troops from the Cloud Prefecture all had solemn expressions on their faces as they stood guard before the array despite the fact that it was now empty.

In a short span of time, the demon-level characters selected from the Cloud Prefectures had already departed the Cloud Prefecture, heading towards the place that contained their dreams!

Chapter 819: Meeting An Old Acquaintance in Emperor City

 

The Eastern Prefecture was the most luxurious prefecture out of the thirteen prefectures controlled by the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor. It was also termed as the leader of all the prefectures.

Within the thirteen prefectures, the strongest sects were all located within the Eastern Prefecture. But naturally, the strongest of all sects was none other than the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect that governed the thirteen prefectures.

The Eastern Immortal City was also known as the Emperor City of the Thirteen Prefectures. It was incomparably vast and the leading city of the entire prefectures. Ordinary people didn’t even need to dream stay within it.

They, were at most only passersby through the Emperor City, staying in inns over there. It was impossible for them to own a permanent residence within there.

The administration of the city was extremely strict with heavy patrols around the area at all times of the day. No crimes are permitted here, let alone killing others casually. If there was a life-and-death grudge between both parties, they had to step upon a battle arena to settle their differences as assassination was not condoned.

Hence although this Emperor City was the largest of all the cities, the crime rate here was also the lowest. Under the foot of the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor, criminals dared not show themselves here.

At the very end of the city, there were layers of misty immortal mountains known as the Eastern Immortal Mountain Range and the palace established there was none other than the supreme character of the thirteen prefectures, the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor.

And because of the unique position of the Emperor City, the stellar martial cultivators here all possessed a cultivation much stronger than the average. One could even say that this place was littered with immortal-foundation experts. In this, the most powerful city within the thirteen prefectures, even ordinary immortal kings wouldn’t dare to be too brazen because there were too many existences that could wipe out ordinary-tier immortal kings living here.

Also, for those with lower cultivations – the Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants that were staying here, nobody dared to offend these people casually because those who could stay here definitely had an extraordinary background. If not, they wouldn’t be staying in the Emperor City and would only be a traveller at most.

In the vast streets of the city, streams of experts flooded the place. And in a certain area, several experts suddenly halted. People who were flying in the air also stopped their steps as they stared at the phenomenon ahead. A beam of light seemingly shot down from the heavens as the surrounding space started to vibrate.

After which, an incomparably gigantic mirror appeared in the air and countless experts could be seen within. The next instant, an eye-piercing golden light flashed as a row of figures directly stepped out into the air. There were actually over hundreds of them and the intense spatial fluctuations haven’t stopped yet. In the blink of an eye, yet another batch of participants arrived.

The people of the Emperor City weren’t overly shocked when they saw this scene. Their eyes calmly swept over the new arrivals and upon seeing the medallions pinned on their robes, an immortal-foundation expert in the air laughed, “The selected geniuses from the Cloud Prefecture have arrived. The twelve other prefectures of the thirteen prefectures all had a connection with the array here and today was the day where geniuses from all prefectures would arrive here one after another.”

“Yeah, this banquet would definitely be a grand event. I can still remember the one held a hundred years ago. Time truly passed so fast.” Another immortal by the side drank a sip of wine from a bottle gourd as he laughed.

“How sad, after a hundred years, we don’t even have the qualifications to receive an invitation to watch the test and can only watch from afar like the other ordinary people. Hahaha.” The first one who spoke gave a self-mocking laugh.

“You wished to be invited? Firstly, step into the immortal king realm before you speak of this again. In fact, even ordinary-tier immortal kings wouldn’t be invited. The invitations would only be sent out to famous immortal kings like the Undying Immortal King for example. I wonder how old he actually is now.”

“A few hundred years to those people is simply nothing, passing in the blink of an eye. However, I know an immortal king who is extremely happy this time around. It’s none other than the lord of the Scarcemoon Immortal Manor, Scarce Moon Immortal King.

“That’s only natural, I heard that a few years ago when the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor held a disciple recruitment event in a particle world, the Scarce Moon Immortal King’s descendant was actually selected as a disciple. I even heard rumors say that Que Tianyi had an excellent performance after entering the sect and even gained the recognition of the Immortal Emperor himself. No wonder the Scarce Moon Immortal King is extremely happy.”

“Haha the topic digressed too far. Look, the 1,000 participants from the Cloud Prefecture have finally all arrived. That person should be the lord of the Cloud Prefecture, the Idlecloud Immortal King.” The two of them turned their attention to those people who just appeared. Not only them, the entirety of those in the surroundings all had their attentions focused on this group of new arrivals.

“The people from the Cloud Prefecture have fully arrived.” The crowd murmured. They heard that there were already geniuses from eight other prefectures who had arrived earlier. The Cloud Prefecture was the ninth prefecture to arrive.

Qin Wentian and the others were teleported over. They stabilized themselves and glanced at the surroundings as well as the level of cultivation bases and calm demeanor of the people nearby, and couldn’t help but to silently stated in their hearts that this was as expected of the Emperor City. In addition, the distance that spatial transference array covered was truly terrifying, directly sending them from the Cloud Prefecture to the Emperor City in the Eastern Prefecture.

“Follow me.” At this moment, the voice of the Idlecloud Immortal King rang out as he led the way, heading forward. Those from the Cloud Prefecture instantly followed behind him. This 1,000 plus entourage was extremely impressive, as many people couldn’t help but to stop and watch.

“Senior brother, this Emperor City of the Eastern Prefecture is truly prosperous.” Jun Mengchen glanced at the majestic ancient buildings littering the streets as well as the unending streams of expert as he commented. “In addition, everything seems to be so orderly here.”

“The Emperor City naturally has its own set of laws that maintain the order.” Someone beside explained, causing Jun Mengchen to nod his head. “So that’s the case. Forgive me for my ignorance and inexperience.”

A few hours later, they arrived at an extremely luxurious location. This area was extremely vast with many inns on the streets and the majority of experts here were actually those from the younger generations with cultivation bases at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.

Upon seeing them, these ascendants inclined their heads as gleams of sharpness flashed in their eyes. At the same time, the ordinary crowd were also whispering to each other.

“These must be the geniuses from the Cloud Prefecture, I wonder what their strength is?” A young man with an incomparably sharp countenance stared at the entourage behind the Idlecloud Immortal King as an intense battle intent radiated forth from him.

“We are here. This place is filled with taverns and inns, go where you will and all prices are waived on account of the medallions you wear on your robes. The Eastern Sage Immortal Sect has already prepared everything, so you guys can just go ahead and find any place that you wish to stay in.” The Idlecloud Immortal King spoke. “In addition, try not to venture too far during these few days. This area has a radius of a few thousand miles and it should already be sufficient for you guys to move around. I will summon all of you once I receive any news.”

“Immortal King, when will the banquet start?” Somebody was filled with anticipation as he asked.

“I’m not clear either. At the very least, we have to wait for participants of all thirteen prefectures to gather. Don’t be impatient there are already many geniuses here. Take your time to understand the strength level of participants from the other prefectures.” The Idlecloud Immortal King replied before casually continuing, “In addition, all fights are forbidden in the city. And especially for these few days, the security is extremely tight. Don’t start any trouble here and don’t blame me for not reminding you all in the first place. Alright that’s all from me, just go on ahead.”

After speaking he waved his hands and brought some people away. Even his descendent Mu Yun was left behind in this area.

As the lord of a prefecture, the Idlecloud Immortal King naturally had to bring the experts of the major powers from his prefecture to pay respect to the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect.

He himself also originated from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect and could be considered a disciple of it.

“We’ve finally arrived.”

“Let’s go and find a place to rest first.”

The 1,000 participants descended. Qin Wentian and his fellow sect members naturally stuck together while the others broke up into small teams of three to five or chose to go solo.

Several gazes shot over, Qin Wentian’s expression flickered but after which he discovered that the attention of these people weren’t focused on him but was on his junior brother Jun Mengchen.

“Ranked number two from the Cloud Prefecture and he’s actually so young.” One of them spoke in a low voice, as the gazes of these people stared at the medallion pinned on Jun Mengchen’s robes. After which, they turned their attention to Zi Qingxuan as they contemplated her. Among these three, the two of them were the most dazzling. Jun Mengchen was number 2 while Zi Qingxuan was number 5.

Naturally, the person these people paid the most attention to was none other than the number 1, Gu Zhantian.

These people had no idea what happened in the selection test of the Cloud Prefecture. So, what they saw was only the ranking inscribed on the medallions.

The number one ranker would always be the person with the most attention gathered on them.

