Su Zimo was still attempting for the third spirit meridian. In the square, the Elixir Ranking competition was right after the Talisman Ranking competition.
This time round, Misty Peak did not send any disciples and Su Xiaoning of Azure Frost Sect was the one fighting.
Initially, Su Xiaoning's elixir refinement standards were not enough for her to leave her name on the Elixir Ranking.
However, ever since she obtained that mysterious Elixir Furnace, Su Xiaoning carried it with her everywhere she went. Each time she refined elixirs, she would become more focused and her mental state would reach its peak state.
In this sect competition, Su Xiaoning had once again refined a perfect-grade elixir and obtained the number one spot on the Elixir Ranking, shocking the world!
With the end of the Elixir Ranking competition, it meant that the Weapon, Talisman and Elixir Rankings had ended.
The 30 cultivators who were qualified to enter the ancient battlefield had been chosen as well.
Of course, the most important part of the sect competition was still the final Spirit Ranking competition.
The competition for the Spirit Ranking was not the most common duels between two people. Instead, it was a chaotic battle in a completely unfamiliar environment where birds and beasts ran amok and danger lurked everywhere to determine the final ten experts.
The location of the Spirit Ranking competition was rather particular as well. It was in a Dharmic weapon of the Emperor of Great Zhou known as the Five Elements Umbrella. It was a world of its own and could accommodate thousands of living beings – it was extremely mysterious.
The Five Elements Umbrella was divided into five regions – metal, wood, water, fire and earth.
The regions were separated by Grade 4 killing formations that could not be crossed.
For the sake of balance, each sect could send a maximum of five cultivators to participate in the Spirit Ranking competition.
Cultivators who chose to participate in the Spirit Ranking competition would be pulled into the Five Elements Umbrella and would fight in their respective regions until only two people were left.
By the time all five regions were over, the names of the remaining two people in their respective regions would be left on the jade pillar of the Spirit Ranking.
After all, it was all for the sake of entering the ancient battlefield. Therefore, the ten cultivators on the Spirit Ranking would not continue fighting and there was no distinction between the rankings.
Of course, before entering the Five Elements Umbrella, every cultivator would receive a talisman.
As long as they crushed the talisman, they would be able to leave the Five Elements Umbrella instantly. That also meant that they would be disqualified from the Spirit Ranking.
There were no six meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators in this sect competition.
Each of the five major sects had one five meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivator. The other sects had two five meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators and one itinerant cultivator. In total, there were eight of them!
The emperor would definitely disperse the eight five meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators to the five major regions and not let them gather in one region.
As for the allocation of three and four meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators, it was a little more casual.
Something worth mentioning was that in the complicated environment of the Five Elements Umbrella, even five meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators might not have the last laugh.
There was no lack of four meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivators in every Spirit Ranking.
"All cultivators participating in the Spirit Ranking competition, step forward!"
With the emperor's order, cultivators walked out from the crowd one after another and stood in the sunken region.
At a glance, there were about five thousand people.
These 5,000 cultivators were all paragons and elites of the various sects. However, only 10 of them were selected in the end!
Azure Frost Sect's Jun Hao, True Fire Sect's He Jiang, Iridescent Clouds Palace's Si Yutang, Chen Meng Qi, Southern Mountains Sect's Shi Jian, Misty Peak's Ji Chengtian and Little Fatty were all present.
The emperor waved his sleeves and scattered out spots of light that flew towards the 5,000 cultivators in the square. They landed in front of everyone and turned into jade talismans one after another.
The word 'life' was written on the jade talismans.
The meaning was clear – as long as the jade talisman was crushed, the cultivator would be able to leave the Five Elements Umbrella alive!
The emperor nodded. Perfected Lord Ming Ze understood and raised his voice. "The reason why everyone is arranged to fight in the Five Elements Umbrella in every Spirit Ranking competition is so that everyone can experience the ancient battlefield in advance."
"I won't talk about the rules. However, there are a few things I'd like to remind everyone."
"Firstly, do not attempt to cross regions. There are Grade 4 killing formations between two different regions. Even Perfected Being Jin Dan would die without a doubt if he were to barge in. "
"Secondly, the Five Elements Umbrella is extremely dangerous. Not only does it come from your opponents, it comes from the many birds and beasts as well. Although the birds and beasts within are the most ordinary spirit demons, some of them have lived for thousands of years and are already at the peak of Foundation Establishment realm! It's only because of the suppression of Your Majesty's Dharmic powers that they are unable to form a core. "
When they heard that, many cultivators felt their hearts skip a beat.
Spirit demons at the peak of Foundation Establishment realm were more than capable of killing them.
Perfected Lord Ming Ze continued, "Although all of you have jade talismans with you, there have been some cultivators who were ambushed in the Spirit Ranking competition in the past and died before they could crush their jade talismans."
At that point, Perfected Lord Ming Ze paused for a moment. "If anyone wants to back out now, it's not too late. However, if you enter the Five Elements Umbrella …"
Perfected Lord Ming Ze did not continue but the meaning behind his words was clear.
Suddenly, a cold voice sounded from outside the crowd.
"How can Blood Crow Palace miss out on the Spirit Ranking competition?!"
In the square, the crowd dispersed, revealing a passageway.
Two cultivators walked over one after another. The person in the lead wore pitch-black robes and his black hair was disheveled. His gaze was as sharp as an eagle's and shone with a red glint.
Blood Crow Palace!
Those three words seemed to carry a bloodthirsty aura as the expressions of many Perfected Jin Dan changed and a hint of fear flashed through their eyes.
The emperor was expressionless and did not say anything. He released his spirit consciousness from his glabella and swept it across the newcomers. However, it was blocked by a similar force.
"Hmm?"
Nascent Soul realm!
The emperor frowned slightly and used his spirit consciousness to check. The black-robed man should be Genying Zhenjun without a doubt.
However, for some reason, the emperor felt that something was amiss – there was something strange about that person.
He glanced sideways at Perfected Lord Ming Ze.
Perfected Lord Ming Ze shook his head as well.
Right then, a gentle voice sounded in the emperor's mind, "This is a fiend demon. His true form should be a crow from Black Crow Mountain!"
The chief steward of Sky Treasure Auction House, Gu Xi, sent a voice transmission to the emperor using her spirit consciousness!
That was a method unique to Genying Zhenjun and only the two of them could hear the voice transmission.
When he heard the word 'fiend demon', a sinister killing intent flashed through the emperor's eyes.
Demons without sentience were known as wild beasts.
Demons that were sentient and knew how to cultivate with strength equivalent to Qi Refinement Warriors were known as spirit beasts.
Perfected Jin Dan with strength equivalent to Foundation Establishment Cultivators were known as spirit demons.
Those that were stronger than Perfected Jin Dan and were at Nascent Soul or Void Reversion realm were known as fiend demons!
When demons stepped into the Core Dao and formed a Demon Core, they could change their bones and muscles to take on a human form.
However, even if a Jin Dan realm spirit demon were to take on human form and look exactly like an ordinary human, they would still be unable to conceal their demonic qi and cultivators would be able to recognize them with a single glance.
Only demons that cultivated Yin Spirits similar to the Nascent Souls of cultivators would be able to utilize their spirit consciousness and control Dharmic powers to conceal their demonic qi!
Such demons could disguise themselves as human beings and blend into the crowd of human beings, or even among the Cultivators, without any loopholes.
Unless they had unique Dharmic weapons or secret skills, cultivators of the same realm would not be able to detect them at all!
Cultivators referred to such demons as fiend demons.
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