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Chapter 1067: Anointment Ceremony
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Time trickled by slowly. One day, two day, three days.
During the morning of the third day, a solemn bell toll reverberated through all the continents of the four planes in Morning Dao Sect—the 9,999 continents in the fourth plane, the 999 continents in the third plane, the ninety-nine continents in the second plane, and the nine continents in the first plane. At that moment, a bell toll echoed in through air of the highest plane.
The bell tolled ninety-nine times. It signified the peak of all numbers as well as the start of the Anointment Ceremony which was the center of attention for all disciples in Morning Dao Sect.
The ceremony would last for some time, and during it, besides the War Chamber which remained in the galaxy beyond to prevent the Immortals' Union from invading their world, all other disciples would rush back to Morning Dao Sect through the Relocation spots to attend the Anointment Ceremony.
The place where the ceremony was held was the center of the nine continents of the upper plane. On the day the ceremony started to the day it ended, all barriers around the nine continents in the upper plane would be taken down, allowing all disciples to gain access to the place. In fact, they could even join the ceremony.
At the end of the Anointment Ceremony, the ten Great Dynasts would go through various challenges and trials. In the end, when they were truly made Dynasts, the representatives from the other three Great True Worlds would come to bear witness to Morning Dao Sect's ten Great Heirs. There would be plenty of messengers from the other three Great True Worlds, and they would all be outstanding people.
In fact, based on tradition, there would even be a competition between the heirs of the four Great True Worlds. This would be the liveliest event in many years within True Morning Dao World, and it would be an incredibly grand ceremony.
When morning arrived and the bell tolls rang out, loud booms came from each continent. They shook the sky and earth, causing the universe to seem to tremble under the sound. Sound waves crashed against the surface of the sea within Dao Ocean, Morning Dao Sect's forbidden grounds, as well as rising into the nine heavens.
Fusing with those sounds were the drums which were one hundred feet big being struck on all 9,999 continents of the fourth plane.
There were also sounds coming from 999 large drums located on the continents in the third plane. These drums were one thousand feet big and would only make sound when one hundred people surrounded them and struck one at the same time.
Ten thousand feet tall drums roared from the ninety-nine continents in the second plane. As the drumming and the bell tolls fused together, countless cultivators prepared to depart on each of the continents in Morning Dao Sect. They were all waiting for the ceremony to start.
After a moment, as the sound of the drums reached a state when it could shake the sky and earth, an old, awe-inspiring voice came from the air above and reverberated through the whole world.
"Cultivators do not need any form of extravagance in anything, even if it is an Anointment Ceremony. We only need to do things in a dignified manner! The disciples from other races form the foundation of Morning Dao Sect, and we cannot have them lacking, which is why the first batch of the people who can come here… are the disciples from the other races in the 9,999 continents in the fourth plane as well as those in the 999 continents from the third plane!"
As that voice echoed in the air, the drums rumbled once again. Long arcs flew up from the 9,999 continents and 999 continents in the fourth and third plane to charge towards the center of the nine continents in the first plane.
There were countless long arcs, and anyone standing within Morning Dao Sect could see them cover the sky. They were innumerable. When anyone cast their gaze over them, they seem like raindrops rising from the ground, making it seem as if the world had been turned upside down.
One hundred thousand… one million… up to ten million long arcs appeared at the same time in the sky. It was a shocking sight that most people would not be able to see in their lives. At that moment, it was as if the world was about to be torn apart, as if the universe was about to topple over. With an astonishing momentum, ten million long arcs stirred up a violent gust of wind as they charged forward as if they could crush all forms of law.
The long arcs moved swiftly past the ninety-nine continents in the second plane and rushed to the place at the center of the nine continents in the first plane.
Wherever they went, the ninety-nine continents in the second plane would tremble, and it caused the ocean in Dao Kong's continent to tumble about. Violent gusts of wind from all directions swept past violently and stirred up a momentum that was as great as tidal waves. It was difficult to describe such a scene with words.
All of this was enough to shock all those who saw it.
This kind of event was Morning Dao Sect's show of respect to the disciples from the other races. They could also let the direct descendants of the sect know through it that even if they were direct descendants and even Dynasts, they still had to value the disciples from the other races.
Because they were the foundation!
Once the ten million long arcs charged over, the commotion gradually died down. When the booming slowly calmed and the ten million cultivators reached the center of the nine continents in the first plane, the old, awe-inspiring voice spoke once more.
"The next to enter would be the members of the branch families. Your ancestors are from the Immortals, and your people have given up everything for Morning Dao Sect. As for you, you will naturally receive Morning Dao Sect's protection, but I believe that some among you in will surpass your ancestors and stimulate your bloodlines… so that you will become direct descendants!"
At the instant that voice echoed in the air, cultivators from the ninety-nine continents in the second plane flew up. Their numbers were much fewer; there was only about one million of them. As they rose up, they charged through to the center of the nine continents. They possessed varying levels of cultivation, and while the momentum of the violent gust of wind they stirred up was not as great as the one caused by the ten million disciples from the other races, their presence was still shocking.
"The ones who will step in next are the direct descendants of Morning Dao Sect. You are direct descendants because your ancestors are all in the Council of Sect Masters. As long as they are around, their bloodline will remain. However… if you are arrogant because of this and do not move forward, then when the day comes and your ancestor either dies in battle or passes away of old age, you will be reduced to a branch family and will lose your right to be proud."
The awe-inspiring tone in the old voice was incredibly great at that moment. In fact, there was a hint of intimidation within it, and the hearts of most direct descendants trembled. Then, they immediately rose into the air, and with all their power, they brought forth the most dazzling presence they could muster. Long arcs of tens of thousands of people flew up from the ninety-nine continents.
The hundreds of direct descendants from the continent which belonged to Dao Kong also erupted with all their power. In the midst of the loud bangs, tens of thousands of people sliced through the air and charged towards the spot at the center of the nine continents in the first plane.
"The last to come forth will be the ten heirs who are to be anointed this time, the ten Great Dynasts of Morning Dao Sect! But you must remember, you are now only quasi Dynasts, not true Dynasts. You must all face challenges, and if you fails in them, they will lose your right to be a quasi Dynast. Any disciple who wins against you will be able to obtain your status!
"Even if that disciple belongs to another race or one of the branch families, as long as they win against you, they can take everything that belongs to you!
"Even if you manage to persevere through the challenges, you must still go through the trials. If you fail during the trials, you will lose your right to be a Dynast. If nine of you fail and only one remains, that one will be the sole Dynast. And if one of you fails while the other nine remain, then there will be nine Great Dynasts in Morning Dao Sect!
"If all of you fail, then we will choose ten other people to become Dynasts and go through the same challenges and trials. So… you must value your current status!
"Ten Great Dynasts, come forth!" the old voice said in an sterner tone. The level of severity in his words surpassed that which was used for the direct descendants just moments ago. As the words echoed in the air, several long arcs flew up from the ground.
Su Ming lifted his head to stare above himself. With a calm expression on his face, he walked towards the sky. When he cast his gaze across the area, he saw only nine other arcs!
As they approached the spot between the nine continents in the first plane, they gradually saw each other. In an instant, Su Ming sensed the other nine looking towards him.
All of them were men, and most of them appeared to be middle-aged, but it was impossible to discern their real ages based on their physical appearances.
They were staring at Su Ming, and he was staring back at them. A glint appeared in their eyes before they averted their gazes. The ten people then turned into long arcs and rushed upwards.
The competition had already started in an unseen manner. From another point of view, whoever was the fastest would be the one with the highest level of cultivation, and whoever was the slowest would give the impression of being the weakest, even though this was not absolute. That person would usually be the one who would be the main pick for the other disciples who would challenge them.
The candidates for the ten Great Dynasts were all chosen by Progenitor Dao Chen, but even though they had been chosen, there were plenty of powerful warriors among the direct descendants, people from the branch families, and the vast pool of disciples from the other races. There would be no one who would truly accept a simple choosing from above, and it was the reason why when they looked towards Su Ming and the other nine, their gazes were filled with hostility.
Those who replaced them would make a name for themselves in Morning Dao Sect and become Dynasts worshiped by hundreds of millions of people. To the direct descendants, even if they could not become the master of True Morning Dao World in the end, it would be enough glory. Because of that, they were incredibly excited and agitated before the challenge. After all, it might be the one and only time when they could truly snatch such a glory without being restricted by their blood.
That was why when the ten Dynasts flew up, the hundred million cultivators in the air cast their gazes on them. Quite a number of them looked towards Su Ming. After all, compared to the other nine, he was more mysterious and rather unfamiliar.
The ten quasi Dynasts of Morning Dao Sect charged forward. Even though they did not bring out their full power, they still used an incredibly fast speed to instantly dash to the center of the nine continents.
One of the three who were the fastest was the middle-aged man who had made arrangements for Dao Fei Xian to test Su Ming.
Upon noticing him, a barely noticeable glint shone in Su Ming's eyes. He lifted his foot, and with a single move, a loud bang rang out around him. It was loud as a sonic boom, and fog appeared around him. It looked as if it had swept up his body, and his speed increased in an instant. When his foot landed, he had already overtaken the three at the front. When he took another step forward, he reached the center of the nine continents in the first plane.
What Su Ming wanted was a show of arrogance and intimidation, which was why he did not conceal his speed. He did not show all he had, but that was because he did not need to be extremely fast, just faster than the other nine.
Booming sounds echoed in the air, and the other people arrived one after another at the center.