“The top ranker of the Cloud Prefecture, I wonder how high his talent is.” Those below started discussing among themselves. Qin Wentian and his companions already landed on the ground. People in the surroundings were all studying them and many among them also had medallions from the other prefectures pinned on their robes. Evidently, they would all be competitors in the near future.

“Our understanding with regards to the geniuses from the Cloud Prefecture is somewhat lacking but no matter. After all the Cloud Prefecture is ranked among the last out of the thirteen prefectures and they definitely won’t be able to compare to the Eastern Prefecture, Qian Prefecture and Li Prefecture.”

“Haha no matter what, our Eastern Prefecture is definitely the strongest. Over here experts are as many as the clouds and other than those demon-level characters from the peak-level powers, some other disciples nurtured by the major powers were also all extremely impressive. I heard that the beautiful Myriad Incarnations Immortal King also accepted a disciple named Hua Taixu and both of them would be arriving soon.”

“Mhm, the capable general under the Eastern Sage Majesty, Deepflame Immortal King also has a disciple that’s participating in the selection test. It’s simply too lively, I wonder how many geniuses there will be.”

The crowd was filled with excitement and anticipation for the banquet to start.

Qin Wentian and his companions continued on their way forward as the people on the streets were still in their discussions.

At this very moment, Qin Wentian suddenly halted as his gaze was fixed on a silhouette in front of him. His eyes flickered first with astonishment followed by a hint of laughter.

The other party he was looking at was extremely handsome and possessed a graceful demeanor. He exuded an extraordinary air just by casually standing there. He too was astonished when he spotted Qin Wentian but that soon faded away, replaced by a smile on his face. “To think that we actually would meet each other again in the vast immortal realms after so many years. Qin Wentian, it’s been a long time.”

“It has truly been a long time.” Qin Wentian smiled as he stared at the figure ahead.

The flowing wind isn’t lustful, the calm lake severs the moon, Yi shooting the nine heavens. This man was none other than one of the eight era-suppressing geniuses from his particle world, the most dazzling one among them – Gu Liufeng!

“How did you arrive here?” Gu Liufeng walked up, asking in curiousity.

“The Royal Sacred Sect has been annihilated, I came here with the help of a senior. How about you? You joined the Immortal Martial Realm right?” Qin Wentian smiled as he answered. Back then when Gu Liufeng disappeared, there were rumors saying that he joined the Immortal Martial Realm.

“Yeah. The Immortal Martial Realm can be considered a pretty strong power in the immortal realms and has a foothold in many particle worlds, selecting geniuses to join them. It’s quite regretful that you didn’t choose to join. If not, given how talented you are, the radiance you exuded would definitely be incomparable.” Gu Liufeng smiled. Back then Qin Wentian was the top ranker of the Immortal Martial Realm ranking while he shared the second rank with Hua Taixu. This was something he still remembered!

Chapter 820: Gusu Tianqi

 

Gu Liufeng’s gaze turned as he stared at Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan. He then asked with a smile, “These two are?”

“My junior apprentice brother Jun Mengchen and junior apprentice sister Zi Qingxuan.” Qin Wentian laughed as he introduced. He pointed to Gu Liufeng and stated, “This man is Gu Liufeng, a friend of mine from my particle world.”

“Haha! Since it’s the friend of senior Qin, it means that you are my, Jun Mengchen’s friend as well.” Jun Mengchen gave a carefree laugh. Zi Qingxuan also nodded lightly to Gu Liufeng. When she initially saw Qin Wentian and Jun Mengchen, she adopted a cool demeanor around them. But after this period of time of travelling and interacting together, she warmed up much more and apparently, both of them had already gained her recognition and that their level of outstandingness wasn’t anyway inferior to hers.

Zi Qingxuan was also extremely bewildered, she didn’t really expect that Qin Wentian hailed from a particle world. In that case, him and Gu Liufeng should have been considered the most dazzling characters of their particle world.

“Being able to encounter you, Qin Wentian, again in the vast immortal realms, it’s truly not easy. In addition, I also heard that Hua Taixu might appear here today. If that’s the case, we who are the top three rankers of the Immortal Martial Realm Ranking have all gathered. Fate is such a mysterious thing, given how vast the immortal realms are, the three of us actually appear here at this location.” Gu Liufeng’s personality seemed to have changed. In the past, he was taciturn and preferred silence, and was a lone ranger. But now when he met Qin Wentian again in the immortal realms, he suddenly seemed to become a lot more chatty.

“Hua Taixu.” Qin Wentian’s heart involuntarily felt a warm emotion upon hearing the name of this old acquaintance. He was long acquainted with Hua Taixu during his youth. Back then, Hua Taixu was the top ranker of the Heavenly Fate Rankings and was the idol of countless people, exuding an unmatched impressiveness. Later on, when he too became the top ranker on the Heavenly Fate Rankings, he hunted Hua Taixu’s little brother down and participated with him together in the Immortal Martial Realm’s test before reconciling their grudges. To think that they actually would meet each other again in the vast immortal realms and once more, they would be competitors. Fate was truly a mysterious thing.

However, Qin Wentian truly admired Hua Taixu. Hua Taixu entered the tutelage of the Myriad Incarnations Immortal King and with the personal guidance from an immortal king character, he would definitely be even more extraordinary than before.

“Let’s go and find an inn to take a break. The inns and taverns in this area are all controlled by the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect and are all considered businesses owned by them. Just flashing this medallion will render all food and services to be free of charge, we don’t need to pay any prices to eat the food or to reside there.” Gu Liufeng came earlier hence he understood more. Qin Wentian had already seen the medallion pinned on Gu Liufeng’s robes, Gu Liufeng was ranked number 33 from the Qian Prefecture.

Gu Liufeng also glanced at the medallions pinned on the robes of these three as he sighed in admiration in his heart. Qin Wentian definitely had an extraordinary encounter. The three of them, other than Qin Wentian who was ranked 27 in the Cloud Prefecture, Zi Qingxuan was number 5 while their youngest junior brother Jun Mengchen was number 2.

These three fellow sect members, their results were more and more outstanding one after another.

“Okay.” Qin Wentian nodded as they found a tavern and sat down. Since these two were old acquaintances, they naturally had many things to chat about. And since they were two geniuses from the same world meeting each other again in the vast immortal realms, they naturally had a sense of closeness when they saw each other again.

Gu Liufeng chatted quite a lot. The Immortal Martial Realm was an immortal king-tier power in the immortal realms and had an immortal king expert at its foundation. They paid close attention and valued geniuses from particle worlds, setting up the Immortal Martial Realms over there to select elites to join their ranks. This was also the reason why the Royal Sacred Sect could only silently allow the Immortal Martial Realm to continue existing despite knowing their purpose. The Immortal Martial Realm was too strong and had a deep foundation, it can be considered a supreme power in the Qian Prefecture.

“Because the majority of the disciples were recruited from the particle worlds, all of them began from zero when they entered the immortal realms. We were all heaven chosen from different particle worlds and the competition within the sect was extremely intense. The weaklings would all be eliminated while the stronger ones would remain. Your competitors are all geniuses of the same tier as you and it was much more difficult compared to the tests in the particle worlds. Now thinking about it, the eight era-suppressing geniuses truly weren’t nothing much in comparison.” Gu Liufeng sighed as he sipped a mouthful of wine.

Gu Liufeng being able to still appear here today, meant that his status in the Immortal Martial Realm shouldn’t be too bad. It was unknown how many competitors he had to defeat to reach this point ever since he came to the immortal realms.

“The competition here is simply too brutal. Not only must you fight against outsiders, you still had to compete against your fellow sect members for resources and the recognition of the elders,” Gu Liufeng continued as he shook his head.

“That’s only natural.” Qin Wentian gave a deep nod. Even for the eight era-suppressing geniuses, they had to continuously improve and mature to the point to become more and more outstanding or they would merely be ordinary people when they arrived in the immortal realms. For the geniuses he met now, behind all of them, there were an unknown number of opponents whom they defeated.

For a truly outstanding character to appear, it wasn’t the eruption of talent just for a short period of time. One had to maintain and grow unceasingly, continously making oneself stand above the rest, breaking through their own limits before they can pull away from their peers.

“Jun Mengchen is ranked number 2 of the Cloud Prefecture, he must definitely be extremely outstanding. However, the geniuses attending this banquet are countless and the number of geniuses in the top three prefectures – Eastern, Qian and Li, should be the most famous as well as the strongest. In fact, I’ve been hearing their names the moment I arrived here.” Gu Liufeng slowly spoke. Although his eyes still flickered with self-confidence, the luster of absolute certainty of yesteryear has already faded away.

