Chapter 865

After he became the champion, Su Ping received several rare cultivation resources every day.

The dark red astral crystals were of high quality. They were usually used by Star Lords for cultivation and were also used as a hard currency among Star Lords. They were even more popular than federal coins.

Dark red astral crystals were rare in the universe. Even Ascendant Gods would fight for them. The Ascendant Gods didn't need the dark red astral crystals, but they could give them to their subordinates.

Most Ascendant Gods had their own forces. Only a few of them would wander alone. Even the lone Ascendant Gods would have their own followers and they would plunder rare resources for their followers.

Using the dark red astral crystals to cultivate was also a requirement for the cultivator. Below the Star Lord level, one had to have a strong will.

When Su Ping acquired that resource, he had followed a Star Lord of a Mysterious Realm to test his willpower in a Tablet of Illusion.

As a matter of fact, it was just a formality. Su Ping was able to reach the 96th level of the Tablet of Illusion in one go. Apart from his horrifying combat strength, it also showed how strong his spirit was.

The result of the test was just as the Star Lord had predicted. Su Ping easily reached the passing level within a very short time.

Su Ping didn't plan to pass the test. After all, the test didn't count for points.

Apart from the pure and majestic astral power, Su Ping also felt a kind of ethereal energy that surrounded him. It was as if there was a voice guiding him while he was cultivating. His mind expanded and became several times more sensitive. His understanding of the laws was also accelerated.

"No wonder they're astral crystals for Star Lords. It'll be easy for them to comprehend laws if they train with them for a long time. However, for Star Lords, their combat ability won't be improved much even if they perceive new laws, unless they accumulate experience."

The ethereal energy is similar to the Murmurs of the Ancient Gods in the fifth space. Those with weak willpower will succumb to it. No wonder I have to be strong-willed so that I won't get lost in cultivation.

With the supply of five dark red astral crystals every day, the energy in Su Ping's body was surging to the limit. Any other Fate State cultivator would have had to break the bottleneck, or they wouldn't have been able to absorb any more energy.

However, the Chaos Star Chart that Su Ping was cultivating was very tolerant. His cells were like vortexes, absorbing and storing the astral powers. When his cells were full, Su Ping tried to reach the third state, the Star Chart State!

He connected his cells and drew the first Star Map in his body.

The Star Map was relatively simple. Three stars were opposite each other, like a triangle, and a strange energy field could be generated in the middle.

Su Ping fused his cells to construct three enormous cells, which he then pushed to draw the Star Map in his body.

The process was very laborious and consumed a lot of astral power. Su Ping had already reached his limit and couldn't absorb any more astral power. However, as he drew the Star Map, the magnificent astral power from the dark red astral crystals was utterly inadequate.

It's true that the Star Map State is even more difficult to cultivate.

Su Ping wasn't frustrated. After all, he was provided with the dark red astral crystals every day. He would succeed sooner or later.

Su Ping was looking forward to seeing what would happen to his combat ability after he completed the first Star Map.

Apart from the dark red astral crystals, Su Ping also absorbed the Nirvana Dragon's marrow that was provided every day and melted it into his body.

That was a pure body-refining material. Su Ping was practicing the Solar Bulwark, and his body was equivalent to that of a young Golden Crow. Absorbing the Nirvana Dragon's marrow to strengthen his body was equivalent to strengthening the Solar Bulwark, making his body even tougher. Su Ping felt that he wouldn't be hurt if he were attacked by a regular Star State warrior.

His body alone was horrifying enough.

It had to be noted that he was only at the Fate State!

The remaining Five Elements Grass weren't of much use to Su Ping. Apart from the five basic elements, his other elemental resistances had all reached the special level. The Five Elements Grass could only be upgraded to the advanced level, so Su Ping couldn't use it.

I'll have to keep it and give it to that guy or my other friends on the Blue Planet. Su Ping stored it in his storage space and thought of Su Lingyue.

His battle pets and the Little Skeleton's resistances were also of the special level; they couldn't use it, either.

…

Time flew.

Su Ping had been cultivating on the peak of the mountain. The Thousand Leaves Holy Maiden, Oslon, and the others had entered the Illusion Monument to train after they recovered their mental strength.

To them, fighting inside the Illusionary God Tablet was much more effective than foolishly cultivating here.

After all, they had gone to the Illusion Secret Realm for the sake of the Illusion Monument. There were many places in the academy where astral powers were denser than the Illusion Monument.

With each challenge, Auth Drake King, the wooden sword youth, and the others also steadily increased the number of floors they could challenge.

On the third day, the young man with the wooden sword had reached the 80th level.

The Dragon King was at the 80th level as well.

On the seventh day, the young man with the wooden sword had reached the 83rd level.

The Dragon King had reached the 80th level and was on his way to the 81st level.

The others, such as the Thousand Leaves Holy Maiden and Oslon, were at the 78th level, one or two levels behind.

Su Ping sat on the stone chair at the peak of the mountain. He was addicted to cultivation. He was absorbing the astral powers under the stone chair and drawing his first star map.

