Chapter 156: Advancement to Embracing Yuan Realm Lower Stage

  The first round, the second round and the third round eliminated more than 260 people. The remaining thirty or so people included eight who were originally early-stage Wugong practitioners in the Hugging Yuan stage. They found it difficult to break through, but they could further advance to the peak of the early Hugging Yuan stage.

  More than 20 people left may not necessarily be able to stably enter the Yuan Jing layer, after all, everyone's situation is different. Among the six people who were eliminated in the first three rounds of trials, there were six people who successfully advanced without receiving the fourth round of trials.

  The ninth sealed room in the north.

  The knife light was like snowflakes dancing in the air, fluttering and swirling, like a dream, like an illusion. In the midst of the knife light, two pure white figures occasionally touched each other, sparking countless sparks. Although both figures were white, one of them had a slightly transparent quality, clearly being an energy construct. The other person's white clothes fluttered, their temperament was extraordinary, and they gave off a gentle feeling like a spring breeze without needing to be seen.

  With one sword strike, the white-clothed youth's eyebrows relaxed, and he finally advanced. After being stuck at the late stage of the Condensing Reality realm for two years, he had finally entered the Embracing Origin realm.

  He lifted his head, revealing a handsome and gentle face. If someone were present, they would surely recognize him as the eldest disciple of Beishan Manor, Beishan Gongzi.

  The third sealed room in the north.

  Nan Luo Zong's eldest disciple 'Lotus Fairy' Qin Yulian has been promoted.

  The eighteenth sealed room in the south.

  Plum blossoms eliminated.

  The fourteenth sealed room in the south.

  Xu Jing's body burst out with a true energy fluctuation that only belongs to the early stages of a martial artist who has entered the realm of embracing the origin, and with one punch, he shattered the white light shadow's head.

  He spat out a mouthful of turbid air, and his eyelids drooped slightly as he muttered to himself: "I can finally cultivate that body-refining technique. I wonder if it's as formidable as the ancient scrolls say?"

  Xu Jingyi was promoted, and Tianfeng Guo was also promoted to the level of a sect disciple in the Huayuan boundary. There were three people who reached this level: Beixue Gongzi, the eldest son of Beixue Manor; Qin Yulian, the senior sister of Nanluo Sect; and Xu Jing, the core disciple of Liuyun Sect. As for Duanmu Gongzi, "Ba Dao" Yu Yue, "Yu Xia" Nangong Yun, Yuan Xuemei, Liu Wuxiang, Ji Xueyan, and others were eliminated in the first three rounds along with Luo Hanshan.

  At present, among the disciples of Tianfeng Country's sect, only Lin Qi and Ye Chen have yet to make a move.

  Red Ancient Desert

  Beyond the light gate.

  Bei Xue Gongzi, Qin Yulian and Xu Jing were sent out one after another.

  "Xu Jing shi mei, you've been promoted."

  Lu Hanshan and Zhu Mei did not advance, although slightly disappointed, but soon didn't mind. A warrior's path is about persistence, temporary gains or losses don't matter, a lifetime of gains or losses are what's most important. Who knows, maybe today they won't advance, but in the future their cultivation will progress rapidly. Of course, the journey to Tian Meng Ancient Land was fraught with danger, and the four had gone through great difficulties to enter the Tian Meng War Temple. If none of them advanced, that would be too unjustified. At this moment, when they saw Xu Jing, the powerful aura on her body told them the answer.

  Xu Jing nodded, "The sixth trial is no longer something that a beginner in the Embryonic Breathing realm can pass through, I lost after just ten moves."

  In the fourth round, she was promoted to the early stage of Hugging Yuan Realm, and in the fifth round, the white light shadow made adjustments according to her cultivation progress. However, it took a hard fight of over a hundred moves to pass through. By the sixth round, the white light shadow's strength was terrifyingly abnormal, reaching the peak of the mid-term Hugging Yuan Realm, with every move having the power to shake mountains.

