Holy Heaven Palace, An Ascension Channel, Closed-Door Cultivation, Three Years Later, The Great Era Begins

The banquet concluded amidst laughter.

As the disciples slowly departed, the elders began their discussions in the main hall.

Above the rosewood table, an immortal ancestor pondered for a moment before speaking:

"The eternal foundation of the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land cannot be abandoned."

"My idea is that everything in the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land remains unchanged, but we will add an ascension channel. All elders who reach the Ascension Realm can choose to enter the Holy Heaven Palace, or they can choose to remain in the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land. Furthermore, every ten years, they can cultivate in the Holy Heaven Palace for one year."

"Disciples whose cultivation reaches the Nascent Soul Realm and are under 100 years old can enter the Holy Heaven Palace as outer disciples."

"What do you all think of this idea?"

The immortal ancestor looked at the many elders of the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land below and asked.

The elders remained silent, their gazes turning towards True Man Qingwei.

After all, True Man Qingwei was the Sacred Master and also the guardian.

Both in terms of strength and status, it was up to True Man Qingwei to make the decision.

True Man Qingwei did not think for too long, and said with a faint smile, "Agreed."

"Mm, good."

The immortal ancestor nodded slightly and continued, "Qingwei, you must have also realized that after so many years of development, the Holy Heaven Palace cannot be a monopoly of our Heavenly Dao Sacred Land.

Therefore, we may not be able to provide many privileges to the disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land, but a certain degree of advantage can still be guaranteed. I hope you can understand."

"Ancestor, you worry too much. We all understand," True Man Qingwei replied with a smile, shaking his head.

"That's good. In that case, Qingwei, you will select some elders in the Ascension Realm to return to the Holy Heaven Palace with us. After years of stagnation, the Holy Heaven Palace will help them break through to the Void Return Realm."

"Alright."

Lingtian Peak.

After the banquet, Jun Wangyou rushed back immediately.

Thinking about the recent events, Jun Wangyou's mind was a complete mess.

First, the Demon-Monster Allied Army launched a catastrophe, plunging the Mystic Realm into total war.

Before the war had progressed for long, a shocking change occurred.

The Mystic Realm merged with the Immortal Realm.

The immortals who had ascended in the past all returned, and then a massive slaughter ensued, with grudges being settled and wrongs being righted.

Then, the ancestors of the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land returned.

Moreover, these ancestors created a Holy Heaven Palace.

This way, the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land almost naturally became a subordinate force of the Holy Heaven Palace.

Its prestige plummeted.

As he thought about it, Jun Wangyou couldn't help but shake his head.

"This world is truly too chaotic!"

"I'd better just lie low honestly."

With that thought, Jun Wangyou brought up his status panel for the first time.

[Host: Jun Wangyou]
[Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Completion]
[Cultivation Technique: Heavenly Dao Divine Codex Layer 1]
[Dao Arts: Sword Extinguishes the Sky, Vast Sun Divine Palm, Sky Splitting Divine Fist]
[Divine Abilities: Sword Slash Azure Sky (Low-tier)]
[Innate Divine Abilities: Time Stop, Chaos Power]
[Inventory: Low-grade Spirit Stones 1,700,000, Foundation Establishment Pills 1,900, Azure Sky Pure Spirit Bottle...]
[View Relationships]
[Titles/Achievements: Ruthless Flower Destroyer (Increases attack power by 20% against female enemies), Child of Destiny Killer (Beginner) (Increases attack power by 10% against Child of Destiny)]
[Detect Child of Destiny]

"Only Foundation Establishment Completion, it's completely not enough."

Looking at his cultivation realm, Jun Wangyou felt completely weak.

The situation in the Mystic Realm was becoming increasingly severe, and his Foundation Establishment realm cultivation gave him no sense of security!

"I can't mess around anymore, I need to cultivate properly."

Jun Wangyou muttered and began his closed-door cultivation.

He still had over 1.7 million Spirit Stones on him, and with the Azure Sky Pure Spirit Bottle, he had no worries about insufficient resources.

Not long after Jun Wangyou entered seclusion.

The situation in the Mystic Realm changed again.

First, the Mystic Realm was renamed the Profound Region, becoming a subordinate small region under the Barren Heaven Immortal Domain.

Second, the Demon-Monster Allied Army completely occupied the Sea Continent and Heaven Continent. The two continents merged and were renamed the Demon Continent. All Demon-Monster Allied Army forces from the other eleven continents migrated to the Demon Continent.

Third, due to its integration with the Immortal Realm, cultivation in the Profound Region became simpler, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth became more concentrated. Various prodigies began to emerge in endless streams.

Fourth, some external immortal sects began to attempt to recruit disciples in the Profound Region.