"All ten of you, go to your spots immediately. The first part of the Anointment Ceremony shall begin! All those who challenge the Dynasts will not have their survivals accounted for!" the old voice stated straight away. This time, there was a grim and cold tone to it.
Chapter 1068: Challenge from Seven Million…
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If anyone raised their heads from the ninety-nine continents on the second plane, they would feel as if the space at the center of the nine continents in the upper realm was not exactly very big, but in truth, if they were there at that spot, they would be able to tell that this particular spot had no bounds.
That place could accommodate ten million people at the same time, and there would still be plenty of space left.
At that moment, there were eleven gigantic lotus platforms in the air. The lotus platform at the center was the biggest, and it was about several hundreds of thousands of feet big. Surrounding it were ten other smaller lotus platforms.
Farther away were circles of stones shining with five-colored lights. Standing on each stone were Morning Dao Sect cultivators, and the densely packed stones illuminated the place in five different colors. There were more than ten million cultivators standing within them.
Anyone who looked over would find such a scene incredibly astonishing.
There was a circle of drums at the outermost region. Rousing drum rolls spread through the galaxy and echoed in the air.
Standing on the biggest lotus platform in the center at that moment was an old man. He was dressed in a golden long robe. His face was old, but when he opened his eyes, there was brilliant light shining within them. All those who fell into his line of sight immediately felt as if their life force was boiling.
There was only one possible reason for a person to be able to cause this effect… and that was being in Life Realm!
And he was not any ordinary Almighty in Life Realm. He had reached it a long time ago, and his power was so great and deep that he was a powerful existence which could shock all people's hearts.
Behind that old man were three other people. Su Ming had seen them before. Needless to say, they were the Sect Masters in charge of managing all things for that century in Morning Dao Sect. However, based on their location, it could be seen that their status was clearly not as great as that of the old man in Life Realm.
There were incredibly exquisite and lavish tables with auspicious beasts carved on them placed around the lotus platform where the old man stood. There were thousands of these tables, but all of them were empty. The bright ones among the people immediately understood what it meant—the tables were prepared for those who would come from the other three Great True Worlds to congratulate the Dynasts when they were truly anointed.
As the old man's ancient voice spread out, the nine Dynasts who came with Su Ming instantly moved and spread through the ten smaller lotus platforms. Su Ming took a step forward and also landed on one of them. At the instant he did so, a dazzling light spread out from the lotus platform beneath him.
It was also not the only one that acted this way. The lotus platforms of the other nine Dynasts were the same. Because of it, the dazzling lights made it seem as if ten beautiful lotuses had bloomed in space. In fact, there were even waves of faint fragrance spreading through the area.
This scene caused Su Ming and the others to instantly become the most striking people in the crowd. They became the most brilliant suns in Morning Dao Sect at that moment.
"Morning Dao Sect…" With the usual aged and awe-inspiring voice, the old man in Life Realm began to speak at the center of the large lotus platform. "The disciples from the other races form the foundation, the descendants of the branch families form the venous pathways… while the direct descendants are Morning Dao Sect's soul, which is why even though the ten of you are only quasi Dynasts, to show that you are different from the others, you were granted the right to stand on Morning Dao Sect's lotus platforms. On behalf of Progenitor Dao Chen, I will also temporarily grant the ten of you the Lotus Constellation Robe!
"Whether or not you will continue to be in possession of this robe will depend on whether you can stand till the end of the ceremony! I will tell this straight to all of you that the robe has not been activated, but just wearing it will allow the ten of you to borrow the power of True Morning Dao World's kismet. It will aid you in gaining epiphanies, and your growth in your path of cultivation will surpass that of the others by several hundred times!
"With this robe, practicing cultivation for one year will be equivalent to training for a hundred years!
"When it is truly activated, its defensive properties will allow you to withstand a full-powered strike from an Almighty in Mastery Realm. In fact, it also contains a hint of the will from Progenitor Dao Chen. You can only use it once, but even if it is just once, it will still be enough for you to kill an Almighty in Mastery Realm!
"When you have become true Dynasts, you will be allowed to go to the Progenitor's isolation grounds, and Progenitor Dao Chen will personally activate the robe!"
As the old man's voice echoed in the air, the breathing of the ten million people quickened. At the same time, the light from the ten lotus platforms on which Su Ming and the others stood lit up with an even more dazzling and piercing light. When it reached a blinding degree, the lotuses bloomed. Petals appeared out of nowhere and surrounded Su Ming as well as the other nine. At the same time, the Sacred Constellation Robe they wore shone with a dazzling light as if reflecting the light from the petals.
In an instant, those petals charged towards Su Ming and fused into the Sacred Constellation Robe. All of the robes, including Su Ming's, transformed. The stars in them moved to form a flourishing lotus made by countless stars grouped together!
Su Ming's gaze focused. He immediately sensed waves of strange aura spreading out from his robe. That aura was nourishing his body. It not only refreshed his mind, but also made him feel as if he would swiftly recover from all injuries he suffered from then on.
Su Ming could also clearly feel the power which allowed the wearer to obtain the progress equivalent to one hundred years with just one year of training. The flow of time on the robe was clearly different from the world around it. Because of that, the wearers seemed to be shrouded in a fog when anyone looked at them, making it hard for them to see Su Ming and the other nine Dynasts' faces. They gave a feeling of being about to fuse with the air.
The thin line between illusion and reality naturally resulted in a mysterious air that turned into mighty pressure. This was the great difference between the Dynasts' status and identities to those of the other people.
Su Ming was not the only person who felt that way. At that moment, the other nine Dynasts also lowered their heads to look at the flourishing lotuses on their bodies as their expressions changed.
At the same time, the gazes from the ten million cultivators instantly focused on the ten Dynasts. In those gazes were greed, indignation, jealousy, and also envy.
Various expressions and emotions could be seen, and it looked as if all that a person could possibly feel in their life could be found among the ten million people.
"The ten of you must have surely noticed the effects of the robes. I can tell you this, that flourishing lotus on your bodies is a supreme treasure which Progenitor Dao Chen had personally created when he was in isolation. This supreme treasure has a terrifying divine ability. Its name is the same as that of the robe – Flourishing Lotus.
"It is a divine ability Progenitor Dao Chen had come to understand while he was in isolation. It has fused into your robes, and you can activate it on your own, causing the robe to remember you at your strongest, as if time had been frozen at that particular moment. Then, when you are injured badly or have your life threatened, you can activate this Art to turn back time and instantly return to the state the robe remembers, when you were at your strongest," the old man in Life Realm said faintly. His words were relaxed, but while the others could not tell, he was in truth also incredibly tempted by the ten Flourishing Lotuses.
If he was tempted, then it would be even more so for the three Sect Masters behind him. The ten million cultivators around him also started breathing raggedly, and due to there being ten million of them, the sound of their breathing was akin to thunder. Gazes filled with powerful desire landed on the ten Dynasts, and it was certain that their owners' fighting spirit had been lit.
"Whosoever becomes the Dynast will be able to obtain this. Even if you are a disciple from other races and even if you cannot become the master of True Morning Dao World, you will still be able to obtain this Lotus Constellation Robe!
"Now is the time for the first step of the Anointment Ceremony, the challenges! Your divine senses have already fused with this land, so you will only need to direct your gaze to the Dynast you wish to challenge and spark your fighting spirit. The person with the strongest fighting spirit will be automatically sent to the lotus platform with the Dynast they wish to challenge. Choose the quasi Dynasts you wish to challenge. All disciples who have arrived here and stand on the five-colored stone platforms have the right to challenge them.
"However, I have to give you a final warning. Challengers are not allowed to kill, but the ten Dynasts who have been challenged have the right to kill!" The old man cast a glance at the ten million cultivators around them. When he turned his head around, he cast a glance at Su Ming and the other nine.
"Each time you manage to win against a person, the lotus platform beneath you and the robes on you will give life force for you to recover from all your wounds. I will provide that life force, so even if you are continuously challenged throughout the seven days, you will not lack any life force. You can fight without any worry," the old man in Life Realm said flatly. There was no arrogance on his face, but his words were filled with confidence. When he swung his arm, his next words immediately echoed in all directions.
"The challenge begins!" His voice rumbled, and some people among the ten million instantly spread out their powerful fighting spirit. Once it fused with the air, they charged towards Su Ming and the other nine.
It was at that moment that a loud boom came from Su Ming's lotus platform. A cloud and fog manifested swiftly above Su Ming, as if there was something powerful crashing against him. Most of the lotus platforms for the others went through the same thing, but the sound of something crashing against the fog and cloud were far less powerful than near Su Ming.
In an instant, an ancient runic symbol appeared in the midst of those clashes. There were ten platforms and ten runic symbols, but they were all completely different from each other.
The runic symbols were ancient letters. Each of them represented a number, and it meant just how many people were challenging the ten people. They told the Dynasts the approximate number of their challengers.
As the runic symbols for the ten lotus platforms appeared, an uproar rose into the air like a clap of thunder from among the ten million people.
"Who is that?! There're… There're seven million people challenging him!"
"That person is an unfamiliar face, but he���s definitely that Dao Kong! Looks like our fellow sect members are hesitant about the others, which is why they chose to challenge him!"
"But it's rumored that this person killed Dao Fei Feng and even tens of thousands of cultivators from the Immortals' Union, isn't it?"
"So what? It's because he has a powerful follower that he could do it."
