High Martial Arts Era 431
by adminChapter 431: Seeing the God (Requesting Monthly Tickets)
“Qi Xia lost like this?” Ji Yan, who had been hoping for Qi Xia to avenge him, was completely dumbfounded.
“She lost so badly?”
“Just now, didn’t Qi Xia’s soul attack have any effect on Xu Yuan?” The other Feitian reserve members were also shocked.
Li Yuan easily defeated Ji Yan earlier, letting them know this newcomer wasn’t someone to be trifled with.
But they never expected him to be this formidable.
Qi Xia, previously relying on her powerful soul attacks, had secured her position as the top Feitian Saint Son, unshakable.
Now, she was utterly defeated!
“Looking at the entire world, Xu Yuan should be the strongest Feitian of this era.” Many reserve Feitian members couldn’t help but think this.
…
“Xu Yuan won.”
“Miracle! He’s become the top Feitian in his first participation in the trial battle! Amazing!”
“He’s too incredible! He won so easily, it was almost completely effortless.” Throughout the entire square, tens of thousands of Feitian demigod geniuses from over a thousand teams erupted in cheers, feeling a sense of disbelief.
Winning was one thing.
The key was that he won too easily. Qi Xia lost instantly, and anyone with eyes could see that they weren’t even on the same level.
“This is a strongman from our Yuan Country.”
“Good.” The twenty-plus geniuses from Yuan Country, even those who weren’t familiar with Li Yuan, felt a sense of pride at this moment.
“First! First Saint Son!” Jiang Xuan was filled with excitement: “Big Brother Xu is the First Saint Son.”
“Amazing.” Bai Li Teng exclaimed: “Months ago, when I first met Brother Xu Yuan, I knew he would shine brightly in the Jue Xing Ancient City, but I never thought he would actually take the First Saint Son title.”
Jiang Shan’s face also held an undeniable smile.
“First Saint Son.” A thought arose in Jiang Shan’s mind: “Maybe, I could ask Brother Xu Yuan for help in the future, but that would have to wait until after he becomes a True God.”
…
On the viewing platform high in the void, the thousands of Void Gods were equally noisy.
“The rumors are true.”
“We weren’t sure before, but Xu Yuan and Qi Xia’s fight, not only did he easily block Qi Xia’s soul attack, but he even counterattacked and made Qi Xia fall prey… Qi Xia’s soul attack, even among countless demigod peak experts, is at the top tier.” A Void God said slowly: “Her soul attack is strong, so naturally, her soul defense won’t be weak.”
“Xu Yuan’s soul attack level is likely at the Void God level.” Other Void Gods agreed.
“Yes.”
“In terms of physical attacks, Xu Yuan isn’t truly extraordinary, even if he takes out his weapon and goes all out, he’d likely only be at the demigod peak level… but assisted by his soul attack, he might be the most terrifying type among the demigod peak, not many can withstand it.”
“Mm!”
“At the Feitian level, his soul will is already this strong. Once he breaks through to demigod… I dare not imagine.” The Void Gods who could lead teams here were mostly Void God peaks, and their insights were all quite sharp.
They hadn’t noticed anything during Li Yuan and Ji Yan’s fight.
But during Li Yuan and Qi Xia’s fight, they saw the signs and felt more and more how extraordinary Li Yuan was.
“Good, First Saint Son.” Shaxi Void God’s smile couldn’t be contained: “This is a first in our Yuan Country’s history. Once the Sovereign knows, he will surely be pleased.”
At the Feitian level, achieving the First Saint Son title in their first challenge, this was rare in the hundreds of millions of years of history in the Jue Xing Ancient City, even more so for Yuan Country, which only had a history of over ten thousand years.
“Look, Shaxi is not pretending anymore.”
“He was still telling us that Xu Yuan doing well in the top ten would be good. Now he’s not hiding it anymore.”
“Really, his low-key act was all a facade.” The other Void Gods all laughed.
“I really didn’t expect Xu Yuan to be this powerful.” Shaxi Void God laughed.
“This guy is still putting on an act! He must be secretly overjoyed, it’s just a pity that our Divine Nation can’t produce a genius like him.” These Void Gods casually chatted.
…
Whoosh!
After Li Yuan’s victory, under the guidance of an invisible force, he flew down to the ‘waiting platform’ on the side of the void arena, directly finding an empty jade platform to sit on.
