Amplification Secret Technique, the Continent Shaken

"Or perhaps..."

"Chen Ge, do you have some other hidden means you haven't revealed?"

As Venerable Wind spoke in confusion,

Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Heavenly Fire Venerate, and the others also turned their gazes toward Yao Chen, their eyes filled with curiosity.

Meeting everyone's gaze,

Yao Chen, knowing he could not hide it for much longer, nodded slightly.

He stated frankly, "Both, I suppose. Back then, before Han Feng ambushed and betrayed me, reducing me to a Soul Body, I obtained an Amplification Secret Technique that was extremely difficult to cultivate. It could greatly increase one's combat strength..."

"All these years, I had been silently studying this Amplification Secret Technique. Even after being captured by the Hall of Souls, I never stopped. Fortunately, Heaven did not disappoint those who worked hard. While reconstructing my Physical Body and breaking through to Half-Saint, I successfully reached the Entry Level of its cultivation."

"With the combat power granted by this secret technique,

"Nether Old Demon, a High-level Half-Saint, could be destroyed with a casual gesture!"

"Therefore, it is only natural that the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking placed our Starfall Pavilion below the Tianming Sect."

"!!!"

As Yao Chen's words fell,

Venerable Wind Feng Xian, Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Heavenly Fire Venerate, and the others seemed to have heard something unimaginable. Their pupils contracted sharply as they froze where they stood.

"Gasp—"

After coming back to his senses,

Xiao Yan sucked in a breath of cold air.

He could not help exclaiming, "You can casually kill a Half-Saint expert of the same level? Doesn't that mean that, after using the Amplification Secret Technique, Teacher, you possess combat power at the Dou Saint Realm?"

"Mm!"

Seeing Yao Chen nod,

Feng Xian trembled all over with excitement.

To him, the stronger Yao Chen was, the more Heavenly Dao Blessing rewards their Starfall Pavilion would receive.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yan stared at Yao Chen with an eager, yearning expression.

His gaze was so blazing that it seemed capable of melting someone.

Looking at Xiao Yan's undisguised expression of wanting the Amplification Secret Technique,

Yao Chen chuckled and shook his head. "It's useless to look at me, Xiao Yan. This secret technique does not suit you. Besides, the moment I began cultivating it, Restrictions were planted in my soul. I cannot pass it on to others."

Hearing this,

Xiao Yan seemed as though he had been doused with a bucket of cold water.

The heat in his eyes quickly faded, replaced by a resentful look. "Teacher, I think I understand how Han Feng felt back then."

"Oh?" Yao Chen raised a brow. "You want to betray your Teacher too?"

"No, no, no!"

Hearing this, Xiao Yan waved his hands repeatedly. "How could I dare attack you, Teacher? I was only sighing over it. Knowing that Teacher possesses a powerful secret technique, yet being unable to cultivate it myself... that feeling is truly unbearable."

"Hahaha..."

Seeing Xiao Yan suffer a setback,

Feng Xian, Heavenly Fire Venerate, and the others immediately burst into laughter.

At that moment, everything concerning the Tianming Sect on the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking rapidly faded away.

In its place appeared a scenic image of the Tianxing Mountain Range in the Southern Region of the Central Continent.

!!!

The instant they saw the Tianxing Mountain Range,

those Central Continent factions that believed Starfall Pavilion had not made the ranking instantly fell silent.

This was because Starfall Pavilion stood in the center of the Tianxing Mountain Range, within a naturally formed Starfall Grand Formation.

As the image drew closer,

a vast space formed from meteorite star power slowly came into the sight of the Continent's beings.

There were towering peaks that reached the clouds, pavilions and towers built along the mountainsides, rare treasures and exotic beasts, as well as many sect disciples who were nimble and outstanding...

[Sect Power Ranking, Seventh Place: Central Continent—Starfall Pavilion]

[Reason for being on the list: One of the Four Pavilions of the Central Continent, located in the Tianxing Mountain Range of the Southern Region;

Pavilion Master 'Yao Chen': High-level Half-Saint + Quasi Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill Alchemist. Vice Sect Leader 'Venerable Wind Feng Xian': Peak Four-Star Dou Venerate. Young Sect Leader 'Xiao Yan': Two-star Dou Venerate. The sect also has several Dou Venerate Realm elders and consecrated experts;

Although Starfall Pavilion's mid-level combat power is inferior to that of the Tianming Sect,

several days ago, its 27-year-old Young Sect Leader 'Xiao Yan' used his Two-star Dou Venerate cultivation to kill Old Ghost Xing Zhai of the Hall of Souls, a Peak Five-Star Dou Venerate, despite fighting above his level. His potential is immense;

Furthermore, Pavilion Master Yao Chen not only has a Mysterious Background and bears a Special Mission;

his combat power, amplified by a 'Special Secret Technique,' is equivalent to that of a Late-stage One-star Dou Saint despite being a High-level Half-Saint. Together with his status and influence as a Quasi Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill Alchemist, all factors considered, Starfall Pavilion ranks seventh on the Sect Ranking!]