As loud voices reverberated in the air, Su Ming lifted his head to look at the runic symbol representing a number which had formed after the fighting spirits had crashed against the fog and cloud above him. His expression was slightly dark. Compared to him, the other Dynasts only had about a million or even couple tens of thousands of cultivators challenging them.
Chapter 1069: Hello, Everyone, My Name Is De Shun
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As Su Ming frowned, a person appeared on his platform. At the same time, most of the other Dynasts were sent their challengers as well. Only��� two platforms were completely empty of challengers from Morning Dao Sect.
One of the Dynasts standing on the two empty platforms was a young man who had an aloof expression on his face. A freezing aura spread out from his body, and it seemed to have frozen the air around him. There was also a mark of a snowflake at the center of his brows.
There were no challengers on his platform.
There was another platform which was empty of challengers, too. On it stood a middle-aged man. His face was rather pale, as if he was sick. He was smiling while he sat cross-legged, and he had an indifferent expression on his face. In his hand was a blue ball of light shining with a gentle light. He gave off a completely different feeling from the young man, but still, no one challenged him.
Su Ming's expression was dark. If anyone was in his place, then having seven million people challenging them right from the start would be equivalent to them issuing him a challenge letter. Seven million challenges was equivalent to seven-tenths of the people in the place.
It was especially frown-worthy when Su Ming saw… the man who appeared on his lotus platform throw his head back and laugh the moment he appeared. There was an arrogant and smug undercurrent to his laughter, and he even had the gall to not first look at Su Ming. Instead, he turned around to look at the crowd behind him, then wrapped his fist in his palm to them before speaking up with excitement.
"My fellow sect members, thank you for modestly declining your right to challenge him and letting me have the fortune of becoming the first challenger in this place. Now, allow me to see just how good is this Dao Kong!"
The next moment, the man became the center of attention, and he stood out even more than Su Ming. As he laughed, he turned his head around, and with a ferocious smile, he looked at his opponent. A hint of greed appeared in his eyes, and when he lifted his right leg, he stepped forward to move towards Su Ming.
At that instant, a screen of light immediately rose at the edges of the lotus platform. It immediately separated the platform from the world around it, preventing the people there from seeing what was happening inside.
Because of it, since the others could not see what was going on inside, they would also be unable to know what transpired in the battle.
When the screen of light appeared, Su Ming swept his gaze across it. He was completely unbothered by the incoming man. A loud bang rose from the that person's body, and the power belonging to those in the middle stage of World Plane Realm instantly erupted from within him. This power went out in all directions and stirred up a whirlwind that swept through the whole area.
A glint appeared in the man's eyes. He raised his right hand and formed a seal. In an instant, the whirlwind beside him shrank to form a gigantic wind blade in front of him. As it roared, it looked as if it was about to slice apart air along with Su Ming. At the same time, the man took a step forward.
At that moment, shrill screams of pain came from the areas hidden by the screens of light. They were the final cries of several challengers before they were killed.
Su Ming frowned. He did not even look at the howling wind blade as it came towards him. When he lifted his right hand, he swung it forward. With it, the incoming wind blade shuddered before instantly collapsing. It shattered into several parts, but it did not dissipate. Instead, it tumbled backwards with a bang, and as the man was momentarily taken aback, the fragments of the wind blade tumbled back towards him at several times their original speed. The man's expression instantly changed, and a shrill scream of pain left his lips. His body was blown into midair before he was thrown out of the screen of light and torn into pieces. His blood instantly spilled all over the place.
When Su Ming took care of his first challenger, the other lotus platforms were also silent. Blood was spilled all around the area. The souls and bodies of all the challengers had been destroyed just like that.
However, almost at the instant the lotus platforms became empty of challengers, other people took the place of the fallen.
This time, the person who appeared on Su Ming's platform was an old man. The moment he showed up, he narrowed his eyes. With one move, his figure distorted and disappeared without a trace.
Su Ming's expression remained the same. There was not a single change on his face. It did not matter to him whether the other disappeared or not. He only lifted his right leg, and once he placed it back down on the platform, a loud bang shot up. The space hundreds of thousands of feet around the lotus platform instantly froze. The old man's figure immediately appeared one thousand feet away from Su Ming's right, but he was kept in place tightly, and the pressure from the space around him pressed on him so strongly that he looked as if he had been frozen.
His face was filled with shock. When disbelief took over his expression, Su Ming turned his head around to cast a glance at him. He lifted his right hand and seized the air in his direction. The old man's body instantly charged towards Su Ming against his will. Su Ming then seized his neck, and in an aloof manner, he crushed it.
His attitude towards challengers was to kill all of them. As long as they dared challenge him, they would end up dead. He had never any fondness towards Morning Dao Sect to begin with, and since he was given a chance to kill its people in such a straightforward manner, he would naturally not be merciful.
The old man's neck shattered with a bang, and even his Nascent Divinity along with his form and soul were destroyed. He was then flung out of the screen of light.
Instantly, a third person appeared on the lotus platform which no one could see. When the man showed up, his laughter rang in the air.
"It's finally my turn. Dao Kong, it'll be better if I'm the one wearing that Flourishing Lotus." That voice belonged to a middle-aged man. He was dressed in a Constellation Robe which showed that he was a direct descendant!
All those who could wear the Constellation Robe were direct descendants in Morning Dao Sect. Even though there were tens of thousands of them, to Morning Dao Sect which controlled an entire True World, creating tens of thousands of Constellation Robes was really not much.
The number of Sacred Constellation Robes was far smaller. After all, even if people were direct descendants, there were still those who were considered superior and those who were considered inferior.
At the instant the middle-aged man appeared, Su Ming took a step forward with an aloof expression as the other's laughter echoed in the air. When the middle-aged man saw him coming over, he moved back, then raised his right hand, formed a seal, and pointed towards Su Ming.
"Manifestation of Dao!"
With those words, his whole body started withering in a bizarre fashion. He instantly looked as if he had turned into a skeleton, and a black light shot out from the tip of his finger.
At the instant it did so, it broke down and turned into countless black threads in front of Su Ming and formed a huge net which attempted to envelop him.
The black net instantly closed in, but just when it looked as if it was going to touch Su Ming, a hint of derision appeared on Su Ming's lips. He raised his right hand without hesitation, then seized the air in the direction of the light. With a bang, it came under his control.
This scene caused the middle-aged man to suck in a sharp breath. He retreated swiftly, his heart filled with shock. He had always believed that his divine ability was incredibly powerful, so even those who had attained great completion in World Plane Realm would not dare seize it with bare hands. If they did so, the power contained within the divine ability would transform the person and steal their intelligence.
The middle-aged man had ambushed plenty of people whose levels of cultivation had been higher than his with this Art, but it was his first time seeing someone not being affected by the divine ability when they seized it with bare hands.
As his expression changed, the middle-aged man moved, intending to retreat, but when Su Ming unfurled his right hand, the black net he'd caught immediately tumbled backwards towards the middle-aged man. At the instant his expression changed again and he was about to run from the lotus platform, a shrill scream of pain rang out. When his own net enveloped him, he was reduced to a nobody. Even his Constellation Robe was torn. After all, it was just a Constellation Robe and not a Sacred Constellation Robe, which was why the defense it offered was limited.
After he killed three people in succession, Su Ming also could not find any interest within himself to look at the lotus platforms belonging to the other Dynasts. He simply stood on his own and waited for the fourth person. In an instant, they showed up.
Time passed, and the fourth… seventh… tenth person came. When half a day passed, Su Ming had already killed nearly four hundred people in the continuous stream of challenges!
He did not pay any attention to the world outside. He did not know how the other Dynasts were doing, but even he had gradually become averse to this sort of slaughter. However, he wanted to see just how many people would still dare to challenge him when he killed all of them in such a manner.
Besides, he was still waiting for a person who could truly challenge him. Only that sort of fight would allow him to battle to his heart's content. He knew that as the battles continued and the others lost their courage to join the fights, those with great levels of cultivation would gradually appear.
As a glint shone in Su Ming's eyes, another figure appeared on his platform. He only cast a glance at that person but could tell that he was just in the initial stage of World Plane Realm. This sort of cultivator made Su Ming frown.
In just the span of a breath, the figure became clear, and it was just a lanky young man. The moment he appeared, he took a few steps backwards, and an obsequious smile appeared on his face before he wrapped his fist in his palm towards Su Ming.
"Your Highness, don't attack. Please don't attack me. I'm not here to challenge you. With your glorious image and your fame in the four Great True Worlds, how would I dare attack you? Just one breath from you, and you'll send me straight back to my mother's womb. Thus, please fulfill my request and give me the span of a few breaths, just a few breaths." The obsequious look on the lanky young man's face looked very polished, without a hint of deceit to be detected…
Su Ming was taken aback.
The lanky young man was also wiping off cold sweat off his forehead in his head. He quickly took a few more steps back and reached the border. He pulled most of his body out of the screen of light around the lotus platform, then threw his head back to shout towards the sky in with such force that his face and neck turned red.
"Old masters, young masters, fellow Daoists from the fourth, third, and second planes, seniors, fellow sect members, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunties, hello. I have here with me high quality medicinal cores, a large number of spirit talismans, a wide assortment of blades, spears, swords, halberds, but if you want them, you'll have to be quick. The more you buy, the more free gifts you'll obtain. Remember me. I am De Shun. My De means morality, and Shun means having everything go your way when you buy things.
"I live on the 333rd continent in the third plane. All my treasures are great items from when I went out on a war expedition. I can guarantee you that they are of high quality, and you can even book them!"