The group of Feitian reserve members beside him looked at each other.
No one went up to greet him, but no one came to mock him either. Like Ji Yan, they just looked away and didn’t even look at Li Yuan… these reserve members all understood that this newly minted First Feitian ‘Xu Yuan’, his future achievements were beyond their imagination.
Time passed.
After Li Yuan, the other thirty-plus Feitians who participated in the challenge began their challenges one after another.
Failure!
Win!
Win!
… Those Feitians who dared to challenge, were naturally those with confidence. In the end, most of them successfully challenged one hundred times, but going further and continuing to challenge became difficult.
Ultimately, besides Li Yuan, the strongest Feitian newcomer, ‘Jin Zhen’, successfully challenged sixty times among the reserve members.
In the past, such achievements would have been dazzling, entering the Jue Xing Ancient City and cultivating for several decades, he would have had a chance to challenge the ‘Saint Son’ position.
But with Li Yuan’s existence, it wasn’t able to stir much discussion.
“Very good.”
“Among your generation of Feitians, there have emerged many elite geniuses, and you even have the courage to challenge.” Chiyang True God smiled slightly: “Good, the remaining Feitian demigods, all enter the trial passages and see how many can pass the basic trials to become reserve members of my Jue Xing Ancient City.”
Whoosh!
A powerful force instantly enveloped the entire square, quickly sending the tens of thousands of geniuses into countless spatial passages.
“This Jue Xing Ancient City is indeed impressive in its manipulation of space.” Li Yuan silently marveled.
There was a world of difference between having the power of a God and not having it.
After about half an hour.
The assessment of the tens of thousands of Feitian demigods was all over.
Feitians, only over twenty passed the assessment to become ‘Feitian reserve members’. Add to that the twenty-plus who succeeded in their challenges, totaling only fifty.
Nine thousand people! Only about fifty passed the trial assessment! This probability was incredibly low.
The other fourteen geniuses from Yuan Country, including Jiang Xuan, as Shaxi Void God had predicted, all failed.
However, these nine thousand Feitians who failed still had five years.
In the next five years, they could continue cultivating within the Jue Xing Realm, and after five years, they could take the trial assessment again… if they passed the assessment at that time, they could also become reserve members again.
Feitians still had a chance, but demigods were much more brutal. Once they failed, there was no coming back.
Of course, the Jue Xing Ancient City seemed to have lower requirements for demigod reserve members. Out of the six thousand demigods who participated in the trials, over a thousand demigods eventually passed the trials.
Among Yuan Country’s ten demigods, four passed the test, including Jiang Shan, Bai Li Teng, and Wu Bei Hong. Their passing probability was extremely high.
It was clear.
At the demigod stage, Yuan Country’s internal cultivation conditions and talent selection mechanisms were clearly much higher than ordinary Divine Nations.
…
“I announce that the reserve member trial selection for this generation of the Jue Xing Ancient City is officially over.” Chiyang True God looked down at the thousands of trial passers below, including Li Yuan and Jin Zhen.
Chiyan True God spoke slowly: “All reserve members who passed the assessment, congratulations, you have joined the Jue Xing Ancient City. I hope that one day, the Ancient City will be honored to have you.
“Yes.” The thousands of demigods and dozens of Feitians all respectfully bowed, their hearts mostly filled with a sense of excitement.
The Starry Sky Ancient City!!
It was the strongest training holy land in the world.
It could be said that anyone who could join the Jue Xing Ancient City would have their hopes of becoming a True God skyrocket.
Chiyang True God then looked towards the thousands of demigods who had not passed the assessment: “You don’t have to be discouraged, go back to your respective Divine Nations and cultivate. In the future, you will still have the chance to become a Void God or even a True God… Once you become a Void God, you will be eligible to join the Jue Xing Guards.”
“If you become a True God, you can also rejoin my Jue Xing Ancient City and become a core member.”
“In any case, always have hope.” Chiyang True God said: “My Jue Xing Ancient City will always open its doors to super strong individuals.”
For the Jue Xing Ancient City, resources were limited, and naturally, there were quota restrictions on how many Feitians and demigods they could cultivate.
But if they could cultivate into a Void God or even a True God in their subordinate Divine Nations… that would also be valuable.
Especially True Gods!!
