High-Level Martial Era - Chapter 909

Chapter 909: Chapter 462: The Ancestral Realm Order Emerges
 

As Li Yuan pondered, he suddenly sensed a message from the Boundary Order at his wrist: “Jue Xing Xu Yuan, your Spear Technique has undergone a Transformation, earning 50,000 Points.”

“Indeed, breakthroughs in Soul Will, Law Comprehension, and Star Meridian, among others, are sensed by the Ancestral Realm Origin, which rewards Points.” Li Yuan muttered to himself: “But they are quite generous, awarding me 50,000 Points, which is even more than what I gained from defeating Ao Feng.”

“Last time I broke through with the Wind Law, I only received five thousand Points.”

“That’s right.”

“This time, the advancement in Spear Technique is equivalent to moving from the Eighth Stage Intermediate Rank to the Eighth Stage High Rank; naturally, the reward is much higher.” Li Yuan thought: “If someone comprehends a True God level secret technique, or achieves the Law Comprehension of Eighth Stage Perfection (True God Initial Rank), the reward might be even higher.”

At this point, Li Yuan was actually mistaken.

The key reason he received such a high Points award this time was his age.

If a Demigod who had cultivated for three hundred years made the breakthrough from Eighth Stage Intermediate Rank to Eighth Stage High Rank, the reward would probably be less than ten thousand.

“I’m already first.”

“Gaining another 50,000 Points is just icing on the cake.” Li Yuan waved his hand, stowing the Long Spear, transforming into a streak of light soaring into the sky.

With only two days left, Li Yuan still wanted to earn more Points, to prevent Ning Chi, who was close behind him, from catching up.

Besides this.

“According to the latest intelligence I obtained, Little Ice should be in the southern region of the Ancestral Realm, it’s possible to find her, so I will try.” Li Yuan thought: “By doing this, I’ll have an advantage when the Ancestral Realm Order appears.”

The contest for the Ancestral Realm Order is much more dangerous than the Points battle.

Time passed.

In the blink of an eye, another day passed, and Li Yuan encountered several more Demigods, none from Jue Xing Ancient City, all swiftly and neatly defeated by him.

When he met the last white-robed Demigod.

“Xu Yuan, let me go, please let me go.” That Demigod manipulated a large number of flying needles, invoking the Mysteries of the Fire Law, forming a fiery Divine Dragon around him, trying hard to withstand Li Yuan’s attacks.

His strength was also quite formidable, being able to unleash the power of Pseudo-God Middle Rank, a contender within the top thousand of the Ancestor Realm List.

But in front of Li Yuan, he was simply not enough.

“Bang!”

With a fierce slap from Li Yuan, he shattered the fiery Divine Dragon, and the plethora of flying needle Divine Artifacts scattered in all directions… This level of power was simply no match for Li Yuan.

He pressed forward step by step.

Every step Li Yuan took, it was as if he was stepping on the white-robed Demigod’s heart, causing him to tremble with fear.

Powerful! Domineering!

“Should I send you away? Or will you leave on your own?” Li Yuan’s voice was light, yet unquestionably domineering: “I do not wish to kill you.”

“Why must you pressure me?”

Filled with despair, the white-robed Demigod’s eyes flashed with resentment, and he nearly screamed in madness: “Xu Yuan, you’re already first on the Points list, I have no chance to start over, why must you pressure me?”

“You’re cutting off my opportunities!!”

“Once I return to East Nether Sacred Land, I will not let this rest,” the white-robed Demigod shrieked almost insanely: “I will not.”

“Oh?”

“So you say, you hold a grudge against me? You are from the East Nether Sacred Land?” Li Yuan’s eyes flickered slightly, he said indifferently: “Alright, let’s settle our grudges today.”

Before the white-robed Demigod could react.

Whizz~

Li Yuan’s eyes turned gloomy, like a world itself, as an invisible soul fluctuation enveloped the area.

It also enveloped the white-robed Demigod.

Boom!

The white-robed Demigod only felt his consciousness instantly plunging into endless darkness… his eyes dimmed in a flash.

He died!

This scene, however, made Li Yuan pause for a moment.

“Material attacks are decent, should be comparable to Yang Di, almost like when I first became a Demigod.” Li Yuan shook his head silently: “But the soul will is too weak, probably just reached the Pseudo-God Realm.”

“He was directly annihilated by my ‘Burning Heart Blade’ in the soul.”

“Too weak.” Li Yuan didn’t expect it to be so easy.

Over the years, although Li Yuan has always been practicing the ‘Six Realms of Illusion’, and has been parting a portion of his consciousness to immerse in the ‘Dream Realm Stone’ to comprehend the operations of the real illusionary realm… all these practices polish the spiritual consciousness and likewise enhance Li Yuan’s study of the soul.

