Top Eight

On the arena stage, two new disciples fought neck and neck. The battle dragged on for quite some time before one of them finally exposed an opening, bringing it to an end.

Many of the matches that followed were the same, with both sides at roughly equal realms.

Aside from the groups containing Ye Xinran and the others, the competitors in all the other groups were evenly matched in strength.

Ye Xinran, Jin Xiaoya, Lin Tianci, Xuanyuan Hao, and Xiao Yueming, however, all won with a single move.

This sent a jolt through everyone's hearts.

"As expected of top-tier talents—they're so strong!"

"If they can become Holy Sons and Saintesses, do you think they could possibly be weak? Not to mention, there's even a Divine Maiden among them."

Amid the crowd, after watching Ye Xinran and the others' matches, a trace of gravity flashed through Dao Wuhen's eyes.

"The prodigies of this era are no simple matter..."

In his view, he had no certainty of victory against any of those five.

"Next match, Group Thirty-Nine."

At that moment, an Elder called out.

At those words, a glint flashed in Dao Wuhen's eyes.

"My turn."

With that, he rose and walked toward the arena stage.

"A Heavenly Spirit Realm fighting a Nascent Core Realm—another match without any suspense."

Watching Dao Wuhen and his opponent take the stage, Lin Tianci found it rather uninteresting.

Still, he paid extra attention to Dao Wuhen's realm.

After all, among the other new disciples, the highest realm was only the Nascent Core Realm.

Other than Ye Xinran and the other four, Dao Wuhen was the only one who had reached the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

Clearly, he was an exceptionally outstanding figure.

Because he had spent the past month searching the secret realm for the Profound Heaven Treasure Spring, his cultivation had been delayed, and Dao Wuhen's realm had barely improved.

He had been at the Heavenly Spirit Realm when he was first unsealed, and he was still at the same realm now.

"Wait, Father said before that we weren't necessarily guaranteed the top five. Including Yueming, there are exactly five of us now.

Does that mean he's also one of the competitors Father was talking about?"

Recalling Xuanyuan Chen's earlier words, Xuanyuan Hao pondered aloud.

"That really is possible. Compared to the other disciples, he already stands out greatly."

Jin Xiaoya nodded, feeling that Xuanyuan Hao's reasoning made sense.

"It should be him. Yesterday, I saw him leave the Holy Master's main hall alone."

At those words, Xiao Yueming added.

"Then it looks like our places in the top five are secure. After all, the gap in realms is right there." Lin Tianci said with a smile.

Beside them, Ye Xinran wore an utterly bored expression.

There was not a single one in this grand competition who could put up a fight.

Even these four before her were merely in the Spiritual Power Realm.

The strongest, Xiao Yueming, was only at the peak of the Spiritual Power Realm.

It made Ye Xinran feel utterly uninterested.

In the depths of the universe, within a grand and imposing hall, three powerful Middle-aged Men were discussing something.

Two of them bore obvious injuries.

"Old Qi, is what you said true? Say it again!"

Xuan Tianyue stared at Qi Tianyuan, his face filled with disbelief.

Seeing Xuan Tianyue's wide-eyed, stunned expression, Qi Tianyuan was equally unable to calm his heart.

"Hall Master, what I said is true. Vice Dean Wang told me all of it.

That Purple Skirt Woman used only one move to instantly kill all six Innate Divine Saints..."

Though it was not the first time he had heard of it, merely mentioning the matter made goosebumps rise all over Qi Tianyuan's body.

Those were six Dao Master Realm Innate Divine Saints!

And one person had wiped them all out with a single move?

Hearing Qi Tianyuan recount it again, the shock in Xuan Tianyue and Yuan Daolin's eyes deepened, and their scalps went numb.

"Does this world truly still have such a powerful expert...?"

As he spoke, Xuan Tianyue's eyes grew slightly unfocused.

"Hall Master, there's something even more terrifying."

