Ancient Godly Monarch - Chapter 825

Chapter 825: Good Fortune Everywhere

 

“If I were you, I wouldn’t be in such a rush to act against other people. After all, with merely this amount of strength, you would have to scram the fuck out the moment you meet someone stronger or do you really think that you would be able to dominate this Eastern Sage Cliff with your pathetic 6th-heavenly layer astral soul?” Qin Wentian spoke in a low voice, stepping out as his eyes flickered with sarcasm. At the same time, two of his astral souls manifested as he spoke and they were the Demon Sovereign Astral Soul and King Sword Astral Soul. Instantly, his physique transformed and the aura exuding from him sharpened by several folds.

“Hmph, is that all you have?” His opponent manifested another astral soul. It was a demonic being with three heads and six arms, causing his physique to expand even larger as a cruel smile painted his lips. These two astral souls from his opponent were his fourth and fifth astral soul and they came from the 5th and 6th heavenly layer.

The astral souls possessed by these geniuses were definitely something geniuses from particle world cannot compare.

A demonic glint of light flickered in Qin Wentian’s eyes. The Demon Sovereign astral soul behind him seemed to become even more violent. Shimmering crimson light flowed around him and that was the power of his bloodline which wasn’t restricted by the law enchantments.

However, his opponent similarly employed a bloodline power further augmenting his strength. In the immortal realms, many heaven chosen possessed a bloodline power, some of them ordinary but there are also some truly unique ones.

The two of them got closer to each other, Qin Wentian blasted out with his palm and this time around, he didn’t utilize any innate techniques but rather, his attack only contained the sheer immensity of his strength. The six arms of his opponent slammed out at the same time as killing intent flickered in his eyes. As they fought against each other, their astral souls were clashing in mid air as well.

“BANG!” An overwhelming gush of power directly crushed the arms of his opponent. Qin Wentian’s demon king blood circulated frenziedly around his body and his entire person seemed to be enveloped by a terrifying primordial demon image that seemed to gaze with disdain at all things in this world. That explosive strength directly sent his opponent flying away with a single palm as his opponent coughed out many mouthfuls of fresh blood.

The expression on his opponent’s face turned incredibly unsightly before he retreated with explosive speed. Upon looking at Qin Wentian who resembled a demon king, deep terror flickered in his eyes.

Qin Wentian stared calmly at his fleeing opponent, not bothering to pursue him. Retracting his aura, a beam of sword light manifested as he rode upon it, shuttling through the distance. There definitely would be many extraordinary points within this Eastern Sage Cliff Mountain Range. Since the first test was located here, it surely wouldn’t be a simple clash of astral souls and bloodline power.

An instant later, Qin Wentian arrived below a precipice. The cliff walls around it were smooth and glossy and there were many stone platforms below it. Each and every stone platform seemed to be covered by many footprints that were extremely messy and it appeared as though many people had once comprehended the innate techniques inscribed on the cliff walls from these platforms.

Turning his gaze onto the cliff walls, many pictures were engraved there. Numerous pictures of a wind roc appeared in various forms, extremely vivid and realistic as though the roc was truly alive. From the bottom to the top, the wind roc walked on the ground before riding the wind and soaring through the skies. Ultimately, it matured and became the sovereign of the skies and clouds.

“This is a movement technique.” Qin Wentian instantly understood. This movement technique must have been engraved onto the walls by a senior from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect long ago. His eyes flickered as he imprinted the pictures into his memories. After which, he entered his dreamscape and began cultivation, seemingly transforming into the wind roc himself. Each form and movement was flowing in synchronization within his mind.

After the time it took for an incense to finish burning, Qin Wentian soared up into the air once more. This time, he didn’t step upon his sword beam but was rather like a wind roc, riding the wind to soar through the air. His proficiency with the skill was such that there was even the image of a wind roc superimposed on him, it felt like he was a wind roc itself.

This technique was left behind by those who came before and it was an immortal-ranked one. Those who were proficient in wind and space would be the most suitable to cultivate this and when one cultivates this to the absolute limits, they would be able to take the form of a Great Sage Wind Roc, soaring through the skies travelling a thousand miles with a flap of their wings. However, Qin Wentian didn’t remain behind to cultivate this technique. Although this art was powerful, it wasn’t suited to him. The true essence of cultivating immortal arts was that one had to find a suitable one so they can comprehend it fully and even then, a suitable immortal-ranked technique would already take up a large amount of time. Hence, he left directly after he spent enough time to cultivate the wind roc movement technique at the Celestial Phenomenon level.

Qin Wentian soared through the air and met quite a few cultivators on his way. They were all searching for suitable cultivation grounds for themselves. Qin Wentian didn’t slow down and although those people wanted to pursue him after seeing him, they realized that his speed was too quick for them. Qin Wentian was able to comprehend a movement technique in such a short amount of time, his comprehension ability was definitely extremely terrifying.

“Sword art.” Qin Wentian who was speeding through the air abruptly halted when he sensed a stone wall below him was actually emanating a fearsome sword qi. His figure flashed and appeared directly before the gigantic stone wall. There were similarly numerous foot prints in this place and pictures of a figure were carved on the wall, moving so agilely like it was a living thing. The sword qi of the shadow was extremely terrifying and when he sped up, his sword strikes were like the lightning, compared to when he slow, his sword strikes were akin to ocean waves gathering momentum before erupting forth with an incomparably tyrannical force.

Beside Qin Wentian, there was actually one more person in quiet cultivation. This person was a supreme genius from the Eastern Prefecture. Although Qin Wentian appeared, he didn’t even spare a glance at him but chose rather to immerse himself in his comprehension. He understood clearly that this place was a sacred ground for cultivation. Other than fighting each other, one had to quickly cultivate powerful techniques to increase their own strength. Once one’s own strength grew stronger and stronger, it would be easier for them to persist till the last 1,000.

Strengthening oneself is the correct tactic in this selection round. Purposely finding others for combat is nothing but foolish acts. Only those with low talents would do that.

Qin Wentian stood on the other stone platform and stared at the immortal-ranked sword art engraved on the stone wall. With just a glance, he instantly immersed himself into comprehending. This sword art was simply too profound and the might contained within was earth-shattering. Very swiftly, it seemed as though he himself had been transported into the pictures and was practicing the sword together with the figure. The figure’s sword strikes were swifter even than wind, he couldn’t even see the movement of the actual sword, and could only see the shadow. When the sword is slow, it contained even enough power to sever a wall of divine steel and at the very end, when the immortal might gushes out, a single sword was sufficient to break mountains and sever rivers.

This particular sword art shared similarities with the immortal-ranked sword art Qin Wentian cultivated before. The Immortal Vanquishing Swordplay similarly uses the concept of burning one’s own energy and essence to power their strike. These techniques were extremely suitable to use when one needed to gamble their lives and this was a true combat technique. With the demon sword in his possession, he coincidentally needed a powerful enough sword art to accompany it.

Qin Wentian was soon in such a deep state of comprehension that he couldn’t extricate himself from it. After a period of time, although he was just casually standing there, faint traces of terrifying sword qi could be felt radiating from him. When he intentionally magnified the sword qi, faint silhouettes of Qin Wentian manifested, formed from the sword intent.

This cultivation period of his lasted an entire month. And during this time, there were other geniuses who passed by this place but they actually didn’t interrupt his comprehension process. In the entire Eastern Sage Cliff Mountain Range, combat was now extremely infrequent. These geniuses from the thirteen prefectures all understood that this sacred ground of cultivation contained many powerful immortal-ranked techniques. If they didn’t focus on cultivating those, it would truly be a waste of heavenly treasures.

Today, before the stone wall. Regardless if it was Qin Wentian or the other person, terrifying amounts of sword qi exuded from both their bodies, clashing against each other in the thin air.

Abruptly, that expert’s eyes opened, flashing with a dazzling sword light. After which, his silhouette flickered, his entire body was akin to a sharp sword as he pierced right towards the direction Qin Wentian was in. This terrifying sword beam only needed an instant to sever Qin Wentian into two. It was extremely dangerous.

However at the very moment that expert moved, a torrential sword might gushed forth in waves from Qin Wentian. His movement seemed to be extremely slow as he slashed down with his sword but contained within it was a earth-shattering might that could even sunder the sky. A stream of sword qi directly arced through the skies as a terrifying sword scar was left in its wake.

The bodies of the two of them were just inches apart from each other. The expert’s eyes were like swords of supreme sharpness, able to pierce through the hearts of people. Whistling sword qi tore through the air as at that instant, the entire space around here was filled with indomitable sword might and a total number of eighty-one sword silhouettes were born from their sword intents for the each of them.

If the Qin Wentian now met the Qin Wentian who just stepped into the Eastern Sage Cliff, he would effortlessly be able to defeat the former version of himself. In this place, one had to cultivate their hardest so as to raise their own strength. If not, no matter how strong your talent or bloodline power is, you would be ousted sooner or later.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them exchanged over three hundred sword strikes before they pulled apart from each other. Only then did that expert glance at Qin Wentian seriously as he soared into the air.

“Cloud Prefecture, Qin Wentian. Ranked #27.” That expert stared at Qin Wentian as he mumbled.

“Eastern Prefecture, Jing Cloudcrane. Ranked #5.” Qin Wentian also glanced at the medallion on his opponent’s robes. This man was a supreme genius and his comprehension of the sword art wasn’t in anyway inferior compared to Qin Wentian.

“You have the qualifications to be in the top 1,000.” Jing Cloudcrane spoke. A moment later, his body transformed into sword light, shooting through the skies. He actually didn’t continue to battle. Qin Wentian also transformed into a wind roc, riding the wind and continued exploring the Eastern Sage Cliff.

Qin Wentian glanced downwards as he was flying. Abruptly, his eyes flickered because he noticed that there was a cave below where there’s a number of figures standing at the entrance. All of them seemed to be hesitating, not knowing if they should step into the cave or not. Lying in front of them, were a few other figures who were seemingly paralysed or had already died. It was an extremely brutal sight.

“What exactly is in the cave? To think that such an intense combat actually happened.” Qin Wentian halted in the air, gazing at those people outside the cave. These people all came from different prefectures, there was even one ranked #46 from the Thunder Prefecture but they were all standing outside the cave, not daring to enter while a struggling expression could clearly be seen in their eyes.

Qin Wentian instantly flew down, appearing before them. Quite a few of them turned to look at him, their eyes gleaming with sharpness.

“What is inside the cave?” Qin Wentian asked.

“Scram!” One among them coldly stared at Qin Wentian as he replied.

“Chi…”” Qin Wentian was akin to a wind roc, moving as fast as lightning. A terrifying sword of light slashed forward as that person retreated with explosive speed. Thunderous sounds echoed out as the sword qi ravaged this area. In the blink of an eye, several sword silhouettes of Qin Wentian flashed by and an instant later, a sword was directly in contact with the neck of the person who spoke, causing him to perspire madly in fear. With just a single movement by Qin Wentian, his head would be separated from his body.