Every True God was a valuable fighting force, and they had to try their best to win them over.
“Those Feitians who failed the assessment, stay where you are. For the next five years, you will cultivate in this Floating Sky City, make sure to put in the effort and seize this opportunity.” Chiyang True God said.
“Now, reserve members follow the Jue Xing Guards, enter the Jue Xing Ancient City. From now on, you will cultivate in the Shenhuo Temple.”
“Xu Yuan, come with me.” After Chiyang True God finished speaking, he flew towards the sky above.
Li Yuan paused for a moment, sending two voice transmissions to Jiang Shan and Jiang Xuan before quickly flying after him.
The two quickly disappeared into the clouds in the void.
“Let’s go.”
“Entering the Starry Sky Ancient City.”
“We will be staying in the Jue Xing Ancient City for hundreds of years to come.” The thousands of reserve members also followed the dozens of Jue Xing Guards and flew towards the Starry Sky Ancient City.
According to the rules of the Jue Xing Ancient City, Feitians and demigods must cultivate within the Jue Xing Realm for a long time. They can only leave when participating in some trials.
In a way, this was a kind of protection.
Once they become a God, they become official members of the Jue Xing Ancient City and have more freedom… if they become a True God, they even have a chance to be sent out to become the Sovereign of a Divine Nation, which would be a position of immense power.
“Little Sister.” Jiang Shan sent a voice transmission to Jiang Xuan as he flew: “Don’t slack off on your cultivation in the next five years, seize this opportunity… I will come to see you again later when there is a chance. If you can pass the trial after five years, you can also see Xu Yuan again.”
“Mm mm, Big Brother, I will definitely work hard.” Jiang Xuan stood in place and sent a voice transmission back.
“Big Brother Xu became the Saint Son, Big Brother also successfully became a reserve member.” Jiang Xuan thought to herself: “I have to work hard too.”
She was also filled with fighting spirit.
She was only about sixty years old, considered quite young among Feitians. Her law talent and Star Vein talent were also not bad… but it was still quite difficult to meet the requirements to become a reserve member in five years.
Time passed, and tens of thousands of people gradually separated.
Not long ago, they all had the same status, but now they were divided into several levels.
The worst, losing the chance to directly join the Jue Xing Ancient City, could only return to their Divine Nations to cultivate.
The middle ground still had opportunities and hopes.
And the strongest and most dazzling was Li Yuan, soaring to become the First Feitian Saint Son, taken by Chiyang True God directly into the city.
…
Li Yuan was wrapped in the power that Chiyang True God was leading him with, their flight speed was extremely fast, and after only ten seconds, they had already passed through layers of clouds and arrived above the Jue Xing Ancient City.
From here, they could look down at the entire Jue Xing Ancient City.
“So big.” Li Yuan looked down at the vast city, stretching for probably hundreds of thousands of kilometers. Most of the area was obscured by clouds.
But you could also see many towering palaces, many buildings, just judging by the naked eye, were probably hundreds of kilometers tall.
It truly lived up to its name as the Divine City, Grand邑.
The most dazzling was the spherical building at the end of the world, standing above the Jue Xing Ancient City. It was like a star, and the spherical building emitted colorful rays of light, illuminating the entire world.
“That is?” Li Yuan held his breath.
“That is the God Temple, only Gods have the right to enter.” Chiyang True God said slowly, a hint of reverence in his eyes: “It is also the ‘inherited artifact’ of my Jue Xing Ancient City, the first artifact of this world – Tian Xing!”
Inherited artifact? Tian Xing? Li Yuan looked from afar.
As he knew.
In the Divine Domain, the reason why countless Starry Sky Ancient Cities had such great power, and even inherited for hundreds of millions of years.
One, was that the Starry Sky Ancient Cities themselves were extremely powerful, even a True God peak, as long as they controlled the Ancient City, they could withstand a God’s attack.
Two, was the inherited artifact, once a God grasped the inherited artifact, their strength would skyrocket.
Three, was teleportation! The Starry Sky Ancient City contained a vast void within, and even had the ability to teleport and break through realms, almost impossible to be sealed… even if it was besieged, the Starry Sky Ancient City could still operate on its own inside.
For these many reasons, the Starry Sky Ancient City was extremely renowned.