Just then, Qi Tianyuan swallowed and said.

"You mean what you mentioned last time—that Purple Skirt Woman probably isn't even the strongest person in that faction, right?"

Hearing this, Xuan Tianyue guessed what Qi Tianyuan was about to say.

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Seeing that Xuan Tianyue had said it aloud, Qi Tianyuan nodded, his expression slightly grave.

"So what if they're strong? If they truly stand against us, no amount of thinking will help.

Besides, they helped us..."

Xuan Tianyue was fairly open-minded about this point.

He continued, "But there's one thing I'm curious about. Why did they help us?

Didn't you go looking for him last time? Didn't he refuse you then?"

Xuan Tianyue was deeply curious as to why Ye Chang'an had ultimately chosen to help.

"I don't know either."

Qi Tianyuan shook his head.

"I wasn't asking you."

"..."

Yuan Daolin, who had been silent at the side, suddenly thought of something. Looking at Xuan Tianyue, he asked, "But Hall Master, even someone at the Dao Master Realm Ninth Layer couldn't kill six Innate Divine Saints with a casual move, could they?

And two of them had already reached the peak of the Dao Master Realm Seventh Layer."

"I haven't reached the Dao Master Realm Ninth Layer. How would I know?"

Xuan Tianyue rolled his eyes at Yuan Daolin.

"Hall Master, do you think there might be even higher existences beyond the Dao Master Realm?"

Yuan Daolin guessed.

At those words, a trace of solemnity flashed through Xuan Tianyue's eyes.

"Yes."

"There really are? Then what realm is it?"

Seeing Xuan Tianyue nod in confirmation, Qi Tianyuan and Yuan Daolin asked in unison, their eyes brimming with curiosity and shock.

"As for what realm it is, I don't know either. But I learned this from the Cosmic Origin."

"The Cosmic Origin?"

"That's right. At the very moment I became the Hall Master of the Heavenly Dao Hall."

Recalling the moment he had become the Hall Master of the Heavenly Dao Hall, Xuan Tianyue also felt somewhat bewildered.

Back then, the Cosmic Origin had only revealed a tiny scrap of information to him, but it had been exceedingly vague.

It had left him utterly baffled as well.

The only thing he could be certain of was that the Dao Master Realm was not the end.

"Hall Master, you're about to break through to the Dao Master Realm Eighth Layer, aren't you?"

Yuan Daolin looked at Xuan Tianyue and asked.

The latter nodded.

"Looks like I'll either have to find the answer myself, or learn it from that mysterious faction."

"Hall Master, are you planning to go to the lower realm to find him?"

Hearing Xuan Tianyue's words, realization dawned on Qi Tianyuan's face.

"Yes. It's still necessary to make contact with them."

"Then when are you going? We'll go with you."

Yuan Daolin looked expectant.

He was extremely curious about that mysterious faction as well.

Even more, he wanted to see such a peerless powerhouse with his own eyes.

To casually kill six Innate Divine Saints in a single move—what a stunning figure that was.

"Let's go after our injuries have healed. We'd have no face to meet anyone looking like this."

Xuan Tianyue glanced at the injuries on himself and Yuan Daolin, a bitter smile on his face.

Heavenly Desolation Continent.

Eastern Domain, Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land.

Since the Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land had not recruited many new disciples, the tournament progressed swiftly.

Until the top eight, Ye Xinran and the others had not faced one another.

They all guessed that Xuanyuan Chen had deliberately arranged it this way.

As it turned out, they were right.

The earlier matches had ended, and only eight disciples remained.

Ye Xinran, Jin Xiaoya, Lin Tianci, Xuanyuan Hao, Xiao Yueming, and Dao Wuhen were naturally among those eight.

The remaining two were no slouches either. After all, they had made it into the top eight among so many disciples with considerable talent.

Both were at the Half-Step Heavenly Spirit Realm and were Elder's Personal Disciples.

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