Back then, Gu Liufeng was ranked top of the eight era-suppressing geniuses. Among the countless talents of the Royal Sacred Region, no one could be comparable to him. But when placed in the immortal realms, even a character such as him found it difficult to compete against the fellow geniuses in his sect, let alone the entirety of geniuses in the whole thirteen prefectures. There were simply too many who were more outstanding than him and reality was what blunted his sharpness, causing his character to have a little more prudence and a little less confidence.

“I don’t believe in the saying that geniuses of the Eastern, Qian and Li Prefectures would be the most dazzling. I only know that me, as well as my senior brother and senior sister would all surely be able to walk till the very end.” Jun Mengchen unwillingly stated. Their mission was to become the most dazzling three out of these geniuses. Although these three great prefectures were the strongest among the thirteen prefectures, it doesn’t mean that the geniuses here would be superior compared to them.

As the sound of Jun Mengchen’s voice faded, several gazes in the surroundings directed to him while the people silently stated in their hearts that this young man simply didn’t know the immensity of the heavens and earth.

“Gusu Tianqi of the Eastern Prefecture has no equals under the heavens. Although you are ranked second in the Cloud Prefecture and have an extraordinary talent, there’s no way for you to be comparable to Gusu Tianqi. Forcibly comparing yourself to him will only be you grossly overestimating your own capabilities.” A citizen from the Emperor City spoke. Upon hearing the name ‘Gusu Tianqi’ spoken, several people in the inn nodded their heads. Someone then laughed, “Whoever it is that compares themselves with Gusu Tianqi is merely courting their own humiliation.”

“Yeah. The Gusu Clan only has a sole descendant for nine generations straight. In the first generation there was someone named Gusu Pingjiang, an Immortal Emperor expert and for the next successive generations, all the descendants of the Gusu Clan have reached the immortal king level at the very least, and it can be considered an immortal-king tier aristocrat clan. Right now the descendant of this generation is named Gusu Tianqi, he has a supreme talent and even an immortal-king physique. In fact, he even has a chance to become an immortal emperor. I heard that even the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor favors him and this time, him participating in this event is merely a formality. He would definitely become the number one and the personal disciple of the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor in the near future.”

The atmosphere in the inn suddenly turned lively upon hearing Gusu Tianqi’s name. It was as though this person need not appear personally, just the mention of his name was sufficient to cause such a commotion and from this, one could see how outstanding his talent really was.

In the immortal realms, if one was famous, that person certainly must have some unique aspects that surpassed others and rarely would it be a case of one having an overblown reputation.

Hence, this Gusu Tianqi was most definitely an extraordinary individual.

“I’ve heard this name the most.” Gu Liufeng bitterly smiled.

Jun Mengchen’s eyes flickered with a dazzling light that was filled with an intense battle intent. He then spoke, “I truly wish to cross path with him. I wonder what his cultivation base is.”

“He’s now at the sixth-level of Celestial Phenomenon but I heard that he can surmount three levels of cultivation and fight evenly against ninth-level ascendants.” Gu Liufeng’s voice turned heavy. A sixth-level ascendant fighting against a ninth-level one, the concept of this was simply too terrifying. Given how resounding Gusu Tianqi’s name is throughout the Eastern Prefecture, how could he possibly not be strong?

“Other than Gusu Tianqi, there’s also someone named Xia Jiufeng from the Eastern Prefecture, Ye Qianchen from Qian Prefecture, Cang Aochi from the Li Prefecture. These people were the most famous. Xia Jiufeng is ranked number 2 in the Eastern Prefecture, while Ye Qianchen and Cang Aochi were respectively ranked first in the Qian and Li Prefecture. The participants of these three prefectures have already arrived in this area.”

Gu Liufeng continued to introduce, “Other than these, there’s also another batch of geniuses who were pretty famous as well. They are all personal disciples of powerful immortal kings and an example is Hua Taixu. He entered the tutelage of the Myriad Incarnations Immortal King and I believe, with so many monstrous geniuses participating, the competition this time around would surely be extremely intense.”

Qin Wentian nodded his head lightly, silently remembering these names. It was within Qin Wentian’s prediction that the competition would be intense. With the geniuses of the entire thirteen prefectures gathered, how could it not be intense?

“Now, we have to wait, wait for the start of the competition.” Qin Wentian’s eyes flickered as he spoke, “Let’s go find a place to stay, I wish to stabilize the foundations of my own cultivation.”

“RIght, why don’t we go to to the inn which I’m currently residing in? The environment there isn’t too bad.” Gu Liufeng stood up as all of them stepped out of the tavern and led the way. The people outside were all heaven chosen from various powers, and the mutual gaze they had for each other were filled with extreme sharpness.

Not too long later, Qin Wentian and his sect members arrived at the inn where Gu Liufeng resides. The decoration of the place was adorned with many ancient natural trees and the environment is not bad for cultivation. They went to the reception desk and Gu Liufeng spoke out, “I need three more courtyards, do you have sufficient space?”

“Mhm.” The receptionist nodded. “I will get someone to bring you guys over now.”

“Okay.” Gu Liufeng nodded his head lightly. After which, a waiter led them towards the courtyards they rented. On their way there, the environment was elegant and there was a fragrance in the air from the beautiful flowers planted around here.

This inn was extremely large. Cultivators needed to cultivate hence the atmosphere was very silent, each customer would be able to rent one courtyard, and it’s quite spacious as well.

“This inn is also owned by the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. It’s very quiet and no one will disturb us here.” Gu Liufeng and the others walked onto a small bridge and the waiter in charge of them pointed ahead and spoke, “These three individual courtyards are the ones we mentioned. Everyone, your luck isn’t bad, these are the last three courtyards that’s still unrented in our inn.”

“Mhm, this place seems pretty nice.” Zi QIngxuan nodded. But at this very moment, a silhouette sped over to here as though that person was in a hurry. His figure blocked in front of Qin Wentian and it was actually none other than the receptionist that attended to them earlier. “Everyone please accept my apology, earlier I’ve seen wrongly and these three courtyards are already rented out. Would the three of you please seek residence elsewhere?”

Qin Wentian frowned, how was it possible for a stellar martial cultivator to have such a mistake. There was something fishy going on.

“But there’s no one living in there now?” Gu Liufeng unhappily stated.

“I’m truly sorry, it’s my careless mistake. In fact actually these three courtyards were already booked by someone else in advanced but I’ve forgotten.” That receptionist apologized.

At this moment, a group of silhouettes soared through the air. The one leading them then spoke, “Sirs, the courtyards are right ahead.”

Qin Wentian and the rest inclined their heads, their countenances turning cold upon seeing this. Evidently, the inn was chasing them out because of this group of cultivators who arrived later and it wasn’t because the receptionist had made a mistake!

Translator Note:

姑苏天奇 Gusu Tianqi –> 姑苏Gusu is a surname 天奇Tianqi can mean Heaven’s Miracle

Chapter 821: Mini Banquet

 

Gu Liufeng’s countenance was painted by unhappiness. He was the one who brought Qin Wentian here and they actually encountered such an issue.

“These friends of mine are here to participate in the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect’s banquet. If your Inn is planning to do such a thing, wouldn’t it be a little inappropriate?” Gu Liufeng stared at the receptionist and asked.

“Everyone, this is the arrangement made by a Sage Child. Please look for some other place to reside.” At this moment, a waiter designated to lead that group who just arrived spoke up.

Upon hearing his words, that receptionist could only smile awkwardly. He turned to Qin Wentian, “Everyone, why don’t you just give the Sage Child some face?”

Gu Liufeng furrowed his brows, he naturally understood what the words ‘Sage Child’ of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect meant.

The Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor was termed as the Eastern Sage Majesty. The word ‘Sage’ denotes an extraordinary intent and within the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect, Sage Children are all referring to the nominated disciples of the Eastern Sage Majesty. They all had extraordinary statuses and were characters which the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect heavily nurtured. They would even have a chance to become a personal disciple of the Immortal Emperor himself in the future if their achievements were high enough.

There were currently many Sage Children within the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect and all of them were demon-level characters of different cultivation realms.

And this group of people who just arrived were actually requested by a Sage Child to come here. Since this inn was owned by the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect, the Inn naturally had to obey.

“Sage Child? Yet he treats the guests of the thirteen prefectures like this?” Gu Liufeng unhappily stated. They were participants from the other prefectures and at the very least, they could be considered the guests of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect.

“Why must you be so serious? Since this is an order given by a Sage Child, everyone please just give the Sage Child some face and change your residence. In the future if there’s an opportunity, I can introduce you to get acquainted with him. Why must you be so persistent?” That waiter spoke in a rude tone.

“What a joke. Why must we be acquainted with him?” Jun Mengchen laughed coldly. That person stared at the medallion pinned on Jun Mengchen’s robes but his countenance had no fluctuations to it.