[Reward for being on the list: One Heavenly Tier Low-Grade Cultivation Method, one Heavenly Tier Low-Grade Dou Technique.]

[All Starfall Pavilion disciples and elders will increase by one star in level. High-level Half-Saint directly advances to Late-stage One-star Dou Saint.]

[Ten Seven-Colored Pill Lightning Eighth-grade Pills.]

[Upgrade the Pavilion Protecting Grand Formation. It can withstand attacks from a Four-star Dou Saint, grants a killing formation whose strongest strike can kill a One-star Dou Saint, vastly increases the gathering speed of heaven-and-earth energy within the formation to improve the cultivation speed of sect disciples, and cannot be plundered.]

!!!

As the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking revealed Starfall Pavilion's reason for being listed and its rewards,

the entire Dou Qi Continent instantly fell into dead silence.

No one knew how much time passed.

When they finally recovered,

no one could remain calm. Discussions and cries of astonishment surged into the skies, echoing throughout every corner of the Dou Qi Continent.

"Wo Cao! Wo Cao! Wo Cao!"

"A High-level Half-Saint with combat power equivalent to a Late-stage One-star Dou Saint!"

"No wonder Starfall Pavilion, despite clearly being weaker than the Tianming Sect, ranks above it. Pavilion Master Yao Chen alone is enough to crush the entire Tianming Sect."

"I think Starfall Pavilion and the Tianming Sect are a three-to-seven split!"

"A three-to-seven split? You mean Pavilion Master Yao Chen gets three punches, and the Tianming Sect's Supreme Elder gets seven days of mourning?"

"Good heavens, this Starfall Pavilion Young Sect Leader is a freak too! A 27-year-old Two-star Dou Venerate—his cultivation speed is already monstrous, and he can even kill a Peak Five-Star Dou Venerate across levels. Terrifying!"

"Damn it, is this the caliber of Central Continent geniuses? It seems This Young Master's strength of reaching Six-star Dou Grandmaster at twenty is destined to never make the Genius Ranking!"

"..."

"The seventh place on the Sect Ranking already receives Heaven Tier Cultivation Methods and Dou Techniques?"

"Ten Earth-tier High-grade Cultivation Methods cannot compare to one Heavenly Tier Initial-Grade Cultivation Method. That is a qualitative change! Say, is it still too late to join Starfall Pavilion?"

"The strongest Dou Technique this old man has ever seen was merely an Earth-tier Mid-Grade Dou Technique. Even that was only at an auction..."

"Now Starfall Pavilion's Sect Protecting Grand Formation can kill a One-star Dou Saint. Combined with defenses that can withstand a Four-star Dou Saint, this Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking reward is simply invincible!"

"I'm very curious..."

"What exactly are Pavilion Master Yao Chen's Mysterious Background and Special Mission?"

"Why didn't the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking explain it clearly?"

"..."

As the continent was plunged into shocked uproar,

within a mountain-top pavilion where the Six Great Clans of the Central Continent had gathered,

Yao Dan, the Yao Clan Leader and a Mid Seven-star Dou Saint, was currently being stared down by Gu Yuan, the Ancient Clan Patriarch; Lei Ying, the Lei Clan Patriarch; Yan Jin, the Yan Clan Patriarch; and the leaders of the Shi and Ling Clans.

After a moment of silence,

Gu Yuan spoke meaningfully. "Yao Dan, if I remember correctly, this Yao Chen seems to be a clansman your Yao Clan expelled, isn't he?"

"A Mysterious Background, bearing a Special Mission..."

"And that powerful secret technique capable of amplifying a High-level Half-Saint to the level of a Late-stage One-star Dou Saint."

"Tsk tsk... Since your Yao Clan has arrangements on the continent, why did you agree to form an alliance and cooperate with our clans?"