Chapter 609: Chapter 26: Double Harvest in the Virtual World_3
“Don’t worry, the one collecting is me, and I have my uses for it.”
[It’s you? Then there’s no problem!] Not to mention there was no malice, even if there were, he couldn’t stop it, of course, he was still curious.
[How did you do it?]
“Chance and coincidence, I suppose!”
Wang Sheng didn’t understand at first either, but after delving into the essence of it, he began to grasp the gist.
The ability for the Virtual World to suddenly work in tandem with the harvesting technique to harvest Life Essence Qi was mostly related to his marvelous state.
The non-existent Seventh Stage of Refining Qi into God.
“God and Body Integration: 48%”
It was indeed this mysterious stage that granted him the temporary capability to cope with the Ninth Realm and also caused changes in the Virtual World.
God and Body Integration allowed for the true union of Primordial Spirit and body, and similarly, many techniques were affected.
The Virtual World was one of them.
The core rules of the Virtual World, because of the change brought about by God and Body Integration, led to the current situation.
Of course, this involved the essence of Wang Sheng’s cultivation.
He wouldn’t casually reveal it; he could only give a perfunctory explanation.
Planet Will didn’t ask further, as long as it knew there were no problems, that was enough.
[You’re probably using it for cultivation, but I must remind you, Life Essence Qi is not easy to utilize. You might end up neither human nor ghost, so be careful.]
Clearly, Planet Will was also aware of some of the pitfalls of using Life Essence Qi.
[Using various other resources would be better.]
“I’m aware, don’t worry,” Wang Sheng replied with confidence, naturally aware, but he also had his own methods.
Seeing this, Planet Will didn’t offer further warnings. A powerhouse of Wang Sheng’s caliber was almost impossible to influence and soon vanished.
The planet was about to ascend, becoming Planet Will; it too needed to make preparations.
This was merely a side story, as the reopening of the Virtual World continued to ferment its impact.
A decade had passed, many familiar things remained, but there were also many fresh elements.
The ranking lists, the Immortal Ladder, some were challenging them, others were searching for various opportunities.
Three more months passed.
Names appeared on the overall Hidden Dragon List.
Countless people waited with bated breath.
[First: Zhou Yuanjun from Qingshan Village, fifteen years old, Third Realm
Second: Li Wangquan from Datong College, sixteen, Third Realm
Third: Wang Xian from Qingshan Village, sixteen, Third Realm
Fourth: Jiang Tianxing from Datong College, sixteen, Third Realm
Fifth: Li Changsheng from Qingshan Village, sixteen, Third Realm
…
Tenth: Yan Yuan from the Yan Family, seventeen, Third Realm]
The top ten Hidden Dragons of Datong, all in the Third Realm, and the oldest was merely seventeen.
This result left countless people in awe.
At seventeen, one was already in the Third Realm, blessed with at least five hundred years of lifespan.
Even with the existence of the Virtual World, some go their whole lives without surpassing the Third Realm, let alone the Second Realm.
The gap in talent was truly difficult to bridge.
Of course, compared to age,
people were even more interested in the backgrounds of these Hidden Dragon talents.
“Datong College aside, I know about Li Wangquan and Jiang Tianxing, no major powers, they’re like the direct lineage of Datong College, so being under Datong College’s influence is normal, but what power does Qingshan Village belong to?”
“Ranking in the top five, three from Qingshan Village… The key point is that I’ve never heard of either this place called Qingshan Village or these geniuses.”
The addresses owned by those on the Hidden Dragon List—they could analyze.
Mainly belonging to which power, it would display that location.
For example, the Yan Family’s prodigy, Yan Yuan, is also a student of Datong College, but because he is a main talent of the current Yan Family, he represents the Yan Family.
The Yan Family, they knew.
A founding family of the True Martial Path.
But Qingshan Village, they hadn’t heard of it at all!
Only a few families from the Three Counties area were clear about what Qingshan Village was.
The Three Counties, the original four families.
Wu, Jiang, Zhao, and Zheng families gathered again.
“It seems the successor of Qingshan Village is going to emerge; silent until now, but strikingly remarkable upon their debut!”
“After all, it’s the place where that gentleman resides, it’s no surprise!”
“Now that it’s like this, we should let the prodigies of our family go out too. Although they haven’t entered the top ten of the Hidden Dragon List, they won’t be weak.”
“Good!”
Martial prowess is supreme; young people wouldn’t be convinced without a real showdown.
Countless heirs from various families emerged, beginning to challenge the Hidden Dragon List.
Any genius on the Hidden Dragon List was a person of significance in their respective powers.
And many forces began searching for Qingshan Village.
This name that sounded like a bandit stronghold.
They knew, this place must harbor a great secret.
And the one responsible for Qingshan Village’s strong geniuses entering the list was none other than Wang Sheng.
Over a hundred years of development, Qingshan Village was no longer the small hamlet of the past, possessing its own cultivation system.
Whether by coincidence or not, this generation saw one genius emerge from each of the three surnames in Qingshan Village: Wang, Zhou, Li.
Upon learning this, Wang Sheng arranged for them to be listed and prepared these geniuses to enroll at Datong College for their trials.
Stirring the winds and clouds of the world!
“The Hidden Dragon List is not enough; the Strong List is where the real attention is!”
Three days later, the Strong List was born.
The Strong List had only one listing, with a hundred slots.
[First: Zhu Xiao, Body Cultivation, Fifth Realm
Second: Huang Yue, Sacrificial Dao, Fifth Realm
Third: Long Lie, Spirit Path, Fifth Realm
Fourth: Mo Yang, Heavenly Martial Dao, Fourth Realm
…
One Hundredth: Shi Mingyu, Body Cultivation, Fourth Realm]
The Strong List might seem plain, but in truth, after the original ranking list was abolished, this became the best way to publicize the Daoist paths, especially since it was a list for the entire Datong with its twenty billion beings.
It was foreseeable, any path listed would become extremely popular.
The number of cultivators would explode.
This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for any Dao.
This list would also be the most fiercely competitive.
Moreover, the powerhouses on the Strong List could choose whether to be listed or not; some who preferred to remain concealed, simply declined.
This was not explicitly stated, but many could guess.
After all, even though Datong had a leader whose sister, the ex-Taiping Sect’s Saintess Huang Yue, entered the list and ranked second, the leader was a powerhouse himself yet not listed.
Many powerhouses, ignorant of such hidden benefits, began to regret and started to re-challenge.
The list became unpredictable.
The two lists stirred up the winds across the world, revitalizing the somewhat dispirited Datong cultivation circle since the invasion of the Chaotic Realm.
Countless powerhouses broke through.
And the rewards after three months drove everyone mad.
“Resources with a powerful effect even for the Fourth Realm… foresight in their future path…”
Any reward made it impossible for the strong to look away directly.
The strong of Datong began to assault the lists.
For over a year, this time of profound accumulation and rapid development continued; the top twenty on the Strong List all ascended to the Fifth Realm.
Planet Will appeared once again.
[The cultivators of Datong are like they’ve been injected with rooster’s blood. In just over a year, so many have reached the Fifth Realm, meeting the requirement for planetary ascension… The ascension is about to begin!]
And Wang Sheng, the instigator of it all, humbly stayed out of the limelight, waiting for the planet’s metamorphosis.
“All within my calculations…”