“Ranked second in the Cloud Prefecture, no wonder you are so arrogant. However, this place is the Emperor City and not the Cloud Prefecture. Do you know who these people, that the Sage Child wanted me to arrange lodging for, are?”

These words were also extremely rude. Qin Wentian stayed silent from the start till the end, matching gazes with the man in the lead which the waiter pointed to.

He was actually acquainted with this man and had met him before when the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor went to the Royal Sacred Region to recruit a disciple. This person also had outstanding talent and was one of the individuals that persisted till the end.

His name was Blackpeak. But in the end, he didn’t enter the tutelage of the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor but rather, he entered under the tutelage of the Deepflame Immortal King, a war general under the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor instead.

Blackpeak naturally also recognized Qin Wentian. Back then Qin Wentian was the one who surpassed all of them and was narrowly accepted by the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor as a disciple. But sadly this fellow didn’t know how to appreciate kindness and actually refused the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor’s favor when the Emperor wanted his current master Deepflame to arrange training for him, and giving him a period of freedom every thousand years. At the very end, Qin Wentian was forsaken by the Immortal Emperor.

Now, Qin Wentian actually managed to arrive here at this place from the particle world he came from but the number on the medallion pinned to his robes was a mere rank 27. This made Blackpeak laughed coldly in his heart. As expected of geniuses from a particle world. Despite how outstanding he was previously, that was only for a period of time. Since Qin Wentian missed the opportunity then, he had already became mediocre, ranking 27th in the Cloud Prefecture. How regretful.

“This is the personal disciple of a war general under the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor, the Deepflame Immortal King. His name is Blackpeak.” That waiter spoke in arrogance, his words causing the exquisite features of Jun Mengchen to exude sharpness. Jun Mengchen then stood up even straighter and puffed out his chest. If someone dared to be arrogant in front of him, he would simply be even more arrogant than that person. And in any case, these people were obviously wishing to force them out of a residence which was already promised to them. It was simply ridiculous that they were talking to him and his companions in such a manner now.

“I don’t give a fuck who the hell you are. We were at this place first and so according to rules, this belongs to us. If you want to snatch it away, just settle this in a fight then. I heard that in the Emperor City casual combat is forbidden, but I wonder if you people from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect are also bound by this restriction?” Jun Mengchen spoke, releasing his aura. He was completely like a lord that was totally unafraid of anything in this world.

Although he had exquisite-looking features, he was the king of his world. The one and only king there.

Blackpeak’s eyes shifted away from Qin Wentian as though he had no idea who Qin Wentian was. It felt like the Qin Wentian now was no longer worthy of his attention. He turned his gaze back to Jun Mengchen as he spoke in a sinister voice, “Are you sure you guys want to stay in this inn?”

Jun Mengchen initially wanted to speak only to hear Qin Wentian beating him to it as Qin Wentian replied, “That’s right.”

The gazes of everyone flickered as they turned to Qin Wentian only to hear him continuing indifferently, “The Eastern Sage Immortal Sect organized a banquet for selected participants from all the thirteen prefectures. Now that we are here as guests, we are actually bullied by a bunch of people from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect? How laughable is this?”

“When did I bully you guys?” That waiter’s countenance turned cold. Yet he only saw Blackpeak waving his hand as he turned his attention back to Qin Wentian. “Back then, it was precisely this personality of yours that destroyed your chance to soar up into the heavens, causing you to fall into mediocrity. Now, you are the same as ever, not knowing when to retreat. I admire your courage, but although you are guests, you would do well to remember that this place is the Emperor City. If we meet each other again during combat, you best remember to be careful.”

After speaking, Blackpeak turned and walked away. He flicked his sleeves, “Let’s change to another place, why do we need to lower our statuses to argue with them?”

“You have no common sense.” That waiter coldly glanced at Qin Wentian before leaving with Blackpeak and the others.

“Too arrogant.” Jun Mengchen’s battle intent gushed forth in palpable waves. He stared at the departing backs of those people as he stated, “They better not let me meet them in combat.”

The receptionist was extremely awkward. He cast a deep glance at Qin Wentian and the rest before speaking, “You guys go on ahead then. I will bid my farewell first.”

He departed instantly after speaking, causing Jun Mengchen to curse out loud. Yet, Gu Liufeng stared at Qin Wentian in surprise. He was puzzled that Qin Wentian was actually acquainted with Blackpeak.

“The Deepflame Immortal King’s personality is extremely baleful and he conquered several regions for the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor. His disciple Blackpeak has the same personality as him and is extremely brazen but his strength is the real deal.” Gu Liufeng commented. All of them walked towards the courtyards but their initial good mood was already disrupted by what happened earlier. They respectively went into one of their three courtyards and rested.

Time flowed by and this region got more and more lively. The geniuses from the other remaining prefectures all continuously arrived one after another. The number of geniuses were so many that just anyone picked up from the crowd had a very high possibility to be an extraordinary genius. Many residents of the Emperor City also came to this region where the participants were all at, wanting to know when the banquet would officially start.

Today, a startling piece of news spread throughout this region. An extraordinary character of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect, Sage Child Ye Zixuan had invited the top three rankers of all the prefectures to the largest and most luxurious restaurant, the Eastern Immortal Inn, for a mini banquet.

When the news circulated out, countless numbers of experts headed over to the Eastern Immortal Inn.

What sort of character was Ye Zixuan? He was a Sage Child and it was rumored that he just stepped into the immortal-foundation realm recently, ascending to immortality. In addition, the number of years he cultivated was only for a 102. From this, it could be seen how high his talent was and he was someone who had successfully crossed the barrier to immortality that had blocked countless others.

Also for those he invited were actually the heaven chosens of all the prefectures that were currently gathered here. It was said that there would even be some heaven chosen of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect and personal disciples of immortal kings attending this mini banquet, giving rise to the large magnitude of this commotion.

The Eastern Immortal Inn has a total of nine levels and countless experts already gathered in its surroundings. They wanted to take an advance look at these famous people because after all, they would be competitors with these supreme geniuses in the near future.

“He’s here, Sage Child Ye Zixuan has arrived.” At this moment, there were people staring in the skies as they witnessed Ye Zixuan and his entourage directly landing on the top of the Eastern Immortal Inn.

“There are also some of those top rankers of the thirteen prefectures that have already arrived.” At this moment, several others appeared in the air, exuding an aura of magnificence.

“No. 1 from the Qian Prefecture, no. 3 from the Li Prefecture, no. 2 from the Qian Prefecture…” Supreme-level geniuses descended from the air one by one, causing the eyes of everyone to brighten.

“Haha! You guys attending this mini banquet I, Ye, had organized, is truly honoring me.” Ye Zixuan’s voice rang out with laughter. The various geniuses clasped their hands and politely replied, “Sage Child is too polite.”

Ye Zixuan could be considered their senior. Although he was 102 years in age, he looked extremely young and is also extremely good looking.

“Brother Blackpeak has also arrived,” At this moment Ye Zixuan inclined his head and saw a silhouette in black descending downwards. The gazes of those in the surroundings shifted to the newcomer, it was none other than the personal disciple of the Deepflame Immortal King, Blackpeak.

“Bzz!” At this moment, an overwhelming aura permeated the atmosphere as a lanky figure appeared as well, exuding an unexcelled aura. The medallion on his robes stated the word ‘Cloud,’ as well as the number ‘1.’ He was none other than Gu Zhantian.

This man was the top ranker of the Cloud Prefecture.

The number of people gathered for the mini banquet got increasingly greater and whenever a tyrannical figure appeared, it would certainly cause a commotion.

The top ranker of the Li Prefecture, Cang Ao also arrived. He cuts an imposing figure with a domineering aura and a headful of red hair which fluttered in the wind.

“Ye Qianchen also arrived.” The top ranker of the Qian Prefecture appeared, causing the attention of the crowd to be focused on him instantly. Both Ye Qianchen and Cang Ao were characters thought to have the highest chance of becoming the top three in this selection.

“Would Gusu Tianqi also come here today?” At this moment, the crowd couldn’t help but to speculate silently. Such a supreme character, nobody knew if he would give face to the Sage Child and attend this banquet.

At the top of the Eastern Immortal Inn, the banquet was already fully prepared. Ye Zixuan and those he invited chatted leisurely. But as for Gusu Tianqi, he hadn’t appeared yet. It seemed that out of all the invitees, he was the only one who didn’t turn up.

“Wait there’s something wrong. Where’s the second ranker of the Cloud Prefecture? It seems that he didn’t turn up as well?” Somebody in the crowd suddenly realized that in the seats designated for the Cloud Prefecture, there were only two characters there; Gu Zhantian and Mu Yun.

