Begin!

Not in a hurry?

Kong Fang nodded.

The annual Immortal Fate Assembly always begins in the first month of the lunar calendar, a tradition known to all major powers in the world.

The prodigies who will participate in the Immortal Fate Assembly will go to the capital in advance, or they will want to gather information about other participants as early as possible so that they can know themselves and their opponents and make preparations in advance.

More often than not, they wanted to cultivate good relationships with important figures from the major tribes in the capital, hoping to gain some positive connections and benefits...

Given Zhou Hao's current wealth and power, he wouldn't care about these things, so there's really no need to rush.

"Once you finish refining your set of magic weapons, Senior Brother Xuan Gui's set will be almost done as well. After the first month of the lunar calendar, I will go to the capital with you," said Kong Fang.

This Immortal Fate Assembly was personally presided over by the Xia Emperor.

In addition to sending their Myriad Phenomena talented individuals to the conference, all the various factions also sent their top figures, representing their tribes and sects, to pay homage to Xia Emperor.

On the Mysterious Heaven Sect's side, Kong Fang Fangtianxian represented the sect and went to the Great Xia Royal Capital.

"If Master goes too, he can take Yu'er and Yu Chan with him to the capital," Zhou Hao said with a smile.

The Immortal Fate Assembly is held within the imperial city of the Great Xia Royal Capital. The imperial city is the most important and central place in this great world, and it is not a place that ordinary people can enter at will.

Aside from the Myriad Phenomena True Person were to participate and could directly enter the imperial city, even those who followed the processions from various prefectures to pay homage to Xia Emperor were bound to wait in line, and in the end, they couldn't even get into the Heavenly Brilliance Hall. How could it compare to going directly to the Heavenly Brilliance Hall with Master Kong Fang Tianxian and drinking the imperial palace's immortal wine?

After Kong Fang Fangtianxian had eaten and drunk her fill and left satisfied, Zhou Hao spent two more days with Liu Yu and Yun Yuchan before returning to the Red Dust Immortal Mansion.

... within the vast Red Lotus pond.

A dense crimson light formed a sphere in mid-air with a diameter of a hundred feet. The Blood-Transforming Divine Blade floated in the center of the crimson light sphere, and runes generated by heaven and earth faintly appeared on the surface of the blade.

The biggest difference between innate spiritual treasures and pure yang magic treasures is that the latter are refined by cultivators, and the restrictive runes are added by cultivators later, making them Post-Heaven treasures.

Innate spiritual treasures, on the other hand, are innate restrictions created by heaven and earth, containing a complete Dao that can be comprehended by the refiner.

The higher the level of Dao's mysteries contained within, and the more innate restrictions it contains, the higher the grade of the innate spiritual treasure.

Ordinary innate spiritual treasures have a maximum of nine innate restrictions.

Any more than that would be considered superior, with the limit for superior being eighteen innate restrictions.

Above the superior grade is the ultimate grade, which can have up to thirty-six innate restrictions.

Having thirty-six innate restrictions is already the limit for an innate spiritual treasure.

In the Three Realms, those that reach the limit of innate spiritual treasures are generally called 'innate supreme treasures'.

Zhou Hao watched as twelve restrictive runes slowly formed on the surface of the Blood-Transforming Divine Blade, and nodded slightly. "Blood Transformation wasn't exaggerating; it truly is a top-grade innate spiritual treasure."

Although the twelve innate restrictions only represent the first level of a high-grade innate spiritual treasure, their power already surpasses the limit of pure yang magic treasures, making them irreplaceable even with numerous pure yang magic treasures.

The most renowned celestial gods and immortals in the Three Realms possess magical treasures of this level at most.

Top-grade innate spiritual treasures, and even supreme innate treasures, are used by True God Dao Ancestor; ordinary gods and immortals are not qualified to possess them.

"It's just that the transformation is really slow." Zhou Hao took a deep look at the blood-red sphere in the sky.

They initially said the transformation would take a maximum of three years, but it's already been almost a month over.