“Speak.” Qin Wentian’s eyes glanced at the cave entrance, he didn’t even bother looking at that man.

“The cultivation process of an immensely powerful immortal-ranked technique is recorded within.” That person stated in a panic as he continued, “However, there’s already someone extremely powerful inside. Sir, please be careful.”

This person intentionally made things very clear, he didn’t dare to lie at all!

Chapter 826: Immortal’s Shadow

 

Qin Wentian’s perception was blocked by a formless energy when he attempted to send it into the cave. He put away the sword in his hands and started walking towards the cave.

This was a cave for cultivation, the interior of it was bright and spacious and was actually about the size of three ordinary caves. He saw streams of golden lightning streaming about, resembling a golden calamitous force that constantly blasted the air, transforming into an extremely destructive light screen.

Qin Wentian also saw a cultivator in there with his back to him. This person was clad in an earthen yellow kasaya and his head was gleaming with light. He was completely bald, had no shoes on and the muscles that were not covered by his clothing were a glistening bronze in color, filled with masculine charm. Evidently, the person before him was a monk that was capable of enduring hardships, it was unknown how long he had already been in the cave.

However when that monk casually stood there, he actually gave off an overwhelming sense of danger. Just his back view gave Qin Wentian the impression that this monk must be an extremely powerful character and judging by the corpses and crippled people outside the entrance of the cave, it was evident that this monk wasn’t any of those kind characters who don’t kill. In the cruel immortal realms, many monks don’t practice kindness. They believed in suffering to sharpen themselves, sealing their desires not pursuing enjoyment to surpass their own limits.

Abruptly, an extremely bone-chilling killing intent enveloped Qin Wentian. In just an instant, Qin Wentian felt as though he stepped into hell. This kind of icy killing intent seemed capable of turning one’s every hope into dust.

“Get out.” A solemn-sounding voice rang out ahead, filled with an unquestionable authority wanting Qin Wentian to leave this cave.

Although the monk has spoken, he didn’t turn his head back, there wasn’t even the slightest movement. It was as though he was deep in meditation and his focus was powerful to an extremely terrifying extent.

Qin Wentian didn’t bother with the monk and continued stepping forward. However at this moment, the monk suddenly blasted out backwards with his palms as a thunderous sound erupted outwards. Qin Wentian saw a gigantic golden ancient bell shimmering with resplendent runic lights, containing a tyrannical force that was able to destroy everything slamming right towards him.

Bell chimes filled the air, when the ancient bell was about to smash into him, the sword qi radiating from Qin Wentian abruptly intensified. He stomped down the ground as a sword severed the entire space with a wave of his arm.

“BOOM!” A terrifying rumbling sound echoed in the interior of the cave, the thunderous sound waves bouncing erratically, giving Qin Wentian a splitting headache. The golden streams of lightning slashed over but his sword had already managed to sever the ancient bell into two.

“Bzz!” Yet another ancient bell erupted forwards. Qin Wentian’s eyes narrowed. That monk could attack with these ancient bells simply with a wave of his hand. Seems like he had already comprehended the very essence of the innate technique recorded here.

The sword qi radiating from Qin Wentian was so sharp that it could even pierce through the dome of the sky. It cleaved out in anger, severing the ancient bell into two once more, causing the sound waves to ricochet madly around the interior of the cave. Booming sounds echoed unceasingly as numerous ancient bells smashed towards Qin Wentian, bringing with them a rumbling might. The golden streams of lightning exuding from them could easily kill people if they came into contact with it.

Qin Wentian stared at the back view of that monk as he snorted coldly. He picked up speed as several sword silhouettes of Qin Wentian appeared in the cave. At the same moment, several sword beams slashed out together, shattering all the ancient bells the monk manifested. Qin Wentian then took the chance and stepped into the depths of the cave, appearing to the left of the monk.

The monk reacted instantly, manifesting a gigantic bell wanting to squash Qin Wentian. But Qin Wentian’s sword strikes instantly smashed right back at it causing a thunderous explosive sound to resound out. Both the sword qi and ancient bell shattered together and the grey eyes of the monk finally turned to regard Qin Wentian. A fearsome sharpness could be seen within, wanting to penetrate right through Qin Wentian.

“A cultivator from the Western Desert Prefecture, Sorrowless, ranked #3.”

Qin Wentian stared at the medallion on his opponent’s chest as his eyes gleamed with sharpness. This monk was actually one of the top three rankers of the Western Desert Prefecture. He was surely an extraordinary individual.

It was said that people from the four outer prefectures suffered the most hardships and the Western Desert Prefecture was the worst off among these. Over there, the environment was extremely wretched and the cultivators there were all used to enduring pain and suffering. This Sorrowless was a perfect example.

Right now, Qin Wentian could clearly see the situation within the cave. There was a shimmering shadow in front of a statue that unceasingly transformed into many scenes. It was the process of how an immortal cultivator cultivated an ancient bell-type immortal technique. Using astral energy to manifest the ancient bells, while triggering heavenly laws that turned into golden calamitous lightning which expanded unceasingly.

This cultivation process of this entire technique was played out step by step by the shimmering shadow. And at the very end, a terrifying immortal bell appeared, triggering the heavenly laws of heaven and earth, manifesting tribulation lightning and immortal might capable of annihilating every existence.

“Immortal’s shadow.” Qin Wentian’s eyes sparkled with light. An immortal purposely left behind shadows of his cultivation process to aid the latter generations in comprehending it.

Although Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants are able to cultivate immortal arts, they had to start from the very basics and despite their comprehensions, they wouldn’t really be able to exhibit immortal might. Being able to comprehend 10% of the technique’s essence was considered very good. This immortal left behind shadows of him cultivating the technique because he wanted to better aid the latter generations, allowing them to view the step by step process of how he succeeded in it.

For the same immortal technique, if others comprehended 20% and if you could comprehend 30%, you would undoubtedly be able to easily suppress the other party. If you comprehended 40% instead, you could directly insta-kill your opponents.

As expected of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. This was the main reason why so many supreme geniuses wanted to fight for a chance to join a major power. Ordinary-tier powers only have a limited number of immortals, how could they have legacies such as this place? In comparison, this Eastern Sage Cliff was a sacred ground for cultivation, as long as you are a disciple of the sect, you would be able to come here and seek your own good fortune, thereby increasing your strength. How could their improvement not be fast?

Just when Qin Wentian was pondering, a bone-chilling killing intent gushed forth once more. The grey eyes of Sorrowless stared at Qin Wentian as his astral soul appeared. His astral soul was actually in the form of a gigantic ancient bell and it seemed as though it was about to merge with the shadowy bell manifested by the cultivation technique.

With a wave of his hand, a whistling sound rang out as his astral soul vibrated intensely. The vibrations shook Qin Wentian so badly that his entire body and even his soul was trembling. At the same time, terrifying bells of calamitous lightning floated around the monk. He wasn’t the slightest bit merciful at all.

The sword qi from Qin Wentian towered up into the sky as his King Sword astral soul appeared. His sword slashed out madly as he transformed into a wind roc, blocking his opponent’s attacks continuously. The bell chimes resounded out endlessly as though they wouldn’t stop unless Qin Wentian died. Qin Wentian destroyed all the bells and finally, an incomparably gigantic one smashed downwards from above him.

“BOOM!”

The bell chimes reverberated through the skies. Qin Wentian was actually covered completely by the gigantic bell. The countenance of Sorrowless was ice cold as he blasted out stream after stream of destructive might, capable of even annihilating one’s soul, towards Qin Wentian who was trapped within the bell. Qin Wentian activated his bloodline power as his suppression-type astral soul manifested, forming a forcefield of overwhelming pressure that caused the streams of destruction unable to get near.

“As expected of the third ranker in the Western Desert Prefecture. In addition to his cultivation of that immortal’s technique, he actually possessed such tyrannical strength.” Qin Wentian silently mused. Sorrowless didn’t pause in his momentum, and continued with a barrage of attacks. It was as though the moment he acted, he had to achieve his target. The personality of this man was extremely ruthless and decisive, a fearsome foe to fight against.

After sometime, Sorrowless pushed upwards with his palms as the gigantic bell flew up. An intense violet-gold light radiated from within, the sight of it causing the monk’s expression to stiffen as a bright light gleamed in his eyes.

“I’m unable to kill you. If you wish to study this technique as well, you can stay here to comprehend it. However, do not disturb me.” He moved slightly to the side, giving Qin Wentian half a spot before he returned back to his state of immersion, comprehending the immortal technique.

“Mhm.” Qin Wentian nodded. In this selection test, everyone wanted to eliminate their opponents and it was normal for people to act against each other. The strength of this monk, Sorrowless, was extraordinary. Even if Qin Wentian wanted to kill him, it would prove to be very difficult. What he should do now is to continue comprehending more innate techniques to strengthen himself and only through this way would he not be inferior to others when a fight broke out among all the geniuses in the near future.

Everyone started on the same starting point, Qin Wentian had no idea what sort of good fortune awaits the others. Maybe, they would encounter even better good fortune than him.

Qin Wentian turned his attention to the immortal’s shadow, as he sank deeply into a state of comprehension. The strength level provided to them by the law enchantment was at the ninth-level of Celestial Phenomenon, just a step away from immortal-foundation and right now, he already had some ideas on how to breach that barrier, yearning to step into immortality.

What was immortality? One had to transcend mortality, establishing an immortal foundation and holding immortal might in their palms.

Immortal might is a kind of law energy granted to immortals.

Qin Wentian paid close attention to the immortal’s shadow as he experienced for himself how the immortal energy was birthed.

In the mountain rage, geniuses were as common as clouds. As time flowed by, a majority of the heaven chosen within had already cultivated and increased their strength. There were also many who started fighting and those weaker ones were all eliminated.

On the 70th day after the various geniuses stepped into the Eastern Sage Cliff Mountain Range, the disparity between them began to show. There was a batch of extremely powerful characters that nobody could even stand up to. These people all seemed to be the top rankers from the various prefectures and the experience gained as well as the combat here was like a baptism of blood, serving only to sharpen them up further.

Outside the cave Qin Wentian and Sorrowless was in, a few more corpses appeared but the sight of it wasn’t enough to stop this man from advancing. Yet another person stepped into the cave as he proceeded into the depths of it.

“Get out.”

A cold voice filled with extreme tyranny and unquestionable authority, rang out. However that person only laughed coldly as he continued stepping forward. But right at this moment, he only saw two gigantic ancient bells appearing on the left and right of him. A terrifying rumbling sound echoed out and he only felt as though his soul had scattered due to the pressure. After which, those bells directly smashed into his body with an explosive boom, as he slumped down onto the ground, deader than dead.

