Chapter 1985: Dao Qualification Mark, Recruitment, Undercurrents
Chapter 1985: Chapter 1985: Dao Qualification Mark, Recruitment, Undercurrents
"Shock!"
"Protector Fox Consort Feifei of the Misty Holy Sect has defeated the Ancestral Demon True Body of the Ancestor of Demons, forcefully climbing to the top of the Cosmic Heavenly Ladder Rankings, becoming the current strongest in the universe."
"Isn’t the strongest supposed to be those two Half-Step Heavenly Venerables?"
"Those two and Ye Feng are too abnormal, and since none of the three participate in the contest for Dao attainment, they’re excluded. Thus, when I say the strongest in the universe, I mean those participating in the Dao attainment, understood?"
"Oh, I see!"
The crowd discussed fervently, with countless people believing that Fox Consort Feifei would surely secure a Dao attainment slot. As for the Ancestor of Demons, they should also get one.
So, who does the third Heavenly Venerable slot go to?
Many people fell into deep thought.
At this moment, in a dark place deep in the universe.
"Damn it, the Ancestor of Demons and Fox Consort Feifei are both so abnormal, how can I attain Dao? No, these two can take two slots, and I can secure the last Heavenly Venerable slot, how wonderful!"
Thinking of this, Xiao Fangu felt smug.
In his view, he could certainly crush Mo Ying, Emperor Dragon Sovereign, and others to secure the last Dao attainment slot, strongly climbing to the peak of the universe.
...
Misty Holy Sect, Sect Main Plaza.
Ye Feng hosted a celebratory feast to celebrate Fox Consort Feifei’s breakthrough to the Hundred-layered Immortal Emperor and defeat of the Ancestor of Demons, becoming number one on the current Cosmic Heavenly Ladder Rankings.
The whole sect celebrated joyously, filled with excitement.
"Today, let’s congratulate Feifei on successfully climbing to the top of the Cosmic Heavenly Ladder Rankings, let’s cheer for her!"
Ye Feng raised his glass high.
"Congratulations, Protector Feifei!"
All members onscreen raised their glasses, first congratulating warmly, then drinking the improved Dragonfolk Clan herbal wine in one gulp, feeling a rush of heat.
The current herbal wine is remarkable.
Ye Feng personally improved the formula, adding various top-grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, a sip gives an ordinary person tens of thousands of years of life span but will also put them in a thousand-year slumber, waking up to become immortal directly.
Without a cultivation level at or above Immortal Venerable, one should not drink too much Dragonfolk Clan herbal wine to avoid being incapacitated by drunkenness.
"Cheers!"
Ye Feng filled everyone’s glasses again, then joined them in savoring the delicious food prepared by the kitchen.
The atmosphere was harmonious and joyful.
That night.
Everyone was immersed in a state of joy.
Buzz!
Above the Heavenly Origin Sea, the Great Dao Golden List suddenly burst with brilliant golden light, condensing ten diamond-shaped imprints around it, dazzling and eye-catching.
"The first Dao attainment contest has officially begun!"
The Great Dao Golden List emitted a cold metallic sound that, in the form of law fluctuations, traveled faster than countless times the speed of light, spreading across the entire Twin Universe in an instant.
"Is it really time for Dao attainment?"
"So fast!"
Everyone quickly arrived at the center of the Heavenly Origin Sea, and as they explored the Great Dao Golden List, they discovered that this Dao attainment contest was for the Half-Step Heavenly Venerable slots.
The Great Dao Golden List released ten imprints in total.
Once ten people are gathered, this Dao attainment contest will erupt, until the final victor is chosen, promoting that person to Half-Step Heavenly Venerable in the universe.
"Haha, let me be the first!"
In some ancient star domain, a stone statue shattered, and an energetic elder emerged, bathed in brilliant cyan light, naturally exuding authority.
"It’s Qingchen Ancient Immortal!"
"Oh heavens, isn’t that a figure from the last Origin Era? When did he break through to Hundred-layered Immortal Emperor? In my impression, he was only at the Fifty-layered Immortal Emperor Realm."
"Looks like many have hidden their cultivation levels."
