Chapter 529

Chapter 529: Heavenly Vault Grand Meeting

“This batch has met the requirements; let them go.”

The director in a white coat numbly marked a check on the projected document.

Then, a large number of trained humans and demons were thrown out of the Secret Realm, repeating their endless journey of slaughter and survival once again.

The main task of this Secret Realm was to cultivate demons and humans—nothing else. It became so monotonous that it was despairing.

These individuals, bored out of their minds, only found amusement in the test subjects, using every extreme method possible.

They were already tired of this place and envied the neighboring Secret Realm.

It was said that some Secret Realms constructed a complete world to gather resonance, making them far more real and thrilling, a stark contrast to the breeding Secret Realm.

Unfortunately, there was no choice; with research talent, one could only remain here forever.

……

Yun Ye sat on a rock, watching the Spirit City appear and disappear in the distance. He snapped his fingers, and a certain power descended.

What should one do to know the strength of a force?

Infiltrate?

No, no, no; that was too upright and too dangerous. As a creator who mastered countless laws, he had determined his role as the behind-the-scenes boss.

“Go, Lack of Shadow.”

“Go on a bloodbath!”

The invisible life forms were created out of thin air, silently spreading toward the Spirit City of Ten Thousand Flowers.

Wherever they passed, various lives disintegrated and were consumed by the Calamities.

……

“This weather feels much more comfortable than the Fourth Heaven; now we can work efficiently. Oh, a triple Spiritual Root; that’s a decent talent.”

A pale-faced practitioner crushed a head in his hands, capturing a wisp of three-colored spiritual light, which was the physical manifestation of a human’s Spiritual Roots in the material realm.

Of course, Spiritual Roots were more of a semi-materialized spirit energy; without a carrier, they would quickly disappear.

“It does feel nice, warm and pleasant, even more so than the flow of blood. The Fourth Heaven isn’t too hard on the eyes; it’s just that after seeing it for so long, a little something new would be nice.”

Another practitioner nodded, stretching his hand under the sunlight to fully experience the real brightness he hadn’t felt for a hundred years.

“By day, I never expected such a significant figure to appear, and I certainly didn’t think someone would dare to oppose a True Immortal and send the earthly form of a True Immortal back to the heavenly realm!”

“This world is truly terrifying. Before this, I didn’t even know if True Immortals really existed until I saw the return of the Azure Sky True Immortal…”

The pale-faced practitioner stored the Spiritual Root in a jade box, chattering non-stop.

They had witnessed history: the Azure Sky returning to the heavenly realm, directly dispersing the Fourth Heaven across dozens of states ahead of time. Even the lowest of them felt or saw this change firsthand, not to mention those big shots in higher dimensions.

This was not merely a light; it was also the memory of the world.

If it weren’t for this light indicating the return of a True Immortal, how could these lowly ones have the opportunity to understand such secrets?

With the Azure Sky’s return, the top forces of the entire world were shocked, including the Nine Star Heavenly Sect.

It was said that the Heavenly Sect had issued instructions for all high-ranking members of external sects to gather for a unified sky-worship ritual after the Heavenly Vault Grand Meeting.

The Nine Star Heavenly Sect might have something to do with the Azure Sky, which is why they perform the sky worship.

Most cultivators prefer to stay low-key, avoiding the attention of the Azure Sky’s Immortal Court Factions to prevent a devastating disaster.

The pale-faced practitioner spoke for a long time without receiving a reply, and he couldn’t help but look up, only to narrow his eyes in shock… Where did everyone go?

He immediately sensed danger, and his Spirit Sense expanded to understand the situation.

But frighteningly, even with the coverage of law realms of Spirit Sense over this area, there was still nothing.

Sweat broke out on his forehead as various treasures flew out from his space ring to protect him. He began to retreat, running toward the Spirit City of Ten Thousand Flowers.

The teammates who seemed to vanish into thin air told him that things were definitely not simple, and he needed to escape quickly.

