"Even Senior Sister Xueqing was wounded?"
All of them became solemn. Senior Sister Xueqing was a Heavenly Lord who was invincible in the Ascendant State. Even a Celestial would have a hard time suppressing her. Yet, she had been wounded!
"Is it that bad already?" mumbled a white-haired young man.
The others also wore grave expressions.
…
Inside the arena —
Phew!
Su Ping took off his helmet and slightly relaxed his tense body.
"You persisted for five minutes, which exceeded my expectations. That's not bad." Elder Yan said with mixed feelings, "You went from the 90th to the 80th. Although your opponents were all top Star Lords, they were at least half as strong!"
In a battle between experts, even a slight gap could change the outcome of the battle, not to mention a gap of half!
"You've just reached the Star State, and so have your pets. The training plan that Supreme God gave you hasn't been officially launched, but you've already made it to the Divine Lord Rank on your own. I believe that you'll be able to make it to the top three of the Divine Lord Rank by the time the training plan is over."
Elder Yan said.
He had high hopes for Su Ping.
Divine Lord had recruited many disciples, and he had taught many of them. However, he had never seen a genius as talented as Su Ping. Therefore, he had high hopes for Su Ping.
"I hope so." Su Ping nodded and then said, "Make another appointment for me."
"You need an appointment?" Elder Yan was stunned for a moment. He then realized that Su Ping might not be convinced of his defeat, so he nodded and said, "No problem. You can practice with them. Extreme battles can increase your combat experience."
Su Ping knew that he had misunderstood. He shook his head and said, "I just succeeded. My opponents are indeed much stronger than the 90th; I almost lost. I'm going to make an appointment with the 75th. I want to see my limits."
Elder Yan was stunned. His eyes widened as he asked, "Are you saying that you just succeeded?"
He was rather shocked to see Su Ping's calmness.
He defeated the 90th and the 80th in a row?
Could Su Ping's battle pet's breakthrough bring about such a horrifying increase in strength?
Elder Yan fell silent when he thought of the Heavenly Tribulation that Su Ping's three pets had attracted. He looked at Su Ping thoughtfully and said, "My master predicted that you would reach the top ten of the Divine Lord Rank in a hundred years. However, I think it will only take you ten to twenty years to do so. If you can find your own path and reach the Ascendant State, you will definitely become a brilliant Heavenly Lord!"
"My own Dao, huh …"
Su Ping's eyes flashed. He didn't have any clue about that yet, so he didn't think too much about it. After all, he had to take it one step at a time; he could always study it after he became a Star Lord.
Very soon, Elder Yan made the appointment for Su Ping.
Su Ping once again entered the virtual battlefield.
Ten minutes later, Su Ping removed the device. There was a trace of tiredness in his eyes. Although it was only ten minutes, the intensity of the battle was beyond his imagination. In the end, he still lost.
I'm still not strong enough …
I thought I had inexhaustible strength, but I didn't have enough when I had to fight back …
Su Ping lowered his head and pondered. He reviewed the previous battle and concluded the reasons for his failure. He had never made a mistake during the battle. Su Ping was quite confident in his experience and reflexes. Although he was only in the Star State, he had fought countless dangerous battles in the cultivation sites.
The only thing he lacked was strength.
His opponent was a Star Lord and a genius; he didn't have enough experience to close the gap between them.
"He's only ranked 75th. I wonder what the top ten, or even the top one, will be like. I didn't expect the gap between Star Lords to be so huge. Clowe, who's ranked 100th, wouldn't have been able to fight back at all. If he were a regular Star Lord, he would have been killed instantly!"
Su Ping was silent.
It was the same for all levels. Some were average, some were excellent, some were top and some were monstrous.
Just like all other people, some were at the bottom, some were elites, and some were at the top.
"Did you win or lose?" Elder Yan didn't disturb Su Ping when he saw that Su Ping was deep in thought. He didn't ask until he saw that Su Ping seemed to have come back to himself.
This time, he didn't assume that Su Ping was bound to lose, so as to avoid being slapped in the face again.
"I lost," said Su Ping.
Elder Yan was somehow relieved. That was more like it; he would have suspected that Su Ping was abnormal if Su Ping had won again. He would have shocked the entire universe if he had defeated the Divine Lord Rank when he had just reached the Star State.