Once he finished shouting those words, all the people in the area were stunned. In fact, the battles from the other lotus platforms came to a halt because of it as well. Even the old man in Life Realm looked over with anger, but at that moment, the young man ducked his body back behind the screen of light, wrapped his fist in his palm towards Su Ming in an obsequious manner, and swiftly rushed out…
Chapter 1070: Do You Understand Now?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Hello, everyone… my name is De Shun…"
The excited voice seemed to echo in all corners of the world. De Shun had successfully attracted all the cultivators' attention and successfully promoted the things he wanted to sell. He could already predict that his future business would definitely increase by leaps and bounds due to his performance on this day.
A person who could think of such a method was definitely not someone who was normal. They needed incredible courage and determination as well as readiness to face life-threatening danger. After all, if De Shun had made a wrong judgment, there was a high possibility that he would end up dead on the lotus platform.
That was why even Su Ming could not help but laugh after he recovered from his shock in regards to such a form of promotion which risked De Shun's own life.
Besides, he had to have quite a powerful background besides being willing to risk his own life, or else causing such a ruckus in the solemn Anointment Ceremony would definitely end up with him punished for wreaking havoc in Morning Dao Sect. If it was light, he would be sent into forced isolation, and if it was heavy, even his cultivation base might be destroyed.
De Shun was clearly not an idiot either, or else he would not have thought about such a method to promote his business. He had to have people supporting him, which was why he did not have to be too worried about provoking the seniors in Morning Dao Sect and bringing huge trouble on his head.
While standing at the center of the lotus platform, the old man in Life Realm stared with eyes burning in anger at De Shun swiftly running away and returning to his own stone platform. With a cold harrumph, he forced down his anger.
"A mere degenerate. If there is anyone else who imitates his actions, do not blame me for punishing you according to the rules of the sect!" With an imposing tone, the words of the old man in Life Realm immediately echoed in all directions.
"He wasn't punished?" The ten million cultivators in the area might have lowered their heads in an act of obedience, but they could not help but swiftly communicate with each other through their thoughts.
"You don't know about this, do you? This person called De Shun has a blood connection to Sect Master Bei Bang, the one organizing this ceremony…"
"There's such a thing? Then it means that this De Shun fellow is a direct descendant, but why would a direct descendant stay in a continent on the third plane?"
"Why else would Sect Master Bei Bang call him a degenerate? I know a little about this matter since I was living in the same continent as De Shun in the past, so I've heard about him. He has incredible potential, but he doesn't like training. He only likes making medicinal cores and spirit talismans to sell. He sneaked to the third plane and chose to stay there permanently, refusing to leave. There are plenty of other things that happened in that period of time, but I don't know the details."
The various divine thoughts caused a buzzing in everyone's heads. Even though Bei Bang knew about it, he only frowned and did not pay too much attention to it. With a sullen expression, he glared at De Shun, who was in the distance and currently busy with talking to the others in an excited manner while occasionally pulling away his outer robe to reveal a large number of medicinal cores and spirit talismans hanging on his inner robe. He then sighed in his heart.
The bald crane was in Su Ming's storage bag, but through its peculiar divine ability, it could see everything in the world outside. At that moment, it screeched excitedly in Su Ming's heart.
"Genius! This person's a genius! Su Ming, why haven't I thought of this before? Darn it all, I want to go out and be as cool as he is! Go tell the others that I'm buying crystals, a large amount of crystals!" The bald crane had clearly been stimulated by De Shun's action, and as it made a loud racket, it looked as if it wanted to rush outwards.
"What are you going to use to buy crystals?" Su Ming sent it a divine thought uttered in a flat tone, immediately stunning the bald crane. It did not speak for a long time, clearly mulling over what it should use to buy crystals.
As the bald crane was deep in thought, another figure appeared on Su Ming's platform, and the repetitious challenges began once more.
Four hundred… five hundred… six hundred. The slaughter continued on Su Ming's platform. The people who showed up were absolutely not his opponent, and even though he continued with his killing, a crease had slowly started to form between Su Ming's brows.
He had thought that there was something off previously. Based on logical reasoning, with this sort of slaughter going on, it would be unlikely for the people outside to continue charging towards him like a swarm of bees to challenge him. Yet his situation didn't change no matter how much time passed.
After a moment of thought, his lips curled up into a cold sneer. Since there were so many people coming to die, they should not blame Su Ming for being ruthless and merciless.
Those outside could not see the slaughter on the lotus platforms, but as time passed, all the challengers who went to Su Ming's platform died, and this was enough to shock all those outside.
As the end to the challenges of the first day came close to the end, most of the near ten million cultivators in the world outside cast their gazes on Su Ming's lotus platform. Compared to the others, Su Ming's platform was drenched in blood and filled with a crimson light. In the clouds and fog which appeared above his platform were two runic symbols which were currently shining.
One of them symbolized the number of challengers, and the other blood red one showed the number of deaths that had occurred on that platform.
The blood-red runic symbol revealed that the number of deaths had surpassed one thousand!
The battles on other lotus platforms were clearly not as intense as on that of Su Ming. At most, they only had four hundred something deaths. The ones who had the least… were the aloof young man and the sickly pale middle-aged man with the gentle face. The two of them had sat on their platforms throughout the day, but no one had challenged them.
Because of that, their platforms became incredibly distinct among the others, and only Su Ming's was as radiant as theirs. The first two attracted attention because no one dared to challenge them, and the other was because of the heinous slaughter. Besides that person called De Shun, all those who had dared to challenge Su Ming had died.
Sometimes, a person's reputation was built through slaughter, such as with Su Ming. There was a grim look in the eyes of the cultivators in the area as they stared at his platform.
Killing more than one thousand cultivators could only be done with a certain amount of power, but even more importantly, Su Ming had not once activated the Flourishing Lotus on his robe to absorb life force so that he could recover his strength.
Compared to the other Dynasts who had been challenged throughout the day, besides the aloof young man and the gentle middle-aged man, all the others had restored their cultivation bases at least once. Some even several times.
However, even so, the judgments could not be made easily, since all lotus platforms were shielded by a screen of light. No one could tell what was going on inside, so they did not know whether there had been powerful warriors among the challengers.
Yet no matter what, the shock brought by the fact of someone being able to kill more than one thousand cultivators in a day was like a mighty pressure that gradually enveloped the hearts of all those in the area.
When the first day of challenges ended and the screens of light from the lotus platforms disappeared, the figures of all ten Dynasts were revealed. Su Ming's expression was dark. Over the course of the day, he had grown annoyed by all the slaughter. What he wanted was to fight against a true powerful warrior, not partake in such meaningless slaughter.
Su Ming's questions had also grown. Through the battles over the course of the day, especially the hundreds of people in the latter half, quite a large number of them had been taken aback when they saw him before they attacked.
He would have passed it off as insignificant if it was just one person, but when hundreds of people did the same thing, Su Ming was forced to think more on it.
It was clear that those cultivators had not come to challenge him, but for some unknown reason, they had been sent to his platform.
"The challenges for the first day are over, but us cultivators do not need long to rest. Two hours later, the challenges will continue," Bei Bang said flatly after sweeping his gaze across Su Ming and the others.
No one raised any opposition to his words. A glint shone in Su Ming's eyes, then for the first time during the Anointment Ceremony, right in front of ten million cultivators, his calm voice rose into the air.
"I have a question." His voice echoed in the air. When it traveled in all directions, he immediately attracted the gazes from all the cultivators around him. Even the other nine Dynasts cast their gazes towards him.
When they looked at him, most of the Dynasts had calm expressions on their faces, so no one could tell what they felt at that moment.
"Speak," Bei Bang commanded flatly. A light shone in the eyes of the tanned old man who stood among the three Sect Masters behind him, and he started laughing coldly in his heart.
"There were clearly quite a large number of people who did not intend to challenge me today among my challengers, so why were they sent to my platform?" Su Ming asked slowly while staring at the old man in Life Realm.
When his words were heard by the crowd, the ten million cultivators in the area were stunned before some of them soon seemed to have understood what was going on. They immediately chuckled, and when that noise fused together, it turned into loud laughter that echoed among the cultivators.
It was rather grating to the ears, as if the whole world was laughing at Su Ming for his ignorance.
In fact, even the tanned old man began laughing. Besides the aloof young man and the gentle middle-aged man among the other Dynasts, the remaining seven also laughed, and there was a hint of derision in their laughter.
"How many lands and stages have you cleared in the Striking Lands?" Bei Bang frowned and looked towards Su Ming amid the laughter emitted by the ten million people around him.
Su Ming frowned as well.
"I remember this. Dao Kong, you only went to the first land and cleared the sixth stage in the Striking Lands," a young man with long hair and long, narrow eyes said with a laugh. He was one of the Dynasts.
"You're wrong. It's not the sixth stage anymore. Dynast Dao Kong has not returned for a thousand-odd years, so his rank has automatically been reduced. I remember taking a glance at it three months ago. He has already been reduced to the first stage," a middle-aged man with a distinct birthmark on his neck said with a hint of a smile on his lips. He was clearly another Dynast since he stood beside the young man with the long, narrow eyes.
"Great Sect Master Bei Bang, you do not need to trouble yourself to make explanations for this. I can provide answers for your question, Dao Kong. Your rank in the Striking Lands is too low while all of us have already cleared the first Striking Lands a long time ago. In fact, Dao Lin and Dao Fa are powerful warriors who have cleared the second Striking Lands. There are also far too many people among our fellow Daoists around us whose rank surpasses yours. That's why even if they challenge us, they are sent to your platform because their rank in the Striking Lands is not high enough," another young man who was a Dynast by the side said with a laugh.
