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    ## Chapter 432: Training Sanctuary! The Culprit (Extra Chapter, Monthly Ticket Request)

    Hu! Hu!

    Li Yuan followed the True God Chiyang out of the Tai You Tianshen Residence.

    As soon as they entered the high altitude, Li Yuan successfully refined the Saint Son Token, feeling a flood of information pouring into his mind.

    It was all about the various permissions of the “Heavenly Flight Saint Son” and a detailed introduction to the entire Awakening Star Ancient City.

    Buzz~

    An invisible ripple swept across the heavens, instantly enveloping Li Yuan, causing the fluctuations in his aura to subtly change.

    “Refined the Saint Son Token?” True God Chiyang smiled, noticing the subtle change in Li Yuan’s aura.

    This wasn’t a change in his soul aura, but—a change in authority level.

    “Yes.” Li Yuan nodded involuntarily, unable to help but ask, “Temple Lord, you are at the ninth rank?”

    According to the information Li Yuan had received, the Awakening Star Ancient City members were divided into eleven ranks, with rank one being the lowest and rank ten the highest.

    Rank one was the lowest. All semi-divine level attendants subordinate to the Awakening Star Ancient City belonged to rank one.

    Void God level Awakening Guards were typically at the second or third rank, while those who served as commanders were at the fourth rank.

    Ordinary Void God level members, based on their strength and contributions, were generally at the fourth, fifth, or sixth rank.

    Reserve members below the God level were all at the fourth rank, while the Saint Son was at the sixth rank.

    True God level members were at least at the seventh rank.

    Li Yuan, though only a Heavenly Flight level Saint Son, had the authority of the seventh rank conveyed by the Saint Son Token.

    “Within the Awakening Star Ancient City, if you encounter lower-ranked strong individuals, you will sense their rank.”

    “If you encounter higher-ranked individuals, you can only sense that they are higher than your rank. Whether their rank is revealed or not… depends on their willingness. I, for example, have revealed my rank.” True God Chiyang chuckled, “In a way, rank reflects strength.”

    “Like your origin, the Yan Kingdom, True God Jiang Yuan is at the tenth rank, a rare individual even in the entire Awakening Star Ancient City.”

    “Tian Shens are all at the eleventh rank, the highest.”

    “You’re just a Heavenly Flight level, yet you have the seventh rank. It’s sure to make many envious.” True God Chiyang laughed, “At least, you have the authority to freely enter most areas of the Awakening Star Ancient City.”

    Li Yuan listened intently.

    He now knew that the Awakening Star Ancient City was divided into two major regions: the Outer City and the Inner City… You needed to be at least at the sixth rank to enter the Inner City, while some hidden forbidden areas required the seventh rank, or even higher.

    The God Fire Temple, as a gathering place for numerous reserve members, was located in the Outer City.

    The Wanfa Temple, however, was in the Inner City.

    “According to the rules,”

    “You can be allocated a Saint Son Residence in the God Fire Temple and practice there.” True God Chiyang said, “You can also apply for a separate palace in the Outer City… You can also practice alone, it’s all up to you.”

    “Temple Lord, let’s go to the God Fire Temple first.” Li Yuan said.

    He could apply for an independent palace later, no need to rush now.

    “Alright.” True God Chiyang said, “Let’s go to the God Fire Temple first… I’ll explain it to you in detail.”

    Whoosh! Whoosh!

    The two of them flew through the clouds. With Li Yuan’s current authority, he was able to freely travel through the air above the Awakening Star Ancient City.

    Not long after.

    True God Chiyang and Li Yuan arrived at a mountain range that stretched for thousands of kilometers. There were some ultra-large palaces within the mountain range, as well as smaller courtyards.

    The entire mountain range was incredibly beautiful, shrouded in mist and permeated with a dense aura of source power.

    “This is the God Fire Temple.” True God Chiyang said.

    “It’s clearly a mountain range.” Li Yuan mumbled silently, but he wasn’t too surprised.

    The entire Awakening Star Ancient City spanned tens of thousands of kilometers. According to Li Yuan’s perception and exploration, many of the residences in the Outer City had mountains within them.

    The entire ancient city could be understood as a landmass.