So it seems it was just bragging after all...

He handed the Storage Bracelet containing the ' Godfall Workshop ' to his Second Primordial Spirit for refinement, while Zhou Hao's main body went to the quiet room in the Immortal Mansion.

Buzz~~~

As the calming array in the meditation room was activated, Zhou Hao's mind became completely still.

Whether it's a magical artifact or a secret technique, it's ultimately an external force.

The realm of Tao, the understanding of Tao, is the foundation of everything.

"Ever since I realized my future path at the Black-White Academy, and decided to integrate all the principles of Tao into Tai Chi and present them through Taiji Fist Art... After three years of studying hundreds of different martial arts styles, I finally have some ideas," Zhou Hao pondered to himself.

The first move, "Yin-Yang Wheel," was created by comprehending the Black-White Millstone Diagram and using the Tai Chi Cloud Hands technique to differentiate Yin-Yang Great Dao as its foundation. Its power is vast, like the millstone of heaven and earth crushing everything.

The second move, "Thunder God Mace," uses the Lightning Great Dao and whipping force from Taiji Fist. Its core is speed. If it is fast to the extreme, truly like lightning, the opponent will be unable to stop the punch. Its power is unimaginable.

As for the third and fourth forms, Zhou Hao plans to base them on the two powerful moves of Taiji Fist, namely the cannon and hammer, while incorporating the concepts of time, space, and the Five Elements.

"Perhaps there should be a fifth move."

Thinking about how the rudimentary forms of his moves, or the moves he had conceived, were all primarily offensive, Zhou Hao pondered that he still needed to include a move focused on defense...

More than three months passed after this period of contemplation. Zhou Hao selected the most defensive move in Taiji Fist, "Sealing and Closing," and made some changes, incorporating some of the profound mysteries of the Dao he had comprehended, making it more suitable for use in combat.

"For now, this is the best we can do. To perfect the entire fist technique, we still need countless battles to hone it." Zhou Hao walked out of the meditation room, saw that the Blood-Transforming Divine Blade was still incomplete in its transformation, shook his head, and left the Immortal Mansion.

"Ready?"

Immortal Mansion, Master Kong Fang, Liu Yu, Yun Yuchan were already waiting.

Today is the twelfth day of the first lunar month, and there are only three days left until the Immortal Fate Assembly.

"Ready?" Zhou Hao nodded.

The Immortal Fate Assembly is just a battle with a group of Myriad Phenomena True Person. There's no need to use a powerful weapon like the Blood-Transforming Divine Blade, a primordial spiritual treasure. It's enough to leave the Second Primordial Spirit and the Red Dust Immortal Mansion to wait at Yueying Peak.

"Let's go then." A boat appeared out of thin air next to Kong Fang Fangtianxian, and Zhou Hao, Liu Yu, and Yun Yuchan all boarded it.

Wow!

The boat quickly rose into the air and disappeared into the distance.

... The Xia Clan Great World.

The Great Xia Royal Capital.

After arriving at Yinglong Divine Mountain, Zhou Hao and his group first went to the headquarters to meet Left King.

"I thought you weren't coming to the Immortal Fate Assembly this time," Left King laughed. "Tianbao Mountain is going to remove you from the ' Myriad Phenomena Windcloud Ranking ' for this Immortal Fate Assembly."

"Remove me from the list?" Zhou Hao asked, puzzled.

What exactly is the Myriad Phenomena Windcloud Ranking "?

"These are the thirty-three people selected by Tianbao Mountain as the most likely to enter the top one hundred of this Immortal Fate Assembly. They are all renowned geniuses who have made a name for themselves among the Myriad Phenomena True Person of the entire Great Xia Dynasty." Left King took out a book and handed it to Zhou Hao. "Because you haven't appeared in the capital, I heard that some people are even betting on whether you will participate in the Immortal Fate Assembly."

"So boring." Zhou Hao was speechless.

Is it even worth setting up a betting pool if I don't even want to participate in the Immortal Fate Assembly?