  "Haha, promotion is good, whether or not he has gone through the sixth round doesn't matter much." The Great Elder had not been so happy for a long time. First, Ye Chen understood the sword intent and killed two great disciples of the Purple Sun Sect. Then Xu Jing entered the Bao Yuan realm and became a young master comparable to Fei Cui Gongzi overnight. Each of these was a fortunate event for the Flowing Cloud Sect, requiring a grand banquet to be held, inviting heroes from all over the Tian Feng Kingdom.

  Beixue Manor and Nan Luo Zong's elder were overjoyed, as their sect finally had a disciple break through to the Bao Yuan realm. Especially Beixue Manor, aside from Beixue Gongzi, there was also 'Beixue Fast Knife' Lin Qi inside, who still hadn't come out yet, with more than 90% chance of advancing to become a Bao Yuan realm warrior.

  "You've all come out, only Lin Qi and Ye Shidi are left inside Tianfeng Country, I don't know how they're doing now?" Luo Hanshan said.

  Xu Jing said: "I think Ye Shidi will definitely succeed."

  "Not bad, great expectations." The Great Elder and Fourth Elder both nodded in agreement.

  Tian Meng Zhan Dian.

  The 21st sealed room in the north.

  No one could have imagined that Lin Qi would last this long, as it seemed everyone had underestimated his strength. By the fourth round, White Light Shadow already possessed early-stage Bao Yuan Realm cultivation, and by the fifth round, White Light Shadow became even more formidable, only a step away from reaching mid-stage Bao Yuan Realm. Of course, this ranking was calculated based on ordinary warriors; if White Light Shadow were replaced with Hong Qianjun, Lin Qi would have lost long ago, after all, Hong Qianjun could contend against an ordinary mid-stage Bao Yuan Realm warrior.

  This battle has long since begun, and Lin Qi's ability to remain undefeated is entirely due to his astonishing willpower. Now, the knife aura on him is becoming increasingly powerful, with a tendency to transform.

  "Die!"

  One knife is faster than one knife, Lin Qi's only thought now is to be fast, even faster, to surpass the original limit and enter a higher level.

  Splendid!

  The white light that had been suppressing Lin Qi suddenly stumbled, and the right arm holding the treasure knife flew up, immediately cutting his body into dozens of pieces, turning into a white light.

  Buzz!

  Lín Qí Dān Tián's true energy vortex shook violently at extreme speed, finally gathering into a spherical shape, with the true energy collapsing inward in a spiral form.

  "It broke through, unexpectedly first understanding the intent of the sword, then breaking through cultivation."

  Just now, if he hadn't grasped the intent of the sword, even if the sword was faster, he would have failed. However, he succeeded and became an early-stage Wielder of the Origin Realm, and also grasped the sword intent that the Sword Guest had been dreaming of. After Master Xue Wuzhan, he is the second person in Tianfeng Country to grasp the intent of the sword.

  The Sixth Trial

  Lin Qi took a deep breath of cold air, because the reason he broke through the boundary, the white light shadow adjusted according to his strength, reached the mid-term peak level of Bao Yuan realm, more terrifying than Xu Jing's, Qin Yu's and Bei Xue's sixth trial.

  To know the boundary is higher, the difficulty of the challenge is greater. Lin Qi has just entered the Bao Yuan realm level, and his cultivation is equivalent to the lower level of the Bao Yuan realm level. The strength of the white light shadow is in the middle of the Bao Yuan realm, at the peak of the mid-term cultivation. The gap between them is not one level, but one and a half levels. Even if he grasped the knife intent, it's unlikely that he would be an opponent.

  Throughout the Southern Zhan Domain, there were no more than five young masters who could transcend the first half of the challenge. The top three young masters on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, for example, had cultivation at the mid-stage of the Yuan Realm, yet they possessed strength comparable to that of the Five Great Sect Masters of Tianfeng Nation. As for their innate talent, they were far superior to Lin Qi. To them, Lin Qi's knife intent was nothing special. Among the top thirty on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, there were many who had grasped sword intent and knife intent, not to mention the ones who dominated the young generation of Southern Zhan Domain, the top three on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.

  A white light flashed out with a single knife, and Lin Qi retreated ten steps.