Comparable to the law comprehension in the material world.

These are the basics.

To bring them into play, one must practice Soul Secret Techniques… Limited by time and energy, the Soul Secret Techniques Li Yuan has been practicing are just ‘Burning Heart Blade’ and ‘Mind Soul’.

The former excels in soul attacks and is more domineering.

The latter leans towards confusion, primarily featuring an illusionary realm.

“Direct soul extermination is extremely difficult.” Li Yuan shook his head silently: “Previously, when I used ‘Burning Heart Blade’ on those with level 54 strength or Pseudo-God Peak combat power top Demigods, the effects were nearly inexistent.”

“Looking at it now, it’s not that the ‘Burning Heart Blade’ is weak, but that those powerful Demigods’ soul defense is too strong.”

“Different secret techniques must be deployed specifically.”

“For the weak, using ‘Burning Heart Blade’ can sweep and annihilate.”

“For the powerful, ‘Mind Soul’ should be used to suppress and affect them as much as possible, making it hard for them to exploit their true strength.” Li Yuan’s coordination of soul attacks and material attacks became more fluid.

Whew!

Li Yuan waved his hand to collect the many treasures left by the other party, stepping forward and merging into the void.

Buzz~

Part of Li Yuan’s consciousness was sensing the outside world, keeping guard in all directions.

Another part was sensing the origin of the Space Law, continuously comprehending the mysteries of space.

Meanwhile, yet another part of his consciousness was constantly pondering the combination of three major law mysteries in his mind.

With a soul will reaching such levels as Li Yuan’s, multitasking is effortless, the more concentrated the spiritual consciousness, the higher the efficiency… like in battle, where all soul consciousness is devoted to fighting with all one’s strength.

And like at this moment.

Besides being distracted by the above three types, most of Li Yuan’s consciousness was immersed in the ‘Dream Realm Stone’, continuously embodying a large number of ‘real illusionary creatures’, comprehending.

“Spear Technique has made a breakthrough.”

“If the True God Chapter Secret Skill of ‘Mind Soul’ is cultivated successfully, that would truly make me absolutely invincible in the Ancestral Realm, even fearless in the face of encirclement.” Li Yuan’s heart was filled with anticipation: “My soul has reached level 59, and my will is of True God level… there is completely hope to master it.”

Once mastered, Li Yuan’s soul attack might will surge significantly again.

Material, Soul!

Advancing in these two major aspects simultaneously, that’s the true path to power.

However, it is destined to be extremely difficult. Many True Gods, possessing strong soul wills but lacking deep research into the principles of the soul… are unable to comprehend the True God level Soul Secret Techniques.

…After inquiring and searching a certain area.

“Hmm? Lianyun Semi-Divine’s ranking has fallen? Out of the top ten? Could it be that he was eliminated?” Li Yuan noticed the changes in the Ancestor Realm List.

Lianyun Semi-Divine.

In Li Yuan’s intelligence, he is a powerful semi-divine who has cultivated in the East Nether Sacred Land for over six hundred years and has long been famous.

He hadn’t appeared for over a hundred years before, and many forces thought he had already ascended to godhood.

Unexpectedly, he has been in concealed cultivation all this time, just for the battle of the Ancestral Realm.

“Lianyun Semi-Divine probably has the strength of the Peak of Pseudo-God, and few can defeat him,” pondered Li Yuan. “Who could it be? I haven’t seen any changes in the rankings though.”

Logically, obtaining half of Lianyun Semi-Divine’s points should be enough to alter the rankings.

“Could it be Ning Chi?” Li Yuan considered a possibility.

…

On the ice field, a great battle had already calmed down.

“The rankings haven’t changed yet?”

“I defeated Lianyun Semi-Divine and obtained tens of thousands of points, but still haven’t managed to surpass Xu Yuan?” Ning Chi could hardly believe it. “Is the gap in points with Xu Yuan that large?”

Ning Chi found it hard to believe.

In this period, he had been frantically searching for opponents, his points continuously soaring… But he had never imagined that even after defeating Lianyun Semi-Divine, he still couldn’t surpass Xu Yuan.

Before the defeat, Lianyun Semi-Divine was ranked sixth!

“Lost?”

“There’s little hope left.” Ning Chi shook his head.

With only a little over a day left, given how vast the Ancestral Realm is, the chance of encountering another demi-god with enough points is extremely slim.

Ning Chi Semi-Divine did not know.

If Li Yuan hadn’t received the ‘50,000 points reward’ for a breakthrough in Spear Technique, he would indeed have been surpassed.