Chapter 827: Hundred Immortals Forest

 

Qin Wentian quietly cultivated. Today, he finally stepped out of the cave and prepared to leave this place.

Sorrowless, the monk from the Western Desert Prefecture was still there deep in his comprehension, in an immersed state where he forgot everything, pursuing the true essence of that technique with all his heart.

Qin Wentian was silently impressed by this third ranker of the Western Desert Prefecture, Sorrowless. His focus was completely inconceivable. After he sunk into his state of immersion, he was akin to an immovable rock, steadfastly comprehending that technique, not feeling greed over the other immortal techniques that could be found in the Eastern Sage Cliff. Such a temperament wasn’t something ordinary people could achieve and he could do so probably because of his life experience growing up in the harsh environment of the Western Desert Prefecture.

Outside the cave, there were still people lingering there, hesitating to step within because of the deterrence factor caused by the corpses lying outside. This cave had already been taken over by two powerful characters and no others could enter.

Many days have passed since they stepped into the Eastern Sage Cliff. This scene wasn’t anything special, there were many geniuses who occupied secret places, not allowing others to enter within. They wanted to strengthen themselves while not sharing the good fortune with others. Such tyranny was possible because of absolute strength.

At this moment, upon seeing that Qin Wentian had exited the cave. The lingering geniuses all turned their attention onto him. They only saw a light as sharp as swords flickering within his eyes, causing the hearts of them all to be filled with wariness and trepidation. After which, they saw Qin Wentian transform into a wind roc as he road the wind and directly soared through the skies.

In the air, Qin Wentian’s eyes were fixed on the majestic sight below. The Eastern Sage Cliff Mountain Range was boundlessly vast and there are a countless number of secret places where one could seek good fortune from. Qin Wentian completely had zero interests regarding the geniuses here, the only thing he wanted was to borrow this opportunity to strengthen himself further.

Qin Wentian also somewhat understood why the Heavenly Talisman Realm would set such a mission. The banquet organized by the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect occurs once every hundred years and they would surely do their best wanting to recruit the strongest and most outstanding disciples. They would naturally not spare the effort and allow the participants to grow stronger before selecting the cream of the crop. If he and his fellow disciples succeeded in this mission, they would be able to obtain benefits from both the Heavenly Talisman Realm as well as the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect.

Participating in this selection test had already far exceeded the usefulness of cultivating alone in self-seclusion.

And in here, ordinary people wouldn’t dare to soar high up through the skies because they could be easily spotted by others and suffered attacks. After all this was a selection test and only 1,000 participants could pass this stage.

Qin Wentian indeed saw quite a number of people below him. There were many geniuses who occupied secret places, or cultivated alone, or fought against each other to gain sole access to the immortal technique found, or fighting for no purposes at all. He didn’t bother about them, he merely sped past silently and although there were some who noticed him, nobody launched attacks at him. Maybe, it was because his speed was too quick.

Finally at this moment, Qin Wentian saw an ancient peak below him. There were many stone platforms located there and runic inscriptions could be seen engraved on the mountain walls, transforming into many diagrams.

Qin Wentian’s silhouette flickered as he descended onto a stone platform and stared at the mountain walls. Dazzling golden light flashed, and the light was actually emanating from numerous runic diagrams that arranged themselves into a seal in the shape of a circle, sealing away the entrance to the cavern leading to the interior of the ancient peak. It was as though there also was a secret place for cultivation within there but to enter it, one first had to break the sealing diagram. This was perhaps the reason why no one was wasting their time by lingering in the surroundings here.

Standing on the platform, Qin Wentian contemplated the seal for a moment before he walked towards it. He stretched out his hand and placed it on the circular seal as streams of runic inscriptions glimmered with light. In just an instant, a dazzling light erupted forth from the circular seal as all the runic diagrams congregated together transforming into a door that swung open, allowing Qin Wentian entry within.

After stepping through, the door closed again. The interior of the cavern sudden opened up to a wide panorama as a cool and refreshing intent drifted over. In front of him there was another stone platform for cultivation and there were waterfalls by the left and right side to him. Traces of mist permeated the air, causing one to feel as though they stepped into paradise.

Right ahead, there was a simple and unadorned statue that exuded immortal qi and seemed to have the great dao engraved within it. That statue sat cross-legged and there were also many immortal scrolls situated right in front of it.

“Junior apologizes for any transgression that might occur.” Qin Wentian bowed to the statue, because he wanted to show respect to a senior and not for any other reason. He walked up and took the immortal scrolls to read, sinking his perception into them. A moment later, a countless number of words floated before his eyes, entering into his sea of consciousness.

The words in the immortal scrolls weren’t an innate technique or cultivation art. But rather, it was a very detailed recording of the experiences of this immortal as well as his views on cultivation.

Only after a long moment did Qin Wentian place the first immortal scroll down. He turned his gaze onto the statue as his eyes flickered with a hint of admiration. Not many senior-level characters would record their experiences down for the latter generations to view. The others would rather leave behind immortal techniques and arts, seeking for a successor because recording down their views and experiences couldn’t guarantee instant success or any clear advantage. It would only be a waste of time and energy.

But in reality, the experience through one’s cultivation processes was of invaluable aid to the latter generations.

Qin Wentian quickly took up the second scroll and the more he read, the more engrossed he was. He even forgot the flow of time as he fully committed himself to finish reading through the experiences of this immortal.

Qin Wentian’s eyes gleamed as many thoughts appeared in his mind. He stared at the statue ahead before getting up and bowing to it once more. After which, he then moved to the stone platform and sat down cross-legged.

Violet-gold light flashed, Qin Wentian actually directly released his fifth astral soul. Instantly, a violet-golden light illuminated the cavern, painting the space with a resplendent glow.

Behind him, a violet-gold giant of suppression appeared. This silhouette was more corporeal compared to illusory and its body flowed with fearsome runic inscriptions, granting it a marvelous strength of terrifying suppressive might.

From the notes of that immortal, he as well as the other supreme powers in the immortal realms believed that for those below the immortal-foundation level being able to condense a violet-gold astral soul would make that person a supreme genius, one in a billion. They were extremely rare individuals worthy of nurturing and no matter where these people went to, there would be experts willing to take them in because of how powerful violet-gold astral souls are.

The strength of a violet-gold astral soul was recognized by everyone. But as to why it was strong, other than the fact that the astral energy within it was of a higher quality, this immortal believed that those who possessed a violet-gold astral soul have an innate advantage in cultivation allowing these people to step into the immortal foundation realm quicker compared to others. But of course this wasn’t any huge secret, many were also aware of this but what this immortal was interested in, was the question…why?

This immortal felt that violet-gold astral souls contained their very own law energy. The shimmering runic network that flowed around it was by itself a kind of law. It was only because Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants were still too weak, hence they had no way to excavate that might.

He also felt that for those who possess a strong bloodline power, their bloodline surely contained the might of law energy. These types of law energy wouldn’t manifest themselves when one was still weak. Only when they grew stronger and stronger would the law energy within the bloodline manifest, granting them abilities they never knew they had before.

These two observations recorded were things which Qin Wentian was very interested in. Other than this, many other observations this immortal had on cultivation would be of extreme benefit for his own cultivation path.

Hence, Qin Wentian started to analyse his own astral soul deeper, while also focusing on being more in tune with himself in sensing the power of his bloodline. He sank into a marvelous state, knowing nothing of the conflict of the world outside and caring nothing for it.

The fires of combat in the external world had already been ignited. There were geniuses clashing against each other everywhere. Each of them had comprehended quite a few innate techniques and they grew stronger and stronger as time flowed by. But with regards to all of this, Qin Wentian who was in the midst of that marvelous state, knew nothing about it.

Qin Wentian’s cultivation process lasted till the very day before he walked out of the cavern. This time, he sat on the stone platform outside the cavern and started practicing his swordplay and bell technique while infusing his new insights into them. Occasionally, he would also ponder over the law energy enchantment in this place.

Gradually as he practiced, just his casual attacks also received a boost in strength but he was oblivious to all as he continued testing out his theories one after another. While all this while, the number of participants in here were continuously dwindling.

Outside the Eastern Sage Cliff Mountain Range, there were many experts of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect that gathered together, including the immortal kings from the various prefectures.

“How many participants remain in there?” Somebody asked. A moment later, an old-looking cultivator that was responsible for this place replied, “Currently there are still around 3000+ participants. It would take a month or two more before the first selection round is concluded.”

“Mhm, alright. I wonder how’s the standard of this batch of geniuses.” Someone spoke in a low voice.

“I’m not too sure about others but I know the few geniuses from the Eastern Prefecture are extremely powerful.”

“The geniuses from my Western Desert Prefecture are also very strong. At the very least, they are stronger than the batch a hundred years ago.” The immortal king from the Western Desert Prefecture added.

“Hehe, so are the geniuses from my Underworld Prefecture.”

The prefecture lords started to speak. The Idlecloud Immortal King from Cloud Prefecture laughed, “There are also quite a few good seedlings from my prefecture this time around.”

“Cloud Prefecture? That place has never produced geniuses capable of being the top three rankers in the recruitment event ever, right?” The immortal king from the Blazing Sun Prefecture impolitely spoke, his words causing the Idlecloud Immortal King to snort coldly but he had no way to refute those words. That was the truth.

When among themselves, the prefecture lords of the thirteen prefectures would also be competitive with each other.

“That’s true. Anyway I believe the top three this time around should be either geniuses from the Eastern Prefecture or my Western Desert Prefecture.”

“Hahaha, let’s wait and see. It’s been so long, they should have already discovered the Hundred Immortals Forest. If the location of the first test was directly in the Hundred Immortal Forest instead, the selection test would conclude even faster. There would even be some extremely powerful characters being eliminated too early due to clashing against some other equally strong opponents.

In the central area of the Eastern Sage Cliff Mountain Range, lies the Hundred Immortals Forest.

Over there were 360 statues of immortals. Each of them contained a terrifying immortal will and there were stone platforms before each of the statues, allowing ascendants to comprehend vividly the strength of immortals.

At this moment, in the vast area of the Hundred Immortals Forest, there already were geniuses on the stone platforms before each of the immortal statues. If one were to pay attention, they would realize that for those geniuses who were ranked close to the top, the stone platforms which they were on would be closer to front.

What was truly astonishing was that right now in the Hundred Immortals Forest, there were already many corpses littering the ground as over a thousand had perished. The Eastern Sage Cliff Mountain Range was so vast, but only this place seemed like a burial ground that had buried a countless number of geniuses. From this, one could very well imagine how intense the combat was. And at this moment, another great battle erupted out as thunderous rumbling sounds echoed through the air.