  The second knife, Lin Qi dodged in disarray.

  The third knife, Lin Qi's mouth overflowed with fresh blood.

  ……

  The sixth round, Lin Qi suffered a crushing defeat and was transmitted out of the Tian Meng War Hall.

  From then on, the young generation of Tianfeng Country was left with only Yexun.

  "Lin Qi is out!"

  On the Red Ancient Desert, the elders of the five major sects of Tianfeng Nation all looked over, staring blankly at Lin Qi who was transmitted out from the Light Gate.

  Lin Qi's expression was calm and composed as he walked towards the location of Beixue Manor.

  The other four major sects all had their gains, and their expressions were still normal. Only the Zi Yang Sect's group of people looked gloomy, with dense bloodshot eyes, as if they wanted to kill someone.

  "Great Elder, it's possible that Ou Yang Lie and Ou Yang Ming could have made it this far, who knows!" A purple-clothed inner sect elder beside him couldn't take the atmosphere and spoke out words he didn't even believe himself.

  The Grand Elder of the Zi Yang Sect let out a cold snort, he no longer wanted to speak, his subconscious refused to acknowledge that OuYang Lie and OuYang Ming were dead, but his rational mind told him there was no hope left.

  "This time back, secretly arrange manpower, and strike to kill several disciples of the Flowing Cloud Sect with all one's might. I want their joyful occasion to turn into a funeral."

  "This is nature, and cannot let Liú Yún Zōng continue to grow."

  The fifth sealed space of the Western Heaven's Dream Battle Temple.

  Yuanyangyi's palm split the white light shadow on his head, and he burst out laughing, his expression full of pride, arrogance, and self-importance.

  "The Tianmeng War Temple can't possibly let me advance from the early stages of Bao Yuan Realm to the middle stage in one go, but being able to reach the peak of the early stage of Bao Yuan Realm has greatly increased my combat power. Disciples of Liuyun Sect, wait for me to come and slaughter you! Now I can crush you all with just one hand, especially that despicable brat who comprehended the sword intent, I want you to die a miserable death."

  It seemed that he thought of torturing Ye Chen, Yuan Heng laughed maniacally again, his true energy boiling over, and the majestic and ferocious aura made him look like a demon.

  Eastern Sixteenth Sealed Room.

  Zhuang Fei's palm slapped the back of the white light shadow, and the extremely condensed palm force shattered the white light shadow with a crisp and clean strike, without any excess energy spilling out.

  "The future of Tianfeng Nation is still mine."

  Killing the white light shadow, Zhuang Fei's body emitted an aura that was not inferior to Yuan Hongying's, and his cultivation had clearly reached the early peak of the Bao Yuan realm.

  No one would have thought that he could climb even higher, after all, in the previous Dragon Ranking, he was only ranked sixty-eighth, and was one of the people at the bottom of the nine countries.

  Other people's changes Ye Xun didn't know, and he didn't have any extra thoughts to guess.

  This time, the strength of the white light shadow is at a relatively powerful level in the mid-term of the Yuan Yuan realm, slightly inferior to the peak of the mid-term Yuan Yuan realm, but it's already his limit. Being able to fight until now completely relies on his increasingly pure and skilled sword intent.

  Ye Chen, who had just entered the Tian Meng Ancient Land, was at a relatively immature stage of his sword intent. After fighting Hong Qianjun, his sword intent began to grow and reached the initial stage. Now, after the five trials, his sword intent has grown again and is one step away from reaching the minor completion stage.

  Xiao Cheng's sword intent was terrifying, far surpassing the immature stage of his sword intent. In comparison, the current Ye Chen didn't need many moves to defeat the self who had just entered Tian Meng Ancient Land.

  One Thousand Moves!

  After a thousand moves, Ye Chen slashed off the head of the white light shadow with one sword, and for a moment, he felt dizzy and his vision blurred.

  Of course, no matter how tired I am, it's worth it. The vortex of true energy in the dantian has finally been gathered and formed into a perfect spiral of true energy.

  At this moment, Ye Chen officially advanced to the Embracing Yuan Realm.