    “Including you newcomers, there are less than two hundred Heavenly Flight level members in the God Fire Temple.” True God Chiyang said, “But there are many semi-divine level members, nearly ten thousand, residing in various parts of the mountain range… This mountain range is also known as the God Fire Mountain Range.”

    “Nearly ten thousand?” Li Yuan was taken aback.

    “Each Trial War recruits over a thousand semi-divine reserve members. Added to those promoted from the Heavenly Flight level… and a small number directly recommended by True Gods.” True God Chiyang laughed, “After hundreds of years of accumulation, people join and people die, or breakthrough to Void God.”

    “Ultimately, the number of semi-divine members in the God Fire Temple is maintained at eight to nine thousand, sometimes exceeding ten thousand.”

    Li Yuan understood.

    Recruiting over a thousand people every twenty years, after two hundred years, it would theoretically be ten thousand people.

    “Those who can enter the God Fire Temple, like Jiang Shan, their strength has almost reached the initial stage of Void God.” Li Yuan sighed, “In other words, the nearly ten thousand semi-divine members in the God Fire Temple… each of them is comparable in strength to the principal?”

    Just thinking about it, Li Yuan felt quite moved.

    So powerful.

    Of course, Li Yuan wasn’t too surprised… after all, the Awakening Star Ancient City, placed within the Divine Realm, was comparable in strength to the Sky Serpent Clan, a major force.

    Hu! Hu!

    Li Yuan followed True God Chiyang and arrived at a palace in the center of the mountain range. Inside the palace, there were already thousands of figures gathered, mostly semi-divine, with a few Heavenly Flight level individuals.

    On a high platform at the end of the palace, there were six figures emitting terrifying auras. They were clearly True Gods.

    “Six Deputy Temple Lords?” Li Yuan thought silently, with so many reserve members in the God Fire Temple, it was naturally impossible for True God Chiyang to manage them all.

    “The Temple Lord is here.”

    “The Temple Lord has returned.” When True God Chiyang stepped into the palace, everyone immediately turned to him.

    Then, almost everyone saw Li Yuan standing behind True God Chiyang.

    “It’s Xu Yuan.”

    “He is Xu Yuan, the first Heavenly Flight Saint Son?” Most of the thousands of semi-divine members in the palace looked at Li Yuan curiously.

    They were all old members of the God Fire Temple, but in this short period of time, they had already learned about Li Yuan’s name and deeds.

    Hu!

    Li Yuan directly flew down and landed at the front of the group of one hundred Heavenly Flight members. Qi Xia, Ji Yan, and the others who were originally standing in the first row subconsciously took a step back.

    “Today,”

    “Our God Fire Temple has welcomed over a thousand new members.” True God Chiyang was already on the high platform, his terrifying aura spreading out, as if a sun filled with destruction, suppressing everyone present.

    Even the previous six True Gods, standing beside him, their auras became a little dim.

    “The ancestral realm war is less than twelve years away.” True God Chiyang said slowly, “I hope you all seize the time and practice diligently… In the last ancestral realm war, our Awakening Star Ancient City only occupied three seats in the top ten, and only thirty-six people in the top hundred. I hope you all can surpass the previous generation.”

    Li Yuan was secretly surprised.

    Occupying about one-third and still not satisfied? Keep in mind that the entire world had three Star Ancient Cities, six Saint Lands… and there were also powerful forces in the mainland and beyond the heavens.

    This also showed the strength of the Awakening Star Ancient City.

    “As per the old rules,”

    “New rankings are announced today.” True God Chiyang waved his hand, and instantly two giant projection screens, one large and one small, appeared in the void of the temple.

    The smaller screen only displayed hundreds of names:

    **Heavenly Flight List:**

    1. Xu Yuan (Semi-divine limit strength, Saint Son)

    2. Qi Xia (Semi-divine limit strength, Saint Son)

    3. …

    11. Ji Yan (Semi-divine peak strength)

    61. Jin Zhen (Semi-divine mid-level strength)

    192. Yue Kong (Semi-divine mid-level strength)

    There were less than two hundred Heavenly Flight reserve members, and Li Yuan was undoubtedly the first.

    The larger screen, however, displayed nearly ten thousand names, with extremely detailed rankings.