“He’s here, the second ranker of the Cloud Prefecture is actually standing below with the rest of us!” A few silhouettes suddenly appeared below the Inn and one of them had a cloud medallion pinned on his robes that stated, Name: Jun Mengchen, rank: 2!

“Sage Child, the second ranker of the Cloud Prefecture has arrived.” On the top of the Inn, a subordinate of Ye Zixuan reported.

“I didn’t invite him.” At this moment, Ye Zixuan’s voice drifted out, his words causing the countless gazes that were currently fixed on Jun Mengchen to flashed with bewilderment.

The second ranker of the Cloud Prefecture Jun Mengchen actually didn’t receive the invitation by the Sage Child Ye Zixuan? Also, by saying this out loud in public, doesn’t that mean that the Sage Child didn’t intend to give any face to Jun Mengchen and wanted to cause him embarrassment, to be in an awkward position?

Jun Mengchen lifted his head and stared at the top of the Eastern Immortal Inn. He had also heard of the banquet invitation by Ye Zixuan and indeed, Ye Zixuan didn’t issue any invitation to him. But even so, he still came here but his purpose wasn’t to attend the banquet and was rather that he wanted to look at the faces of his opponents. He will definitely accomplish the mission given by the Heavenly Talisman Realm and that clearly meant that sooner or later, he would trample upon these characters that were invited here by the Sage Child for the banquet today!

Chapter 822: Convene

 

Qin Wentian also inclined his head. His countenance was ice cold. Ye Zixuan hosted a banquet and invited all top rankers of the prefectures leaving out only Jun Mengchen. This, in addition to the fact of Blackpeak’s presence beside Ye Zixuan instantly made Qin Wentian understand that the Sage Child who arranged Blackpeak to stay in the inn which they had chosen was none other than Ye Zixuan.

Although the two of them had never met, there was already a grudge between them. It was fine if Ye Zixuan hadn’t invited Jun Mengchen, but he intentionally said it out in public wanting to smack Jun Mengchen in the face.

And as expected the instant his voice faded, the crowd below started to get into a fervor.

“The only top ranker which the Sage Child didn’t invite is Jun Mengchen? Sadly I don’t have much understanding towards the Cloud Prefecture and have no idea regarding the talent of Jun Mengchen. Or could it be that the Sage Child Ye Zixuan knew that Jun Mengchen was someone with an inflated reputation?

“The Sage Child invited all the top rankers with the exception of Jun Mengchen. It’s clear that he got his second rank by luck. If not, why would the third ranker of the Cloud Prefecture be invited and is even sitting beside the top ranker Gu Zhantian?”

The crowd was whispering to each other. They had no idea of the situation in the Cloud Prefecture and naturally thought that Ye Zixuan had no need to target Jun Mengchen. Hence there was a possibility that Jun Mengchen’s talent didn’t meet the mark. Because after all, the Cloud Prefecture was ranked among the last in terms of strength in all thirteen prefectures, and Jun Mengchen obtaining the second rank might be because of luck.

A single sentence by Ye Zixuan caused Jun Mengchen to be in an extremely embarrassing position, one where it wouldn’t help even if he were to explain. After all, Ye Zixuan only said that he didn’t invite him. What could he say to that? Could he proclaim to the crowd that he was very powerful? People would only think he was blowing his own trumpet.

Qin Wentian glanced at Jun Mengchen only to see this junior brother of his was still inclining his head and looking in the air. His eyes flickered with an intense conviction but it was clear that Jun Mengchen wasn’t infuriated because of the other party’s provocation. Qin Wentian couldn’t help but to admire Jun Mengchen. It was clear that the state of heart of this junior brother of his was improving.

However since this Ye Zixuan was out to smack their faces, if he doesn’t return the favor, he would always feel an unhappiness bogging down in his heart.

Hence, Qin Wentian stepped in to continue, “I heard that the top ranker of the Eastern Prefecture Gusu Tianqi is a supreme genius where no one could be compared to. We came today in hopes of meeting him but right now, he’s actually nowhere to be seen. Could it be that Gusu Tianqi also wasn’t invited by the Sage Child to this banquet?”

Qin Wentian’s voice wasn’t loud but it somehow covered through all the mutterings of the crowd, causing the entire space to turn silent.

“Haha are you kidding? What sort of character is Gusu Tianqi, how can it be possible that he isn’t invited?”

“This fellow…” Many in the crowd smiled and shook their heads, was Qin Wentian trying to make a joke?

“Do you think Gusu Tianqi is you?” From the air, on top of the Eastern Immortal Inn, a subordinate of Ye Zixuan glared at Qin Wentian as he mocked.

“In that case does it mean that it isn’t the case that Gusu Tianqi wasn’t invited but rather, he chose not to turn up?” Qin Wentian’s countenance changed as his tone grew colder. His words causing the derisive laughter as well as the voices of the crowd to abruptly vanish as all in the surroundings turned their gazes towards Qin Wentian. He seemed to have a hidden meaning in his words?

And it was as expected. The next moment, they saw Qin Wentian sweeping his gaze over everyone. HIs calm eyes seemingly shone with a dazzling light as he spoke, “Oh, that’s right. Gusu Tianqi, what sort of character is he? How can he simply be invited just because a random someone wanted to invite him? A Sage Child is merely just a Sage Child after all.”

After speaking Qin Wentian flicked his sleeves and spoke to Jun Mengchen and his companions. “Junior brother Jun, you’ve seen your future opponents. It’s time for us to leave.”

“How sad, I didn’t get to witness the magnificence of Gusu Tianqi.” Jun Mengchen sighed loudly. After which, this group of people actually turned to leave directly, giving no regards to the top rankers gathered for the banquet.

Only to see numerous cold and extremely sharp gazes shooting towards them from the top of the inn. One among the top rankers coldly stated, “Hold it right there, stop moving.”

This voice reverberated through the air, extremely loud. However, Qin Wentian and his companions were as though they didn’t hear anything and continued on their way. That expert stepped out and directly chased after them, obstructing their paths. This man was a subordinate of Ye Zixuan and was the one who had earlier informed Ye Zixuan that Jun Mengchen had arrived. Now it seems that he was doing this intentionally.

In addition, the cultivation base of this man was pretty strong. His cultivation base is at the eighth-level of Celestial Phenomenon and his aura was overwhelming.

“I told you to stop moving.” That person floated in the air and spoke with cold arrogance.

“Is this your intention? Or the intention of some others?” A cold light flickered in Qin Wentian’s eyes as he stared at his opponent. Those eyes of his seemed to shoot forth an icy light, causing the temperature in the surroundings to dip.

The expression of that man faltered before he continued in a glacial tone. “It’s naturally my intention.”

“Who the hell do you think you are? Asking us to stop?” Qin Wentian stepped forward, “If you are someone from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect, you should know the rules of the Emperor City. Scram!”

“HOW DARE YOU!” That person coldly shouted as his aura gushed forth. The words of this person disrespected the Sage Child. As an immortal, the status of the Sage Child made it so that it was inconvenient for him to personally act. But there was no way his subordinates could let things slide.

“BOOM!”

Qin Wentian stepped out as his own powerful aura gushed forth as well, soaring up into the skies. He spoke with cold arrogance, “According to the city rules, if one was provoked or intercepted for no reason at all, that person could issue a challenge to the interceptor under the witness of the patrolling guards. Now, I seek the patrolling guards to be my witnesses.”

Not far away, a group of guards could be seen. They naturally had already noticed the situation here and upon hearing Qin Wentian’s words, they all moved over. But when they saw the cultivation base of the man Qin Wentian wanted to challenge, their eyes flashed with bewilderment. After a moment, the leader of the guards nodded and replied, “We can do that. But you must know once you issue a challenge, the other party could kill you as well. We wouldn’t interfere in personal disputes.”

“That’s fine. With these guards as the witnesses, I hereby challenge you to a duel.” Qin Wentian stared at his opponent, his words causing the eighth-level ascendant to break out into laughter. “You are simply courting death.”

As the sound of his voice faded, a powerful pressure gushed forth. Qin Wentian’s silhouette flickered and a terrifying long spear suddenly materialized in his hands.

An incomparably fearsome and baleful aura gushed ferociously as the long spear stabbed out, expanding unceasingly, shimmering with immortal light. The expression of that eighth-level ascendant who was still laughing instantly underwent a drastic change before he called out in shock, “Immortal-ranked weapon!”

He retreated with explosive speed yet he only saw the long spear expanded to a hundred metres, directly impaling him. An instant later, a thunderous boom rang out as the body of that ascendant exploded into pieces.

