Teng Longtian and Feng Lingao appearing here was hardly surprising. After all, one ranked first on the Eastern Wasteland Heaven's Chosen Ranking, and the other ranked second.
But Chen Xiaoxian, who ranked fifty-third, had actually made it into the top three too!
An ordinary cultivator would probably have been stunned by this sight, but Lin Yu had long known that Chen Xiaoxian possessed a special bloodline, so seeing him here did not particularly surprise him.
It was just that Chen Xiaoxian's cultivation had risen remarkably quickly. When Lin Yu had seen him in Cloud Firmament City less than a month ago, he had only been in the Spirit Condensation Realm. Now, he was already in the Late Spirit Light Realm.
Even Lin Yu felt ashamed of his own pace beside such rapid progress. Chen Xiaoxian was effectively advancing a cultivation level every few days, and the barriers between realms seemed not to exist for him at all.
At this thought, Lin Yu grew even more interested in Chen Xiaoxian.
White light flashed, and Lin Yu transported Teng Longtian, Feng Lingao, and Chen Xiaoxian into a snow-white space together.
This space was actually inside Hongmeng Mountain; Lin Yu had simply kept the mountain's scenery from appearing.
Back in Cloud Firmament City, Lin Yu had wanted to divine Chen Xiaoxian's bloodline, but he had lacked the necessary permissions and had remained ignorant of it until now.
But things were different now. This time, Chen Xiaoxian had come directly inside Hongmeng Mountain!
Here inside Hongmeng Mountain, my permissions are limitless, second only to the Heavenly Dao! Lin Yu thought.
"System, divine Chen Xiaoxian's information."
"Ding! Divination in progress... Divination successful!" [Name: Chen Xiaoxian] [Age: nineteen] [Realm: peak of Late Spirit Condensation] [Bloodline: Heavenly Dragon Divine Emperor Bloodline (Great Emperor bloodline) (unawakened!)] [Cultivation arts: Heavenly Dragon Divine Sword, Dragon Elephant Divine Wind Fist, Gods and Devils Heavenly Sealing Art...] [Affiliation: Short Sky Island] [Future divination: searches for a method to awaken his bloodline. If he succeeds, his future will be limitless!] [... (click to view details)]
Unlike last time, when row after row had read "Insufficient permissions, unable to display," this time Chen Xiaoxian's information had been divined in full clarity.
At the very moment the system divined Chen Xiaoxian's bloodline, the Eastern Wasteland Heaven's Chosen Ranking on the white jade stele also changed.
Although Chen Xiaoxian's strength had been rising rapidly, his ranking had only been somewhere in the teens. Once the system completed its divination, it took only an instant for the name "Chen Xiaoxian" to soar to the top of the Eastern Wasteland Heaven's Chosen Ranking.
The major sects stationed beside the white jade stele noticed the change immediately, watching with their own eyes as Chen Xiaoxian's ranking shot past Teng Longtian and Feng Lingao!
Although the Eastern Wasteland Heaven's Chosen Ranking disclosed only part of the information, it still shocked many cultivators.
Lin Yu swiftly finished reading the relevant information, and his gaze settled on the still somewhat dazed Chen Xiaoxian. A ripple stirred in his heart as well.
Good grief, now this was truly playing the pig to eat the tiger!
Not only were Chen Xiaoxian's cultivation arts at the Quasi-Emperor level, but every one of his abilities was also at the Quasi-Emperor level. With his as-yet-unawakened Quasi-Emperor bloodline on top of that, Chen Xiaoxian merely looked honest and simple; the power contained within his body was rather terrifying!
If this were a novel, Chen Xiaoxian would unquestionably be the protagonist, Lin Yu quipped inwardly as he watched Chen Xiaoxian still scratching his head with an honest, simple air.
Over there, Chen Xiaoxian still looked rather foolish as he smiled guilelessly at Teng Longtian and Feng Lingao.
Just then, a plain palace suddenly appeared above the white space. It was none other than the Primordial Hall!
A white-robed phantom sat upright at the very front, his face still indistinct, but Teng Longtian, Feng Lingao, and Chen Xiaoxian recognized him almost simultaneously the instant they saw him.
The master of the Primordial Hall!
"Greetings, Hall Master!" Teng Longtian, Feng Lingao, and Chen Xiaoxian cupped their fists and bowed together.
Lin Yu's phantom nodded, looking down at the backs of their heads from on high, and spoke evenly. "I said before that those who placed in the top three of the Primordial Arena Tournament would have a chance to glimpse the Great Dao. Today, I shall fulfill that promise."
With that, Lin Yu turned his gaze toward Teng Longtian.
Teng Longtian wore white robes bearing faint blue-green patterns, and his features were handsome.
He probably did not yet know that, while he had ranked first on the Eastern Wasteland Heaven's Chosen Ranking before entering the Primordial Tower, he was now second.
Hmm? That presence around him actually looks a little familiar. Lin Yu suddenly noticed a blue-green halo enveloping Teng Longtian. He had seen this light on the Primordial Compass plenty of times!
At the thought, Lin Yu immediately summoned the system. "System, divine what exactly is going on here."
Lin Yu did not believe such a coincidence could exist in this world.
"Ding! Divination beginning... Divination in progress... Divination complete!"
The system's notification rang out in Lin Yu's mind, and an image appeared before his eyes.
It was actually the half of the Supreme Sword Sect that Lin Yu had crushed last time.
The thousandfold spiritual power pressure had fallen directly onto the Supreme Sword Sect's land. The pressure it brought had lingered for a long time, but it had also transformed from a calamity into a sliver of opportunity.
Numerous Supreme Sword Sect disciples sat cross-legged near the collapsed ground, evidently comprehending the Dao intent of the Primordial Compass.
Upon closer inspection, Teng Longtian was among them.
Who knew what method he had used to slip into the Supreme Sword Sect?
Now that he had been discovered, Teng Longtian looked somewhat embarrassed. He had only gone to the Supreme Sword Sect's grounds through a series of coincidences, not deliberately.
Yet almost everyone knew that Lin Yu had punished the Supreme Sword Sect. Teng Longtian instinctively felt that Lin Yu's relationship with the sect certainly could not be good, leaving him rather ill at ease.
"If you disapprove of this method of cultivation, Hall Master, I swear here and now never to use this cultivation art again." Teng Longtian immediately made his position clear. Even a genius like him did not want to provoke an existence like the Primordial Hall.
"It is fine." Unexpectedly, Lin Yu merely smiled faintly. "This cultivation art seems quite compatible with you. Presumably, it was an opportunity meant for you. Since that is the case, I shall help your sword intent rise another level as your reward for this Primordial Arena Tournament. How does that sound?"
"Well... thank you, Hall Master!" Teng Longtian froze briefly, then hurriedly nodded!
It seems the master of the Primordial Hall is very generous. His temperament isn't nearly as strange as the rumors outside claim, and he shows neither joy nor anger on his face.
What Teng Longtian did not say was that his sword intent had already reached a bottleneck. If Lin Yu helped him break through now, then perhaps he would be able to press forward on the path of the sword without any obstructions until he attained Sainthood.
At this thought, excitement involuntarily showed on Teng Longtian's face, and his grin nearly stretched to his ears.