    **Semi-divine List:**

    1. Jing Kui (Void God mid-level strength, Saint Son)

    2. He Feng (Void God mid-level strength, Saint Son)

    3. Dong Pan (Void God mid-level strength, Saint Son)

    8. Yue Shan (Void God mid-level strength, Saint Son)

    16. Yan Dong (Void God mid-level strength, Saint Son)

    17. Wu Jiang (Void God mid-level strength)

    367. Yang Di (Void God mid-level strength)

    368. Jin Bi (Void God initial stage strength)

    9000. Jiang Shan (Void God initial stage strength)

    9320. Qiu Qian (Void God initial stage strength)

    Through the God Fire Temple’s semi-divine list rankings, Li Yuan quickly understood the strength of the top semi-divine members in the entire Awakening Star Continent.

    “Sixteen semi-divine Saint Sons? Jing Kui is ranked first.” Li Yuan thought silently, “He appears to be marked as Void God mid-level strength along with the other three hundred or so, but in actual combat, the difference will likely be huge.”

    Li Yuan knew very well.

    Level 50, 51 were all considered Void God initial stage.

    Level 52-54 were all considered Void God mid-level.

    Level 55-56 were all considered Void God peak.

    Level 57 required the awakening of seven-star veins to achieve. Source power reaching this level, combined with extremely high comprehension of laws, powerful artifacts, was generally required to be considered “Void God Limit” among Void Gods.

    Void God mid-level was the stage with the largest gap in strength.

    “Jing Kui’s strength is likely very close to Void God peak, while those ranked in the three hundreds are probably just entering the Void God mid-level stage.” Li Yuan thought silently.

    True Void God mid-level individuals, compared to Void God initial stage individuals, were superior in source power cultivation, comprehension of laws, star arts, and many other aspects…

    Semi-divine members, on the other hand, were far weaker than Void Gods in their foundation, and their source power cultivation, star arts, and other aspects couldn’t be improved, making it increasingly difficult to continue improving their strength after reaching a certain level.

    They could basically only rely on the mysteries of their techniques to improve.

    “Seven-star vein semi-divine members, like Jiang Shan, with a complete comprehension of laws at the seventh level (Void God initial stage), their combat power can rival Void God initial stage.” Li Yuan thought silently, “He needs to reach the eighth level mid-stage of law comprehension (Void God high-level stage) for his combat power to have a chance to reach the threshold of Void God mid-level.”

    The comprehension of laws slowed down the further you progressed.

    Many Void Gods, even after cultivating for thousands of years, found it difficult to raise one law path from the seventh level complete to the eighth level mid-stage, which shows how difficult it is.

    Therefore, even seven-star vein semi-divine members, trying to achieve Void God mid-level strength in just a few hundred years, was extremely difficult.

    “If Jiang Shan wants to reach Void God peak level in combat power, his comprehension of laws would need to reach the ninth level to have any hope.” Li Yuan couldn’t help but think of the Eastern Alliance Leader.

    Cultivating for less than two hundred years.

    He achieved Void God peak strength with an eight-star vein, even though he had the artifact of the origin god, which helped him take shortcuts… but it was still enough to prove the terrifying strength and talent of Dong Fang Ji.

    “If the Alliance Leader had grown up in the Awakening Star Continent, he would likely become the top genius of this era.” Li Yuan’s mind flashed with this thought, “If I could suddenly cultivate my source power to level 48.9, and my star arts reached the limit of the fourth level… relying on my extremely powerful star arts, my combat power would probably be directly comparable to a level 52 Void God, reaching the threshold of Void God mid-level.”

    With this kind of strength, could he take the Ancestral Realm Token?

    No chance.

    “Next, I need to work hard on awakening my life star.” Li Yuan pondered, “On the other hand, I need to diligently comprehend the laws. My comprehension of laws needs to be higher.”

    Even though he hadn’t awakened his nine-star vein yet, Li Yuan didn’t know when he would break through to the semi-divine level.

    But you have to plan ahead for the path of cultivation.

    True God Chiyang didn’t speak for too long, and then ordered the ten thousand Heavenly Flight semi-divine members to disperse.

    Before Li Yuan could leave, he was quickly surrounded by a group of semi-divine members.