Bei Bang cast Su Ming a glance, then asked flatly in an unconcerned manner, "Do you understand now?"
As everyone spoke, the ten million people's laughter grew louder and even more grating to the ears, causing the faces of direct descendants and the disciples from the other races who were good friends with Dao Kong to turn incredibly sour.
Chapter 1071: I Understand Now!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The thin Ma Fei shrank a little while she stood in the crowd and felt a cold chill on her back. She admitted that she had intentionally not told Su Ming the secret about the Striking Lands because she wanted to see him make a fool of himself. After all, she was incredibly unsatisfied with the fact that her Master had placed her beside Su Ming, preventing her from going on trips to the third plane with her friends.
And Xu Hui's words had also made indignation rise within her, which was why she had hidden it. However, she did not expect that Su Ming would possess the golden bloodline, and that even the three Sect Masters would have to bow to him.
While in a state of nervousness, she followed Su Ming back to the continent, totally forgetting to mention the matter about the Striking Lands.
The grating laughter from the crowd continued to echo in the air. Since a rare chance for them to mock a Dynast had arrived, the people naturally did not let it pass. Their laughter grew louder and louder, and they were used it to express the jealousy and envy in their hearts.
As for Su Ming, he remained composed and not a hint of change could be detected on his face. When he heard Bei Bang and the other Dynasts' explanation, he nodded in an indifferent manner.
However, those who knew Su Ming would definitely feel a chill in their hearts if they saw it, because Su Ming had never been a magnanimous person. He was vengeful, and being temperamental was the best manifestation of his character.
Su Ming had naturally seen the scorn from the other Dynasts and the disregard from the old man in Life Realm, and he put it to memory. Similarly, he also took note of the people who laughed the loudest and most joyfully in the crowd.
"I see, so that's how it is. Very well. I have two hours of rest, yes? Allow me to take my leave first." Su Ming nodded, then lifted his foot and left into the distance amid the laughter around him.
"Could it be that he felt a little embarrassed here, that's why he left in a hurry?"
"It must be. This Dynast Dao Kong might look bright, but he actually asked such a stupid question. He was definitely asking to be mocked."
"He might have been so angered that he went to the first Striking Lands to return to his previous rank. This person could kill more than a thousand challengers without stop, so he naturally has ability. He might be able to succeed."
"Succeed? He only has two hours. Unless he is a powerful warrior in Solar Kalpa Realm, he will at most be able to clear the fifth stage. He won't be able to reach his previous result—the sixth stage."
The ten million people's words and laughter was still echoing in the air, but at that moment, someone suddenly let out a cry of surprise.
"He really went to the first Striking Lands! He's… so fast. This speed…" As that cry of surprise reverberated in the air, the crowd looked over. They saw a long arc travelling so fast it could slice apart the air. With a speed that could not be seen clearly with the naked eye and a loud bang that shook the sky and earth, it rushed to the first among the nine Striking Lands in the first plane.
"This speed… what level of cultivation does he possess?"
"Perhaps he is only fast. After all, how many stages could he possibly clear in two hours?" The Dynasts who had mocked Su Ming previously on the lotus platforms immediately cast each other a glance.
However, almost the moment they sent their divine thoughts to each other and the ten million cultivators cast their gazes towards the first Striking Lands, the long arc which was Su Ming had already landed in the first Striking Land. At that moment, a loud bang shook the world and caused the air to tremble.
BANG!
The sound was so loud that the hearts of all ten million people trembled. Their expressions changed drastically, for they knew that there was only one explanation to that sound coming from the first plane, right from the first Striking Lands!
It was… the sound of the rockslide crashing down from the first stage and the sound of someone successfully clearing it.
"Even if we need to begin from the start every single time we challenge the Striking Lands… what is the fastest speed for someone to clear the first stage? I remember it was seven breaths! How many breaths did he use?"
"How could he be so fast? How did… How did he go through it?!" As the ten million people's expressions changed, the Dynasts only laughed coldly. Some of them might have also been surprised, but they were not too shocked. After all, this was just the first stage. Any one of them could easily clear it.
But the instant they laughed coldly…
BOOM!
BOOM!
Two loud bangs that shook the sky and earth reverberated in the world from the first Striking Lands. The wave of sound that was formed turned into a wave of ripples that swept through the area as if a violent gust of wind had been stirred up.
At that moment, more people sported even changes in their expressions. Even the expressions of the Dynasts who had been previously mocking grew grave.
However, before the people in the area had time to think and cause an uproar, three loud, shocking bangs suddenly rose into the air again. They sounded as if they were connected to the previous two. When their combination shook the world, the Dynasts who had previously mocked Su Ming were finally shocked as well.
"What… What is this speed?!"
"Impossible! This is the third stage! Even the person who cleared the third stage at a record time used up the span of nearly twenty breaths!"
A commotion broke out. Quite a large number of people among the ten million cultivators in the area stood up, and with astonishment looked towards the first Striking Lands. As their expressions changed, they looked as if they wanted to personally witness the sight of Su Ming clearing the area.
At that moment, another loud bang shook all the people's hearts. This time, based on their speculations, there had to be four bangs rising into the air, but in reality… it was not just four. It was fifteen!
Fifteen loud bangs shook the sky and earth, and when the loud rumbles made the world tremble, the cultivators felt as if the world was about to stop and as if time was about to freeze. All their thoughts came to a halt, and every single sound they heard with their ears was drowned by the noise coming from below, making it the only thing the heard.
"Fifteen bangs! How could fifteen bangs ring out at the same time?!"
"This is the fourth, fifth, and sixth stages being cleared at the same time! How could this be?!"
"Unless… Unless this person isn't going by the rules and is just clearing them with brute strength!"
The commotion took over the whole area, and the expressions of the Dynasts who had previously mocked Su Ming no longer looked like they were before. Besides the aloof young man and the gentle middle-aged man, all the others looked down with incredibly grave expressions.
Many of the ten million cultivators flew up swiftly to charge towards the first Striking Lands. They wanted to see how Su Ming did that feat from close proximity!
However, at the instant the people flew up, another fifteen bangs rose up and echoed furiously in the air. This time, even the aloof young man and the gentle middle-aged man beside him stood up to look towards the first Striking Lands. In fact, even the pupils of the old man in Life Realm shrank. The three Sect Masters all had different expressions on their faces.
The second fifteen bangs clearly represented the seventh and eighth stages being cleared instantly. While this… was not something unprecedented in Morning Dao Sect, it was still something that had not happened in over ten thousand years.
Several millions of people had flown up from the crowd. With the fastest speed they could muster, they charged towards the first Striking Lands. There was shock on their faces, along with a hint of thrill and excitement.
They were shocked by the speed at which Su Ming used to clear the stages and thrilled and excited because such an event stirred anticipation in their hearts. They were highly interested in just how many stages Dao Kong would be able to clear, since he was obviously using his actions to show how unstoppable he was.
"Could it be that there will be another person who will clear the first Striking Lands?!"
"Haha! The heavens have blessed Morning Dao Sect. There were less than one thousand people who cleared the first Striking Lands more than one thousand years ago, but in just the past one thousand years, a number of people several times the amount managed it."
When the millions of long arcs charged towards the first Striking Lands, Su Ming had his head lifted to look at the sky in the continent. He was located in a gigantic, circular platform several hundreds of thousands of feet wide. There were circles of carvings on the platform, and they resembled annual rings. At that moment, they were shining with a powerful light. Before him was the center of the circular platform, and there was a gigantic pillar of light rising into the sky from it. There were more than one thousand names written horizontally on that pillar of light, and all of them represented the people who had successfully cleared the first Striking Lands.
And there were large numbers of dragon-like beasts surrounding the pillar of light. They were all roaring at Su Ming.
But he had an indifferent look on his face. At the instant he looked over with a cold glance, a piercing glare shone in his eyes, and the dragon-like beats around the area threw their heads back and roared. Their bodies instantly turned into gigantic meteors that fell towards Su Ming with loud bangs.
There was only one falling meteor in the first stage. Right then, the falling meteors had increased to ninety-nine. When they fell down, the force with which they crashed was equivalent to a full-powered strike from a cultivator in Solar Kalpa Realm. This was equivalent to ninety-nine powerful warriors in Solar Kalpa Realm attacking at the same time. It not something that a normal person could fight against.
In truth, people were not supposed to go through the test in the first Striking Lands through brute force. They were instead supposed to be dodging and relying on their speed. Only when they had a sufficient amount of speed and dodging abilities would they be able to gauge their potential. Figuring out this potential was the main focus of the first Striking Lands.
This test could increase a cultivator's speed so that they could have a greater chance at avoiding an enemy's fatal strike. After all, there were times when they would not have enough power to face off against a powerful enemy with brute strength. At such a situation, with enough speed, they could still fight in circles against them.
A cold sneer appeared on Su Ming's lips. The instant the falling meteors formed by the ninety-nine dragon-like beasts, he lifted his right foot and stepped on the circular platform. With a loud bang, a powerful wave of impact spread out from his foot. His body shot up, and he lifted his right hand to threw a punch in the direction of the sky.
The world roared, and the shadow of a gigantic fist rose from Su Ming's body. As it roared, it charged towards the sky. All the meteors it touched instantly crumbled to pieces.
At the same time, right when all the meteors shattered, nine loud bangs that meant Su Ming had cleared the stage rang out in the air.