The hearts of the crowd trembled, this fellow was…so brutal.

Directly challenging and directly killing him off. This was simply too domineering.

A bright light flashed, Qin Wentian directly kept his immortal-ranked weapon. The body slammed into the ground as though nothing out of the ordinary had happened. The four of them continued on their way and even the patrolling guards who were the witnesses were stunned by what happened.

“Courting his own humiliation.” Qin Wentian’s voice rang out. It was unknown if he was referring to the person who died or to someone else instead.

On top of the Eastern Immortal Inn, Ye Zixuan’s countenance turned incomparably sharp. His gaze was like swords piercing through the air, directly boring down on Qin Wentian. However, his subordinate has made it clear earlier that intercepting Qin Wentian was his intent and had nothing to do with him, Ye Zixuan. It was within the law even if Qin Wentian killed his subordinate and there were even these guards as the witnesses. Also, as an immortal-foundation expert, where would his prestige be if he personally acted to deal with Qin Wentian? He would only throw his face further.

And also, Qin Wentian was a selected participant from the Cloud Prefecture. It was impossible for him to do anything to Qin Wentian as he was a Sage Child from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. If he killed Qin Wentian, the prestige of their sect would be tarnished in his hands, becoming a joke and spoiling the reputation of the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor. Even if he wanted to kill Qin Wentian, he had to do so through the proper procedures in a fair and aboveboard manner.

Gu Zhantian stared at the departing back of Qin Wentian. He had exchanged blows with Qin Wentian before and naturally knew how crazed Qin Wentian could get. When he was silent, Qin Wentian seemed to be a harmless thing; but once he erupted forth with anger, the strength he put out could even startle the heavens.

The other top rankers also glanced at Qin Wentian before shifting their eyes back to Ye Zixuan, silently musing on how arrogant Qin Wentian was.

However, they also didn’t understand why Ye Zixuan would choose to target Qin Wentian’s friend Jun Mengchen. That sentence that was spoken was akin to humiliation. Yet what they never expected was that a mere 27th rank of the Cloud Prefecture would actually reverse the situation, causing the Sage Child to become the passive party instead.

“Everyone please continue with the banquet.” Ye Zixuan adjusted his mental state swiftly and started attending to his guests. The crowd no longer spoke about what happened earlier. To them, that was just an interlude, the purpose of them coming here was firstly, to give face to Ye Zixuan and secondly, observing their would be competitors. The geniuses Ye Zixuan invited would definitely be the strongest opponents each of them would face in the near future.

The crowd quickly started chatting as laughter permeated the atmosphere, as though the earlier incident had never happened at all.

As for the surrounding crowd below the inn, they also gradually forgot about Qin Wentian and his companions. From their perspectives, only these top rankers were the most dazzling existences.

But in fact, this incident to Qin Wentian and his companions were similarly nothing but an interlude.

Qin Wentian, Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan. Their purpose here was to become the strongest three, obtaining the top rankings, acquiring the rewards and rejecting the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor in his face to accomplish the Heavenly Talisman Realm’s mission.

This was their true target. As for the other geniuses of the thirteen prefectures, they had to trample on them all to reach their targets.

Back in the inn, in the quiet courtyards, they respectively returned to their residences and cultivated silently, stabilizing their foundations.

In this region, there were 13,000 selected participants from the prefectures, numerous immortal-foundation experts and even the residents of the Emperor City. Hence even in the early morning, people could be seen on the streets.

At this moment, a thunderous voice rang out through the horizons, resounding out over a radius of 1,000 miles just like a startling bolt of thunder.

“Participants of the Eastern Prefecture, convene.”

“Participants of the Qian Prefecture, convene.”

“Participants of the Li Prefecture, convene.”

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“Participants of the Cloud Prefecture, convene.

Thirteen voices akin to draconic roars thundered out, rumbling the heavens. Not only was this region quaking, the entire Eastern Prefecture seemed to be trembling from the might of the voices.

The thirteen prefectures summoned their geniuses at the same time. The meaning of this act was clear even without words.

This was a summon by the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. Finally, these 13,000 participants are going to gather together and contend against each other.

In the air, the heaven chosen of each prefecture soared into the air, swiftly speeding towards the same direction. On the ground, traces of solemnity flickered in the eyes of the crowd. Was it, finally about to begin?!

Chapter 823: The Thirteen Prefectures

 

The geniuses of all thirteen prefectures were all gathered together in an area segregated into thirteen parts.

As the silhouettes of the participants soared through the air, the geniuses of each prefecture gathered respectively at the spot designated for their prefecture.

The Eastern Sage Thirteen Prefectures are known as: Eastern, Qian, Li, Cloud, Mo, Jing, Thunder, Yue, Rock, Blazing Sun, Supreme Moon, Western Desert, Underworld. And from a geographical point of view, the three top-ranked prefectures were in the center while the latter four prefectures stood in the four directions.

Among them, the Eastern, Qian and Li Prefecture were known as the leaders of all the thirteen prefectures. Their strength was overwhelming and they were located in the central core of the entire territory governed by the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect.

For prefectures of the second tier, they were not the next six but rather, the latter four prefectures which were located at the boundaries, namely: Blazing Sun Prefecture, Supreme Moon Prefecture, Western Desert Prefecture and Underworld Prefecture. In fact there were even people who said that the strengths of these four prefectures weren’t any weaker than the centralized top three.

The Eastern, Qian and Li, being located at the center was naturally the gathering places for geniuses in their territory. There’s no need to doubt why these prefectures are luxurious and why their strength was overwhelming.

And as for the four other prefectures, because they were situated at the boundaries of the Eastern Sage’s territory, they were neighbours to other immortal empires controlled by immortal emperors. Maybe because it was of the pressure, as well as the lousier environment, they naturally had to be stronger. In addition, the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect also stationed their powerful troops at the four prefectures, hence the strength of the experts there were all extremely high as well.

The Blazing Sun and Supreme Moon Prefectures were polar opposites, while the same goes for the Western Desert and Underworld Prefecture.

The days in the Blazing Sun Prefecture were scorching hot, the scorching flames of the sun were extremely intense. hile the Supreme Moon Prefecture was the exact opposite. The Western Desert Prefecture was also extremely arid and vast with many desolate cities there and home to many powerful nomad tribes, the people there have various and strange methods of cultivation that were different from the norm. As for the Underworld Prefecture, it had the name of the Prefecture of Hell.

These were the unique points of the four prefectures and their strength was on a different level compared to the remaining six that were squeezed in between the top three prefectures and the outer four. Jing Prefecture, Mo Prefecture, Cloud Prefecture, Thunder Prefecture, Yue Prefecture, and the Rock prefecture. They had nothing unique and the average level of strength was considered weaker compared to the other seven.

As for the geniuses of the thirteen prefectures, if one wanted to talk about fame, it would naturally be that the geniuses from the Eastern Prefecture were the most famous, with geniuses from the Qian and Li Prefecture behind them. After all the selection was organized in the Eastern Prefecture; and the Qian and Li Prefecture were also two of the core prefectures and were located geographically closer to the Eastern Prefecture. Hence, the name of famous geniuses had a higher possibility of being circulated around which led to their higher fame.

And it was precisely because of this reason that Gusu Tianqi, Xia Jiufeng, Ye Qianchen and Cang Aochi would be so famous and were recognized by the people of the Eastern Prefecture. But in reality, during the mini banquet organized by Ye Zixuan, the top rankers from the four outer prefectures were also unfathomably strong, giving off an aura of extreme danger. And taking one more step back, for geniuses of the other six prefectures, even if they were weaker in comparison, how much weaker would they be considering that they managed to achieve the top three rankings within the countless geniuses of their prefectures?

And right now, alongside with the over 10,000 geniuses arriving, this area was filled with a stifling pressure. The aura from them all was too overwhelming despite the fact that they were merely Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants. When over ten thousand supreme geniuses stood together, the aura that gushed forth from all of them seemed to become a force field capable of collapsing anything.

Qin Wentian and his companions were also in the air, heading straight for the location where the Idlecloud Immortal King was based at. He, Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan were contemplating the experts similarly rushing there with a solemn look on their faces. These would be the people that would be their competitors and many of them are extraordinary individuals. Just taking an additional glance would incite the feeling of being pressured and the term ‘geniuses as common as clouds’ must surely be describing this situation.

They understood that not only for the top three rankers of the various prefectures, there was no guarantees that the lower rankers would be weaker than those top rankers. A very good example was Qin Wentian himself. Although he was only ranked 27th in his prefecture selection test, was it accurate that he was really ranked #27 in terms of talent within the Cloud Prefecture? If that was the case, he had no need to attend this banquet at all. If his talent was ranked #27 in the Cloud Prefecture, on what basis does he have to compete for the position of the top three in the Eastern Sage Thirteen Prefectures?