While people discussed, Qingchen Ancient Immortal had flown to the Heavenly Origin Sea, standing under the Great Dao Golden List, freely releasing his powerful aura.
Clang!
One of the imprints flew out, attaching to Qingchen Ancient Immortal’s forehead, signifying that he obtained a slot.
"Fellow competitors, I’ll be waiting for you!"
Qingchen Ancient Immortal turned and left, disappearing into the vast endless star sea in the blink of an eye.
"Qingchen Ancient Immortal has obtained an imprint!"
"This person’s battle power must at least reach King Seven Stars, otherwise, how could he obtain a slot?"
"Nine more to go!"
Others erupted in discussion once again.
At the peak of Misty Peak.
Ye Feng was analyzing "The Path Scripture - First Volume", obtaining more of the Book of Laws, when he suddenly heard the news from the Heavenly Origin Sea, raising his eyebrows.
"Qingchen Ancient Immortal?"
"Interesting, there are many hidden experts in the universe. Previously, I underestimated the universe."
Ye Feng whispered.
Indeed, the universe concealed many experts like Emperor Dragon Sovereign, Crimson Queen, Mysterious God, Ancestor of Demons, and Tiangang Immortal Emperor. They swept across the universe, standing almost at the pinnacle, radiating immense brilliance, making people overlook those ancient experts just below them.
Those people are not weak either.
The universe is vast.
Just one half of the universe has a diameter exceeding a hundred billion light-years, and the number of life stars suitable for cultivation is countless, so naturally, there are many powerful beings.
Especially when the universe enters a super Peak Prosperous Age, those hidden for years take the opportunity to break their shackles and reach the pinnacle.
Such occurrences are everywhere.
"Hahaha, I want an imprint too."
A hearty laugh sounded, and everyone quickly turned to look, seeing the Divine Sword Immortal Emperor appear in the center of the Heavenly Origin Sea, absorbing an imprint on his forehead.
"Oh my!"
"When did Divine Sword Immortal Emperor break through?"
"Is he also a Hundred-layered Immortal Emperor now?"
People were flabbergasted.
Years ago, the Divine Sword Immortal Emperor had shown a cultivation level of only a Ninety-layered Immortal Emperor, but with the Divine Sword Continent as his foundation, he could contend with Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors.
Now, he’s already a Hundred-layered Immortal Emperor!
Moreover, he obtained a Dao attainment qualification imprint, indicating his battle power is at least King Seven Stars.
Divine Sword Continent.
"Sect Master Ye, thank you!"
The Divine Sword Immortal Emperor looked towards the Misty Holy Sect’s direction, smiling with excitement in his heart.
He had received Ye Feng’s help.
Earlier, after Mysterious God left the Divine Sword Continent heading to the Misty Holy Sect, Divine Sword Immortal Emperor immediately left a message for Ye Feng in the Void Heavenly World as a reminder.
Therefore, Ye Feng remembered the favor.
Because of this, Ye Feng bestowed him with a suitable Book of Laws and ten Enlightenment Pills, facilitating his rapid breakthrough.
"If I can attain Dao, I will repay the kindness."
Divine Sword Immortal Emperor whispered.
In the universe, more and more ancient Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors appeared, heading towards the center of the Heavenly Origin Sea on the Divine Sword Continent, merging with an imprint.
In just three days, the ten imprints were completely absorbed by ten Hundred-layered Immortal Emperors.
However, they have yet to compete.
Dao attainment is no trifling matter.
They all wish to make full preparations before competing with other rivals, striving to achieve the final victory.
"Sect Master Uncle, why don’t you let us attain Dao?" Huo Yunjie approached Ye Feng.
"You are already at the Invincible Supreme Level, why compete for a Half-Step Heavenly Venerable slot? Although after becoming a Half-Step Heavenly Venerable, you can continue cultivating to become a Quasi-Heavenly Venerable, and then a full Heavenly Venerable, you might take many detours. I hope you at least attain Quasi-Heavenly Venerable, understand?"
Ye Feng spoke earnestly.
Huo Yunjie understood his meaning: "But, I still want to participate in Dao attainment, first becoming a Half-Step Heavenly Venerable, and as an Invincible Supreme level Half-Step Heavenly Venerable, I’ll be enough to protect our sect."
