First place: Jiu Tianliu.
In the final registration zone of the entire underwater race course.
Jiu Tianliu rode his Divine Shuttle, splitting it into wave after wave of afterimages. After sweeping through a vast stretch of the registration zone, he found the black registration ball.
The Nine Heavens Divine Shuttle he rode was fully named the Nine Heavens Ten Lands Danger Avoiding Divine Shuttle. It was a Dharma Treasure with a long history, updated generation after generation yet never eliminated.
From aristocratic clans and noble houses to imperial kin and renowned Immortal Dao sects... every historical upheaval, every leap of an era, every fall of a great clan or sect, every outbreak of war, conflict, or contradiction... had seen the Nine Heavens Divine Shuttle carrying people away with their wealth.
As long as one ran fast enough, as long as one survived, there would always be a chance to make a comeback. This idea had been passed down through the generations, and it had now become the philosophy of the Finance Department, one Jiu Tianliu deeply agreed with.
The reason the Nine Heavens Divine Shuttle had become a divine tool for making a getaway was not only because it could carry Luck, upgrade its configuration through piled-up resources, and conveniently convert assets into cash. The most important reason had always been... that it was fast enough.
"Speed is the foremost requirement for avoiding danger."
"And the Nine Heavens Divine Shuttle represents the pinnacle of speed among those of the same rank."
Though he did not know how to forge artifacts, that did not prevent Jiu Tianliu from using his Dharma Skeleton to master powerful artifact-controlling abilities. With the support of several Soul Cultivator masters, he had become highly proficient in operating the Divine Shuttle.
Jiu Tianliu knew that forging, medicine,