It was just as what the ten million cultivators had guessed, Su Ming had completely ignored the rules of the test. He had simply decided to use his strength to clear the place through brute force!
As the world roared and the cultivators in the area were in the process of going over, Su Ming had already leaped up to change to the second Striking Lands. He could choose not to take action, but when he did… then with just one move, he would shock the world!
The pillar of light on the platform behind him had a flashing name appear right on top at that moment—Dao Kong!
Chapter 1072: Striking Lands (1)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The nine booms shook the sky and earth. As a brilliant light surged skywards from the first Striking Lands, it shone in all directions, and all the cultivators from Morning Dao Sect on the way immediately stopped moving. When they looked towards the first Striking Lands, shock appeared in their eyes.
They were not the only ones. At that moment, the expressions of the disciples from Morning Dao Sect who had not flown out from the place where the Anointment Ceremony was held changed. The Dynasts who had the same status as Su Ming also narrowed their eyes.
Su Ming was simply too fast. Only around one hundred breaths had passed since he left to the time he cleared all nine stages in the first Striking Lands. It was a sensation due to the time he took and the difficulty that lay in that test itself. It was enough to start a storm which swept in all directions.
Even the previous indifferent expressions of the aloof young man and the gentle middle-aged man turned grave while a dark light flashed in Bei Bang's eyes while he stood on the largest lotus platform. The three Sect Masters behind him had differing expressions. A barely noticeable fierce light shone in the tanned old man's eyes.
The thin Ma Fei sucked in a sharp breath as she stood in the crowd, looking rather dumbfounded. Even though she had guessed that Su Ming would be able to clear the first Striking Lands, she had not expected that he would be able to clear them at such a speed.
De Shun, the person who had promoted himself on Su Ming's platform, was also in the crowd. At that moment, he shrank in slightly, then a thought formed in his head. Immediately, he rose up.
'I'll be rich! I'll definitely be rich this time!' An excited expression appeared on his face, and he charged towards the cultivators rushing to the first Striking Lands.
With his actions, Su Ming had crushed all of the laughter mocking him just then. With his actions, he told all the people that the Striking Lands posed no difficulty to him if he wanted to clear them.
At that moment, Su Ming took a step forward, turning into a long arc that sliced through the air. When the crowd looked at him from the distance, they saw him rushing towards the second Striking Lands.
"The second Striking Lands! He went to the second!"
"The second Striking Lands is several times harder than the first. Even if he managed to clear the previous one at an incredibly quick speed, he might not be as successful in the second land!"
"But I look forward to whether he will succeed!"
"That's impossible, the second Striking Lands tests willpower. The illusions there are so strong that a normal person will not be able to go past, or else why would only Dao Lin and Dao Fa be the only ones among the Dynasts who could clear all nine stages in the second land?!"
"That's not necessarily true. After all, there are hundreds of people who had managed to clear the nine Striking Lands. But even the fastest person used six hours… Dao Kong simply might not have enough time."
As the noise from the discussions rose, the crowd charged towards the second Striking Lands.
Besides Dao Lin and Dao Da with somewhat grave expressions on their faces, the other seven Dynasts on the lotus platforms sat with various forms of sullenness.
"He only has two hours; it's impossible for him to clear the second Striking Lands!"
"That's right. It'll be especially so for the illusion in the third stage. Even if you know it's fake, it's still difficult to prevent your will from shaking. That man… Hmph!"
As the Dynasts sent their thoughts to each other, the long arc which was Su Ming sliced through the air and stepped onto the second continent, right where were the second Striking Lands.
It had the same gigantic round platform, and there were also several dragon-like beasts surrounding a gigantic pillar of light. At the instant Su Ming came to the place, those dragon-like beasts immediately roared at him.
At the instant their voices echoed in the air, Su Ming stepped onto the round platform without any hesitation.
An imposing voice immediately spoke from the pillar of light.
"Challenger… your name." There was not a hint of emotion in that voice. It echoed in the area and reached the hearts of all the cultivators who were rushing over at their top speed.
"Dao Kong," Su Ming answered flatly. At the instant his voice rang out, a gentle light spread out from of the pillar of light. It enveloped Su Ming's body, and when it spread past him, the emotionless voice echoed in the air in the same imposing manner again.
"Dao Kong, the second Striking Lands, the Stage of Illusions, will henceforth be activated."
When it finished speaking, the world before Su Ming's eyes changed and turned into emptiness. The darkness there was endless. Strange roars came nonstop from somewhere farther away.
'Stage of Illusions…'
A cold sneer appeared at the corners of Su Ming's mouth. Perhaps such illusions would affect the others, but Su Ming had the Illusion of Stars, Sun, and Moon in his eyes. His own illusions contained the power of the illusion which would turn everything fake into real as long as he believed it. Using an illusion to test Su Ming was akin to a cultivator in Foundation Establishment Realm testing a cultivator in Nascent Soul Realm.
To Su Ming, the most energy-saving method would be to sit down cross-legged and allow the illusions around him to change, become more vicious, stronger, and as he remained unshaken, they would break.
However, this method was not arrogant enough, not ostentatious enough, and it was not what Su Ming wanted.
The shadow of the sun, moon, and stars flashed in his eyes, and his lips curled up into a cold sneer. He wanted to use a method no one else could use to clear the second Striking Lands.
This unprecedented method was not of the illusions in this place testing Su Ming, but him using his illusions… to test the land!
Illusion versus illusion. He would see whose control and skills over illusions was greater.
When Su Ming stepped into the second Striking Lands, there were already millions of long arcs who had arrived at the sky beyond that continent. They surrounded the area and looked at the Striking Lands.
De Shun's eyes shone as he stood among the cultivators. He swept his right hand across his bosom, and a spirit talisman shining with a blue light appeared on his palm. He stuck it to his neck, then threw his head back to roar.
"Old masters, young masters, brothers, sisters, fellow Daoists, do you remember De Shun? My De means morality, and Shun means having everything go your way when you buy things.
"Today, on this land, I will open a betting pool to bet on how many breaths Dynast Dao Kong will need to clear five stages. If you bet that he will clear it within fifty breaths, your return rate will be one hundred times, if within one hundred breaths, your return rate will be fifty times, within two hundred breaths, your return rate will be ten, and if you bet that he will clear it in more than two hundred breaths, your return rate will be one!"
Under the effect of the spirit talisman, De Shun's voice immediately echoed in the air in a thunderous manner. Everyone within the area could hear it.
It was clear that his spirit talisman was not an ordinary object, since it was able to achieve such an effect. The price for its creation should have been great, but if De Shun could grasp the right timing, he could earn back several times, several dozens of times, or even hundreds of times the money he lost. When faced with the possibility of such returns, there was no way he would let this chance go.
The millions of cultivators in the area turned their heads towards him, and someone immediately believed in his words and walked towards De Shun to place a bet.
"Why are we only betting for five stages?" There were also those who were suspicious of De Shun's words.
"Fellow Daoist, we can open another betting pool after five stages. We don't have to be in a hurry. Besides, Dynast Dao Kong might not be able to clear the first five stages. At that time, I will reimburse all those who bet on the final option. This is a rare chance so what are you waiting for? You only need a few crystals, and if you make the right judgment, then with one crystal, you will earn one hundred crystals!
"You can earn fifty crystals, or twenty crystals, and at the very least anther crystal. Make your bets! My fellow friends, make your bets! Time is almost up! The fifty breaths lot is almost closed, but I'll still take those for one hundred breaths." De Shun spoke rapidly and shouted continuously.
The commotion from the world outside could not reach the Striking Lands. At that moment, Su Ming's eyes sparkled, and the shadow of the sun, moon, and stars manifested in his eyes. Everything around him was dark while strange roars came from all directions. They sounded closer, as if there were plenty of malicious spirits charging towards him.
Su Ming let out a cold harrumph. The sun, moon, and stars shone powerfully in his eyes. Immediately, they reflected Su Ming's will in the form of pictures, and a layer of golden light spread out from his body. That golden light swept through the area, changing the space around Su Ming from darkness to another world.
Beneath his feet was ground, and above his head was a sky. Beyond the continent was empty, black space, and the land upon which Su Ming sat down was spreading outwards swiftly, as if it was replacing the emptiness in the land, since he was the dictator of the illusions in the land.
The light was created by illusions, and the dark spaces in the area were also created by them. This was a battle of illusions. Those from the Striking Lands contained a power that could shake willpower, but Su Ming's illusion not only contained this power, but also… the Art from the Ancestral Spirits in Divine Essence Star Ocean—the power that would become reality as long as he believed in it.
Because of it, the superior one was immediately decided. Almost at the instant Su Ming's world of light swept outwards, the black space dissipated layer by layer to reveal countless ferocious malicious spirits. They let out shrill screams of pain and tumbled backwards.
In an instant, the world before Su Ming no longer had any darkness in it. Light stretched to one hundred thousand feet around him.
"The first stage has been cleared. Activate the second stage." When the aloof voice rang in the air again, the scene around Su Ming changed once again.
This time, what appeared was a blue sea. Some mountains could be seen far in the distance. Together with the sea they formed a familiar scene from Su Ming's memories.
"An Art to bring out my memories, then manifest all that is familiar to me. You… are not as familiar as I am with this Art."
A brilliant light shone in Su Ming's eyes. He raised his right hand, then swung it forward. As the sun and moon formed in his eyes, the sea instantly tumbled about. Waves surged upwards and roared. Bolts of lightning flashed with thunderous roars. When they descended, they looked as if they separated the world, tearing the sea and the mountains in the distance apart with one loud bang!
