Realm of the Heavens

Most experts of the foreign races chose to hide.

But some foreign cultivators entered the Human Race's world and began taking revenge. It was not only Immortal King Realm cultivators; foreign-race cultivators of every cultivation realm—especially those of lower realms—went madly charging into the Human Race's world after confirming that their Immortal Emperors had been defeated.

Those Immortal Kings and True Lords might be able to find somewhere to hide and remain there for a hundred years.

But what about them?

With their cultivation realms, even if they hid somewhere, they could not evade the investigations of Human Race experts.

If they were going to die anyway, they might as well kill a few Humans first!

For a time, the entire world descended into utter chaos.

Fighting and slaughter could be seen everywhere.

When those foreign races took revenge, they did not care what cultivation realm their targets were in. As long as they were Human, they would strike.

Even many mortals were mercilessly slaughtered.

Song Zhong and the Wutian Immortal Emperor were both injured, yet in the face of such circumstances, they continued hunting down foreign races outside.

Only a month later did the world gradually settle down.

The foreign races that had entered the world occupied by the Human Race had basically all been exterminated. Only a small number occasionally appeared, and cultivators from the great sects would swiftly head out to kill them.

Song Zhong and the Wutian Immortal Emperor also returned to the Zhengyi Sect.

Though Song Zhong's injuries had not completely healed after a month, he no longer appeared wounded on the surface.

Yet the Zhengyi Immortal Emperor still looked incomparably frail, his face deathly pale.

"Senior Brother, your injuries..." The Wutian Immortal Emperor looked at the Zhengyi Immortal Emperor with deeply furrowed brows. His Senior Brother's injuries were even more serious than he had expected.

"I was careless and fell into their scheme." The Zhengyi Immortal Emperor let out a deep sigh.

Had he not entered the Demon Race's world alone, had he not been trapped within their grand formation, he would not have used that secret technique in the end, nor would he have been injured to this extent.

With his current injuries, let alone breaking through to the Supreme Realm after a hundred years, even fully recuperating would be a problem. Such internal injuries were far too difficult to heal.

The Wutian Immortal Emperor's brows knit tightly. Suddenly, as if recalling something, he turned to look at Song Zhong beside him. Song Zhong's injuries had also been severe.

Yet in merely one month, Song Zhong had nearly recovered.

Moreover, he remembered that Song Zhong had never specifically treated his injuries. Instead, he had remained outside, slaughtering foreign races.

Perhaps Song Zhong possessed some special healing method. If Song Zhong...

Song Zhong sensed the Wutian Immortal Emperor's gaze and understood his meaning. He sighed softly and said helplessly, "I also want the Zhengyi Immortal Emperor to recover sooner, but my method is too special. I cannot use it to help anyone else."

If he could help, he would have done so. But he recovered quickly because of his Instant Eternity. He could not pass Instant Eternity on to anyone else; there truly was nothing he could do.

"I understand." Before Song Zhong could explain further, the Zhengyi Immortal Emperor said, "I know that some special inheritances or methods are unique.

"It is simply that, after a hundred years, our Human Race will likely only be able to rely on the two of you."

The Zhengyi Immortal Emperor's face was full of self-reproach. His Junior Brother was a Heavenly Prodigy, but he had only just entered the Immortal Emperor Realm. How could he possibly break through to the Supreme Realm in a hundred years?

As for Song Zhong, there was probably not much hope either.

After all, Song Zhong was still far too distant from the Supreme Realm!

With a sigh, he looked at Song Zhong and said solemnly, "Originally, I planned to tell you this after you broke through to become an Immortal King.

"But I am afraid I will have to enter seclusion to heal my injuries, so I will tell you in advance about something I did not mention before.

"You should know that ordinary cultivators must undergo a heavenly tribulation after breaking through to become Immortal Kings.

"However, after the most outstanding Heavenly Prodigies finish their tribulations, they are guided into a special place."

He paused slightly, then looked at Song Zhong and said, "You have heard us mention God Crystals before, haven't you?

"God Crystals are incomparably precious. There are no God Crystals in our world; only certain special places possess them.

"And to enter those special places, one must become an Immortal Emperor.

"I once entered such a special place to compete for God Crystals.

"And there is one place where you can obtain God Crystals after becoming an Immortal King. It is the place I mentioned, the place you will most likely be able to enter after breaking through to become an Immortal King.

"You may regard it as a special trial ground.

"The most exceptional Heavenly Prodigy cultivators in the world enter it only after breaking through to become Immortal Kings.

"After entering, the first thing you must face is nine levels of trials.

"After passing all nine levels, you can obtain a Substitute Death Talisman. That talisman activates automatically and can save your life.

"After that, you must wait.

"Because cultivators from throughout the world, of every race, may enter that place.

"The later trials are contests against the most outstanding cultivators of every race in the world.

"However, there are too few cultivators, so the trials will not begin.

"Once the total number of cultivators who have passed the nine levels reaches one thousand, the true trial begins.

"As for the trials that follow, I cannot tell you more, because the rules faced after that differ in every trial."

The rules the four of us faced were all different. But what was the same was that every level contained God Crystals, as well as a passage leading to the next level.

The deeper one went, the greater the opportunity one would ultimately obtain.

What I want to remind you is this: never underestimate the Heavenly Prodigies of the various races. They are the true cream of the crop.

I know that you are invincible within your own cultivation realm. But among those able to enter, which one was not a peak Heavenly Prodigy who had suppressed an entire Great Thousand World?

Especially since many worlds came into being before ours; their cultivation systems are even more powerful!

My master became a Supreme Realm existence back then, yet after entering the true trial, he only passed the first level. At the second level, his Substitute Death Talisman was blasted apart, forcing him to leave the trial."

As Zhengyi Immortal Emperor spoke, he raised a hand and pointed at Wutian Immortal Emperor beside him. "My Junior Brother—you have seen his strength as well. Not long after becoming an Immortal Emperor, he was already able to suppress and fight two alien-race Immortal Emperors. Yet even he had his Substitute Death Talisman blasted apart by an alien race cultivator at merely the third level."

Wutian Immortal Emperor immediately protested, "Senior Brother, I only had bad luck—I ran into that freak, the Extermination Immortal Emperor.

That fellow has yet to reach the Supreme Realm, but he is already immensely famous throughout the Universe.

They say he reached the final level.

If I hadn't been unlucky enough to encounter him, how could I have made it only to the third level?!"

Zhengyi Immortal Emperor ignored Wutian Immortal Emperor and pointed at himself. "Back then, I too only made it to the fifth level by sheer luck. It truly was sheer luck—if my luck had been worse, my Substitute Death Talisman might have been blasted apart on the very first level!

That trial is truly difficult."

Song Zhong asked curiously, "Then what about the Lord of Witchcraft Power? What level did he reach?"

"He reached the tenth level!"

Song Zhong nodded lightly. "So that trial has ten levels in total?"

The Lord of Witchcraft Power possessed peerless combat strength, suppressing the other cultivators throughout the Universe until they feared him, even forbidding the Human Race from cultivating witchcraft. He should have reached the final level.

"No."

Zhengyi Immortal Emperor shook his head. "That mystic realm is called the Heavens-Dwelling Realm. It has eleven levels in total!

In every session, out of a thousand Heavenly Prodigies, only one can reach the final level—the eleventh level. Whoever reaches the end becomes the Child of the Heavens!

At the tenth level, the Lord of Witchcraft Power had his Substitute Death Talisman blasted apart by that session's Child of the Heavens!"