“They’ve arrived. The selected participants from the thirteen prefectures are all here.” Below, the crowd commented as the stared in the air, feeling stunned in their hearts. What a powerful force field. There were so many characters that exuded a magnificence beyond the generations.

“Gusu Tianqi has also arrived. He’s over there at the Eastern Prefecture spot. Seeing that he isn’t standing in the lead, his character should be rather low-profile. But even so, I spotted him with a single glance.” Someone in the crowd pointed in a random direction towards a young man with no aura whatsoever. That young man just casually stood there but his presence was like a crane in a flock of crows. Nobody could obstruct the radiance emitting from him. The demeanor of an innate immortal-king physique was evident to all, forming into an invisible halo of radiance that made him conspicuous no matter where he went. In this life, he was destined to reach the immortal king realm sooner or later because of his physique.

There were some whose destinies were already fixed when they were born, that they would become characters whose names resound famously throughout the world. The Gusu Clan only had a single descendant for nine generations, and all of them without fail were immortal kings. Gusu Tianqi will become one sooner or later and those standing around him dared not be too close to him for fear of their own radiance being blocked. There seemed to be a special force field around Gusu Tianqi that made everyone look up to him in admiration.

Qin Wentian also noticed Gusu TIanqi. The lines on his face were extremely clear and the contours were well-defined. He appeared very young and his handsome features were like still water, with no signs of any fluctuations. His forehead was wide like the heavens and the center of his brows were like blades. That pair of deep black eyes flickered with a terrifying luster that could seemingly absorb those who gazed into them.

Other than Gusu Tianqi, there was one more person which Qin Wentian paid attention to. This person had a tall and lanky figure, exuding an extraordinary demeanor. There was a hint of wildness about him, and his forceful eyes were currently staring daggers at Gusu Tianqi as though he couldn’t wait to contend against him. This person was none other than the second ranker of the Eastern Prefecture, Xia Jiufeng.

“So many demon-level characters.” Beside him, Jun Mengchen mumbled. Qin Wentian and Zi Qingxuan nodded their heads lightly. Other than the two top rankers of the Eastern Prefectures, there are still many outstanding characters.

“That person is so strange, he’s the top ranker of the Blazing Sun Prefecture. There seems to be balls of fiery flames around him and he’s wearing rings of light as his accessories. Just gazing at him made me feel a rush of scorching heat. I wonder how people would fight against him.” Below, the crowd mumbled as they stared in the direction where those of the Blazing Sun Prefecture convened.

Not only for the top ranker of the Blazing Sun Prefecture, there were many experts who also wore rings of light around their bodies.

“Those from the Supreme Moon Prefecture are the opposite, giving off a cold and sinister feeling.”

“Look over there at the experts from the Underworld Prefecture, those characters are so ugly and some even have such bizarre forms. They were truly akin to beings that originated from the underworld.”

“Both the Underworld and Western Desert Prefectures also have giants among their numbers. What race is that person? And there are even monks here? Monk cultivators are rarely seen but there are many in the Western Desert Prefecture. Over there, it’s an arid land of desolation, the environment is extremely wretched and there would often be natural disasters such as heavenly lighting striking out from the blue, destroying the cities there. For example, a building constructed today might simply be destroyed tomorrow due to these natural disasters. Hence, the number of cities in the Western Desert Prefecture were fewer, with many different races living there constituting a variety of cultivators.

“These four outer prefectures were also situated near many particle worlds. The Deepflame Immortal King would often be stationed within the Underworld Prefecture and led his troops on punitive expeditions.”

There were many discussions going on among the crowd. Qin Wentian’s perception was powerful and could clearly hear the discussions. He couldn’t help but to marvel at how vast the immortal realms were. Just the thirteen prefectures alone contained so many things that he had no idea of. After entering the immortal realms, he directly arrived in the Cloud Prefecture. The Cloud Prefecture was one of the more ordinary ones out of the other prefectures and had an average level of power. There were too many extraordinary grounds and different races in the thirteen prefectures which he couldn’t imagine and hadn’t come into contact with.

“Move out.” At this moment, the Prefecture Lord of the Eastern Prefecture commanded. Instantly, the 1,000 geniuses from the Eastern Prefecture all moved out together, constituting an imposing and magnificent sight.

“Move out.”

“Move out.”

The Prefecture Lords of the thirteen prefectures all commanded one after another as the participants all flew towards the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect together.

Over 10,000 experts were currently flying in the air. They looked down at this ancient Emperor City, and the ends of the city couldn’t even be seen within their vision. However, a gigantic towering statue could clear be seen in the far off distance.

This statue seemed to connect to the heavens. It was so gigantic that it could clearly be seen even if one was impossibly far away. It was the most majestic statue in the entire thirteen prefectures and all other statues weren’t allowed to exceed the size of this statue. Because the man which the gigantic statue depicted was none other than the hegemon of the Eastern Sage Thirteen Prefectures, the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor himself.

“Do you see that statue? How majestic, that’s the Eastern Sage Majesty. That statue is located at the highest point of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect, and symbolizes an unparalleled peak.” Someone spoke, “Everyone has to show respect when facing this statue. If one were to show disrespect or even dared to vandalize it, the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor would instantly be able to sense it.

“Is it really so mystical?” Someone asked in doubt.

“Of course it is. He’s an immortal emperor. That level of cultivation isn’t something we can imagine. With a single thought, they can reach everywhere in the world. And they can even create laws with just a wave of their hands. How terrifying is that? It’s something we would never be able to come in contact with. In any case, we must remember to be respectful in front of the statue. If not, even if you soar high up in the future, and if the the Eastern Sage Majesty knew that you disrespected him before, although he might not do anything to you considering his status, he wouldn’t value you as much.”

A group of people chatted while they flew. Finally, the distance to that towering statue became increasingly nearer. When the distance was 1,000 miles away, they had already arrived at the exterior grounds of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. Numerous immortal mountains with immortal stairs leading up could be seen. The statues of the Four Paragons of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect were situated with one in each direction and when the participants of the thirteen prefectures arrived, all of them had to bow before the statues of the four paragons.

The four paragons of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect were founder-level characters who had followed the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor right from the very beginning when he fought for his empire. Their strength was strong to an inconceivable degree and they no longer appeared in public. All of them were pursuing the Immortal Emperor Realm and were just a hairbreadth away from it. It could be said that their cultivation levels have already surpassed countless immortal kings and there were rumors saying that there would surely be someone among the four paragons to step into the immortal emperor realm in the future.

The four paragons were the guardians of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. Nobody dared to show them any disrespect.

In the Eastern Sage Thirteen Prefectures, if the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor was God, they were the divine generals under God. Even for such a tyrannically powerful character like the Deepflame Immortal King, there was still quite a large disparity between him and these four paragons!

After paying their respects to the statues of the four paragons, the geniuses of the thirteen prefectures headed towards the stairs as they climbed up. After which, a heaven-shaking bell chime resounded through the air as experts of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect were all awaiting them with smiles!

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Author’s Note: Many commented that the storyline recently has been too naggy. But in order to create a good backdrop in a vast world, writing things with a little more detail is definitely a must do. What meaning is there if the geniuses fought directly without a proper build up? Please bear with me for the time being.

Chapter 824: Eastern Sage Cliff

 

“We are here.” The gazes of the crowd were fixed ahead. On the top of the stairways, countless experts had coronas of immortal light around them, it was an extremely dazzling sight.

However, the participants discovered that there was another arched door behind these experts. The Eastern Sage Immortal Sect was incomparably vast, even larger than cities in the immortal realms. After all the distance they traveled, they merely just reached the entrance.

“We will leave these participants in all your hands then.” At this moment, the Prefecture Lord of the Eastern Prefecture stated. After which, the thirteen prefecture lords all headed to the front as the immortal-foundation experts on top of the stairway opened up a path for them as they respectfully greeted, “A warm welcome to all the immortal kings. Seniors, don’t worry about them, just leave the participants to me.”

“Mhm.” The prefecture lords nodded as they entered, leaving the participants behind.

“Since all of you could be here to attend this banquet, it meant that your talents are outstanding among your peers in your respective prefectures. However, our Eastern Sage Immortal Sect would never accept ordinary people. Through this selection test, you all will have an opportunity to join us but our quota this time around is only up till a 1,000 disciples. Next, you guys will contend against each other and the majority would be eliminated leaving behind the last thousand. And if the last remaining thousand are willing, you can join our Eastern Sage Immortal Sect as disciples, taking your first step into our sect.”