    Jiang Shan, Bai Li Teng, Wu Bei Hong were all there.

    Seeing this, many semi-divine members who were interested in making friends with Li Yuan left in unison.

    “Xu Yuan, let me introduce you.” Jiang Shan smiled, “This is Yue Shan, this is Yang Di. You should have seen their names on the rankings. They are both powerful figures from my Yan Kingdom.”

    Li Yuan’s eyes flashed with a hint of surprise.

    Yue Shan? He was ranked eighth on the semi-divine list, a Saint Son.

    Yang Di, while only ranked in the three hundreds, was also marked as having Void God mid-level strength.

    “Brother Xu Yuan, I am Yue Shan.” Yue Shan, a semi-divine, was a burly man who appeared extremely hearty, smiling, “I received a message from Void God Sha Xi earlier, and I’ve also heard Jiang Shan talk about you. It’s amazing that our Yan Kingdom can produce a peerless prodigy like you.”

    “I am Yang Di.” Yang Di, the semi-divine, wasn’t very talkative.

    “Brother Yue Shan, Brother Yang Di.” Li Yuan replied.

    Even in the Chaos Divine Court, a semi-divine who possessed Void God mid-level strength would be a core member, so they should not be underestimated.

    “The others?” Li Yuan scanned the other figures. Most were semi-divine, and there were a few Heavenly Flight level individuals, but they were all strangers.

    “They are all geniuses from my Yan Kingdom.” Yue Shan, the semi-divine, chuckled, “The Awakening Star Ancient City is a gathering place for geniuses from various god kingdoms and regions. Competition is fierce… We all come from the Yan Kingdom. When we become gods in the future, we will either join the Enforcement God Temple led by the king, or return directly to the Yan Kingdom. We naturally need to help each other.”

    Li Yuan nodded involuntarily.

    Most official members of the Awakening Star Ancient City wouldn’t stay in the Awakening Star Ancient City for long… The geniuses in front of him, even though their chances of becoming True Gods were slim in the future, most would grow into Void God peak, and there were even some who had the potential to become Void God Limit.

    One genius was terrifying.

    A group of geniuses banded together… Hundreds or thousands of years later, they would become a terrifying force in the Yan Kingdom.

    It could be said that a significant portion of the future high-ranking figures in the Yan Kingdom would be these geniuses.

    The generations of god families in the god kingdoms all changed in this way.

    The leader of these geniuses, without a doubt, was Yue Shan… as a semi-divine Saint Son, his chances of becoming a True God were extremely high.

    “Haha, our newcomers from the Yan Kingdom only thought that Jiang Shan and Bei Hong were the only ones.” Yue Shan, the semi-divine, chuckled, “We didn’t expect that Brother Xu Yuan would appear out of nowhere.”

    “The first battle was against the first Heavenly Flight Saint Son.”

    “In the future, you have the potential to rival the king.” Yue Shan, the semi-divine, said solemnly.

    The other geniuses from the Yan Kingdom looked at Li Yuan with burning eyes.

    When they first received news about Li Yuan, they were incredibly shocked.

    He was too monstrous.

    Naturally, they all hoped to befriend Li Yuan.

    “Xu Yuan.” Yue Shan, the semi-divine, was quite hearty, “Since you are all newcomers today, I’ll host a welcome banquet for you. Come to my palace… Let’s have a good time together, how about that?”

    “Alright.” Li Yuan naturally wouldn’t refuse.

    Yue Shan, a semi-divine, ranked eighth on the Awakening Star Ancient City’s semi-divine list… Looking at the entire world, he was probably among the top semi-divine members.

    He might be a helper in the Ancestral Realm War in the future.

    “Haha, good, let’s go.” Yue Shan, the semi-divine, laughed, “Brothers and sisters, come along.”

    “Heavenly Flight level reserve members, their residences are three hundred meters long and wide?”

    “Semi-divine level reserve members, their residences are one kilometer long and wide?” Li Yuan looked at Yue Shan’s residence, a palace complex, “All Saint Son palaces are five kilometers long and wide?”

    You could tell the difference in status from their living environment.

