"We've arrived." The gazes of the crowd stared ahead. On the stairway, the experts all had immortal halos around them, exuding a resplendent aura.
However, the crowd discovered that behind these experts, there was still an arched gate. It was unknown how vast the Dongshengxian Gate was, it was comparable to a city and they had just arrived at the entrance.
"I will leave them to all of you." The leader of the Eastern Prefecture spoke. After which, the immortal kings of the thirteen prefectures respectively stepped forward. The experts on the stairway opened up a path for them as they respectfully spoke, "Immortal kings, this way please. The seniors of our sect have been waiting for us for a long time. Just leave these geniuses to us."
"Mhm." The group of immortal kings nodded as they stepped into the interior of the Dongshengxian Gate, leaving the geniuses behind.
"All of you are geniuses from the Eastern Sage Thirteen Prefectures. Since you are able to participate in this grand banquet, one can see that your talent is extremely outstanding. However, the Dongshengxian Gate has never accepted mortals. Through this grand banquet, all of you will have a chance to join the Dongshengxian Gate. However, the Dongshengxian Gate will only accept a thousand disciples. Next, there will be a battle waiting for all of you. Among you, the majority will be eliminated, leaving only a thousand. These thousand, as long as they are willing, they can become nominal disciples of the Dongshengxian Gate. This is the first step for them to take to enter the Dongshengxian Gate."
On the stairway, an expert radiating immortal light walked out as he spoke to the tens of thousands of geniuses. With regards to his words, the crowd didn't feel surprised. What was the purpose of the Dongshengxian Gate gathering the thirteen prefectures? It was naturally to strengthen their foundation and strength, selecting the most outstanding geniuses from the thirteen prefectures.
"This is only the first round of the examination. The top thousand can all become external disciples. For those who pass, they will continue to participate in the next round. However, let's not talk about this for now. In any case, you all should know that if there's someone who can walk all the way to the end and become one of the top three rankers, his name would shake the world and become a nominal disciple of the Eastern Sage Great Emperor. There's even a chance for him to receive guidance from the Eastern Sage Great Emperor. In fact, if the Eastern Sage Great Emperor is fond of you, he might even accept you as his personal disciple. All of you must cherish this opportunity well."
That expert spoke to the crowd. It was as though to everyone, this was a great opportunity for them.
Although these ten thousand plus people were all geniuses from the Eastern Sage Thirteen Prefectures, it was still an honor for them to enter the Dongshengxian Gate. Because, the Dongshengxian Gate was the strongest power in the thirteen prefectures.
These people might very well be the most outstanding geniuses of the Eastern Sage Thirteen Prefectures. However, the Dongshengxian Gate itself was a place where all the geniuses of the thirteen prefectures were gathered. Among them, the majority would still be eliminated.
One thousand people were allowed to enter the Dongshengxian Gate.
"For the first test, the location will be the sacred cultivation ground of the Dongshengxian Gate, the Eastern Sage Cliff." The immortal-foundation expert in the lead continued. The Eastern Sage Cliff was the most common cultivation ground for disciples below the immortal-foundation realm of the Dongshengxian Gate. It was a sacred ground for cultivation and this time around, it would be used as a tempering ground for the geniuses of the thirteen prefectures.
The Dongshengxian Gate placed great importance on this test. Once every hundred years, it would select geniuses from the thirteen prefectures. The significance of this test to the Dongshengxian Gate was extraordinary as well.
"The Eastern Sage Cliff." Those geniuses who knew of this place all exclaimed in a low voice as their eyes gleamed with sharpness.
Naturally, there were also many who had already guessed it. Because this time around, the cultivation bases of the ten thousand plus geniuses were all different, ranging from the first level to the ninth level of Celestial Phenomenon. If one wanted to determine how strong their talent was, the Eastern Sage Cliff would definitely be one of the tests.
The Eastern Sage Cliff didn't test one's cultivation base, only one's state of heart and comprehension.
"Now, all of you can follow me to the Eastern Sage Cliff of my Dongshengxian Gate. Right now, all the disciples of the Dongshengxian Gate have already exited the Eastern Sage Cliff, leaving a place for all of you. Let's move out." That expert spoke. After that, he walked towards the depths of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. The others all followed after him and soared up into the air, soaring into the air.
Although the Dongshengxian Gate was a sect, it seemed to be boundlessly vast, resembling an ancient city. There were countless majestic buildings in the city and there were experts standing in the air, staring at them.
"Isn't this Dongshengxian Gate a little too big?" Many people sighed. It was rumored that the Dongshengxian Gate had a total of a hundred thousand direct disciples and over a million external disciples. If the troops of the Dongshengxian Gate were added in as well as the subordinates of the Dongshengxian Gate, the number of disciples could reach a terrifying number of over ten million.
This was the terrifying strength of a peak power in the immortal realms. They could easily conquer an entire region and control countless particle worlds.
In front of the Eastern Sage Cliff, there were many disciples of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. When they saw the 13,000 geniuses arriving, their eyes gleamed with sharpness. Did these people also want to become disciples of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect?
"I heard that there are many powerful characters in this batch. Let's hope they won't disappoint us too much." A young man crossed his arms in front of his chest as he spoke with a smile.
The Eastern Sage Cliff was extremely vast, so vast that one couldn't even see the end of it. The surroundings were filled with ancient mountains and cliffs, and the entire Eastern Sage Cliff was enveloped by a strange light screen. This light screen seemed to be a supremely terrifying grand formation. Resplendent runes flowed on the surface of the light screen, forming an incomparably wondrous diagram, beautiful and mysterious. They interweaved together to form a marvelous law energy that permeated the entire Eastern Sage Cliff.
