When they saw the faction Shi Hao belonged to, everyone fell silent.
Then cheers erupted like a tsunami.
"It's actually the Primordial Forbidden Zone! Heavens, that combat strength is terrifying."
"And he even has the battle saint physique, one of the ten great physiques of antiquity."
"Shi Hao? Isn't he the Shi Hao from the Shi Clan's pair of heavenly geniuses? Rumor has it his older cousin has double pupils. Who would have thought the Shi Clan would be this heaven-defying?"
"The Primordial Forbidden Zone is recruiting disciples. I have to join!"
"Hurry up! Once the time is up, we won't be able to join the Primordial Forbidden Zone."
Countless disciples were left speechless when they saw Shi Hao ranked first, with the highest combat strength on the Heavenly Genius Rankings.
Fighting across a major realm and even killing his opponent-he was simply a monster.
Thanks to this move by the Human Ranking, countless people scrambled to join the Primordial Forbidden Zone.
Meanwhile, Ye Changge was not idle either. He began making arrangements.
"This recruitment isn't about quantity, but quality. Any disciple who can pass the Tower of Illusion's trial can be accepted."
Ye Changge thought to himself.
The Tower of Illusion was an exceedingly powerful Emperor Weapon obtained through signing in.
When martial artists entered it, their illusions would be amplified without limit.
It was unpredictable, and everything in their minds would come true, one thing after another.
It was an extremely overbearing and powerful Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon.
Anyone who could make it through the Tower of Illusion's first floor had a very strong true heart, so there was no harm in keeping them.
With abundant resources, they could afford to support them.
"Young master, the Tower of Illusion should be enough to test everyone, shouldn't it? After all, even I find its second and third floors very difficult to pass."
Hua Qianyue spoke calmly.
"Yes, young master. This Tower of Illusion tests the truest thoughts and most primal desires within a person's heart. Even a single thought will be amplified a thousandfold. It's the best place to test one's character."
Wang Xue smiled faintly. As she spoke, her hands refused to behave.
After Ye Changge's training, she had become unable to stop herself.
And because her cultivation was powerful, she could fight for three days and nights without falling behind.
As time passed, she simply loved Ye Changge to death.
"Mm-hmm, that's what I think too. Our Primordial Forbidden Zone will only nurture those with steadfast hearts. We won't take anyone else."
As Ye Changge spoke, he did not let Wang Xue have her way either, slipping his left hand straight beneath her clothes.
Before long, the two were locked in battle again.
Hua Qianyue, meanwhile, flushed crimson with overwhelming embarrassment.
When had she ever seen such a scene?
In the blink of an eye, had the time to recruit disciples already arrived?
The Human Ranking's Spirit Transformation Rankings and Void Refinement Ranking appeared one after another.
This time, everyone was dumbfounded.
What had they just seen?
The top names on all three rankings were disciples of the Primordial Forbidden Zone.
"My heavens! Isn't the Primordial Forbidden Zone far too heaven-defying? It actually holds first place on all three major rankings!"
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it."
"You wouldn't see something like this even once in ten thousand years, would you?"
"First on the Spirit Transformation Rankings, Wang Yuyan of the Primordial Forbidden Zone, possessor of the samsara physique. What kind of freak is she? The possessor of the samsara physique-this, this..."
No one could believe it.
Especially the Nine Heavens Holy Land. Wang Yuyan had been a disciple of their holy land, but for certain reasons, they had missed their chance with her.
"Hahaha, Wang Yuyan, Wang Yuyan! The Nine Heavens Holy Land has been destroyed, yet to think you're still alive and have even gained the Human Ranking's protection. How ironic."
Seeing this, the Nine Heavens Holy Son could not accept it for a long time.
Looking at the name in first place, his heart brimmed with killing intent.
If Wang Yuyan had not brought people to plunder the Nine Heavens Holy Land, how could it have been destroyed during the Demon Race's invasion?
"Wang Yuyan, I should never have shown mercy back then. To think you actually have the samsara physique. But so what? One day, I, the Nine Heavens Holy Son, will reign over the world too."
The Nine Heavens Holy Son's eyes were bloodshot.