I opened the book that Left King handed me and flipped through it. Sure enough, the first page had five big characters: "Myriad Phenomena Windcloud Ranking".

"I'm number one?" Zhou Hao was taken aback.

This is not a good sign.

If we follow the classic plot of the online novels I read in my previous life... in the rankings or similar lists before the important plot begins, the number one person never has a good ending.

They were destined to become mere background figures or stepping stones.

"Let me see," Kong Fang Fangtianxian leaned closer.

"Hmm, Tianbao Mountain is still quite fair. Those little guys like Xia Mang Zishan, Cangwu Jiu, and Xiang Tianxiao are nowhere near as powerful as my disciple."

The people mentioned by Kong Fang Fangtianxian were all peerless prodigies from the top ten tribes in the Xia Clan Great World. Xia Mang Zishan was even from the royal family and was the most dazzling direct descendant of the Xia Mang Clan in this generation.

"You stingy rooster, didn't you just become a Celestial Immortal with your Second Primordial Spirit? Why are you here this time too?" Left King and Patriarch Mu Yang were both disciples of Dao Ancestor Yinglong, and their relationship with the Mysterious Heaven Sect was extraordinary. Kong Fang was also a treasure refining master, and they had dealt with each other quite a bit before, so they were naturally very familiar with each other.

"My apprentice is about to make a name for himself, how can I, as his master, be absent?" Kong Fang Fangtianxian said smugly.

"You're really lucky," sighed Left King. "You never take on disciples your whole life, and when you do, you end up with the most monstrous talent."

"That's because I have good taste," Kong Fang said smugly. "Quickly arrange a place to stay, and prepare plenty of good food and drink. I know you have imperial wine bestowed by the Xia Emperor, so don't hold back!"

"I knew you wouldn't come here for anything good." The Left King shook his head, too lazy to waste any more words with this smug miser, and ordered his puppet servants to go and make preparations.

Meanwhile, Zhou Hao, Liu Yu, and Yun Yuchan continued to review the information about the participants in this Immortal Fate Assembly.

"Senior brother, look, it's Ji Ning." Liu Yu saw that the last place on the Myriad Phenomena Windcloud Ranking was Ji Ning. His main achievements, besides killing Shaoyan Nong and a god-demon at the Nascent Soul level, were also killing Shaoyan Clan's ' Floating Cloud Immortal ' in the capital a year ago.

"Xuanji is already dead, why would the Shaoyan Clan still arrange for Loose Immortal to assassinate Ji Ning?" Zhou Hao asked, somewhat puzzled.

Logically speaking, the one who hates Ji Ning the most from the Shaoyan Clan and is most concerned about hunting Ji Ning down should be Heavenly Immortal Xuanji.

He originally thought that with Heavenly Immortal Xuanji's death, he should have changed the original plot.

Unexpectedly, the assassination attempt on Ji Ning by the Shaoyan Clan's Loose Immortal immortal still occurred.

This is happening in the Great Xia Royal Capital! To kill someone in the capital is tantamount to provoking the Great Xia Emperor!

Without a celestial being to force him, the Loose Immortal of the Shaoyan Clan would have gone mad and acted on his own initiative to carry out the assassination.

The teleportation array of Yinglong Divine Mountain is the central hub of this great world. Tiandu, all sorts of people come here, and even some beings teleported from other great worlds arrive at Yinglong Divine Mountain first.

This place naturally became a hub for intelligence gathering, attracting the attention of various powerful forces and even Tianbao Mountain.

As Zhou Hao and his group appeared at Yinglong Divine Mountain and entered the Yinglong Guard headquarters, intelligence reports were quickly transmitted to all directions.

soon.

The news that "Zhou Hao, the Immortal of Longevity, who ranked first on the Myriad Phenomena Windcloud Ranking and killed the Seven Blood God Sect with his Myriad Phenomena Manifestations True Changsheng sixteen years ago, has arrived at Yinglong Divine Mountain and it is basically confirmed that he will participate in this Immortal Fate Assembly" spread among the Myriad Phenomena prodigies who were waiting for the Immortal Fate Assembly to begin.