The immortal-foundation expert stood in front of the Eastern Sage Cliff. He turned his head and stared at the crowd as he spoke in a clear voice, "The Eastern Sage Cliff has its own set of laws. Once you enter, some of your energy will be sealed. However, this law energy will grant you a strength equivalent to a ninth-level ascendant, as well as an inexhaustible supply of astral energy. Anyone can fight crazily but your constellations, innate techniques and innate techniques will all be temporarily sealed. The only thing you can use is the power of your astral souls."
"There's no way to imprison astral souls, that's your innate talent. Your constellations were also born from your comprehensions but because of the difference in your cultivation bases, the Eastern Sage Cliffs decided to imprison them to prevent them from interfering with your battles. Naturally, we won't seal your bloodlines as well. That's something you were born with."
That immortal-foundation expert explained. Everyone naturally understood what he meant. Astral souls were a part of their innate talent. If their astral souls were strong, they were strong, if they were weak, they were weak. Hence, they wouldn't be sealed. Originally, constellations were the same as well. However, the disparity in comprehension between first-level ascendants and ninth-level ascendants was simply too great. Even if the Eastern Sage Cliff bestowed them with the same amount of energy, the disparity in their comprehension of the constellations would easily result in a disparity in strength. Hence, the Eastern Sage Cliff decided to seal them.
His bloodline was the same as his astral souls, it would always follow Wu Xiu and wouldn't be sealed as well.
As for innate techniques and cultivation arts, they were all sealed because there might be people who had comprehended powerful innate techniques and cultivation arts while there were others who didn't. However, these were all outsiders and were different from astral souls and bloodlines. This could still be changed.
"Go on, the Eastern Sage Cliff is a place where many immortals of the Dongshengxian Gate comprehend their cultivation. There are plenty of good fortune waiting for you and if you can grab hold of it, your strength would definitely be much stronger after exiting. In addition, there are many small-scale spatial formations within the Eastern Sage Cliff. If you wish to exit, you only need to step into one and activate it. The remaining 1,000 participants will be considered to have passed the test. Now, you all can enter."
After speaking, that person stepped aside, revealing the boundlessly vast Eastern Sage Cliff before everyone's eyes.
"Forgetting yourself and comprehending your own strength, this is what it means to cultivate in a state of selflessness." That immortal-foundation expert spoke in a low voice. A moment later, the crowd all sped towards the Eastern Sage Cliff. Bright lights flashed unceasingly as numerous silhouettes madly entered.
The Eastern Sage Cliff, the path of selflessness.
"Let's go." Qin Wentian and the others stepped out together, directly entering the light screen. In an instant, a spatial energy enveloped them and after that, Qin Wentian only felt his body being enveloped by spatial energy. In an instant, he appeared within the Eastern Sage Cliff.
Standing alone on this vast land, the light screen in the air transformed into law energy that flowed unceasingly into his body. An incomparably powerful law energy seemed to be rewriting his physique and in just a short instant, Qin Wentian felt an incomparably vast energy surging within him. The law energy in the air seemed to be resonating with his body, forming a mysterious connection that was impossible to sever.
"Is this the power of a ninth-level ascendant? Next, for those who enter the Eastern Sage Cliff, they would all have the same level of strength. For now, the only difference would be in terms of bloodline and astral souls." Qin Wentian surveyed the interior of the Eastern Sage Cliff as his perception frenziedly extended outwards. He discovered that there was only a single person within. From this, one could very well imagine how vast the Eastern Sage Cliff was.
"That is …" Qin Wentian saw a golden spatial diagram on the ground. This should be the small-scale spatial formation that the immortal-foundation expert spoke of. It had a connection with the light screen in the air, allowing one to teleport out directly after stepping into it. It could be used for fleeing in the middle of a battle, avoiding death.
Sounds of sonic booms rang out and an instant later, a person appeared not far away from Qin Wentian. This was none other than the only person he could sense. Evidently, this person had also discovered him, Qin Wentian.
"Someone from the Jing Prefecture." Qin Wentian glanced at the medallion on the person's chest. This person's ranking in the Jing Prefecture wasn't low, he was ranked 96th.
"Bzz!" A resplendent astral soul appeared around that person. It was a fearsome ferocious primordial bird, causing a pair of wings to appear on his back. A baleful aura gushed forth as he sped towards Qin Wentian. That person grabbed out with his palm as a terrifying might directly blasted out, akin to the sharp claws of a ferocious primordial bird.
Over ten thousand participants, only 1,000 would be chosen. Everyone was very clear what this meant. For the remaining participants, they would either die or use the small-scale spatial formation to scram out.
Qin Wentian blasted out with his palms, subconsciously unleashing an innate technique. However, an instant later, he discovered that a mysterious law energy directly interrupted his palm imprint. There was no longer any gigantic palm imprint, his innate technique had already been sealed. This kind of sealing was a type of law destruction.
"BANG!" His opponent's ferocious claws slashed over. With a light swishing sound, Qin Wentian was forced backwards as traces of blood could be seen on his arms.
The strength of the two of them was the same, both at the ninth-level of Celestial Phenomenon. However, his opponent used the power of his astral souls. Qin Wentian acted hastily because of his habit of using innate techniques and not using the power of his astral souls, he was forced back with a single strike.
"This Eastern Sage Cliff Sect is truly fair." Qin Wentian's lips curled up in a smile, yet he only saw a mocking expression flickering on his opponent's face. He then stared at Qin Wentian, "Ranked 27th in the Cloud Prefecture? Seems like you're nothing much."
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