“SCRAM!” A terrifying roar sounded out, only to see that some of the participants were fighting over a stone platform before an immortal statue. Jun Mengchen transformed into a god of war, his entire body enveloped by a dazzling king armor. The strength of his attacks could shake the skies and he was currently surrounded by three other experts. But even so, no traces of fear could be seen in his eyes, only an incomparable loftiness and arrogance.

After Jun Mengchen comprehended several techniques, he arrived at the Hundred Immortals Forest and discovered that through the immortal statues, it was possible to have a clear feel of how tyrannically powerful immortals are and this place was much more suitable to cultivate those immortal-ranked techniques which they discovered earlier as well. However, as the number of geniuses who discovered this place increased, a fight for the limited number of spots instantly broke out. It was incomparably tragic and those powerful geniuses who couldn’t be fought against alone were instantly ganged up and killed!

Chapter 828: Kill Our Way Back

 

There was only a total of 360 immortal statues here in the Hundred Immortals Forest but right now there were actually over a thousand participants in this area. They instantly understood when they saw the other geniuses sitting on the stone platforms in front of the statues that this was an excellent place for cultivation. How could they miss out on this? Hence, chaotic battles erupted.

Also, after experts on the stone platforms finished with that particular statue, they wanted to gain insights on other immortals’ wills. Hence, they would seek out other statues that was already occupied, leading to the constant combat.

In addition, once combat started, the only ending was death. There was no mercy and all of them had to be extremely decisive. Because everyone understood that if you don’t want to be continuously disturbed, there was only a single solution – kill.

Killing all competitors using the most domineering methods, killing till nobody in the surroundings dared to covet what you wanted. Everyone was hunting for prey, if you are weaker than the rest, there would immediately be people acting against you.

There were also geniuses who felt that they have insufficient strength, hence choosing to leave to search for other cultivation grounds to learn more powerful techniques before coming back here.

In any case, the Hundred Immortals Forest became the grounds which were most hotly contested for. There were also geniuses who understood that as long as they avoided this place, there was a chance for them to sneak into the 1,000 participants selected but it was truly a waste if they did so. Truly powerful geniuses would seize every opportunity they had to grow stronger and stronger.

The remaining 1,000 would merely be able to join the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. What these truly powerful geniuses wanted, was to be the top three, gaining the opportunity to become a disciple of the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor.

The platform Jun Mengchen occupied belonged to an extremely powerful immortal statue. This immortal statue emanated an incomparably tyrannical king will as though it was an invincible war king. Just a single glance at it was sufficient to feel the might within the statue. There naturally were participants fighting for it earlier but a majority of them had fallen to Jun Mengchen, resulting in the current scene of him fighting against three experts.

“The bloodline power of this man is extremely strong. Although he’s very young, he’s still very powerful. People in the surroundings mused silently as they stared at Jun Mengchen. The King Armor enveloping Jun Mengchen was manifested purely from the power of his blood. The bloodline of a king dao was extremely terrifying but even so, he’s currently disadvantaged because he was facing against three supreme geniuses. Each of his opponents possessed overwhelming strength and when the three of them joined hands, their power soared wildly to the extreme. It was already extremely difficult for Jun Mengchen to persist so long as he did.

From afar, a silhouette sped over with a speed as quick as lightning. It was a figure filled with grace, and she was currently flying towards the location Jun Mengchen was in. Releasing her astral soul, a divine falcon manifested, shining with a holy light. She blasted out with her palms as the falcon swooped downwards, wanting to rip everything apart, shooting straight towards the three opponents Jun Mengchen was fighting against. The countenance of one of Jun Mengchen’s opponents drastically changed, especially so when he noticed a violet-golden glow on the female who just arrived.

That person roared in rage as a violet demon silhouette manifested and clashed together with the divine falcon. Yet, it was useless, the demon was instantly torn apart. The newcomer was naturally Zi Qingxuan, she instantly acted the moment she arrived, not bothering to waste time with words.

“Bzz!” That graceful silhouette flickered, and in an instant, scores of divine falcons lunged over. In the Eastern Sage Cliff Mountain Range, she found an immortal-technique that was extremely well-suited to her. That person who was exchanging blows with her couldn’t sustain any longer and with an explosive boom, he was directly blasted outwards. With the pressure on Jun Mengchen lessening, he roared with wild excitement, “Senior sister, good timing!”

The two other opponents fighting against him instantly lost all their advantage. Battle qi turned into a tempest of destruction that ravaged this space. Rumbling explosive sounds thundered unceasingly as the two opponents were flung through the air, slamming heavily onto the ground as they turned white and coughed out blood.

All three of the geniuses that fought against Jun Mengchen were injured. They gathered swiftly together again and stared at Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan who were both standing together. Their expressions turned ashen, they didn’t expect that these two would be so powerful.

“This platform is occupied, if everyone else don’t join hands to seize them, we would all have no hope at all.” One among those three turned his gaze onto the crowd as he spoke.

“There’s only a single spot per platform. Even if we joined hands to seize it, who would that spot belonged to?” Somebody asked. Even if they could seize the platform, without strength it would similarly be seized away by others. They wouldn’t be able to defend it.

Unless, there’s someone strong enough that nobody dared to even covet it.

At this moment, the gazes of everyone turned ahead. Over there, there were a total of 18 immortal statues at the very forefront where nobody dared to disturb.

At one of the stone platforms of the 18 statues, Gusu Tianqi quietly stood there, giving off an invisible sense of pressure. His back view was already sufficient to display his majestic might and there’s no doubt he was an extremely fearsome character.

Each of the 18 immortal statues were all occupied by supreme existences – majority were the top rankers of all the thirteen prefectures.

Other than this, there were also some other extremely powerful geniuses just sitting in the platforms behind them. People of these two groups didn’t fight each other, they merely waited for each other to finish their comprehension before exchanging positions. Nobody dared to contend for those spots as well.

Jun Mengchen’s platform could also be considered somewhat at the forefront and he was the second ranker of the Cloud Prefecture. Nobody would act rashly ordinarily but the immortal statue he had chosen was simply too outstanding. And in addition, because the Cloud Prefecture was ranked among the last out of the thirteen prefectures, some people could no longer control their greed and wanted to seize it for themselves.

At this moment, a few other figures soared over, directly surrounding Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan. Jun Mengchen stared at the man in the lead, and it was none other than Blackpeak, whom they encountered once before back then in the inn.

“It’s Blackpeak, the disciple of the Deepflame Immortal King. The other two are geniuses from the Eastern Prefecture and are extremely close with Blackpeak.” The other geniuses stared at this scene with astonishment. The disciple of the Deepflame Immortal King actually wanted to deal with these two?

“Back then when Sage Child Ye Zixuan organized a banquet, you and Qin Wentian were both truly insolent.” Blackpeak stared at Jun Mengchen as he spoke. Everyone instantly understood, so it turned out that these people were the ones who smacked the face of the Sage Child Ye Zixuan back then. Blackpeak was the disciple of Deepflame Immortal King, he naturally would have a good relationship with a Sage Child of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect.

“I can help you kill them both. But you guys cannot occupy this stone platform.” Blackpeak stared at the three injured geniuses who fought against Jun Mengchen earlier. The expressions of these three stiffened but they nodded and replied, “Sure, we don’t want the platform any longer.”

“Scum! You are all so shameless.” Jun Mengchen stared at them in disdain. Zi Qingxuan frowned, “We should leave.”

“Senior Sister, if we meet these people later on again in the test. We must kill them for sure.” Jun Mengchen was completely enraged. Zi Qingxuan nodded and both of them abruptly soared into the air, planning to flee. They understood that with their strength combined, it was impossible for them to fight against so many people. They can only choose to leave first.

“Hmph.” Blackpeak coldly snorted. He lifted his palms and blasted a scorching black-colored palm imprint outwards, containing a tyrannical destructive strength within.

“SCRAM!” Jun Mengchen roared. The heavens and earth trembled as both he and Zi Qingxuan launched their attacks. The palm imprint of Blackpeak couldn’t stop them, both of them instantly appeared in the sky as they sped far away.

Blackpeak floated in the air, upon seeing how fast the two of them were, he understood that they would be impossible to chase down. He didn’t have time to bother about that or any time to waste, directly taking over the stone platform for his companion.

As for Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan, both of them were flying through the skies as Jun Mengchen sighed in a depressed manner. “How regretful, all my innate techniques from before are sealed in this place or I would have wiped out all of them back then. Senior sister, I have implicated you.”

“No worries.” Zi Qingxuan shook her head. Although they had violet-gold astral souls, because they couldn’t use techniques they were proficient with, they were unable to display their full might.

“I wonder how senior brother is faring? He is extremely strong and after so many days, he should be much more powerful than before.” Jun Mengchen spoke in a low voice.

“Let’s go look for some other places to increase our own strength. There are many instances of good fortune here in the Eastern Sage Cliff, we’d better not waste the opportunity.” Zi Qingxuan stated. Jun Mengchen nodded his head as the two of them continued flying through the skies.

“Senior sister!” After some time, Jun Mengchen exclaimed in surprise as his eyes were turned towards a stone platform on an ancient peak. Qin Wentian was standing there, practicing his innate techniques one after another, applying his theory and insights. He was currently deep in his immersion and even appeared to be enjoying it.

“Don’t disturb him.” Zi Qingxuan’s heart trembled slightly, she discovered that every movement made by Qin Wentian was one with the heavens. Extremely natural and he was in a marvelous state. Any of his casual attacks were already exceedingly powerful and this kind of perfect connection with the heavens couldn’t help but stir admiration in her heart when she saw it.

“Eh? Why are you guys here?” At this moment, Qin Wentian halted. He discovered the two of them in the air. Soaring upwards, his silhouette flickered as he appeared directly before them.

“Senior, have you been here all this while? Didn’t you go to the Hundred Immortals Forest?” Jun Mengchen asked.

“I’ve been to quite a few places before coming to this place. I supposed I’ve stopped for quite a long period of time here. Where is this Hundred Immortals Forest you are speaking of?”

“The Hundred Immortal Forest has a total of 360 immortal statues that contain the will of immortals within them. You can connect with that will to learn the cultivation arts of the immortal and obtain an inheritance. It’s extremely chaotic over there and the fights are unending. It’s a little shameful to say this, but I was forced to leave and even implicated senior sister.” Jun Mengchen stated unhappily.

Qin Wentian’s eyebrows twitched. Based on Jun Mengchen’s talent, that shouldn’t be the case by right.

“I was there much earlier, encountering the Hundred Immortals Forest just after I comprehended a single innate technique. Hence, my combat strength now is considered to be on the weaker side.”

