Chapter 1134: Chapter 756: Challenge Tournament (Part 2)
Li Qianluo stood up with a huff and went off to play on her slide again.
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Xiang Beifei did not leave the Congji abyss again; he decided to cultivate properly first and improve his cultivation level.
All the answers may only be unlocked in Common Valley, but his current power was clearly not enough to venture into Common Valley.
He returned to his room, sat cross-legged, and took out the Spirit Gathering Book, pondering over it.
It was truly unfortunate; his cultivation had reached the middle stage of Inquiring Dao, yet the Shen constellation could not be unlocked.
The Shen constellation needed to unlock ten seals of the early stage of Inquiring Dao, and up to now, he still hadn’t collected all ten spiritual power crystals of the early stage.
Last time at the Rushou ruins, the Diviner truly played the pig to eat the tiger, later giving Xiang Beifei quite a few spiritual power crystals; then he went to Jingxi City, killing many from the Dao Palace and collecting some more.
Currently, he had seven spiritual power crystals of the early stage of Inquiring Dao, one of the middle stage, three of the late stage, two of the early stage of Ascending Dao, three of the middle stage, and one of the late stage.
Having reached this level of cultivation, getting spiritual power crystals was already very difficult. After all, the higher the power, the fewer targets that fit.
Such realms as Qi-Controlling, Meridian Opening, and God Refining, getting spiritual power crystals wasn’t too hard because the system exists, and one can easily get system rewards; however, at higher cultivation, it’s hard to find suitable ones.
He couldn’t just kill a master from a race with no grievances, as one must have principles.
He would at most kill the elders of the Dao Palace; these Dao Palace lackeys had always persecuted the Human Race, and Xiang Beifei had no qualms in killing them.
"I need to think about how to collect spiritual power crystals," Xiang Beifei thought.
If only he could have controlled the Rushou ruins from the start.
The Dayan Jinshou of Rushou ruins had countless powerful forces sealed, which could all be used as spiritual power crystals.
However, it was unwise to venture into Rushou ruins now; after all, Wu Kaimo died in Rushou ruins, and the Dao Palace must be waiting for him in Rushou ruins, possibly with an Ancestral Dao Realm master overseeing, this path wouldn’t work, another way must be found.
"Right, Ge Hengzi!"
Xiang Beifei pondered when he needed to find Ge Hengzi.
Back in Jingxi City, he spared one life of Ge Hengzi, precisely because Ge Hengzi had cultivated his Dao embryos, which could be controlled by him, he decided to use Ge Hengzi as an inside man for contingencies.
However, Xiang Beifei planned to wait a while longer, he had to boost his power to the late stage of Inquiring Dao, and if he could reach the Ascending Dao stage, that would naturally be best.
Xiang Beifei calmed his mind and began cultivating his spiritual power with the Chaos Yin-Yang Formula.
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The Dao Stone had appeared in the City of No Pretense for three months now.
During these three months, the City of No Pretense became a major hot spot in Edge Corner Airspace, with countless race masters coming one after another to comprehend the Dao Stone.
The City of No Pretense was surrounded in three inner circles and three outer circles, three thousand miles around, all masters!
Sometimes, small-scale conflicts even broke out over competing for enlightenment territories.
Of course, the City of No Pretense was not fixed; this city appeared unexpectedly, staying at a location for a few days before disappearing, then reappearing elsewhere.
The City of No Pretense itself was very mysterious, and its comings and goings were considered normal; everyone tirelessly followed the city around.
Comprehending the Dao was indeed a lifelong pursuit!
The City of No Pretense moving around like this made the Dao Palace very uncomfortable, ruining their plan to set up formations around the city to monitor the Dao Stone and wait for its owner.
This eerie city had an incredibly ancient origin and was not under the control of the Dao Palace; the Dao Stone suddenly appearing in the City of No Pretense was like a fishbone stuck in their throat, making the Dao Palace very uneasy.
But the Dao Palace did not dare to casually enter the City of No Pretense.
Even Ancestral Dao Realm masters seemed to be apprehensive!
The Dao Palace had no choice but to send experts to monitor the city.
