"There are thousands of living beings here, and all of them have the power of a World-level cultivator. The owner of that giant, mysterious head should be selecting a trial taker."
After roughly assessing the current situation, Cheng Hao was no longer nervous. If he was not wrong, this was probably the ruler of the Vast Cliff Kingdom selecting the participants. If this was really the case, then it would be quite a great opportunity for them this time.
The Vast Cliff Kingdom was an extremely large chaos-kingdom in the Chaosverse. The ruler of the Vast Cliff Kingdom was known as Hegemon Vast Cliff. As Cheng Hao saw it, he was at least a fifth-tier Chaos God, perhaps even a sixth-tier Chaos God. His power was absolutely unfathomable.
Time flowed on slowly as more and more living beings were teleported to this place. There were human cultivators amongst them as well as some unique races. Without exception, all of them had the power of a World-level cultivator.
Ten full days passed. Tens of thousands of World-level cultivators had gathered at this mountain peak. Only then did the ripples of spacetime slowly come to a halt, with no more newcomers arriving.
Swish! Swish!
Suddenly, two streaks of light tore through the skies, moving towards this place at terrifying speeds.
They were a man and a woman. Cheng Hao could sense that these two had surpassed the World-level and had reached the Daolord level of power. This level of power was far beyond what Cheng Hao and Lin Xi could afford to offend.
Both were dressed in silver armor. They stood there in the void of space, staring down at the tens of thousands of World-level cultivators gathered at the mountain peak.
"Everyone, for you to be selected by the almighty Hegemon of the Endless Territories and sent here means that quite a few of you have extremely high potential." The silver-armored man's voice was deep and heavy, and it echoed throughout the mountain peak. "Don't panic. You were able to come here, to the most powerful kingdom in the Endless Territories. Although this is a tribulation, it is also a stroke of good fortune for you."
"Although you have come here, you are not yet members of the most powerful kingdom in the Endless Territories, the Brightshore Kingdom," the silver-armored man said. "If you cannot become a citizen of the Brightshore Kingdom, you must die! If you wish to live, you must become a citizen of the Brightshore Kingdom. "
"We are willing," a cultivator immediately called out. "We are willing to become a citizen of the Brightshore Kingdom!"
"Not everyone is qualified to become a citizen of the Brightshore Kingdom." The silver-armored man glanced sideways at the cultivator, then said calmly.
"If you wish to gain your freedom and become a citizen of the Brightshore Kingdom, there are five paths."
"The first option is the best option. Once you break through to become Samsara Daolords, you will become citizens of the Brightshore Kingdom."
Cheng Hao was rather speechless. Both he and Lin Xi were only comparable to ordinary World-level cultivators. Even though they had broken through to the fourth rank and were invincible amongst World-level cultivators, there was still a gap between them and the Daolord level of power.
Currently, he could only stay in this plane for another 700 years at most. This amount of time was simply not enough to condense a Dao Seed and step into the Tier 4 realm. As for Lin Xi, her dao fruit was still in the main world, so she couldn't completely step into the mortal realm.
"The second path is to be protected by a Samsara Daolord! Every single Samsara Daolord is permitted to protect three friends and take on a maximum of ten slaves. " The silver-armored man continued, "If you are a family member or friend of a Samsara Daolord, you can naturally become a citizen of the Brightshore Kingdom. But of course, if you are willing to become a slave, you can still live."
The vast majority of the living beings present completely ignored this option. Even the weakest of them were ordinary World-level cultivators. Very few of them were willing to become slaves.
"The third path is an extremely safe one. Head to the distant Hydragon Mountain of the Endless Territories and go mining there. So long as you can mine enough ores, you'll regain your freedom and become a citizen of the Brightshore Kingdom. However, I must warn you in advance that ordinary World-level cultivators will generally need a thousand chaos cycles before they can mine enough ores. "
A chaosworld would be born and destroyed in a single chaos cycle. A thousand chaos cycles meant that it would take at least a trillion years. Most likely, only an idiot would choose this path.
"The fourth path is to survive in the third bughive for a thousand years. After a thousand years, so long as you are still alive, you can also become a citizen of the Brightshore Kingdom. "
"Doesn't that sound simple enough? However, I must warn you that the third bughive is a place which the Brightshore Kingdom uses to cultivate bugbeasts. There are many powerful bugbeasts within it, many of which are comparable to Samsara Daolords in power. "
"If you think you're lucky, you can go in and give it a try. You might not encounter any powerful bugbeasts for a thousand years," the silver-armored man said enticingly.
Lin Xi glanced sideways at Cheng Hao, then gently shook her head at him, indicating that he shouldn't be so stupid as to choose this path of pure luck. They were only going to stay here for a few hundred years, after all. There was no need for them to take such risks.
Cheng Hao chuckled but didn't say anything. Since he already knew that this was the Vast Cliffs Kingdom, he naturally knew what choice he had to make.
"Allow me to explain the fifth path." The silver-armored woman's voice was as cold as ice. Her words were like sharp swords stabbing into the truesouls of every single cultivator and special lifeform.
"The fifth path is to live in the Astral Islands. All you need to do is survive. Here in the Astral Islands, you will encounter other World-level cultivators. You will have to fight against each other, and only the most talented will be able to survive."
"Your opponents will be other World-level cultivators who were abducted and brought here. Only the most talented of you will be able to leave the Astral Islands alive! Roughly one in a hundred will survive. "
As soon as the silver-armored woman finished speaking, the World-level cultivators present instantly exploded into chaos.
"What?!"
"Only one in a hundred will survive?"
"But … but …"
"How can this be so crazy?"
As everyone was hopping mad, Lin Xi sent a mental question to Cheng Hao. "Which path should we choose?"
"The fifth path is to go to the Astral Islands!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Xi frowned. It seemed as though she didn't quite agree with Cheng Hao's choice.
"The living beings here are all World-level cultivators. Our power is only average amongst World-level cultivators. Even if we go all out, we won't be able to fight against the most supreme of World-level cultivators. Going there is simply too risky!"
"If we're a bit more cowardly, we'll still be able to survive. If worse comes to worst, we'll just have to leave this world early!"
The Astral Islands were a place of danger, but it was also a place of opportunity. Some of the divine abilities and secret arts rewarded here were secret arts created by fifth-step or sixth-step cultivators. Cheng Hao didn't care about ordinary secret arts, but for secret arts that surpassed the Nine Secrets level, Cheng Hao still wanted to take the risk and fight for them.
Both he and Lin Xi had virtually no weaknesses, be it in terms of physical strength, divine power, or Primal Divinity. In addition, they had the armor they had acquired from Fogstone, which gave them incredible survivability. So long as they didn't encounter the most supreme of World-level cultivators, they should have a good chance of surviving.
Lin Xi gave Cheng Hao a deep look, then nodded. "Very well. I'll do as you say. I want to see what sort of secrets this Astral Islands holds!"
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