“You are already not bad, being able to persist for so long when fighting against three opponents. If it wasn’t for Blackpeak and his companions jumping in at the last moment, we wouldn’t be forced to retreat.” Zi Qingxuan added, her words causing Qin Wentian to instantly understand. A moment later, he turned to them and spoke, “Let’s go back there.”

“We will kill our way back?” Jun Mengchen’s eyes flashed with sharpness.

“Yes.” Qin Wentian nodded. Since there was such a location like the Hundred Immortals Forest, he naturally had to go take a look. In addition, that should be the main battle ground for this selection test.

“Right, let’s move out immediately!” Jun Mengchen’s eyes were actually flickering with excitement.

Zi Qingxuan glanced at Qin Wentian. Although the three of them were quite powerful, she didn’t know if they could resist against the joint forces of so many geniuses. But with their strength, even if they were defeated it shouldn’t be a problem for them to escape. Hence, she also nodded her head to show her agreement with Qin Wentian’s suggestion.

This junior brother of hers, Jun Mengchen, although his talent was extremely outstanding, his personality was still a little too impatient. Compared to Qin Wentian, he lacked the calmness. The feeling Qin Wentian gave her was someone with extreme resolution and determination. He could be calm and in control and also erupt forth with so much pride that it towered up into the heavens. The more she interacted with him, the more she felt that he was extraordinary!

Chapter 829: Absolute Superiority

 

The three of them set off immediately after they spoke, soaring towards the direction of the Hundred Immortals Forest.

Over there, the 360 statues were still being contended over. Despite the powerful shockwaves born from the impact of the clashes, the immortal statues still stood strong and tall. There seemed to be a formless lightscreen blocking all the aftershocks for the immortal statues.

Not too long after, Qin Wentian, Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan returned. Their eyes swept over the Hundred Immortals Forest, onto those who were cultivating and those who were fighting.

The demon-level geniuses were all currently cultivating silently, and there was no one who dared to disturb them.

“Senior, I was cultivating on that platform earlier.” Jun Mengchen lifted his hand and pointed to a certain immortal statue. Qin Wentian’s perception extended over and discovered a king aura radiating from within. It was truly very suited for Jun Mengchen to cultivate. It was no wonder why he chose this particular immortal statue.

However right now, the platform was already occupied. The person currently using it was none other than one of those experts with Blackpeak who wanted to kill Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan earlier. The aura of this man was overwhelmingly strong, and was a genius from the Eastern Prefecture. Although the Deepflame Immortal King and Blackpeak weren’t situated in the Eastern Prefecture. Considering the relationship between Deepflame Immortal King and the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor, the Deepflame Immortal King had an extraordinary status and great influence within the sect. This was part of the reason why the Sage Child would arrange lodgings for Blackpeak earlier and hence, it wasn’t strange for Blackpeak to know a few geniuses from the Eastern Prefecture.

“What should we do?”

Since Blackpeak led people to surround and kill you both, we don’t need to talk about rules anymore. Kill that man.” Qin Wentian’s eyes flashed with sharpness. Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan nodded in agreement as the three of them began to fly towards that stone platform with a speed akin to lightning.

Everywhere they passed by, those experts on the nearby platforms all turned and regarded them with trepidation in their eyes. If you wanted to cultivate here, you have to be extremely careful and prepare to defend against other’s attack. Hence, the comprehension rate was much less efficient but there was no choice in this matter.

Very quickly, that man who was occupying Jun Mengchen’s earlier platform felt a wave of cold intent gushing over. He abruptly halted his cultivation and opened his eyes. An aura of intense sharpness radiated from him as he inclined his head and stared in the air.

“Bzz!” A raging wind gusted by, and it seemed as though the silhouette of a wind roc was soaring through the skies. The entire body of this wind roc was razor sharp, akin to a supreme sword. Qin Wentian lifted his palms and blasted outwards as a terrifying sword beam that contained a unique might swept across this space, enveloping everything, locking down on his target.

“IMPUDENT!” That person roared in rage. Both his fists punched out in the air causing the space to tremble. The sword qi was smashed apart but Qin Wentian’s earlier attack wasn’t meant to kill, only to lock an opponent down. In that short instant of time, the three of them positioned themselves and descended down at the same time from three different directions.

“BOOM!”

Numerous terrifying ancient bells rumbled the sky, the reverberations of the bell chimes jolted that person so badly that his entire body was shaking. A fearsome killing intent drifted within the bell chimes and transformed into golden streams of calamitous lightning, smashing apart everything. That person groaned in misery, he only felt himself trembling uncontrollably as his body turned numb after he was hit by the golden lightning.

After which, Jun Mengchen gave a wild roar as a tempest manifested. That person was like a rootless weed floating around in the air, as he was flung into the air. He couldn’t withstand the force within the tempest.

A divine falcon shone resplendently, tearing apart everything as it swooped downwards, crushing the body of that man into pieces. Fresh blood dyed the ground red and in an instant, a genius from the Eastern Prefecture was killed just like that.

This scene caused chills to arise in everyone’s heart.

Such a violent killing was terrifying to the extreme. That poor man basically didn’t even have a chance to flee, everything happened in an instant. It was as though they could all sense the despair that man felt before he died. It was like he didn’t dare to believe that he would be killed off in such a domineering manner within such a short instant.

If he knew that this would happen, one could only wonder if that man regretted his actions to come along with Blackpeak and bully Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan earlier. Who knew that the price of his actions was death. Back then they ganged up on Jun Mengchen first but now, Jun Mengchen gave no face at all and directly returned the favor paying it back in full.

And as expected those remaining participants who were still alive were all exceeding dangerous. If you offended someone but couldn’t kill him off, you best prepare yourself for the dire consequences.

A terrifying killing intent erupted forth as a number of figures flew over. It was none other than Blackpeak and two of his friends. The three of them occupied three stone platforms and were all considered very powerful characters.

At this moment after Qin Wentian and his companions killed the man, they turned towards Blackpeak and the two others. Extreme sharpness flashed within their eyes as these six experts stared coldly at each other. A violent current of pressure permeated the air, a fight could break out at any moment.

“Such conduct, as expected of despicable men. Are you even qualified to stand here?” Blackpeak’s countenance was ice cold. That man they killed was his friend. Not long ago, they came here together, ganging up to oust Jun Mengchen but in the blink of an eye, that friend of his was killed by Jun Mengchen and his companions ganging up together. One could very well imagine how bad his mood currently was. It felt like his face was being slapped harshly. What an irony.

“What a joke, are you even worthy to speak such words?” Qin Wentian spoke in cold arrogance. “In any case, three versus three. Just as well.”

Qin Wentian’s eyes flickered with provocation, filled with contempt for Blackpeak. Blackpeak’s irises turned completely black as an extremely dangerous aura gushed forth from him.

“Let’s play then.” Blackpeak turned his gaze to behind Qin Wentian. The earlier three opponents which Jun Mengchen fought against also walked over, forming a party of six. Blackpeak continued, “Since you guys are so despicable, just leave your lives behind. KILL THEM ALL!”

Other than Blackpeak, there were a few other participants in the surroundings who continued observing with an air of watching a show. Jun Mengchen was the person which the Sage Child Ye Zixuan didn’t invite to the banquet back then and Qin Wentian killed a subordinate of the Sage Child precisely because of his junior brother. Now, these three fellow sect members gathered and came back for revenge, wanting to seize back the stone platform. All things considered, how could Blackpeak ever spare them?

All six of them released their astral souls at the same moment. Yet Qin Wentian was as calm as ever as he spoke, “Mengchen, Qingxuan, kill them all directly.”

As the sound of his voice faded, all three of their astral souls manifested in the air. An incomparably resplendent violet-gold glow illuminated the skies and in that instant, the hearts of all the geniuses there trembled violently.

Those who possess a violet-gold astral soul at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm were one in a billion yet these three in front of them actually all had one?

The three of them stood side by side, the violet-golden glow from their astral souls interweaved and cascaded down on them, making them resemble three war gods, giving off a feeling of absolute invincibility.

“KILL!” Blackpeak coldly roared. Momentarily, the six of them launched their fearsome attacks at the same time.

“BOOM!”

The violet-gold light intensified. A bell chime rang out as Qin Wentian directly rushed into the midst of the six of them. His body shimmered with resplendent light and in just an instant, numerous gigantic bells appeared around him, blasting out in rapid succession. The destructive calamitous lightning arced through the air, weaving a web of lightning that kept all six of the geniuses in place when an incomparably gargantuan bell manifested and blocked the energy from attacks of these six opponents.

Jun Mencheng howled in anger as a plate of king armor enveloped him, transforming him into a war king. A single roar by him could shake the heavens and earth as he dashed towards one of the six. Zi Qingxuan had great rapport with him, she similarly transformed into a divine falcon and circled the battlefield with a speed as fast as lightning.

The experts on the left and right of the one targeted by Jun Mengchen instantly acted in support, lashing out towards Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan respectively. However at this moment, Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan gave up their earlier target and focused fully on smashing through the opponents who lashed out at them while Qin Wentian transformed into a wind roc and zoomed towards the original target. With a lift of his palms, ancient bells circulating with golden calamitous lightning emitted a terrifying buzzing sound so deafening that the soul of his target trembled involuntarily.

This immortal-ranked bell-type innate technique was an extremely tyrannical one. But how could Qin Wentian manifest so many bells at once?

In just an instant, the numerous bells manifested directly smashed onto that target as the powerful destructive lightning completely ravaged his body, reaping his life away in the blink of an eye.

Blackpeak and the other two also stepped forth, yet Qin Wentian didn’t even bothered to glance at them. He lifted his palms and blasted backwards, only to see a countless number of violet-golden ancient bells covering the skies. The chimes from these bell were like the melody of annihilation, constantly reverberating the air.

Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan both domineeringly suppressed their opponents. Especially Jun Mengchen who was extremely enraged at this moment, a boundless rainbow-colored light radiated from him as the humiliation he felt before all turned into the flames of rage. Each of his attacks could tremble the skies and earth and was akin to an indomitable war god which nothing could stop. His opponent completely had no way to resist his attacks.

“DIE!” With a thunderous boom, Jun Mengchen directly killed his opponent but Blackpeak and the two others hadn’t even managed to break through Qin Wentian’s attacks. With ancient bells circulating around him and a violet-gold astral soul enveloping him, every single one of Qin Wentian’s attack filled them with the sense of death. Even supreme geniuses like Blackpeak didn’t dare to risk it by fighting Qin Wentian in close combat.

“This…” The eyes of the other geniuses in the surroundings narrowed as their hearts actually trembled at the power of these three fellow sect members. Six supreme geniuses against three and the result was that two of the six had already fallen in the blink of an eye. In addition, after Jun Mengchen slew his opponent, he went over to aid Zi Qingxuan and in just another instant, the two of them joined forces, effortlessly killing the other target.