As the whole world shattered and crumbled into fragments that tumbled backwards, what appeared after was a galaxy. Floating in it was a dull, lustreless planet. It looked as if it was dead, without a single hint of vitality that could be detected.
Chapter 1073: Striking Lands (2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
There was no life force in the planet. It was like a huge meteor, dreary and dull.
After a moment, a group of cultivators approached it from a distant galaxy. There were eight of them, and they were charging forward as if they were about to come rest there, but the instant they stepped onto the dull planet, it turned into a gigantic heart. It pumped a few times, and when the cultivators screamed shrilly in pain, their bodies instantly shattered due to the beating of the heart. Their souls were immediately sucked by it.
Then, the bloody heart turned back into a dull planet.
Su Ming was in the distance. He had watched the whole scene, and a cold smile appeared on his lips. All of it was an illusion, but it belonged to Su Ming, not the Striking Lands.
The illusion was born from a memory, but not his… The memory belonged to the strange power which had created the illusion and which lay at the core of the Striking Lands of Morning Dao Sect.
Su Ming cast a cold glance towards the place, then raised his right hand to swing it forward. Immediately, hundreds of cultivators charged forward. Fear was on their faces, because there were around one thousand people hot on their heels.
Both their expressions and their actions looked incredibly real, so not a hint of falsehood could be detected. The people were so fast that they instantly closed in on the dull meteor. After a moment, screams of pain rang out, and even the thousands of people chasing after them were crushed while their Nascent Divinities were absorbed by the planet which had turned into a heart.
"Based on my understanding, the pinnacle of illusions is not to pass falsehood as the truth…" Su Ming said softly. He swung his right arm again, and the power of time surged forth, making the time flow without any sign or sound. In no time, ten thousand years seemed to pass. Then, gradually, an army made of tens of thousands of cultivators appeared in the area. They rushed forward, looking like they wanted to pass by the planet.
The sound of a heart beating, cries of surprise, and shrill screams of pain rose into the galaxy once more. The tens of thousands of cultivators… all died, and the dull planet became a size bigger.
"It is neither turning something false real…" Su Ming shook his head. He swung his right arm again. As time flowed, all groups and individuals who passed by the planet, no matter what level of cultivation they possessed or what life form they happened to be… were all devoured by the planet.
It grew larger with each feeding. In the end, it was ten times larger than its original size.
One day, a figure appeared in the galaxy. He was a man with long hair who was dressed in a simple long robe and who had a complicated runic symbol flashing at the center of his brows. He was walking towards the planet from the distance.
"I didn't expect myself to be able to see an Illusory Meteor in this place. By the looks of it, it has already developed its own intelligence. It can be used to strengthen my disciples' willpower in the future." The man smiled faintly. His voice was gentle, but the instant his words were spoken the gigantic planet turned into a blood-red heart and began beating.
All of it were the planet's memories. When it turned into a blood red heart and the sound of it beating rose into the galaxy, a glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes, and he lifted his right hand to point at the space before him.
During that instant, the galaxy became still. The blood-red heart no longer continued beating, and even the gentle man stopped moving.
"From what I understand, the pinnacle of Illusory Arts… is to change memories!" Su Ming said calmly while walking towards the galaxy. When he arrived before the man in the long robe, he lifted his right hand and swung his arm at him. Immediately, as if he had wiped off something from a person's memories, that long-haired man was completely wiped off from the place.
Su Ming turned his head around. When he looked towards the blood-red heart which was the planet, the shadow of the sun, moon, and stars shone in his eyes. The freezing of time around him was instantly cancelled, and everything returned to normal. The sound of the heart beating rang in all directions once more.
That heartbeat had a strange power that could make a person's blood flow in reverse, but Su Ming's expression remained the same. He walked towards the blood-red heart, then raised his right hand to swiftly seize the air in its direction. Booming sounds shook the sky and earth before they echoed through the whole galaxy.
"In your memories, you were subjugated by that long-haired man and became the source of power for the second Striking Lands of Morning Dao Sect. Now, your memories will be changed, and the one who will subjugate you will be me!" Su Ming formed a seal with his left hand before he pointed at the galaxy. Immediately, it trembled. A gigantic palm appeared out of nowhere and charged towards the blood-red heart.
Su Ming did not stop walking. With a single move, he seized space with his right hand. Immediately, the Life Inequity Spear appeared in his grasp. When he flung it forward, the spear let out a loud, buzzing sound, and instantly pierced the blood-red heart.
The heartbeats from the blood-red heart continued to shake the galaxy, but Su Ming did not stop. With a step forward, he stepped on that blood-red heart.
"In your memories, you are bound to fail. So this is a disaster you cannot escape…" Su Ming said faintly. He lifted his right hand, then with all five of his fingers, he stabbed the blood-red heart beneath him. At the same time, a large number of branches crawled out of his fingers and pierced his target. "But now, the one who will subjugate you is me. From now on, I am your master."
The instant Su Ming said those words, a large number of veins appeared on the blood-red heart. They twisted and squirmed about, because the branches stretching out from Su Ming's body had filled its whole body.
A loud bang signaling the collapse of the galaxy rose swiftly into space. The galaxy shattered into fragments and disappeared. The blood-red heart and Su Ming vanished with it as well.
Su Ming sat on the circular platform. He had not moved a single inch from the start. Everything before had been just an illusion. It was activated by the land, but dominated by Su Ming.
When he opened his eyes, the pillar of light in front of him started flashing intensely. The names of the hundreds of people who had cleared the area were gradually becoming fainter.
"Greetings… master." A cold voice that contained not a hint of emotion echoed in the area and Su Ming's ears.
He laughed. Once he stood up, he turned around and took a step outside. In an instant, he walked out of the platform in the land. When he appeared in midair, the pillar of light on the platform behind him showed Dao Kong's name at its highest spot, above the hundreds of other names.
And his name was not as dull as the other names. It was a brilliant shade of red!
That blood-red name not only signified that Su Ming was the fastest person to ever clear that place, but also that he was the master of the second Striking Lands.
However, that was something that other people would not know. Only Su Ming would know about it, and if he wanted, he could even make the disciples from Morning Dao Sect coming to clear the second Striking Lands die there.
More accurately speaking, Su Ming did not clear the place, because he did not clear the stages step by step based on the rules. Instead, he used a forceful method to become the master of the rules. Needless to say, because of it, he had risen above everyone. When he walked out, all the hundreds of cultivators in the area were so shocked they were flabbergasted.
While Su Ming thought that he had spent a long period of time to clear the zone, he had in truth spent much less time in the second Striking Lands compared to the first. He had only used… thirty-five breaths!
The people around the area had counted since when Su Ming had stepped into the second Striking Lands. In fact, before De Shun could amass a large number of betters after he opened his betting pool, it had already ended.
Su Ming cast a cold glance at the millions of cultivators around him, then with one move, charged towards the third Striking Lands.
Only after he left did the people in the land react to the situation. An uproar much stronger than before rose up with loud rumbling sounds, as if a storm had broken out among them.
"Thirty-five breaths? It's really just thirty-five breaths! He's too powerful. Dynast Dao Kong is too powerful!"
"I remember now! Dynast Dao Kong is said to be the person with the greatest potential in Morning Dao Sect in years! Even if he's been silent for more than a thousand years, a person like him would definitely shock the world once he appears!!"
"Just what level of cultivation does he have? How could he do this? It's only been a few moments since he entered… and he already cleared the second Striking Lands. That is the Stage of Illusions. There are only hundreds of people who have cleared the place…"
"Look. He's… he's going to clear the third Striking Lands. I'm willing to bet that he wants to clear all nine Striking Lands!"
In the mid of the uproar and disbelief, the millions of cultivators followed after Su Ming at the fastest speed they could muster and charged towards the third Striking Lands on the third continent.
Ma Fei's breathing quickened as she stood with the crowd, watching Su Ming heading off into the distance. The shock on her face was a reflection of the fluctuation of emotions in her heart, which would become something that she would not forget in her life.
De Shun might have also been incredibly astonished, but his heart was aching greatly as well at the thought of how he had miscalculated. He did not expect that Dao Kong would be so terrifying and manage to finish so quickly, preventing him from earning even more. But when he thought about it from another angle, he swiftly came to a decision. He could open another betting pool, but he'll have to do it sooner.
"The betting pool is now open! Let's continue betting. This time, it's the third Striking Lands. Everyone, you'll have to hurry."
The instant Su Ming cleared the second Striking Lands, the couple million cultivators who had not followed after the crowd and were left behind in the spot of the Anointment Ceremony could no longer remain calm. With disbelief on their faces, they flew out and without any hesitation headed towards the third continent.
Even the Dynasts found themselves unable to continue staying behind. With sour expressions, all of them turned into long arcs and charged forward. Even Dao Lin and Dao Fa had grave expressions which had never appeared on them before as they rushed ahead at full speed.
The originally lively spot used for the Anointment Ceremony only had four people left in the area. Besides Bei Bang, the others were the three Sect Masters behind him.
Chapter 1074: Striking Lands (3)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The four people's faces were calm, and not many changes could be detected on them. However, they had all directed their gazes towards the long arc traveling into the distance—the long arc that was Su Ming.
The tanned old man remained composed, but he was laughing coldly in his heart. He hoped that Su Ming would be as ostentatious as possible, because when the person he had sent to the Barren Lands of Divine Essence returned, the effect would be greater.