On the stairs, an expert that was radiating with an intense immortal light stared at the participants as he spoke. However, his words didn’t surprise any of them. The reason why the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect would organize this event was precisely because they wanted to build up their foundations more by recruiting and nurturing talents.

“The next event shall be the first test. The top 1,000 can become external disciples and those who pass gain the right to take the next test. For those who can walk all the way till the end and become the top three rankers, their fame would shake the world and become the nominated disciple of the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor himself, gaining the opportunity to receive his guidance and there’s even a chance to become his personal disciple if your talent is high enough. All of you better cherish this chance.”

From the way he was talking, it was as though this was a great boon to all of these participants.

Even though there were over ten thousand geniuses that came from all thirteen prefectures, they still had to enter the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect as a matter of glory because the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect was the true hegemon of the thirteen prefectures.

These people might be the most outstanding talents in the thirteen prefectures but the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect itself was a place where all the most outstanding talents gathered. Hence, the elimination rate was very high and the vast majority would have to be eliminated.

Only a thousand would be able to join the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect.

“The first test will be at the sacred cultivation grounds within the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect, the Eastern Sage Cliff.” That immortal-foundation expert continued. The Eastern Sage Cliff is the most optimal place for disciples under the immortal-foundation realm to cultivate in the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. This time, that place will become the testing grounds for geniuses of the thirteen prefectures.

The Eastern Sage Immortal Sect regarded this recruitment event which occurred only once every hundred years with extreme importance.

“Eastern Sage Cliff.” The participants who heard about this place before couldn’t help but to mumble under their breaths as gleams of sharpness flashed in their eyes.

Naturally, there were people among them who already guessed. Because, the ten thousand plus geniuses from all thirteen prefectures had different level of cultivation bases ranging from the first-level of Celestial Phenomenon to the ninth-level. If one wanted to determine their talent, the Eastern Sage Cliff was undoubtedly the most suitable place to hold the test.

The Eastern Sage Cliff ignored the advantages of one’s cultivation base and focused on only the state of heart as well as comprehension ability of the cultivator.

“Now, follow me I will lead you over there. The current sect members have already left the area, vacating the space for all of you. Let’s move out.” That expert spoke as he moved towards the interior of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. The participants followed after, and after which, all of them soared into the air, soaring towards the direction of the Eastern Sage Cliff.

Although the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect was a sect, a single glance couldn’t contain the boundlessness of it within one’s vision. It was more like an ancient majestic city with a countless number of imposing looking buildings.

“Isn’t this Eastern Sage Immortal Sect a little too big?” Many silently mused. The size was inconceivable and it was rumored that there were a hundred thousand direct disciples and millions of external disciples within it. If the troops of the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor were counted within, the number of experts they had would reach a fearsome figure – over tens of millions.

This was precisely the makeup of a supreme-tier power in the immortal realms. They could effortlessly dominate any region and suppress and govern a countless number of particle worlds.

Before the Eastern Sage Cliff, the disciples from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect were all standing nearby as they watched the 13,000 geniuses approaching. Their eyes were all flickering with sharpness, do they wish to become a member of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect as well?

“I heard there are quite a few extremely powerful characters in this batch. Let’s hope they won’t disappoint us too much.” A young man crossed his arms in front of his chest as he spoke with a smile.

The Eastern Sage Cliff was so vast that its boundaries couldn’t be seen. There were countless peaks near the area and all of them belonged to the Eastern Sage Cliff Mountain Range. It was currently enveloped by a screen of light that seemed akin to a supremely terrifying great formation. Shimmering runes could be seen flowing around the light screen, exuding an air of mysteriousness that weaved unique law energy, permeating the air within the lightscreen.

The participants stood in the air. That immortal-foundation expert who led them here turned and spoke to everyone, “There are some unique law enchantments within the Eastern Sage Cliff that would temporarily restrict some of your powers. This enchantment will grant you all equal levels of strength – That of a ninth-level of Celestial Phenomenon Ascendant, allowing you guys to clash madly if you so wish. However, your condensed constellations as well as your various innate techniques would all be locked down, unable to be used. What you can call upon is only your original strength, augmented by the power of your astral souls.”

“Your astral souls won’t be bound as that’s a sign of your innate talent. Bloodline powers are something that belong to you, so it wouldn’t be restricted as well. But constellations are a different case.”

That expert explained. Everyone naturally understood. Astral souls are a sign of their talents, if one’s astral soul is strong, it is strong! If it’s weak, then it will be weak. There’s no need to restrict it. But as for constellations, there’s a huge difference in terms of comprehension comparing first-level and nine-level ascendants. The disparity was too vast and although everyone’s base strength was set to the same level, constellations could easily tip the balance resulting in an inequality of strength. Hence, it will be restricted.

Bloodline powers are innate to the cultivators, so along with astral souls, it wouldn’t be locked down by the unique law enchantments.

Innate techniques would be restricted because there might be some who cultivated powerful immortal-ranked techniques before while the others haven’t. This wouldn’t be a fair test of talent if the lower-talent participants could use powerful techniques to overwhelms high-talent participants. Innate techniques are considered something external to the participants, different from astral souls and bloodline power.

“Go on ahead. The Eastern Sage Cliff is a place where disciples of our sect gain insights on their martial paths. There is good fortune awaiting all of you provided that you are qualified to receive it. When you return from here, your strength would surely rise. Also, there are many small pockets of spatial formations within this place. If you wish to exit earlier, just walk into the spatial formations to activate them. The last 1,000 participants remaining will be the ones to pass this selection test. You guys can enter now.”

After speaking, that immortal stepped to the side, opening up a pathway for the participants to enter.

“Forget oneself, regaining one’s strength through re-comprehension.” That immortal murmured. After which the participants all sped into the Eastern Sage Cliff as astral light flashed unceasingly.

The Eastern Sage Cliff, a path where one forgets everything that caused him to rise to this level of strength.

“Let’s enter.” Qin Wentian and his companions stepped inside the mountain range, walking into the screen of light. Instantly, spatial fluctuations enveloped them as they re-appeared inside the Eastern Sage Cliff.

He was standing there alone with no one in his surroundings. The energy from the law enchantments bore down on him, tunnelling through his body and it felt like a gigantic hand of law was rewriting everything. After a moment, Qin Wentian felt a strange resonance with the energy in the atmosphere connecting them with something akin to an unbreakable thread as well as a towering strength within him.

“Is this the strength of a ninth-level of Celestial Phenomenon? Everyone will have this level of strength and the only differences will be one’s astral souls and bloodline power.” Qin Wentian contemplated his surroundings as his perception gushed forth. He was actually completely alone. From this, it could be seen how vast this mountain range is.

“Is that…?” Qin Wentian saw a golden spatial diagram floating in the air. That should be the spatial pocket formation spoken of by that immortal earlier and one would instantly be able to exit this place by stepping into it. One could use it as a means of preserving their lives should they lose in combat.

Sounds of the wind whistling rang out as another person appeared near Qin Wentian. It was the only person his perception could sense and evidently, the other party had also sensed Qin Wentian’s existence.

“Someone from the Jing Prefecture.” Qin Wentian glanced at the medallion pinned on the other party’s robes. His opponent was the 96th ranker of the Jing Prefecture.

“Bzz.” A resplendent astral light flashed as the opponent’s astral soul manifested behind his back. It was a fearsome looking avian beast and a pair of wings also formed on his opponent’s back the instant the avian beast astral soul manifested. A baleful aura erupted out as he sped towards Qin Wentian, while launching an attack. A terrifying pressure burst out, his attack was akin to a talon swipe by a fearsome avian species.

Out of these 13,000 participants, only 1,000 would remain. The meaning of this was extremely clear. For the excess 12,000 participants, they can either choose to die in combat or escape via the spatial formations.

Qin Wentian blasted out with his palms, unconsciously utilizing his palm-type innate techniques. But at the instant before his energy erupted outwards, a marvelous law energy directly interrupted it. No gigantic palm imprints were formed, all attacks using innate techniques were sealed away by the power of the law enchantments in the area.

“BANG!” That fearsome talon swipe smashed over as Qin Wentian was forced backwards. Bloody wounds opened on his arms because of the aftermath of that attack.

Both their strength was similar, at the ninth level of Celestial Phenomenon. They were all at the same starting point. However, his opponent attacked using the power of his astral soul while Qin Wentian executed an innate technique out of habit, without borrowing the power from his astral soul and was thus forced back.

‘This Eastern Sage Cliff is truly fair to all.” A smile appeared on Qin Wentian’s face, yet he only saw a mocking light flashing through his opponent’s eyes. “Ranked #27 within the Cloud Prefecture? Seems like you are nothing much after all.”