A situation where six versus three suddenly became three versus three. Those three geniuses who once fought with Jun Mengchen were already dead. In fact, them joining this battle proved to be of no effect at all.

Upon seeing Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan moving towards them, Blackpeak and his two companions retreated unceasingly while launching attacks. Their expressions were all extremely heavy as they stared with hatred at Qin Wentian.

What sort of good fortune did this man experience? Why was the bell-type innate technique he comprehended so much stronger compared to the other immortal-ranked techniques of theirs? Each of his ancient bells contained a marvelous energy in them and Qin Wentian seemed to be able to manifest an endless number of bells from a single attack. When placed in the Eastern Sage Cliff Mountain Range, his combat prowess was at a level where only a very few could fight directly against him.

And if this was the case, especially so with the aid of Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan who had vanquished their targets, Blackpeak and the two others basically had no way to win against them. Before this, Qin Wentian alone could already hold the attacks from all three of them back. How can they even fight against him now?

Chapter 830: Fighting Against Blackpeak

 

“AWESOME!” The battle intent radiating from Jun Mengchen soared. He had so much potential but in this place, he was unable to unleash his might fully with the law enchantment’s restriction. In addition, he had arrived at the Hundred Immortals Forest at an extremely early, right after comprehending a single innate technique which he used to fight against these geniuses. Despite him only comprehending a single technique in this place, his powerful bloodline and astral soul made it possible for him to stand against the others although he couldn’t fully defeat them.

In addition, his spot on the stone platform was seized by others. He has never been forced to suppress his anger so much. At this moment, Qin Wentian, Zi Qingxuan and him killed their way back. The three of them have violet-gold astral souls, in addition to Qin Wentian’s extraordinary comprehension ability, they slew three of their opponents in the blink of an eye, making the anger suppressed within him dissipate somewhat. It was an extremely carefree feeling to vent it out like that.

“Senior brother’s comprehension is truly superior, his cultivation in innate techniques far surpassed me. Each and every one of his attacks are incomparably marvelous to behold as though they were one with the heavens. Also, I keep feeling that senior brother Qin was still holding back, just like myself, not allowing his full strength to erupt forth. This time, we have a high possibility of obtaining two of the top three ranking positions with regards to the mission issued by the Heavenly Talisman Realm.

Jun Mengchen silently thought. He believed very much in Qin Wentian and was also extremely self confident. Despite the setbacks he faced here, they weren’t sufficient to destroy his confidence.

Blackpeak stared at the three of them. His destructive abyss astral soul contained a terrifying engulfing might. Streams of crimson rays flashed in the skies, akin to abyssal flames and at this moment, the destructive might emanating from him intensified to a terrifying extreme. Both his eyeballs seemed to turn backwards in their sockets, replaced by two pinpricks of abyssal flames for his eyes.

His terrifying gaze devoured the perception of Qin Wentian and his companions.

When Qin Wentian exhibited his dominance, how could Blackpeak be willing to stay silent? His terrifying astral soul was released to the limits as he erupted with his own bloodline power.

“Blackpeak is so powerful, no wonder the Deepflame Immortal King would choose to take him in as a personal disciple. The feeling he gives off is just too terrifying.” The surrounding geniuses all felt their hearts trembling. Evidently, Blackpeak was completely infuriated at this moment and he was prepared to go all out.

“Initially, I didn’t expect I would have to be so serious to play with you all. But since the three of you are so brazen, thinking you can kill my guys with no consequences just with the little abilities you possessed, I will make you all pay for your arrogance with your very lives.” Blackpeak’s eyes were truly ghastly, there seemed to be a unique magical power within them that made those in the surroundings feel that he was extremely dangerous at this moment.

“Mengchen, Qingxuan. Each of you take one of them. There shouldn’t be any problems right?” Qin Wentian spoke. His voice was casual like the wind and his tone incomparably calm. But the words he had spoken actually caused the hearts of people who heard them to shake.

Qin Wentian completely didn’t even place Blackpeak in his eyes. At this moment, Blackpeak who was like a king of destruction didn’t even pose any threat to him. That casual sounding voice of his indicated his disregard, as well as his pride and self-confidence.

Blackpeak was a personal disciple of the Deepflame Immortal King. But the words he spoke earlier was like garbage being tossed around. In front of these three fellow sect members, they didn’t give a damn about him.

“Actually, I wish to try fighting this self-opinionated fellow that believes himself to be infallible. But since senior wants to crush him, I will choose someone else instead. I guarantee my target will not be able to leave here alive.” Jun Mengchen spoke with cold arrogance.

“Leave them to us.” Zi Qingxuan replied simply, her tone filled with confidence.

This caused the expression on Blackpeak’s face to turn incredibly unsightly. The abyssal flames around him crackled noisily as though he could no longer suppress the pure destructive might within them, wanting to use them and engulf the three people in front of him.

“The two of you show them what you are made of.” Blackpeak spoke. After which, he stepped out as the abyssal destructive flames around him shot towards Qin Wentian. A terrifying storm of destruction manifested, capable of devouring everything in existence. Blackpeak punched out with his fist as the storm of destruction infused completely into his fist light, smashing forward with punitive might.

“Your astral soul isn’t qualified to contend against me.” Qin Wentian’s voice was emotionless. His violet-gold suppression astral soul blossomed with dazzling light as a towering giant appeared behind him. The forcefield of suppression radiated from it made it so that the terrifying devouring might was completely unable to get close to him.

Qin Wentian casually tossed out a punch, manifesting a figure of suppression that shot towards Blackpeak’s attack.

“ROAR, ROAR!” Terrifying roaring sounds thundered out as the destructive abyssal flames shot forward, seeking to envelop Qin Wentian. A terrifying black hole actually opened up in the air. Crimson light flashed within, as it exuded a fearsome engulfing pressure on its surroundings. However, Qin Wentian calmly stepped forward. The towering figure of suppression radiated a scintillating light, he had nothing to fear, choosing to clash directly with his opponent.

“DIE!” Blackpeak upon seeing his astral soul and bloodline power had no way to destroy Qin Wentian, was even more infuriated. Both his fists madly slammed out, causing a chaotic current to ravage the air. The abyssal black hole transformed into the maw of a demonic beast that sought to devour everything in existence.

Qin Wentian waved his hands as a number of ancient bells manifested. The bell chimes echoed out unceasingly, their chimes forming a cacophony that destroyed Blackpeak’s attacks. No matter what sort of methods Blackpeak used to attack, Qin Wentian was able to calmly counter them.

“These two are so powerful. That man is ranked #27 in the CLoud Prefecture but the combat prowess he exhibits here in the Eastern Sage Cliff is not the slightest whit inferior to Blackpeak. In addition, he possesses a violet-gold astral soul and is an extremely dangerous character.” The other geniuses mused silently. Qin Wentian domineeringly advanced, disregarding any attacks Blackpeak threw at him.

The bell chimes resounded out endlessly, and in just a short instant, a countless number of ancient bells manifested, the shield of soundwaves they projected corroded the energy of Blackpeak’s attack step by step. Despite Blackpeak pushing the power of his bloodline to its limit, he was still forced to retreat while Qin Wentian advanced continuously.

Right now at this moment, many ancient bells floated before Qin Wentian as they started to spin rapidly. With a wave of his hand, several of those congregated into a gigantic bell of annihilation as that giant bell smashed towards Blackpeak.

Upon feeling that tyrannical power, Blackpeak roared in rage. His palms shimmered with terrifying abyssal flames as he blasted them forward with his full power.

“Hmph.” Qin Wentian snorted coldly, looking on with disdain. The gigantic bell sped forth with a speed akin to lightning, annihilating everything that obstructed it. When Blackpeak’s palm imprints slammed against the bell, the abyssal flames crackled and burned more violently but to no avail, they were extinguished by the pure force within the bell of annihilation as the palm imprints shattered apart.

“BOOM!”

His astral soul shone even brighter as Blackpeak howled in rage. His entire body crackled with the terrifying abyssal flames, the temperature around him climbed upwards rapidly as he soared towards Qin Wentian.

However, Qin Wentian didn’t seem to be worried at all. With a gesture, another bell lunged towards him, supported by the suppressive might of his astral soul, slamming into Blackpeak forcing him back. Blackpeak groaned in misery, his expression extremely ugly to behold. Under the endless bell chimes, he felt as though even his soul would explode.

He blasted out with his palms and borrowed the force to retreat explosively. His mind was currently in a daze from enduring the suppressive might infused into the terrifying ancient bells manifested by Qin Wentian.

“Bzz!”

Qin Wentian was like the wind, pursuing after Blackpeak. But he continued casually waving his hands and tossed another gigantic ancient bell over to Blackpeak, annihilating everything that was obstructing his path.

“BOOM!”

Qin Wentian descended as the gigantic bell smashed once more into Blackpeak. Blackpeak groaned again as traces of blood dripped from the corner of his mouth. He had no choice but to retreat with explosive speed again.

Qin Wentian was like a god of death, pursuing relentlessly. The number of gigantic bells he could manifest seemed never-ending.

“This…”

The other geniuses watching the scene started. Qin Wentian only used a single move throughout the fight, tossing gigantic bells over and over, the impact caused the powerful Blackpeak to vomit so much blood to the point where his astral soul lost all its luster.

“BOOM, BOOM!” The bell chimes that sounded out pulsed in rhythmic tandem, ravaging Blackpeak completely. That figure who held the ancient bells in his hands, his eyes were so indifferent and calm, with no other expression. For some reason, such an expression caused chills to bloom in the hearts of the other geniuses in the surroundings who were watching this.

These attacks were basically a form of humiliation. I just need to use a single move and you are already forced to such a state that you can’t even defend. How can you even fight against me?

Blackpeak had indeed already went all out, but he had no way to break through Qin Wentian’s barrage of attacks. It was unknown how heavy his injuries were, let alone the damage done to his prideful heart.

“Didn’t you want my life? Is that all you have?” Qin Wentian coldly spoke while he launched another attack, causing Blackpeak to cough out even more blood. How sarcastic were these words when spoken by Qin Wentian? It was completely like a slap to his face.

“Do you think you can win for sure?” Blackpeak howled in madness. A boundless devilish flames ignited all around him, as he transformed into an abyss. “I want you to die without a burial ground!”

After which, a terrifying roar echoed, the form which Blackpeak took, no longer sought to flee but dashed towards Qin Wentian instead, devouring the ancient bells, as well as wanting to completely engulf Qin Wentian.

“YOU ARE THE ONE WHO FORCED ME TO USE THIS ATTACK!” An extremely cold voice thundered out. The abyss-form Blackpeak had completely engulfed Qin Wentian, causing the spectators to tremble. Blackpeak could actually use such an overwhelming attack at his weakest moment, erupting forth with unexpected strength. It was too fearsome.