Remembering the scenes of the holy land's destruction, his heart bled. His loved ones' presence, the Holy Lord and the others-they had traded their lives for his.
Now, seeing his former enemy shining so brilliantly, ten thousand grass-mud horses galloped through his heart.
"Boy, what does a samsara physique amount to? A samsara physique that hasn't matured is nothing. With this ancestor protecting you, you can go anywhere under heaven."
"The Primordial Forbidden Zone has a Great Emperor. What makes you say she won't mature?"
"Well, well..."
The voice in his mind was instantly dumbfounded.
It fell silent.
If someone could not mature even with a Great Emperor's protection, wouldn't they be a pig?
At the same time, everyone stared at the first-place name on the Void Refinement Ranking, utterly stunned.
"First in the Void Refinement Realm on the Human Ranking: Lei Qianshan of the Primordial Forbidden Zone, born with a supreme bone. Qualification for ranking: at the void refinement realm early stage, he can kill someone at the integrated body early stage peak and fight someone at the integrated body late stage. What kind of god-tier feat is this?"
"Does such a heaven-defying existence really exist in this world?"
"He's far too strong! He's practically refusing to be human!"
"Lei Qianshan, supreme bone... Could he be one of the Lei Clan's two heavenly geniuses?"
"Rumor has it the Lei Clan has two great heavenly geniuses, one with a supreme bone and one with double pupils. But not long ago, the one with double pupils dug out the supreme bone, causing internal turmoil in the Lei Clan. As for what happened afterward, we don't know."
"I know about that. I think his name is Lei Qianhong. Rumor has it he's the double-pupiled heavenly genius of the Lei Clan in Lei City, and he and Lei Qianshan are cousins."
Everyone went numb.
A supreme bone, double pupils-he already had double pupils, yet still wanted the supreme bone.
In the end, the other man had taken first place on the Void Refinement Ranking, while Lei Qianhong was nowhere to be seen. It was simply laughable.
Countless people stood on the bluestone paving before the Primordial Forbidden Zone, discussing it with tremendous excitement.
What they talked about most was the Primordial Forbidden Zone's three great heavenly geniuses.
The sea of disciples was an immensely exciting sight.
Some ordinary people without any cultivation wanted nothing but to enter it as disciples.
At this moment, however, they set all that aside and began lighting fires and cooking meals.
Ordinary people relied on food to sustain themselves every day.
"To think the Primordial Forbidden Zone is deep in these remote mountains and ancient forests. It's simply unbelievable."
"What's so surprising about that? Rumor has it this place is forbidden ground. If word hadn't spread that it was recruiting disciples, who would dare come here? Wouldn't that be throwing their lives away?"
"Who would have thought the former three great forbidden lands would become places we look up to?"
"Yes. If we could become disciples here, it would practically mean green smoke was rising from our ancestors' graves."
As everyone chatted and laughed.
Time passed swiftly.
Among them, naturally, were some unusual individuals.
Dong, dong, dong.
Just as everyone was marveling.
A series of booming sounds rang out ahead.
Then the gates of the Primordial Forbidden Zone opened.
Endless Spiritual Qi surged out, like a secluded paradise beyond the mortal world.
Then Cao Zhengchun, Yagyu, and the others appeared one after another.
Shi Zilin and the others were among them too.
With disciples being recruited today, they had no choice but to stop cultivating.
"Everyone, I am Cao Zhengchun, an elder of the Primordial Forbidden Zone, and the examiner for this recruitment. I will only say this once, so listen carefully."
"For this recruitment, anyone who passes the first floor of the Tower of Illusion can join the Primordial Forbidden Zone as a chore disciple, receiving one hundred low-grade spirit stones and five Realm-Breaking Pills every day. Those who pass the second floor will become outer disciples; the third floor, inner disciples; the fourth floor, an elder's direct disciple. As for the fifth floor, don't even think about it. Even I can't pass it."
Fuck.
Hearing that, everyone spat out a "fuck."
Was that something a human would say?
They hadn't even attempted it yet, and he was already crushing their spirits.
Couldn't he act like a human for once?