"They really came?"

Upon receiving the news, many of the Myriad Phenomena demons felt a chill in their hearts.

Even exceptional geniuses are not guaranteed to participate in the Immortal Fate Assembly.

Because of differences in personality, temperament, and cultivation methods, many will not come.

Because it was Xia Emperor who ordered it, some extremely famous geniuses have already arrived.

The Immortal Fate Assembly was about to begin, and Zhou Hao hadn't even arrived in the capital yet, so most people breathed a sigh of relief.

But he did come after all.

Why are people so concerned about whether Zhou Hao will participate?

There's no other reason than that his previous record was simply too terrifying.

The thirty-three prodigies who made it onto the ' Myriad Phenomena Windcloud Ranking ' each had a record of killing Loose Immortal, but most of them were only Loose Immortal had lived for 100,000 or 200,000 years, and were among the weaker Loose Immortal.

Just like the Floating Cloud Immortal that Ji Ning killed, he was nothing more than Loose Immortal who had lived for 120,000 years.

But Zhou Hao killed seven cultivators who had formed a combined attack array, comparable to Loose Immortal had lived for 500,000 years.

Moreover, this was his record from over a decade ago; who knows how strong he is now?

Just as Zhou Hao's news was causing worry among the Myriad Phenomena prodigies who aspired to make a name for themselves at the Immortal Fate Assembly, the sixteenth day of the first lunar month arrived in the blink of an eye.

As dawn broke, the Myriad Phenomena True Person residing in various parts of the Great Xia Royal Capital, along with the lords of the three thousand six hundred prefectures, began to flock towards the imperial city.

"There are so many people." Ji Ning, Yu Wei, and the Slovenly True Person were flying side by side on the clouds directly towards the gate of the imperial city.

Around them, numerous groups of cultivators flew by, some in twos and threes, others in large flocks, all converging on the imperial gate.

At a glance, there were at least hundreds of thousands of people, densely packed outside the imperial gate.

"Where's Senior Brother Zhou Hao?" Ji Ning's eyes searched the crowd.

Because Zhou Hao dispatched gods and demons to rescue his servants from Clear Heart Island, and even personally went to Myriad Sword City to defeat Heavenly Immortal Xuanji, Ji Ning had always wanted to thank him in person.

"They probably haven't arrived yet," the Slovenly True Person cultivator remarked casually, watching the endless stream of cultivators arriving in the sky. "The imperial city gates haven't opened yet; even if they come early, they'll just be waiting."

He usually thought he was lazy enough, but he didn't expect Zhou Hao to be even lazier than him, waiting until the last few days before coming to the capital for such an important event as the Immortal Fate Assembly.

Judging from the situation, he won't come until the city gates are finally opened.

The gates of the imperial city would only open after nine tolls of the bell.

The reason everyone arrived so early was because they were so excited that they couldn't stay inside the mansion.

This wait lasted for nearly an hour and a half, until the Golden Crow had already risen, before the sound of bells echoed from within the imperial city.

Just as the first bell rang, a small green boat appeared in the distant sky.

Just as the nine tolls of the bell ended, Ye Qingzhou arrived at the imperial gate, where a young man dressed in white robes landed.

Ji Ning, who had been keeping a close eye on things, immediately transmitted his voice, "Senior Brother Zhou Hao."

"Ji Ning, San Pang, Yu Wei." Zhou Hao's figure flashed, and he appeared beside the three of them.

At this time--

"Boom!"

The towering gates of the imperial city swung open with a resounding boom.

Four towering gods and demons emerged from the imperial city.

"Myriad Phenomena True Person wish to participate in the Immortal Fate Assembly, you may now enter the Imperial City. Once you enter, you are obligated to participate in the Immortal Fate Assembly; there is no turning back. Alright, go in!"

Instantly.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~

A dense swarm of people, like a sky full of bees and insects, all flew towards the imperial city gate.

The Immortal Fate Assembly has begun.