More and more masters began to comprehend the Dao Stone in the City of No Pretense, gaining profound enlightenment from these Dao Stones; soon news spread of many breaking through their cultivation due to comprehending the Dao Stone.
Countless Heavenly Connection Realm masters directly broke through to Eternal Life, significantly shortening their cultivation time.
It’s said someone was stuck in the middle stage of Eternal Life for five thousand years, comprehended the Dao Stone for a month, and broke through to the late stage of Eternal Life!
Most exciting of all was the news of Heavenly Ranking’s early-stage Inquiring Dao master, Gai Gengsheng, ranked ninety-first on the Heavenly Ranking, who upon comprehending the Dao Stone, had a sudden realization, his power surged and he broke through to the middle stage of Inquiring Dao!
This meant his current strength was enough to challenge for a higher Heavenly Ranking, at least ranking seventy as a base!
This news stirred all race masters.
In the Inquiring Dao stage, improving by one step was extremely difficult; the top hundred on the Heavenly Ranking were fiercely competitive.
Comprehending the Dao Stone to break through, elevating one’s cultivation by one layer, was practically a heaven-sent opportunity!
Numerous masters who had been in seclusion for cultivation emerged, unwilling to miss this opportunity, also seeking enlightenment from the Dao Stone.
Almost all masters on the Heaven and Earth Ranking came to comprehend the Dao; the City of No Pretense became a gathering place for masters, normally seeing one Heaven and Earth Ranking master was rare, let alone so many at once.
Those prodigies who were usually like Divine Dragons, hidden but invisible, were now seen everywhere outside the City of No Pretense!
At this moment, the Dao Palace suddenly released another announcement——
Heaven and Earth Ranking Challenge!
The Dao Palace planned to hold a major genius gathering two months later, requiring all Heaven and Earth Ranking masters to attend.
In this challenge, anyone can directly challenge the geniuses in the arena, redefining rankings anew.
Typically, wanting to challenge a genius would wait until the opponent’s guard ranking day to challenge, possibly waiting ten years.
This time, no need to wait, challenge whoever one wishes, each genius can only be challenged once, and each person has two chances to challenge!
If any ranked genius does not attend, it will be regarded as automatic abandonment of ranking!
This news swept through every city in Edge Corner Airspace, forcing all race prodigies to treat seriously and start preparing.
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The Dao Palace’s Heaven and Earth Ranking Challenge news naturally reached the Human Race’s side, Luo Shanyou came to discuss with Xiang Beifei immediately upon hearing the news.
"Dao Palace is actually holding this kind of competition? What’s the reason?" Erha asked puzzled.
"Dao Palace has held it before, gathering heroes, reshuffling the Heaven and Earth Ranking," said Luo Shanyou.
Fu Yuzi frowned and said, "I remember this gathering heroes challenge is held once every five hundred years, last held four hundred years ago, there’s still more than a hundred years, they are actually ahead of schedule."
This kind of large-scale challenge, the Dao Palace had held before, aiming to make the Heaven and Earth Ranking more reasonable, holding once every five hundred years, requiring all geniuses to attend for guarding ranks and kicking ranks.
It also allows everyone to see the prowess of geniuses and to establish the prestige of the Dao Palace.
Yet this time comes early without reaching the next scheduled time.
Luo Shanyou pondered for a moment, looking at Xiang Beifei, and said, "I think the Dao Palace is attempting to confirm the issue with the Broken Dao Race."
"So that’s it, this is troublesome," Xiaohei muttered.
The Broken Dao Race emerged suddenly, occupying fifty-one spots on the Earth Ranking, yet until now, this Broken Dao Race has not shown their face, which is certainly intolerable for the Dao Palace.
They cannot tolerate a race not under their control lingering under their noses; at this rate, the Earth Ranking would soon become the Broken Dao Ranking.
Therefore, the Dao Palace must advance the gathering heroes date.
In this way, the fifty-one Broken Dao Race geniuses on the Earth Ranking would inevitably attend, and the Dao Palace wants the Broken Dao Race to understand who the real ruler of Edge Corner Airspace is.
However, the fifty-one Broken Dao Race geniuses on the Earth Ranking were actually all Xiang Beifei’s alternate accounts, which made things very awkward.