Fifth, prodigies from the Immortal Domain began challenging all famous prodigies in the Profound Region, declaring that the Profound Region was a poor backwater and everyone there was trash, enraging countless prodigies in the Profound Region.

In the blink of an eye, three years passed.

In three years, the people of the Profound Region had become accustomed to the changed Profound Region.

Countless prodigies emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

At the same time, the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion in the Central Continent released several rankings.

These were the Strongest Powers Ranking, the Strongest Prodigies Ranking, and the Dragon-Phoenix Ranking.

The number one spot on the Strongest Powers Ranking was the Qi Tian Palace of the Central Continent.

The Emperor Qi Tian, who occupied three spots on the Extreme Dao Heavenly Stele rankings, was the founder of the Qi Tian Palace.

Furthermore, after ascending to immortality, he also founded the Qi Tian Palace in the Immortal Domain. Its strength was unparalleled, several times stronger than the Holy Heaven Palace.

And after the Qi Tian Palace of the Profound Region established a connection with the Qi Tian Palace of the Immortal Domain.

It was a case of "one man attains the Dao, his poultry and dogs ascend to heaven," and their strength soared.

The Heavenly Dao Sacred Land ranked seventh.

The Strongest Prodigies Ranking.

This was also the most controversial and watched ranking.

Strongest Prodigies Ranking First Place: Qi Chengxian of the Central Continent's Qi Tian Palace.

Strongest Prodigies Ranking Second Place: Lu Xingyun of the Central Continent's Star River Hall.

Strongest Prodigies Ranking Third Place: Feng Wushuang of the Central Continent's Ancient Clan.

Strongest Prodigies Ranking Fourth Place: Xuanyuan Bantian of the Mo Prefecture's Xuantian Sacred Land.

"..."

Strongest Prodigies Ranking Tenth Place: Li Jianxing of the Eastern Continent's Hundred Stars Sect.

Strongest Prodigies Ranking Eleventh Place: Jun Wangyou of the Eastern Continent's Heavenly Dao Sacred Land.

The point of contention was that Jun Wangyou, who had broken the Eternal Extreme Realm, was only ranked eleventh!

Some felt this ranking was too low, believing Jun Wangyou should have been ranked in the top five at least.

Others felt that Jun Wangyou had merely broken the Eternal Extreme Realm of the Qi Refining Realm, which was nothing significant.

Moreover, there had been no news of any achievements from him in three years, so perhaps he had already faded into obscurity.

Ranking 11 might even be too high.

For a time, the world was in an uproar.

In response, the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land remained silent.

The reason was simple: Jun Wangyou had not stepped out of Lingtian Peak once in three years.

If not for the various unusual phenomena and fluctuations that occasionally appeared on Lingtian Peak, even the people of the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land would have thought Jun Wangyou had vanished into thin air!

And on this very day, a piece of news instantly shook the entire Eastern Continent.

Li Jianxing, ranked tenth on the Strongest Prodigies Ranking, decided to challenge Jun Wangyou!

The loser would cripple their own cultivation, kowtow to the victor three times, and shout "I am trash" three times.

When this news broke, the entire Eastern Continent was instantly in a frenzy.

One had to know that Li Jianxing was currently the nominal number one prodigy in the Eastern Continent.

Now, the number one prodigy of the Eastern Continent was going to challenge the former number one prodigy of the Eastern Continent, and even the Profound Region. How could this news not cause a sensation?

Not just the Eastern Continent, but people from countless other prefectures were preparing to travel across regions to witness this great battle.

However, what made people's jaws drop was.

After Li Jianxing's challenge letter was delivered to the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land.

The Heavenly Dao Sacred Land responded after a long time.

This led many to believe that the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land was afraid.

Or that Jun Wangyou was afraid and thus dared not accept the challenge.

In the end, it was True Man Qingwei, who had already broken through to the Void Return Realm, who personally came forward and accepted the challenge letter.

He also declared that once the challenge letter was accepted, no one could go back on their word or interfere.

If anyone dared to interfere, he would unleash the Crimson Firmament Immortal Sword and cleave their forces, no matter who they were!

Upon hearing this, countless people in the Profound Region were once again shaken.

Just one day after True Man Qingwei accepted the challenge letter.

A heaven-shattering fluctuation suddenly erupted from Lingtian Peak in the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land.

The spiritual energy within a hundred thousand li radius surged towards Lingtian Peak.

This caused the entire hundred thousand li area to become a spiritual void, rendering it impossible for anyone to cultivate.

At the same time, all the powerful cultivators at or above the Tribulation Crossing Realm within the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land inexplicably felt a jolt in their hearts, looking towards Lingtian Peak in terror!