“SENIOR!” Jun Mengchen’s countenance froze but at this very moment, an incomparably dazzling boundless violet-gold light shone from within the abyss. Qin Wentian sat cross-legged on an incomparably gigantic ancient bell that loudly resounded out, tearing apart the abyss from within it. At this instant, the countenance of Blackpeak who was in his abyss-form, contorted in extreme pain and agony. With a thunderous boom, the abyss exploded. Blackpeak reverted back to his original form with tattered flesh and blood covering his entire body, constituting an extremely gruesome and pathetic sight.

“With just this little bit of strength?” Qin Wentian floated up once more in the air as he casually spoke. “I’m afraid you, the disciple of the Deepflame Immortal King, is going to die here today.”

Chapter 831: Disdain to kill you

 

“How powerful.”

Qin Wentian’s words drifted into the ears of those geniuses spectating. They felt their hearts shaking, could it be that Qin Wentian truly dared to kill Blackpeak?

Although both of them had a conflict, Blackpeak was a personal disciple of the Deepflame Immortal King!

What sort of character was the Deepflame Immortal King? He’s a war general under the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor that was heavily favored. In the Eastern Immortal Sage Sect, the Deepflame Immortal King even had great influence there and an extraordinary position. After all, the reason why all these geniuses came to take part in this event was firstly to raise their own strength and secondly, to enter the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect, hoping to perform well enough to be heavily nurtured.

But if Qin Wentian really killed Blackpeak now, wasn’t that equivalent to a smack on the Deepflame Immortal King’s face? If he did so and if he entered the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect, his life would surely be extremely miserable.

Blackpeak didn’t think of so much. Right now, he only felt shame. He used the strongest method at his disposal wanting to kill Qin Wentian yet he was heavily injured instead. The him right now basically couldn’t win against Qin Wentian.

“How regretful.” Blackpeak roared in his heart. If this was outside, he had cultivated many powerful arts imparted to him by his master. But because of the law enchantment’s restriction, even if he was the personal disciple, he was on the same starting point with these other geniuses. Qin Wentian’s luck was too good and had managed to comprehend an extremely tyrannical innate technique in here, causing him to have such combat prowess.

Such a result filled Blackpeak’s heart with unwillingness. But regardless, his face was thrown away for sure.

“In the future battles, you will die a miserable death!” Blackpeak roared in rage. After which, an unending amount of black abyssal devil flames gushed towards Qin Wentian as Blackpeak himself actually transformed into a smoke-form. He had admitted defeat and was actually preparing to escape.

“Nice joke.” Qin Wentian snorted coldly. The energy from the law enchantment gushed into him as he transformed into a wind roc, riding the wind. Both his palms blasted out as an infinite amount of ancient bells covered the space, descending from the sky, annihilating everything. The bell chimes echoed unceasingly, as the abyssal flames were all extinguished. Qin Wentian’s sight was locked onto a cloud of black smoke fleeing far away.

“Bzzz!” Qin Wentian who was in the form of a wind roc, soared through the air catching up to Blackpeak after just a short moment. After that, the crowd only heard a scream of agony so painful that it caused their hearts to shudder.

“YOU ARE COURTING DEATH!” Blackpeak howled in madness.

“BOOM!” A terrifying bell chime rang out, along with another scream of misery by Blackpeak. The eyes of the crowd pierced through the horizon and saw that Blackpeak currently was slammed to the ground. Qin Wentian lifted a gigantic ancient bell in his hand and was directly using it to press down on Blackpeak’s body. His foot stepped on Blackpeak’s head as a pair of eyes filled with disdain were simply looking at Blackpeak calmly.

“ARGHHHH!” Blackpeak howled as his aura erupted wildly. But Qin Wentian’s countenance had no change at all, his palm directly slammed down on the bell on Blackpeak’s body as Blackpeak sprayed blood from his mouth, turning extremely pale as his aura weakened further.

“Back than in the immortal palace at the Royal Sacred Region, you were already unworthy to act so brazenly before me. So what if you joined Deepflame as a disciple? Under the equality provided by the law enchantment, it’s effortless for me to kill you.” Qin Wentian peered down at Blackpeak as he spoke with an indifferent tone. Blackpeak’s body trembled, he glared hatefully at Qin Wentian and spoke, “It does not matter if you kill me here, the selection test will ultimately end in your doom! How regretful that in this place, my strength is limited severely or I would have shown you how great the disparity between us is.”

“Oh?” Qin Wentian coldly laughed. “Do you know why I haven’t kill you until now?”

Blackpeak’s expression froze as he stared at Qin Wentian.

Qin Wentian didn’t dared to?

This man was someone who rejected the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor himself in front of so many immortal king experts. Given Qin Wentian’s personality where he doesn’t think about consequences when doing things, there should be nothing that he didn’t dare to do.

Also, Qin Wentian right now was truly in control of his life and could kill him anytime. But why did he waste so much time to say all these superfluous words?

“Because in my eyes, you are nothing. Killing you or not holds no meaning to me. If it wasn’t for you taking the initiative to provoke me, I wouldn’t even be bothered to deal with you.” Qin Wentian slammed his palms onto the ancient bell as it finally shattered apart. But the impact caused Blackpeak to cough out yet another mouthful of blood.

And just like that, Qin Wentian turned and walked away, he didn’t kill Blackpeak. It was like what he had said. Blackpeak was nothing, he completely didn’t care if he killed him or not.

“I still remember in the past at the Royal Sacred Region, the Deepflame Immortal King kept picking on me, staring at me in an unfavourable light. Although you are his disciple, I’m sparing your life. I hope you won’t disappoint me too badly in terms of your results from this selection test. If not, the expression on Deepflame Immortal King’s face will truly be exceptional to behold.” Qin Wentian’s voice transmitted into Blackpeak’s mind, filled with absolute disdain and arrogance.

“Oh, and don’t be killed off by others or even fail to pass this test. Or else, it would really be too embarrassing.” Qin Wentian turned his gaze back and added, those black eyes of his pierced deep into Blackpeak’s heart.

He didn’t kill Blackpeak because he disdained to. He gave Blackpeak a chance to live because he also wanted to let the Deepflame Immortal King see how bad his judgement of him was.

Qin Wentian sparing his life felt even more unbearable compared to killing him. This humiliation had penetrated through his arrogance, hurting his ego.

A personal disciple of a war general under the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor was most definitely a supreme genius, yet he actually needed someone to spare his life so he could keep living on. Not killing him only because Qin Wentian wanted to humiliate him once more in front of the Deepflame Immortal King. This kind of disdain and humiliation caused his entire body to contort and spasm uncontrollably.

In the Hundred Immortals Forest, there were many geniuses who witnessed the battle between Qin Wentian and Blackpeak. Upon seeing Qin Wentian returning, all of them cast deep looks at him. This man was extraordinary, despite how powerful Blackpeak was, Blackpeak was still suppressed forcibly by him to the extent where he didn’t even have the strength to escape.

How lucky he was, narrowly escaping death. They couldn’t help but wonder if Blackpeak wasn’t the disciple of the Deepflame Immortal King, this Qin Wentian from the Cloud Prefecture might really have killed him right there.

But still this place was the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect and Blackpeak’s status is quite special. Although he wasn’t officially a member of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect, him being the personal disciple of the Deepflame Immortal King made it so that he was already half a member of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. For this selection test, he joined it merely to temper himself. Although Qin Wentian didn’t kill him in the end, he was truly audacious to humiliate Blackpeak in such a manner.

They had no idea why Qin Wentian spared Blackpeak, all of them thought that Qin Wentian didn’t dared to kill him.

In addition, Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan had also finished their combat, killing off their opponents. These three fellow sect members were completely uninjured and out of the six opponents facing against them, Blackpeak was the only survivor and he only lived because Qin Wentian spared his life.

“These three are extraordinary individuals, it’s best we don’t antagonize them.” The various geniuses in the surroundings that haven’t managed to occupy an immortal statue, silently stated to themselves. Nobody dared to seize the immortal statue that exuded that tyrannical king aura. Before this, Blackpeak seized it but his ending was so miserable. It was impossible for ordinary people like them to occupy it.

“Mengchen, you can cultivate in peace.” Qin Wentian spoke to his junior apprentice brother.

“Mhm, it can be said that the bad feelings I kept bottle up are all vented out. Senior brother, have you taken a liking to any of the immortal status? We can directly seize it.” Jun Mengchen stated, his words causing the hearts of those geniuses who were currently occupying immortal statues to tremble and they turned and stared at these three with trepidation. If the three of them joined forces, they would be extremely tough to handle.

“There’s no need for that. We depend on ourselves individually in this place. If it weren’t for people ganging up on you earlier, I wouldn’t have acted. Since that matter is already settled, if I or Qingxuan wished to occupy one of those statues, we will naturally depend on our own strength.” Qin Wentian shook his head and spoke. Jun Mengchen nodded, “Okay. I will go cultivate then.”

After he spoke, Jun Mengchen’s silhouette flickered as he directly flew to the immortal statue he occupied earlier to comprehend the profound mysteries of it in silence. Nobody dared to disturb him.

Qin Wentian walked around the Hundred Immortals Forest and would occasionally pause his steps when he passed by some immortal statues. After which, he continued on his way again. Everytime he stopped caused the people on the platform to glance at him warily as they prepared themselves for the worst.

Not too long after, Qin Wentian had already finished walking around the Hundred Immortals Forest. He discovered that the closer the immortal statues were to the front, the stronger the aura exuding from them were. This was especially so for the eighteen immortal statues right at the forefront. Each of these immortal statues represented a different immortal. Their cultivations were all different, and naturally, the level of might contained within the statues differed as well.

Qin Wentian finally halted as he stared at one of the eighteen immortal statues right at the front. However, those eighteen participants occupying the platforms were still deeply immersed in their own cultivations as though they didn’t know of Qin Wentian’s existence. And although there was a grand battle between Qin Wentian and Blackpeak earlier, they didn’t even glance at it as they were fully focused in their own immersion states where nothing and no one could disrupt them.

This was also a kind of confidence. The medallion on their robes included the top three rankers from the thirteen prefectures. Gusu Tianqi was here as well.

As for those immortal statues just slightly behind the first eighteen, the participants there were also ranked extremely highly. They actually didn’t contend against those eighteen participants who were at the very forefront because they all understood if they fought against each other, there might be no clear victor. They might as well strengthen themselves first and wait for those in front to finish their comprehension before they took over.

At this moment, Gusu Tianqu’s eyes opened as he stared at the immortal statue before him. Dipping into a bow of respect, he then soared up into the skies and directly departed this area, seeking other opportunities that awaited him in this Eastern Sage Cliff Mountain Range.

