Chen Fei stood before the sphere of light in the battle zone, his divine sense immersed in the beacon as he tallied the gains from this trip to the Life and Death Arena.
Nine consecutive victories!
Each match had a base reward of one hundred source points, and he had forced every opponent to concede, earning an additional thirty source points each, for a total of one thousand one hundred and seventy source points.
Beyond that were the Dao Crystals he had won by betting one million Dao Crystals on himself in every match. Including his initial capital, the Dao Crystals in his possession had now surpassed ten million.
This was an enormous fortune.
Compared to the more than eight million Dao Crystals he had accumulated at the Fifteenth Order only after lengthy trials and repeated fights to the death, the resources in his hands now far exceeded that amount.
Yet Chen Fei had only fought nine matches, taking less than one hour from beginning to end.
"This alone makes the difference between the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Orders obvious," Chen Fei thought with feeling.
It was not merely a difference in strength, but a world apart in terms of one's standing, the resources one could access, and the returns one could reap.
This was also why Chen Fei had previously been unwilling to climb the Heaven Origin Ranking and obtain source points steadily that way.
The source points gained each year might seem plentiful, but for Chen Fei, their value for the cost was not actually high.
Of course, high returns also meant high expenditure.
The resources required for cultivation and exchanges at the Great Cang Realm were likewise numbers unimaginable at the Fifteenth Order.
As Chen Fei formed seal after seal, drawing upon the surrounding World Vital Energy and