"Next, your training plan will be officially activated. Your strength will soar every day; it won't be long before you make a qualitative leap," said Elder Yan.
Su Ping asked curiously, "What training plan?"
"That's what my master made for you. There are six rings between the Star State and the Star Lord State. You'll be greatly improved after each ring is completed. By my estimation, you'll be as strong as a top Star Lord once you reach the sixth ring of the Star State. You'll be able to rank in the top 70 on the Divine Lord Rank!"
"However, considering your current situation, you'll probably be able to rank in the top fifty after the sixth round!"
Elder Yan said with a smile, "It's tailor-made for you, including the absorption of the power of faith. My master has prepared a generous gift for you!"
Su Ping's eyes glittered. He didn't expect that he would receive special training in addition to the endless consumption of resources. Was that the treatment for the top geniuses?
It was true that there was never a shortage of talents in the major organizations. Even the mediocre ones could become "geniuses" with such abundant resources!
It was like some people were born at the end of a journey that countless people struggled to reach in their entire lives!
"The first round of the Star State training is to refine your body!"
Elder Yan said, "Master has given you the divine blood of the Immortal Bird to build a body for you. He said that you have the bloodline of the ancient Golden Crows, a ferocious bird from the primordial times. It's said that they could chase after the moon and swallow the sun. The divine blood of the Immortal Bird should be able to maximize the activity of the Golden Crow bloodline in your body. Your body will become even stronger, and you may even awaken the power of the Golden Crow in your bloodline!"
Su Ping was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect his master to be so considerate.
"I'll never forget your kindness, master!" said Su Ping solemnly.
Elder Yan smiled and said, "You'll be able to repay my kindness if you can reach the Ascendant State and find your own path."
Even though Su Ping was extremely talented and had the potential to become a Celestial, reaching the Ascendant State was a deadly challenge. Elder Yan was worried that Su Ping would fail there, which would make everything a joke.
Su Ping nodded. That was too far away for him to make any verbal promises. He also knew that it was extremely difficult to reach the Ascendant State. There were countless Star Lords in the universe. Even though they were dominators of their respective galaxies, only those in the Ascendant State were truly big shots; they would be valued and treated well wherever they went.
Then, Elder Yan took Su Ping back to the personal training temple assigned to Su Ping.
As a disciple of a Supreme God, Su Ping's palace was as magnificent as the other disciples'. Only the Heavenly Lords' palaces were more splendid and magnificent.
"This is the divine blood of the Phoenix. You have an Astral Array in your training room; it's the most suitable array for Star State warriors in the Federation to absorb body refining materials. It can speed up the absorption without leaving any behind. It will also help you melt and digest them. Are you ready?"
Inside the cultivation room, Elder Yan flipped open his palm. A drop of divine blood glowing with divine light and flames hovered above his palm. The divine light it emitted had already covered the drop of divine blood, making it look like a divine glow.
"Yes." Su Ping nodded and looked forward to it.
He knew that his Solar Bulwark was different from what his master had imagined. He did have the bloodline of the Golden Crows, but it wasn't the Golden Crow's bloodline. Also, he was already a young Golden Crow after reaching the fourth level of the Solar Bulwark; he could turn into a young Golden Crow at any time.
The Golden Crows were an ancient race. They were as strong as Star Lords, even though they were still young. The flames they breathed out could burn through the small worlds of Star Lords. They were unstoppable among Star Lords.
If it weren't for the fact that the Divine Lord Rank that Su Ping challenged were all geniuses of the human race, he would have been able to tear apart regular Star Lords with brute force!
Very soon, the array in the training room was activated.
The temperature instantly soared. Astral patterns appeared and connected, enveloping Su Ping like a furnace.
Elder Yan threw the divine blood of the Undying Bird to Su Ping at that moment. The divine blood showered Su Ping from head to toe like a living creature; it crazily crawled into Su Ping's pores the moment it touched him.
Su Ping instantly felt that his body was being torn apart and eroded. Elder Yan then said to him, "Calm down and refine the divine blood with the sparks in your body. Erase the divinity in it and make it your own!"
Su Ping closed his eyes and tried his best to refine the blood.
The star patterns on the surrounding Star Formations also started to ripple, gradually becoming hot and red.