There were 360 immortal statues here, it was enough for him to obtain one. He wasn’t greedy and wouldn’t initiate a battle against the others because to him, that was unneeded. Because his fame level was the highest of all the participants, nobody would dare to initiate a challenge against him. His only purpose in this place was to constantly search for good fortune so as to strengthen himself further.

Gusu Tianqi departed the area as the eighteen immortal statues at the forefront suddenly had a spot freed up. However, although the eyes of the geniuses behind opened when he departed, nobody ascended up the stone platform. They all understood that not everyone would be deemed qualified to step upon the stone platform.

Yet at this moment, they only saw a figure walking up in an unhurried manner. Under the gazes of the top-ranking geniuses, they saw to their astonishment that the figure casually stepped upon the stone platform and he did so in an extremely casual and carefree manner!

Chapter 832: Battle Will

 

The stone platform which Gusu Tianqi vacated, precisely belonged to one of the eighteen immortal statues at the forefront. After he vacated it, the geniuses here didn’t start an all out fight to contend for the spot unlike the stone platforms for the other immortal statues that were located more behind. In fact, nobody moved.

Because, any one of the eighteen front spots were watched by countless top-ranking geniuses ranked just behind the top three rankers of each prefecture. But even they didn’t dare to step upon it so casually because they understood that the moment someone stepped on to it, that person would become the target of a multitude of arrows.

However at this very moment, a silhouette walked up casually caring for nothing and simply stepped onto the platform.

This young man exuded a carefree aura, that was either born from supreme confidence or ignorance.

Countless gazes shot towards Qin Wentian, he could clearly sense the gazes directed at him.

But since this place is at the most forefront, containing eighteen immortal statues that could be occupied by others, why could he not do so?

If there was someone that chose to challenge him, he would tell everyone that rather than challenging him Qin Wentian, they might as well challenge the other seventeen geniuses.

In the Eastern Sage Cliff Mountain Range, the astral energy they could use was limitless. Whose advantage could be comparable to the him who had cultivated the Spiritual Refinement Method? After comprehending the ancient bell innate technique, he used the remaining time to condense all astral energy into bell-type divine energy. Hence, each and every one of his attacks would manifest so many ancient bells and all of them were filled with a might so tyrannical that all feared it, allowing him to effortlessly dominate Blackpeak despite the final eruption of strength Blackpeak unleashed.

Qin Wentian stared at the immortal statue before him. The immortal statue radiated an overwhelming battle will yet there didn’t seem to be anything special about it. Despite so, Qin Wentian could faintly sense that within this immortal statue, there was something that attracted him.

He walked closer towards the statue, contemplating it. But at this moment, the eyes of the statue seemed to stare directly at him. The eyes of the immortal statue were as vast as the starry skies and contained an incomparably terrifying will. In just an instant, Qin Wentian felt his will and perception being drawn into it.

He only felt a towering will appear. That immortal statue seemed to transform into a corporeal supreme character, standing right before him as an overwhelming battle might radiated from it, so powerful that it caused the hearts of people to shudder. Qin Wentian only felt his own will being swallowed up by this. In front of this existence he was so tiny and inconsequential.

“BOOM!” Qin Wentian’s heart trembled violently as his will struggled and broke free. In just an instant, he felt cold sweat perspiring from his body.

Staring to his left and right, the other geniuses on the seventeen immortal statues platform were still closing their eyes in cultivation, completely immersed in their own inner states. Did they truly not fear the attacks from their peers? Or maybe, in front of these immortal statues, once your will connected with it, it would be extremely difficult to extricate yourself from it?

“This particular battle statue contains a kind of supremely powerful battle will. In addition, there’s also some sort of unique energy within it.” Qin Wentian mused silently. At this very moment, someone spoke. “You actually dared to stand on that stone platform so calmly?”

This voice originated from somewhere behind Qin Wentian. The tone of the voice was filled with hints of sarcasm. As someone ranked #5 from the Mo Prefecture, they found it extremely hard to imagine that someone ranked #27 from the Cloud Prefecture would dare to step upon the stone platform Gusu Tianqi vacated. Not only that, even when facing the gazes of so many geniuses, Qin Wentian seemed not to care at all, his actions seemed extremely carefree and natural.

“If you want this spot, come and seize it.” Qin Wentian didn’t bother to turn his head as he spoke. That tone of his was so casual, there was neither arrogance and ignorance, but seemed to truly be of immense confidence in himself.

“What do all of you think we should do?” That person who spoke earlier laughed coldly, staring at the surroundings. Many geniuses glanced at Qin Wentian, they naturally wanted this spot. This was the spot taken by Gusu Tianqi earlier and in addition, Gusu Tianqi left directly after finish comprehending this immortal statue.

“How else can we decide? Naturally the spot should belong to the strongest one.” A loud voice broke the silence, the person who spoke was also a top-ranking expert and he was from the Western Desert Prefecture. His stature was imposing and burly, 3.3 meters in height and his muscles shimmered with a green light. His countenance was grotesque, and seemed akin to a monster or freak.

There were many kinds of races living in the Western Desert Prefecture. A countless number of cultivators existed there. There were people like the monk, Sorrowless, and there were even giants there. This grotesque-looking genius was also a heaven chosen from a powerful race.

“BOOM!” As the sound of his voice faded, he instantly rushed out. Although his frame was burly, his movements were extremely nimble, streaking forth like a ray of green light towards Qin Wentian. In addition, his entire body was filled with explosive might. He stretched his arm out and in an instant, the arm actually expanded. The expanded muscular arm contained a fearsome strength within, causing the entire space around it to tremble.

The spectating geniuses even felt their hearts turning cold when they sensed the burst of power shooting directly towards Qin Wentian.

Qin Wentian stood at his original spot and didn’t even turn about. He lifted his palms and blasted out in the direction of the attack, causing a calamitous bell to manifest, smashing against the arm and shattering it. However, that genius who attacked didn’t seem to be injured the slightest. His arm returned to its normal size as he floated up in the air and stared at the back view of Qin Wentian.

“INSOLENT!” The grotesque cultivator roared in rager as eight more arms grew out of his body. Whistling sounds rang out through the air as his arms expanded and shot towards Qin Wentian. It was an extremely fearsome sight to behold.

Qin Wentian turned. With a stomp on the ground, he soared upwards into the skies. Both his palms blasted out unceasingly as the bell chimes continued endlessly. This entire space was filled with the calamitous ancient bells, circulating around Qin Wentian as he used them as long ranged weapons, blasting them out. The destructive might rocked this entire space as the eight arms filled with fearsome might were swiftly shattered apart.

“This…” The crowd felt their hearts shaking as they saw the number of calamitous bells in the air. After which they only saw Qin Wentian waving his hands, and as his violet-gold astral soul manifested, the entire atmosphere was permeated by an absolute suppressive might.

“GO!” Qin Wentian spat out in an icy tone. At this moment, the act of him waving his palms about seemed to contain within it a marvelous rhythm. The countless number of ancient bells congregated together forming, an extremely gigantic and terrifying one that blasted forth. This was even larger than the bell he used against Blackpeak.

There even seemed to be a countless number of smaller bells circulating around it. The bell chimes rocked the sky as streams of golden light blasted into the body of the grotesque cultivator. Only to hear him bellowing in rage he took on a form with three heads and six arms. Qin Wentian gestured once more with his hands, and the gigantic bell smashed down, destroying all obstacles in his path.

“BOOOM!”

The body of that grotesque cultivator directly exploded, suppressed to death by the pressure and impact. He had no way to resist Qin Wentian’s attacks in the slightest.

The fearsome bells were still present in the area. Qin Wentian indifferently swept his gaze over to everyone as he spoke, “If anyone of you feels that I, Qin, am good to bully, you can try it for yourselves. And if there’s anyone who disturbs my cultivation, his fate will be the same as that grotesque figure – death without mercy.”

As the sound of his voice faded, bell chimes echoed out loudly as the gigantic bell from before dissipated. After which, he turned and continued studying the immortal statue, as though he had forgotten everything that just happened earlier. He used a single battle to tell everyone here that since the seventeen geniuses around him were able to sit securely in their spots and comprehend the inherited arts from the statues, he Qin Wentian was able to do so as well. If there’s anyone who wants to seize it, he shall kill without mercy.

This battle was an ironblood method which he used to shock all the geniuses present. Hence, Qin Wentian wasn’t polite at all and used the most overwhelmingly domineering method to kill that person, giving everyone a much greater rush of impact compared to his earlier battle against Blackpeak.

There were already quite a number of geniuses at the back area of the Hundred Immortals Forest who witnessed the fight between Qin Wentian and Blackpeak. Now when they saw how domineering Qin Wentian truly could be, they could only sigh in their hearts as they confirmed the fact that within the Eastern Sage Cliff, it was better not to antagonize this man.

Sharpness flickered unceasingly in the eyes of those more powerful geniuses in the front areas. They stared at Qin Wentian as though they were contemplating over his strength, whether or not they would be able to handle him.

A violet-gold astral soul and tyrannical innate techniques. Qin Wentian’s level of danger wasn’t any lower than the others. Could it be that after waiting so long for Gusu Tianqi to vacate a spot, they had to wait for someone else again?

The fear created by this battle was evident. Nobody dared to act recklessly anymore and Qin Wentian started to immerse himself in comprehending the will emanating from the immortal statue. However, the more he comprehended, the more awe he felt.

This statue doesn’t only contain an incomparable tyrannical battle will. This kind of battle will was akin to a kind of tyrannical immortal art that could enable one to ignite a towering battle might, causing one to possess an inconceivable level of combat prowess.

Qin Wentian appeared in the void and before him, numerous terrifying wills in corporeal form appeared. These were all streams of the battle will from the immortal statue and each of them possessed unimaginable might, akin to absolute invincible war kings that stood unexcelled in this world. The number of the corporeal wills were manifested according to Qin Wentian’s level of comprehension. The deeper it was, the more streams of will would appear.

“This is so powerful.” Qin Wentian faintly sensed a unique reaction from his body, it was as though after these marvelous streams of will entered his body, his own battle potential was ignited as his aura grew increasingly similar to that of the immortal statue, growing stronger and stronger.

“BOOM!” Another stream of corporeal will appeared in the void. This stream of will even had a fearsome battle halo around it, incomparably resplendent. In addition, the glow from it intensified further and further as the might it exuded got more and more fearsome.

A beam of light flashed as a gigantic character for ‘战’ (battle), appeared in the air. This character contained a towering battle might that directly gushed into Qin Wentian’s projection body. In that instant, Qin Wentian felt that he suddenly possessed the method to ignite his will. It was able to strengthen himself and heighten his combat prowess, and it felt extremely mysterious.

Furthermore, this immortal statue didn’t directly impart the battle might to him. It was more like the deeper he could comprehend, the stronger and more tyrannical the energy he would be able to inherit!