The final moment.

Suddenly—

“The first stage of the Ancestral Realm battle concludes, the top ten thousand in the Ancestor Realm List are determined, entering the second stage,” a soothing voice echoed in the minds of the remaining tens of thousands of demi-gods: “The rest are eliminated, leave the Ancestral Realm.”

Hum~ Hum~

Invisible fluctuations directly enveloped those semi-divines ranked after ten thousand, even though they were filled with reluctance, they all understood… their journey in the battle of the Ancestral Realm, had ended.

Not making it into the top ten thousand, they didn’t even get a chance granted by the Ancestral Realm.

“Congratulations, Jue Xing Xu Yuan, for achieving the top rank in points.” A voice uniquely resonated in Li Yuan’s mind: “Upon leaving the Ancestral Realm, you will have an opportunity to receive an extremely valuable gift… In a moment, the competition for the Ancestral Realm Order will begin.”

“Please be prepared.”

“Remember, if you seize the Ancestral Realm Order and successfully retain it entering the third stage, the gift you receive will be even more precious… the better the performance, the better the final gift.”

This voice faded away.

Hum~

Li Yuan felt an invisible force envelop him, just like when he first entered the Ancestral Realm, once again confining himself within a ten-meter radius.

“Hmm?”

“Ancestral Realm Order rules?” Li Yuan sensed newly added detailed rules within the Boundary Order.

“This Ancestral Realm Order session has a total of nine tokens.”

“They will sequentially appear randomly around participants ranked in the top hundred, the higher the rank, the higher the chance of randomly receiving an Ancestral Realm Order, once collected, all powerful beings within the Ancestral Realm will receive guidance… retaining an Ancestral Realm Order for one day’s time, one can secure the order and directly enter the core of the Ancestral Realm.”

“Apart from personal divine artifacts, no external objects may be used, violators will be eliminated.”

“Each participant, retains one ‘teleportation’ opportunity within the Boundary Order.”

“Remember, the competition for the Ancestral Realm Order not only tests strength but also tests luck, courage, and wisdom.”

…

“Nine tokens?”

“This session of the Ancestral Realm battle, the number of Ancestral Realm Orders produced is quite a lot,” Li Yuan marveled to himself.

Normally, each session of the Ancestral Realm battle has 3-10 Ancestral Realm Orders.

In practice, the vast majority have only 3-5 Orders appear, with more than 5 appearing only rarely.

Over hundreds of millions of years, across millions of Ancestral Realm battles, the number of times 10 Ancestral Realm Orders appeared was only once.

“According to the speculations of Jue Xing Ancient City.”

“The higher the overall level of participants and the more geniuses, the more Ancestral Realm Orders appear,” Li Yuan mused to himself: “Looking at it now, our session of the Ancestral Realm battle, placed among the several million sessions of battles in this world, probably belongs to the very top tier as well.”

Nine Ancestral Realm Orders.

Sequentially appearing, retaining for one day… Li Yuan kept pondering over the rules.

“In that case, the later it is, the less competitive pressure, right? After all, the top powerhouses would have already snatched the Ancestral Realm Orders and left,” Li Yuan pondered, then shook his head: “That’s not right! Just retain it for one day.”

“While traveling through the entire Ancestral Realm, most demi-gods require several days… which means, if one’s luck is bad and they are too far from an Ancestral Realm Order, they basically have no chance to compete for it.”

“But with the passage of time, competing for one Ancestral Realm Order after another, a large number of powerhouses will gradually converge.”

“From this, it appears that when competing for the first token, encounters with powerful attackers are less.”

“But as it progresses, powerhouses become more concentrated, making it easier to encounter more powerful attackers,” Li Yuan pondered.

Is it better to put forth all one’s strength to compete for the first few tokens, or to conserve strength and compete for the last few?

This truly tests the participants’ choices.

Suddenly.

Whoosh!

A dazzling light flashed across the world.

Suddenly, distributed all over different parts of the Ancestral Realm, numerous demi-gods saw through an invisible force—a scenario hundreds of thousands, even millions of miles away.

A purple token, emitting an endlessly mysterious aura, spontaneously appeared in a quiet mountain valley.

In the valley, a stunningly beautiful ‘Green Flying Serpent’ lay resting.

—

A dazzling light flashed across the world, followed by, distributed all over different parts of the Ancestral Realm, numerous demi-gods seeing through an invisible force—a scenario hundreds of thousands, even millions of miles away.

A purple token, emitting an endlessly mysterious aura.

Spontaneously appeared in a quiet mountain valley, where, in the valley, a stunningly beautiful ‘Green Flying Serpent’