“Xu Yuan, you have great talent.” Chiyang True God smiled at Li Yuan: “If one day you can comprehend the Dao and achieve Godhood… perhaps you can also become the next City Lord and wield Tian Xing.”
“Senior is too kind.” Li Yuan shook his head repeatedly.
“Haha, don’t be modest, at least your talent is the highest I have seen in ten thousand years.” Chiyang True God’s voice boomed: “A young man should have the spirit of a young man, it’s not just me who has high hopes for you, the God has high hopes for you too.”
“God?” Li Yuan was taken aback.
“Yes.”
“The one I am taking you to see now is the current City Lord of my Jue Xing Ancient City, ‘Taiyou God’.” Chiyang True God laughed: “Otherwise, why would I bring you here alone? Normally, even though you are a Saint Son, you are still considered a reserve member, you would go to the Shenhuo Temple with everyone else.”
Li Yuan understood.
Summoned by the God? And the current City Lord of the Jue Xing Ancient City? This was something Li Yuan never expected.
“Let’s go.”
“Ordinary reserve members must travel along the city gate and streets, they don’t have the right to fly in the sky… Once you get the Saint Son Token, you will have that right.” Chiyang True God said: “With the Saint Son Token, you can mobilize the power of the guardian formation in the core Divine Nations and many outposts controlled by the Jue Xing Ancient City.”
“This is the privilege.”
“A Saint Son’s status is slightly lower than a True God, but the protection they receive is much greater.” Chiyang True God said.
As the Lord of the Shenhuo Temple, Chiyang True God’s strength, although not as strong as Jiang Yuan True God, was also extremely powerful… he didn’t care about ordinary Saint Sons.
But he was patient with Li Yuan, explaining everything to him, giving Li Yuan a deeper understanding of the entire Jue Xing Ancient City.
“When you see the God, be neither humble nor arrogant, don’t be disrespectful.” Chiyang True God said: “Taiyou God is very fond of young people.”
“Thank you for your guidance, Senior.” Li Yuan said respectfully.
After a long while.
The two of them had traveled through half of the Jue Xing Ancient City and arrived at the front of a towering palace.
This was not far from the God Temple.
The guards outside the palace were all Jue Xing Guards who had reached the Void God level. Their auras were all exceptionally powerful.
“Chiyang True God.” The leading Jue Xing Guard commander smiled slightly: “This is Xu Yuan, right? The God just sent a voice transmission to me, ordering you to enter.”
“Thank you.” Chiyang True God said, although these Jue Xing Guards were only Void Gods.
But as the God’s attendants, he naturally wouldn’t want to offend them.
Leading Li Yuan, the two of them passed through layers of corridors and countless side halls. The interior of this palace was also divided into many halls… Finally, they arrived at a hall deep inside.
The hall wasn’t very large, and it was empty.
Only a slender figure in a blue robe, wearing a robe that was too big for him, sat cross-legged on a jade platform, the robe and him seemed a bit mismatched.
But, the figure in blue emitted an extremely vast fire law aura, at first glance, he looked like the embodiment of the origin law of the world.
“God.” Chiyang True God bowed respectfully: “Xu Yuan is here.”
“Xu Yuan, greets the God.” Li Yuan also bowed respectfully, not even daring to look directly.
The pressure emitted by Taiyou God wasn’t very strong, but it gave Li Yuan a sense of being unable to match, like an ant looking up at a dragon.
“Mm.”
“In your first trial battle, you took the Feitian Saint Son title, and you are so young… Normally, you would be qualified to become my disciple or the disciple of another God.” Taiyou God’s voice was gentle.
Li Yuan listened quietly.
Normally? That meant he wouldn’t follow the usual path.
“But you have already become the disciple of another God, and you are Jiang Yuan True God’s junior brother… so we wouldn’t be appropriate to take you as a disciple.” Taiyou God continued.
Li Yuan was calm, but Chiyang True God was a bit surprised and looked at Li Yuan.
He is already a God’s disciple? And Jiang Yuan’s junior brother?
If this news got out, it would be huge news.
“But you have joined my Jue Xing Ancient City, and you are also from the same lineage as Jiang Yuan, so you are naturally a core member of my Jue Xing Ancient City.” Taiyou God said: “We will cultivate you with all our strength, and we hope you will not disappoint.”
“Whoosh!”
Taiyou God waved his hand and flew out a storage artifact and a token.