    Half an hour later, in Yue Shan’s palace, there were already numerous servants and maids serving up a mountain of delicious food and delicacies. They were incredibly delicious, and there were musicians and dancers playing in the center of the hall.

    “Awakening Star Points?” Li Yuan sat in the lower seat of Yue Shan, listening to what Yue Shan was saying.

    It was clear that within the small group of geniuses from the Yan Kingdom, Li Yuan’s status was already considered comparable to that of Yue Shan.

    Even though Li Yuan was only a Heavenly Flight level, his strength was not as good as any of these semi-divine members.

    But the Saint Son status represented status.

    “Yes.” Yue Shan, the semi-divine, smiled, “Within the Awakening Star Ancient City, God Crystals are inferior to Awakening Star Points. Awakening Star Points can be exchanged for God Crystals, but God Crystals can’t be exchanged for Awakening Star Points… Brother Xu Yuan, you are only a Heavenly Flight level, but your strength is extraordinary. You should seize the time and complete more trial missions, earn more Awakening Star Points.”

    “Many rare and precious treasures can only be exchanged for Awakening Star Points.”

    “Otherwise, when you break through to the semi-divine level, the difficulty of the missions will skyrocket. It will be much more difficult to earn Awakening Star Points.” Yue Shan, the semi-divine, said.

    Li Yuan nodded.

    This was all experience… After spending so much time interacting with him, Li Yuan felt that Yue Shan, the semi-divine, was genuinely sincere to him.

    Just.

    At least until now, Li Yuan could see that all the Heavenly Flight semi-divine geniuses in the hall seemed to be very enthusiastic and sincere towards him.

    “Who is truly sincere and who is pretending?” Li Yuan felt at ease in his heart, “But as long as I continue to grow stronger, what’s the difference between their pretense and sincerity?”

    Li Yuan knew very well that the Saint Son status wasn’t important.

    The key was strength.

    After the banquet, Li Yuan had essentially integrated into this circle and went to the palace prepared for him by the God Fire Temple.

    In terms of size, it was no less grand than Yue Shan’s residence.

    “Greetings, master.”

    “Greetings, master.” Ten semi-divine members, leading three hundred Heavenly Flight maidservants, bowed respectfully in the courtyard.

    Those Heavenly Flight level servants even knelt down.

    “In my palace, there’s no need to kneel.” Li Yuan frowned, “Just give a normal bow.”

    Kneeling? Li Yuan disliked it.

    In fact, Li Yuan didn’t like having too many servants, but this was the rule of the Awakening Star Ancient City… Li Yuan even knew that these servants were not from the outside world, but from some smaller worlds within the Awakening Star Ancient City.

    Each Star Ancient City contained many smaller worlds, some of which were quite vast.

    Those smaller worlds would also give birth to countless life forms.

    “All of you can go now, everything should be as usual.” Li Yuan instructed, and then flew directly into the practice chamber.

    There was only a pure white jade platform in the chamber, and in front of the jade platform was a green jade bottle.

    “Poof~” Li Yuan waved his hand, opening the jade bottle directly, instantly smelling a refreshing scent.

    Invigorating.

    “Crimson Spirit Flowing Fire Liquid? The treatment of a Saint Son indeed.” Li Yuan couldn’t help but smile.

    The training in the God Fire Temple primarily focused on three aspects.

    First, treasures, they would continuously provide various rare and precious treasures to Heavenly Flight semi-divine members to nourish their souls and bodies.

    Second, law inheritance, it gathered the most True God and Tian Shen techniques in this world.

    Third, masters, it was extremely difficult to be accepted as a disciple by a True God in the god kingdoms on the mainland, but within the God Fire Temple, there would be True Gods coming to lecture specifically every month.

    As a Saint Son of the God Fire Temple, Li Yuan had even more privileges and special resources.

    “Crimson Spirit Flowing Fire Liquid is exclusively for Saint Sons, one bottle is given every month, used to nourish the soul, improve comprehension, and make comprehending laws more efficient.” Li Yuan thought silently.

    This treasure was much better than what other reserve members received.

    Of course.

    Li Yuan was currently refining the origin treasure, the “Spirit Abyss Jade Fruit”, which was far superior to Crimson Spirit Flowing Fire Liquid… but there was no point in refusing.