He might have the golden light from his blood and it might not be possible to shake his status, but what the tanned old man wanted was to shake human hearts.
As long as the disciples of Morning Dao Sect heard about everything that had happened to Dao Kong in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence and grew suspicious of him, the tanned old man would have reached his goal.
He only needed the disciples in Morning Dao Sect to suspect Dao Kong, for suspicions would naturally cause more rumors to be born. Because of it, even if he became a Dynast, as long as there were people who suspected him, it would be no different from him not being made a Dynast.
There was no need to render a person useless by stripping them off their status. The best weapons were the doubts in human hearts and malicious gossip.
As the tanned old man laughed coldly in his heart, Su Ming approached the third Striking Lands in the sky. As he closed in, he saw the platform at the center of the continent at first glance. There were less than thirty names shining on the pillar of light.
There were eight names at the highest part, while the other names were slightly smaller. They were placed lower. The eight names signified the people who had cleared the land, and as for the smaller names, they symbolized the people who had cleared certain stages.
Su Ming stared at the pillar of light. as whistling sounds reached his ears. They came from all ten million cultivators charging towards him as they sliced through the air with their speed.
He did not bother himself with the fact that he'd drawn a crowd. Su Ming lifted his foot and stepped onto the platform. At the instant he did so, a gigantic figure made of light appeared before him.
It might be vague, but based on the outline, it was a man dressed in golden armor. He had a golden helmet, and his armor was shining with golden light. His arms were positioned before him, pressing on a gigantic golden sword which was stabbed into the ground.
His eyes were closed. When his body slowly became clearer and his complete appearance was revealed, he opened his eyes, and a brilliant light shone from within them.
At that moment, the cultivators arrived one after another in the area nearby. The people who arrived the quickest had solemn expressions on their faces. The power exuding from their bodies showed that all of them were not weak; quite a large number of them were cultivators in Solar Kalpa Realm.
"The third Striking Lands is definitely not like the previous two lands. All eight of the people who had cleared it might not have been appointed as Dynasts, but all of them had attained great completion in Solar Kalpa Realm. In fact, there are people who suspect that they had broken through the limitation of their Realm and become Masters of Fate, Lives, and Death!"
"They might not be Dynasts, but even the ten Dynasts have to be polite when they meet these people to win their support. That Dynast Dao Kong might have the ability to clear the previous two Striking Lands, but he probably won't be successful in the third Striking Land."
"That's right. After all, even Dao Lin and Dao Fa were forced to stop when they reached the ninth stage. No matter how strong this Dao Kong is, he will be forced to stop here."
"Indeed. Those eight are all people who have built quite a reputation for themselves. Perhaps they don't even find the title of Dynasts worthy of them, which is why they did not come to the challenge this time. In fact, there are also direct descendants in Morning Dao Sect who have great power, but are still in isolation. They have completely disregarded this Anointment Ceremony."
"That's because these ten Dynasts are not strong enough, or else why do you think there were no powerful warriors who came to challenge them?"
As the crowd discussed among itself, it suddenly stopped talking and looked towards the platform.
At that moment, the man in golden armor before Su Ming had completely opened his eyes. Two bolts of lightning swam in them as the man stared at Su Ming coldly.
"This land is known as the Striking Land of the Battle of the Golden Armor. I am the garrison, Jin Xiu, and due to the protection bestowed upon me by Morning Dao Sect, I am to train the disciples of the sect in battle. There are nine stages, and I wilt release one-tenth to nine-tenths of mine cultivation base to battle thee according to the stage thou shalt challenge. If thou art able to square off against me from the first stage to the ninth without stop, then thou wouldst earneth the right to challenge me at full strength," the old man in golden armor said in a booming voice, but no one in the area outside could hear it. Only Su Ming alone could hear his words.
When he finished, the man in golden light took a step forward. He wrapped his fingers around the golden sword with his right hand, and as he moved forward, he lifted it with his right hand in a simple movement upwards before swinging it down.
With that action, the power which erupted from him was only at the middle stage of World Plane Realm. It might have seemed ordinary, but when it landed in Su Ming's eyes, he found that the golden sword's slash contained a will to cut through laws!
This discovery made Su Ming swiftly stop himself from taking a step forward and move back instead. He gave up on attacking and just stared at the incoming slash while he retreated. His eyes flashed as he did that.
The slash sliced through the air and descended on Su Ming in an instant. He had a vague feeling that the laws around him had changed during that instant to form an invisible ripple that charged towards the old man from all directions. It fused into the sword and slashed down along with it.
'This is… the power to cut the laws of fate!'
A brilliant light shone in Su Ming's eyes. If he had not come to understand the Execution of Three Evils, he would definitely not have been able to see the strange power contained in the man in golden armor's slash.
Boom!
The golden sword cut down swiftly. Su Ming had clearly retreated, but when he was about to avoid the attack to observe it carefully, he discovered that at the instant the sword swung down, the dimension around him had changed. It was as if the space in which he was had moved to appear under the sword all on its own!
Su Ming could not dodge it!
'This isn't just a slash containing the power to cut fate. The power that spread out to change the laws just now changed the dimension around me as well as my location so that the sword… would definitely hit me!
'Jin Xiu, what a man!'
For the first time, fighting spirit rose in Su Ming's eyes. It was the first time he became so excited ever since he had come to Morning Dao Sect. It did not matter whether it was the challenges just then, the Rockside Wastelands, or even becoming the master of the Stage of Illusions—none of them had been capable of making Su Ming feel such a powerful desire to fight.
Only at that moment did it raise within him and result in a brilliant light in his eyes. He did not choose to retreat any longer, but instead lifted his right hand to hurl a punch towards the incoming slash.
Loud bangs echoed in the air, and the golden sword distorted. When it touched Su Ming's fist, it dissipated, but a wave of tremors surged into his hand and surged through his whole body repeatedly, making him sway. Even though he did not retreat, his Qi and blood tumbled about. This caused the will to fight become stronger in his eyes, and at the same time, a determined glare appeared in them.
'What is this divine ability?!' Su Ming sucked in a deep breath, and his determination became stronger. After all, his physical body was strong enough to shock an Almighty in Mastery Realm, but his Qi and blood had went wild from one single slash containing the power of the middle stage of World Plane Realm. Before it, Su Ming had never thought such a thing was possible.
'There's no way a cultivator in the middle stage of World Plane Realm could win against this slash. Even those in the later stage of World Plane Realm would find it hard to fight against it. A cultivator who had attained great completion in World Plane Realm would be able to withstand the strike, albeit with great difficulty. The final tremor would definitely hurt them.
'No wonder… No wonder there are only thirty-something names in this place, and only eight people have managed to pass. Those eight people must have incredibly great power.
"A sword attack with three styles… This is the might of this sword, but if that's the case, could it be that there are divine abilities hidden in the nine Striking Lands… If that's true, then what is hidden in the first and second Striking Lands? It's a pity I didn't notice it sooner.' A glint shone in Su Ming's eyes, and he raised his head slightly before the man in golden armor.
"I shall now use two-tenths of my power."
The instant the man in golden armor spoke, he took a step forward. This time, he remained in his previous posture. The golden light in his right hand began to shine, and when the golden sword appeared again, he swung at Su Ming.
The power which erupted from him was no longer in the middle stage of World Plane Realm, but the later stage. In fact, a piercing golden light surrounded the golden sword. The sound of air being sliced apart reverberated around it. The man used the same sword style, but in Su Ming's eyes, it was much swifter and fiercer than before.
Su Ming's eyes sparkled fiercely. He remembered the trajectory of the man's sword as it swung down, and when it was about to fall on his head, he lifted his right hand to swing it before himself.
After a bang, Su Ming moved again. His Qi and blood began to surgae about even more furiously. Even though it went away in an instant, this sort of a powerful divine ability still made the determination in Su Ming's eyes become even greater.
"Again!" Su Ming laughed loudly, then took a step forward.
A barely noticeable glint shone in the eyes of the man with the golden armor. He nodded, and when he raised his right hand, he used the same sword style, the same action, but this time, he used the power of those who had already attained great completion in World Plane Realm in his attack.
A loud bang rose into the air, and Su Ming actually took half a step back! When he raised his head, he could vaguely see a golden sword that seemed as if it was about to manifest.
"Again!"
A solemn look appeared in the eyes of the man in golden armor. He raised his right hand and struck the center of his brows, and cracking sounds came from his body. Immediately, the ripples of power which belonged to those in Lunar Kalpa Realm burst out from his body. A golden moon appeared behind him, and the golden light surged into the sky from the sword in his hand.
"This is me using four-tenths of mine power. Observe carefully."
The man in golden armor moved. It was still the same sword trajectory, but the instant it landed, Su Ming had a strong feeling that the sword seemed to have shuddered in midair. When it did so, the sharpness of the sword immediately grew by leaps and bounds.
The slash landed, and booming sounds surged into the air. This time, Su Ming took a step backwards, but the man in golden armor also trembled. He took a step back. When he lifted his head, a hint of astonishment could be seen on his face.
"Dost thou understand?"
"I'm still a little off." The image of a golden sword had already manifested in Su Ming's eyes, and it was flashing rapidly.
Su Ming, determined to learn the sword attack, did not know that an uproar which surged into the skies had erupted in the area beyond when the ten million cultivators saw him battle against the man in golden armor. Even the expressions of cultivators in Solar Kalpa Realm and Dynasts changed drastically.