Su Ping was so bathed in divine light that it was impossible to see his face; only his glowing body could be seen. However, as the blood was refined, the divine light on Su Ping was gradually absorbed, revealing Su Ping's body.
He sat in the center of the Star Array like a peerless Heavenly Son of Heaven. He was quiet and peaceful, but he was surrounded by dazzling light.
A long time later …
The divine light on Su Ping's body was completely gone, and the red runes on the array gradually turned blue. When Su Ping opened his eyes, his pupils were golden. His pupils were black and vertical, and they were as sharp as an eagle's. Two beams of golden light shot out of his eyes, which seemed to be two golden spears.
Very soon, the light was gone. The golden color in Su Ping's eyes faded and his pupils returned to normal.
The black vertical pupils were Su Ping's Dark Constitution, and the golden color was the bloodline of the Golden Crows.
"Fire …"
Su Ping raised his hand and flames spread out of his palm, burning the space. The array around him also showed signs of melting like candles. The temperature in the training room soared. If the previous temperature was like the surface of the sun, the current temperature seemed to be enough to melt the sun!
Su Ping vaguely saw some blurry pictures during the absorption and refinement; some were of the Golden Crows and the Undying Birds. However, the clearest thing in the pictures was the flames that accompanied them.
The flames had been burning for eternity, as if they couldn't be extinguished by time.
Su Ping also sensed an arrogant will; it was the will of fire!
"That seems to be … the path of fire!
"Is that the path that the Ascendant State cultivators have to create?
"However, normal Ascendant State experts shouldn't be able to create such a path that has been preserved for eternity, right?"
Su Ping mumbled to himself.
There were many paths in the world, and laws were the wills and characteristics of those paths.
However, in the endless passage of time, some Great Daos had perished. However, some primitive, most core, and most powerful Great Daos had never perished and were preserved.
For example, the elements were born from the paths.
Without the path of fire, there would be no flames in the world!
Without the path of light, the world would be pitch-black!
Without the Great Dao of Darkness, there wouldn't even be darkness in the world. It would be nothing but nothingness and turbid!
Su Ping knew that the paths that established the foundation of the world had been created by the most brilliant beings in ancient times.
"Elder Yan."
Su Ping withdrew the flames in his palm and looked at Elder Yan, who was outside of the astral array. He suddenly asked, "I'd like to know more about the paths that the Ascendant State experts created. Can you tell me how many?"
"The paths of the Ascendant State experts?" Elder Yan was stunned. Su Ping wanted to know more about the Ascendant State when he had only reached the first stage of the Star State?
Considering Su Ping's current level, it was clearly too early for him to do so.
He remembered what he had said earlier. Did he stimulate Su Ping? Did he want to reach the Ascendant State in a hurry?
Elder Yan shook his head and said, "It's too early for you to consider that. Don't be too ambitious. You're talented, but you shouldn't waste your potential. It's meaningless for you right now."
"I just want to listen," insisted Su Ping.
Elder Yan frowned after seeing Su Ping's stubborn eyes. He thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but you'd better listen."
After that, he said, "I'll tell you about the paths of your senior brothers. Lan Ruotian, who ranks 49th, has a path called 'Divine Ruler.' He's invincible in the universe he's measured!"
"Is he a Heavenly Lord?"
"No." Elder Yan shook his head. "It's a powerful path, but it also has obvious weaknesses that can be easily exploited."
Su Ping nodded.
Elder Yan continued, "There's also your 36th senior brother, Carlo. His path is' Round Wood. 'It's a complicated path, but it's very tough. Unfortunately, it has a flaw, which prevented him from becoming a Heavenly Lord. However, he's one of the best in the Ascendant State."
"Round Wood?"
Su Ping frowned. It was true that it was hard to understand the path from the name alone.
Elder Yan then told him a few more paths. Su Ping asked, "What's Senior Brother You Long's path?"
"Your Senior Brother You Long's path is called Heaven's Edge. It's both offensive and defensive, and it's very fast. It has few flaws, "said Elder Yan," As a matter of fact, the paths of the other Heavenly Lords are the same. They're very comprehensive, or they've reached the pinnacle in a certain aspect. Even if they have flaws, their ultimate power can cover everything. "
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