    “I can also choose three True Gods to guide me.” Li Yuan thought silently, “Other reserve members can only listen to the True Gods’ lectures regularly, like attending a large class… Other Saint Sons can choose one True God to guide them in their cultivation, one-on-one teaching.”

    “But I can choose three, three-on-one.”

    True God level individuals would come every month to specifically guide them in their cultivation… how extravagant was that.

    “True God techniques, I can comprehend at most a thousand, Tian Shen techniques are ten.”

    “Awakening Star Pills, I can apply for at most three thousand… If I need more, I have to provide additional reasons.” Li Yuan’s mind flashed with the resources he was entitled to.

    Too extravagant.

    Compared to his time in the Seven-Star Civilization, it was like heaven and earth.

    “Descending to the Awakening Star Continent.”

    “Even if I don’t complete the Eternal Temple’s trial mission, just cultivating for tens of years in the Awakening Star Ancient City… is a great opportunity and a great fortune.” Li Yuan smiled, “My agreement with Brother Jiang Yuan, I made a huge profit.”

    Li Yuan knew very well that if he hadn’t had True God Jiang Yuan’s protection, could he have become the most core genius of the Awakening Star Ancient City so easily?

    No way!

    Any major force, when selecting geniuses, the first criterion was “loyalty”.

    If someone wasn’t loyal, the more monstrously talented they were, the sooner they needed to be eliminated.

    “Trial missions?” Li Yuan’s thoughts shifted, and a giant screen suddenly appeared in the practice chamber.

    On the screen, there was a lot of information about Li Yuan.

    For example, the types of resources he could apply for, and the various Heavenly Flight level trial missions he could take.

    “It’s actually quite easy.” Li Yuan smiled, “Following Yue Shan’s suggestion, I’ll apply for some trial missions in my free time.”

    When Li Yuan officially began his cultivation in the “God Fire Temple”.

    On the Awakening Star Continent, in the Yan Kingdom capital.

    Within the imperial palace.

    “Your Majesty, I have found out.”

    True God Jiu Yin appeared in the highest god temple, bowing slightly, “As you instructed, Your Majesty, the first person I investigated was True God Hei Ren… I can basically confirm that the one who assassinated Xu Yuan was ‘Void God Xing Chan’, under True God Hei Ren.”

    “Hei Ren? That cowardly fool who hides in his lair!” True God Jiang Yuan sat on a high throne, his eyes filled with coldness, “Are you sure?”

    “Absolutely confirmed.”

    “I secretly controlled different Void Gods, and compared and sensed their soul auras. They have all seen Void God Xing Chan, there is no mistake.” True God Jiu Yin said solemnly.

    She was quite confident in her achievements in the Way of the Soul.

    “Well, Jiu Yin, you’ve worked hard these past days.” True God Jiang Yuan said in a low voice, “I have sent a message to Senior Gou Mu… In the next period, you and Senior Gou Mu will jointly guard the capital.”

    “The two of us guarding?” True God Jiu Yin was taken aback, a bad feeling flashed through her mind, and she quickly said, “Your Majesty, what about you?”

    “I’m going to make a trip to the East Sea.”

    “For so many years, I haven’t made a move. The gods of the world have probably forgotten about me.” Jiang Yuan slowly stood up, his invisible pressure spreading out, as if a hot sun that was difficult to look at, “Hei Ren, I was too lazy to deal with him back then. I didn’t pursue him further… All these years later, he dares to send someone to assassinate my important geniuses in my capital.”

    “If I don’t punish him, how can I maintain order.”

    “Your Majesty, but we don’t have any ironclad evidence. The assassin didn’t leave any traces of their identity.” True God Jiu Yin couldn’t help but say, “True God Hei Ren belongs to the Dong You Saint Land. If you make a move rashly, will it trigger a war?”

    Although the Dong You Saint Land was far inferior to the Awakening Star Ancient City, it was still a major force.

    Jiang Yuan, a True God, making a move, even going to their territory, the consequences were difficult to predict.

    “Evidence?”

    “I want to kill someone, that’s the evidence.” True God Jiang Yuan’s voice boomed. He took a step forward and disappeared from the god temple.

    (End of Chapter)

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