However, as soon as he moved, invisible entities also began to stir. They suddenly opened their mouths and bit at the pale-faced practitioner. Although it was just a shapeless mass, the action made the practitioner feel as if he was being swallowed. All his treasures were shattering, and his magical power was depleting rapidly.

Before the pale-faced practitioner could formulate other actions, his body was completely obliterated, devoured clean by countless tiny calamity viruses.

Lack of Shadow rapidly grew and multiplied, spreading with the wind and gradually forming a circle, wrapping the main trial ground of the Heavenly Vault Grand Meeting.

The Heavenly Vault Grand Meeting was a huge event used by the Nine Star Heavenly Sect to reward external sects and recruit disciples. Anyone who qualified could enter the Ninth City, Heavenly Star City, to participate in this grand meeting held once every sixty years and enjoy numerous benefits.

Participants undoubtedly needed to pass a selection process. The nine major cities of the Star State would host Heavenly Vault Trials to select the top ten cultivators to enter the First City and participate in the actual grand meeting.

This was the only opportunity for external sects and common geniuses, and even though the slots were extremely limited, they would still fight desperately for a chance.

Once someone secured a top-ten position in the trials of the nine cities and entered the Heavenly Vault Grand Meeting, it meant the possibility of joining the Nine Star Heavenly Sect, akin to stepping straight into the heavens.

Of course, the so-called commoners here were actually from prominent families; they just felt relatively powerless compared to the much larger external sects.

In the current nine major Spirit Cities, aside from the Heavenly Sect sitting high above, the remaining forces, whether external sects or prominent families, were like slaves of various sizes, at risk of facing utter destruction at any moment. Only by joining the Nine Star Heavenly Sect and becoming a core member could one find true peace.

……

The entire Spirit City of Ten Thousand Flowers was in an uproar.

The so-called trials were about mutual hunting.

Various prodigies showcased their abilities, indiscriminately slaying lesser opponents; the scene was grand, something that most cultivators in the Spirit City had never seen in their entire lives.

Although some were curious about why so many were eager to rush to their deaths, others simply watched without delving into the reasons behind it.

This grand meeting was a wild revelry for both slaves and upper-class individuals, projected everywhere, even in the internal areas of the external sects.

“Ranked thirty-first on the prodigy list, from the Outcast Holy Sect, one of the ten major external sects. As expected of the Holy Son of the Outcast Holy Sect—he can eliminate a Chaotic-level opponent in a single strike! He’s likely to be in the top three!”

“The twenty-eighth-ranked Qilin prodigy has encountered Gui Luan. This is a high-level Chaotic opponent with significant strength! What’s this attack? I can feel the power of it even from the projection! A high-level Chaotic opponent has died so easily!”

“A genius from the Spirit Sect has met another, and it turns out to be a Physical Phenomenon that forcefully suppresses the opponent!”

The excitement of various battles at the Heavenly Vault Grand Meeting allowed the resentment of the cultivators in the city to vent, further solidifying the rule of the Nine Star Heavenly Sect.

However, the real spectacle had just begun.

“Look quickly! We’ve encountered a strange disaster beast!”

Someone suddenly pointed to a screen showing a projection.

That was a display dedicated to a Mystic Realm genius, Li Fenyun. Suddenly, his arm vanished without warning, and he revealed a look of horror, activating his self-Mystic Heaven defense and attempting to tear through space to escape.

But in his shocked expression, his self-Mystic Heaven defense shattered immediately, unable to hold for even a second.

He summoned numerous treasures, unleashing strong power, but they were still ineffective, rapidly crumbling.

Following that, his physical body also disintegrated and vanished.

A massive falling phenomenon spread rapidly, with the sky glowing with brilliant rays for thousands of miles.

“Did he just die like that?”

“……”

This attracted a lot of attention; they truly couldn’t figure out what kind of disaster beast it was.

The breath shifted.

The soul lamp that had just bonded with this genius extinguished, and the name belonging to this Mystic Realm genius dimmed on the Heavenly Vault Trial leaderboard.

The first Mystic Realm cultivator to die appeared!