Ye Feng sighed helplessly.
Huo Yunjie indeed desires progress too much.
Forget it, let him be.
"Okay, if there’s a chance for a Half-Step Heavenly Venerable to prove the Dao next time, you can compete."
Ye Feng waved his hand.
In fact, he didn’t want the disciples to participate in any Dao proving this year. Although Hu Feifei had already topped the Cosmic Heavenly Ladder Rankings, the task required maintaining that position for a year, which was still a long way from completion.
Only after completing this task could the next Dao proving task be officially undertaken.
At that time, it would require ten Half-Step Heavenly Venerables and three Quasi-Heavenly Venerables, which posed a significant challenge.
In Ye Feng’s view, Mo Ying, Huo Yunjie, and the other top ten first-generation disciples should be competing for Quasi-Heavenly Venerable.
"Rest assured, Sect Master Uncle, even if I just prove the Dao as a Half-Step Heavenly Venerable, I can still progress further in the future and become a Quasi-Heavenly Venerable and Heavenly Venerable."
Huo Yunjie said solemnly.
"Alright then!" Ye Feng nodded.
Before long, Gong Qingqiu walked over.
"Reporting to the Sect Leader, we are ready and can start recruiting the fourteenth generation disciples at any time."
"Good, then start recruiting!"
"Yes."
As Gong Qingqiu left, the Misty Holy Temples set up across the Shenzhou Continent and the various Great Thousand Worlds of the universe began to see the appearance of one or two disciples of the Misty Holy Sect.
"From today, we begin recruiting the fourteenth generation disciples!"
Upon Gong Qingqiu’s order in the Void Heavenly World, the Hall Masters of the various Misty Holy Temples immediately presided over the recruitment ceremonies across different realms, with the tests similar to those of the past.
The entire process proceeded in an orderly manner.
For the younger generation, proving the Dao was still a distant goal; to be able to join the Misty Holy Sect was already considered a success.
Ye Feng would occasionally inspect the examination sites.
From there, he discovered quite a few prodigies, possessing Sacred Bodies or unique talents, worthy of cultivation.
However, that was about it.
In today’s talent-laden Misty Holy Sect, those with Sacred Bodies were innumerable, each one sent out would be a renowned figure in a realm.
...
In the Cosmic Sea, inside the Bronze Holy Temple.
Bam!
Silver Eyebrow Venerable’s broken arm clenched in a fist, heavily pounding on the table’s surface, his eyes full of rage as he looked at the dozens of Half-Step Heavenly Venerable elder clan members below.
"They dare not show respect? Are they courting death?"
Silver Eyebrow Venerable cursed out loud.
Lately, he had contacted various Abyss Clan branches across the Cosmic Sea, summoning powerhouses, yet only a few dozen Half-Step Heavenly Venerables came.
No Quasi-Heavenly Venerables at all!
They claimed to be in secluded cultivation or researching some breakthrough technique, in short, they were unavailable.
This made Silver Eyebrow Venerable very angry.
"I’ve said already, this is a special universe that could develop into a Three-Lifetimes Universe, we must seize it while its wings have not yet grown, otherwise, once the Three-Lifetimes Universe is fully formed, it may have a Heavenly Venerable overseeing it. By then, even if the Heavenly King himself came, he couldn’t break through it."
Silver Eyebrow Venerable ranted.
The Half-Step Heavenly Venerable elders below looked at each other, thinking Silver Eyebrow Venerable was overly concerned.
A Three-Lifetimes Universe?
Looking throughout the Cosmic Sea, there wasn’t a single genuine Three-Lifetimes Universe, at most, there were Twin Universes. So how could that Twin Universe become a true Three-Lifetimes Universe? It was precisely because of this thought that the other Quasi-Heavenly Venerable realm Venerables didn’t come.
To them, it was a waste of time.
"If they won’t come, I’ll attack the Twin Universe alone, and take all the glory for myself in the future!"
Silver Eyebrow Venerable said coldly.
With that, he stood up.
"Spread my order, disseminate the information that the Twin Universe is about to evolve into a Three-Lifetimes Universe, I want all major forces to rush over, muddy the waters."
