“Unlucky. I’ve got the Emperor’s son in the first round.”
Jade Pool Holy Son Zhu Tianze had a face as dark as liver.
His opponent was the strongest Emperor Ku.
Zhu Tianze cursed his bad luck.
One of the Supreme Elders from Jade Pool Holy Land, who was also Zhu Tianze’s mentor, patted him on the shoulder: “Xiaoze, let’s not think about advancing to the next round. Just do your best.”
Liu Mufeng, Feng Qing’er, and the Mother of the Jade Pool, these Jade Pool experts, also nodded in agreement.
Given that Zhu Tianze was merely at the third level of the Immortal Emperor realm, how could he possibly contend with the son of the Heavenly Emperor?
Emperor Ku had already reached Greatly Accomplished God-King status a hundred thousand years ago.
With the passing of a hundred thousand years, it was very likely that Emperor Ku had already stepped into the Divine King Realm.
The Jade Pool Holy Land was not without unparalleled geniuses either. For instance, a million years ago, the Mother of the Jade Pool’s most prized direct disciple, Fairy Yuehua, and Liu Yiyi, who had yet to fully mature but possessed the Immortal Spirit Holy Body.
However, at this Heavenly Court assembly, Liu Yiyi was only at the third level of the Immortal Emperor realm, with a slightly more formidable combat power than Zhu Tianze.
The Jade Pool Holy Land held no expectations for the two of them securing a top ten ranking.
The combatants from the eight great divine palaces, along with Purple Void Palace, Primordial Sacred Land, Tai Shi Holy Land, Immortal Dynasty, Ancient Feng Family, Ancient Dragon Clan, and other forces, all sent unparalleled geniuses who had emerged within the last million years.
The Jade Pool Holy Land had suffered heavy losses in the Demon Realm, severely wounding their vitality. With the loss of the disciple Fairy Yuehua, they were now primarily nurturing the daughter of Liu Mufeng and Feng Qing’er, Liu Yiyi.
“I’m up against someone from the Mysterious Lady Palace.”
The Holy Son from Lianshan Holy Land who was fighting drew the Mysterious Lady Palace as his opponent, eliciting sympathetic looks from everyone.
The sixteen geniuses sent by the eight great divine palaces all had hopes of breaking into the top ten.
Whoever drew them in the first round was very likely not going to make it past that round.
Emperor Ku was indifferent.
None of the geniuses from the eight great divine palaces were his match. The only person he wished to defeat was Lu Changsheng alone.
Jade Pool Holy Son Zhu Tianze, in his eyes, was not even worth a hit.
“Master?”
Chen Yao, representing the Mysterious Lady Palace in the competition, was shocked when she drew Lu Changsheng.
After ascending through tribulation to the Immortal Realm, because she was a reincarnation of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, and the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady was an Ancient Great Power who founded the Mysterious Lady Palace, the palace quickly found Chen Yao and took her in for cultivation.
She hadn’t expected to encounter her mentor at the Heavenly Court assembly, nor that her mentor would become the Holy Son of Mount Taihua.
Lu Changsheng acknowledged Chen Yao with a nod, clearly recognizing her.
While waiting to fight, Chen Yao secretly contacted Lu Changsheng: “Master, do you know the whereabouts of my fellow disciple?”
“He has returned to my tutelage for cultivation and is still waiting for you.”
“My fellow disciple…”
Chen Yao trembled slightly.
After so many years, Lin Qingzhi was still waiting for her to return.
“But after joining the Mysterious Lady Palace, with many rules and practices, it’s very difficult for a disciple to leave once they have joined.”
Chen Yao’s tone carried a touch of helplessness.
The Mysterious Lady Palace had found Chen Yao from the start, and she had utilized many of the palace’s cultivation resources. It wasn’t easy to just leave.
The power of the Mysterious Lady Palace was far superior to that of Mount Taihua.
How could the Mysterious Lady Palace, cultivating Chen Yao so diligently, let her leave easily?
When Mount Taihua Goddess and Taiyin Goddess left the Mysterious Lady Palace, it greatly weakened their strength. Now they have finally recovered some of their power. If the reincarnation of the Mysterious Lady they carefully nurtured were to be whisked away, how could the Mysterious Lady Palace accept that?
Wouldn’t the Mysterious Lady Palace fight against Lu Changsheng to the end?
The twelve Sword Maidens of the Mysterious Lady Palace were not just for show.
The power of the twelve Sword Maidens was unfathomable, with the weakest among them being a Greatly Accomplished God-King.
If the twelve Sword Maidens drew their swords to pursue Lu Changsheng, even Mount Taihua Holy Land would not be able to protect him.
“You should continue cultivating in the Mysterious Lady Palace. The higher your cultivation, the greater your voice.”
Lu Changsheng did not insist on Chen Yao returning.
The strength of the Mysterious Lady Palace far exceeded that of Mount Taihua Sacred Land. With its profound heritage, no lack of cultivation resources, and various cultivation techniques established by the former Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, it was the most suitable place for Chen Yao, the reincarnation of the Mysterious Lady, to cultivate.
Chen Yao’s cultivation in the Mysterious Lady Palace was undoubtedly the better choice.
Lu Changsheng’s fifth disciple, Ji Xuan, also returned to the Demon Realm to cultivate since the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan possessed more suitable cultivation techniques and sacred objects of the Demon Race for her.
“Okay.”
Chen Yao nodded her compliance, but there were things she didn’t tell Lu Changsheng to avoid worrying him and Lin Qingzhi.
The Mysterious Lady Palace seemed to be planning an alliance with the Miluo Palace.
“Lu, I’m number five hundred twenty.”
Xia Ningxue’s voice echoed in Lu Changsheng’s mind.
Their numbers were more than three hundred apart; there was no need for them to worry about facing each other in the early rounds.
At this moment, their clones were still in the cultivation space, absorbing fragments of the Heavenly Dao Will from the Chaos Heavenly Ginseng.
“My opponent is the second genius from the Wuming Palace.”
Lu Changsheng glanced at the battle listing revealed by the Golden Armor Heavenly General. His opponent was number 187, Tian Hao from the Wuming Palace, one of the sixteen geniuses from the eight great divine palaces, ranking second among the talents of the Wuming Palace.
“The Holy Son of Mount Taihua has also drawn a genius from the eight great divine palaces.”
“If someone else drew from the eight great divine palaces, chances are they wouldn’t stand a chance, but the Holy Son of Mount Taihua is the top talent on the Qilin Ranking, the representative of each of our holy lands. He might beat the geniuses of the great divine palaces.”
“Indeed, we from the great holy lands won’t be taken lightly.”
“Daoist Changsheng, you must go for it, fight for the pride of our holy lands!”
Other talents from various holy lands cheered for Lu Changsheng upon seeing he was pitted against a genius from the Wuming Palace.
Among all the geniuses born within the last million years across the great holy lands, Lu Changsheng was unarguably a representative figure, possibly even the strongest.