“You took the First Saint Son title, normally you would be rewarded with ten thousand God Crystals, but you are participating for the first time, so the reward is increased tenfold. This is ten thousand God Crystals, they are in the storage artifact.” Taiyou God said: “This other token is the Saint Son Token, I’ve added some authority to it… from now on, you are equal to a True God in my Jue Xing Ancient City.”
“Besides you, there are only Jing Kui and you who have this level of status among the dozens of Saint Sons in my Jue Xing Ancient City now.”
“You should have seen Jing Kui.”
Jing Kui?
Li Yuan was secretly startled, and he understood Jing Kui’s status… he should be the most valued demigod in the Jue Xing Ancient City.
“All your expenses and authority are the same as other Feitian Saint Sons.”
“But I will bestow one more treasure upon you.” Taiyou God said: “You can go to the Wanfa Palace and choose a ‘Law Mirror’ for your own cultivation. You can decide what kind of Law Mirror you want.”
“Yes.” Li Yuan was overjoyed.
Law Mirror? He had used one before, so he naturally knew how great of an opportunity this was.
“Law Mirror?” Even Chiyang True God was a bit envious. Even he had never received this kind of cultivation treasure.
The Jue Xing Ancient City, with a God presiding over it for generations.
Before each God’s passing, they would mostly condense Law True Rivers and Law Mirrors… over countless years, this had also led to many such treasures in the Jue Xing Ancient City.
But their number was ultimately limited.
Most Feitian Saint Sons and demigod Saint Sons did not have the privilege of touching these treasures, only the most top-tier geniuses could.
“Also.”
“If you can enter the demigod realm as soon as possible, with your cultivation speed, maybe you will also be able to gain something in the Ancestral Realm War.” Taiyou God said: “But how you decide… is up to you.”
“Chiyang, take Xu Yuan to the Shenhuo Temple.”
“Yes.” Chiyang True God nodded and took Li Yuan out of the hall.
… Inside the hall.
Taiyou God was still sitting quietly on the jade platform, and he said softly: “Tian Xing, how is the observation going?”
“Taiyou, he is not a being from our world.” A low voice sounded: “The origin law of the world has a slight repulsion towards him, although due to his weak strength, the repulsion is minimal, but it can’t escape my sensing.”
It was clear that this low voice belonged to the spirit of the Jue Xing Ancient City’s inherited artifact, ‘Tian Xing’.
“Mm.” Taiyou God nodded slightly, seeming to have already known this.
“Also.”
“I sense a familiar, same-source aura from him.” The Tian Xing spirit said in a low voice: “He should involve other inherited artifacts… but they are not the Longqing Ancient City and the Tianshe Ancient City, and I can’t accurately determine them either, after all, I am not the original spirit.”
“Involving other inherited artifacts?” A rare flash of surprise appeared in Taiyou God’s eyes.
“Maybe.”
“He probably has a Starry Sky Ancient City in his own hometown world, and he is a core member of it.” Taiyou God said slowly: “There is no need to be too surprised.”
“Taiyou, if so, why cultivate him?” The Tian Xing spirit said in a low voice.
“This world is more mysterious than you imagine.”
“In the past, our world’s spacetime was cut off… three Starry Sky Ancient Cities, the Ancestral Realm…” Taiyou God said softly: “Can this situation continue forever? The Ancestral Realm has already undergone changes. Hundreds of millions of years ago, there were gradually extraterrestrial geniuses arriving in our world, and Gods can also start to leave along the Ancestral Realm… What will the future hold?”
“Do you remember the Lone Cloud God?”
The Tian Xing spirit couldn’t help but be startled.
How could it not remember? Tens of millions of years ago, that towering man traversed the world, creating endless storms, fighting it and the other two inherited artifacts until they retreated step by step.
“The Lone Cloud God’s matter was a mistake, I, as the current City Lord, cannot let that mistake repeat itself…”
“Xu Yuan, although he is not a life form of our world, he is not a threat to our Jue Xing Ancient City, and he is not our enemy.”
“If we cultivate him with care, perhaps there will be unexpected benefits in the future.” Taiyou God said slowly: “Moreover, Jiang Yuan has already shouldered this karma, we can just pretend we don’t know.”
“Understood.” The Tian Xing spirit said.
(End of Chapter)
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