Silver Eyebrow Venerable said coldly.
The Moon-Worshipper Elder was shocked: "Venerable, what if the War God Xing Tian Race, Blood Moon Sea Demon Clan, Slaying Heaven Race, Oblivion Blade Clan, these peak forces also intervene?"
"My goal is to muddy the waters; otherwise, do you think an advanced Great Universe is so easy to break through? There’s a saying from a certain shattered universe, ’Even a cornered rabbit bites back.’ Do you think I, a Quasi-Heavenly Venerable, can face the retribution of an advanced Great Universe alone?"
Silver Eyebrow Venerable huffed in dissatisfaction.
"The cornered rabbit bites back? Oh, it’s that universe, it was destroyed by us millions of years ago, and it had three Half-Step Heavenly Venerables sitting in it, but we eventually won."
The Moon-Worshipper Elder murmured.
"Yes, let’s not talk about these, they’re just weak universes. For now, we should focus entirely on dealing with that Twin Universe."
Silver Eyebrow Venerable said.
"Yes."
The Moon-Worshipper Elder and the others nodded one after another, subsequently spreading the secret of the Twin Universe.
The War God Xing Tian Race, Blood Moon Sea Demon Clan, Slaying Heaven Race, Oblivion Blade Clan, these four peak forces; top-level forces with Quasi-Heavenly Venerables in residence; first-rate forces with Half-Step Heavenly Venerables in residence, all received the news.
"Could it be a deception?"
"The Abyss Clan disseminated the news clearly to make us cannon fodder."
"Don’t go!"
Many were not interested.
If it were a genuine Three-Lifetimes Universe, they would naturally go at once, without a moment’s hesitation. But, it was just a Twin Universe. Though high-grade Great Universe-level Twin Universes were very few, they still didn’t want to gamble with their lives, ultimately benefiting the Abyss Clan.
However, quite a few still took action.
Some first-rate forces affiliated with the Abyss Clan sent their Half-Step Heavenly Venerable powerhouses to the sea area where the Twin Universe was located.
For a time, winds of turmoil surged across the Cosmic Sea.
Countless powerhouses gathered at the Twin Universe’s entrance.
Some tried to enter but felt the massive vortex there seemed to have numerous hidden hands; once approached, they would be grabbed, pulled inside, and ground to pieces.
This left the crowd horrified.
"Too terrifying!"
"I’ve never felt such terrifying power near any vortex of a high-grade Great Universe."
"Don’t enter rashly!"
"There’s a Quasi-Heavenly Venerable Divine Weapon inside; going in now is asking for death, you won’t survive it."
There was much discussion among the crowd.
More than a hundred Half-Step Heavenly Venerable powerhouses had gathered at the scene, led by the Abyss Clan’s Moon-Worshipper Elder, while Silver Eyebrow Venerable had yet to arrive.
"Everyone, heed my words!"
The Moon-Worshipper Elder waved his hand, "I have a special secret technique that allows us to send someone into that universe for sabotage without anyone knowing."
"Really?"
Everyone showed interest.
"Of course it’s true, listen as I explain..."
The Moon-Worshipper Elder said with a mysterious expression.
It was a secret technique he had recently developed, even Silver Eyebrow Venerable praised it as feasible.
Today, it was finally coming into play.
...
In the universe.
No one had noticed the impending storm, their attention was all on the first wave of Dao proving, while others focused on the recruitment of new disciples by the Misty Holy Sect.
At this moment, at the peak of Misty Peak.
Ye Feng watched the ten thousand young people climbing, nodding in satisfaction.
They were the fourteenth generation disciples.
In recent days, they had passed the examinations of the various Misty Holy Temples, successfully gaining a spot, and were now engaged in a climbing ranking competition on Misty Peak to determine the specific ranking among the fourteenth generation disciples.
Before long.
A young man, panting heavily, reached the peak, claimed the first position among the fourteenth generation disciples, respectfully saluted Ye Feng, and then sat obediently on the grass.
Subsequent disciples climbed to the summit one after another.
Once everyone was present, Ye Feng, as usual, registered the new disciples and explained the issues related to cultivation.
[PS: Word count for this Chapter is over 4200, goodnight!]