As for going to the Illusion Monument?

He had gone through countless life-and-death battles in the cultivation sites. That kind of special training method, which would only consume his spirit but not his life, wasn't interesting to him at all.

Su Ping's ranking on the 96th level and the bonus points from the Illusion Monument for all classes were still like a mountain above the heads of the other geniuses.

Many people who had come out from the Illusion Monument looked at the peak of the mountain out of instinct. They felt strange when they saw Su Ping cultivating there. They felt they had been looked down upon, but at the same time, they were relieved.

"Why is this guy cultivating all the time? He doesn't want to challenge the Illusion Monument anymore."

"He can at least train in there even if he doesn't want to. This is such a rare opportunity. Isn't it a waste to just sit there and cultivate?"

When the seven Star Lords saw this scene, they all felt strange.

Su Ping had come to the Illusion Secret Realm but he wasn't making the best use of his time to cultivate in the Illusion Monument. What was the point of coming there?

Some people speculated that Su Ping might have used some kind of secret skill on the first day he tried to challenge the Illusion Monument. Therefore, he had been recuperating.

Many people agreed with that statement. Some people no longer felt pressured by Su Ping's record of reaching the 96th step.

Soon, a month had passed.

The young man with the wooden sword had reached the 88th level!

He was still a long way from reaching the 90th level. However, he had stopped at the 88th level a week ago. He had been going in and out of the Illusion Monument every day for the past week, but he had never been able to reach the 89th level. It was obvious that he was close to his limit.

The Dragon King followed closely behind. His score was almost the same as the young man's, only a little bit worse. He was in third place.

Aussie Dragon King was in fourth place. He was also at the Illusion Monument of the dragon family, but his score was one level lower than the Dragon King's.

The others were slightly behind Aussie Dragon King, but not by much.

"He's still cultivating …"

The young man with the wooden sword came out from the Illusion Monument. Out of habit, he looked toward the peak. He saw that Su Ping was still cultivating in the light formation.

Apart from reaching the 96th level on the first day he arrived at the Illusion Mystery Realm, Su Ping had been cultivating in seclusion.

He didn't believe the rumors that were circulating around. Rather, he was worried. Could it be that Su Ping had comprehended something during the process of challenging the Illusion Monument and that he had been cultivating in seclusion?

After this thought appeared in his mind, it grew uncontrollably, causing his heart to feel heavy.

In the past, he would rarely pay attention to others and would only focus on his swordsmanship. However, he couldn't help but pay attention to Su Ping there.

"It's been a month and I still haven't caught up to him on the first day …" The young man with the wooden sword took a deep breath and flew to the peak, ready to cultivate and recover.

Soon after, the Dragon King came out from the Illusion Monument and looked toward the peak. He snorted inwardly when he saw that Su Ping was still sitting there. The Dragon King flew to his seat.

Time flew by. As Su Ping cultivated in seclusion every day, the other students gradually stopped paying attention to him. They turned their attention to the Dragon King, the young man with the wooden sword, and Aussie Dragon King. At the same time, the Dragon King himself was working hard to challenge the Illusion Monument.

On the point stele, other than the unshakable first place, the competition for the second to tenth place was extremely intense. During this period, the Dragon Emperor had overtaken the wooden sword youth twice, but he had been caught up again. Most of the time, the wooden sword youth had been able to suppress him.

However, with the experience of turning the tables twice, the Dragon Tomb Academy was able to raise its head slightly when facing the Sword Sovereign Academy.

"Soon, some people will come to the Mysterious Realm to visit and cultivate. But they won't be here for long, only half a month. You can focus on your own cultivation. Don't worry about them."

One day, the Star Lord of the Mysterious Realm came with a message.

The geniuses were surprised but didn't pay too much attention. After all, the Illusion Realm was an S-rank Mysterious Realm. Apart from entertaining them, the Mysterious Realm would also entertain geniuses from all over the universe.

A few days after the Star Lord of the Mystic Realm notified him, more and more spaceships arrived at the Mystic Realm. Among them, there were spaceships from the five academies. The students who came were also the most outstanding geniuses in the academies. Although they were slightly inferior to the top figures in the academies, they were still first-rate geniuses.

It was just that the intensity of their training was different from that of Su Ping's group, who had to prepare for the interstellar tryouts.

Apart from the five academies, there were also geniuses sent by various forces in the solar system.

Some of them were disciples of the Star Lord's families, while others were talents trained by certain organizations. All of them were gathered there.

"Are those the geniuses from the five academies over there?"

"I heard that they arrived a long time ago. They've been given direct tickets and are here to prepare for the interstellar tryouts!"

"Tsk, tsk. I wonder how strong they are. It's a shame that I didn't go to the five academies. Otherwise, I would like to meet those people."

Many of the geniuses who had entered the Mysterious Realm were curious about the area where Su Ping and the others were cultivating. However, with the Star Lords of the five academies guarding the area, no one dared to approach.

"I think that's the Point Stele!"

"Wow, the number one is challenging the Illusion Stele of all classes, and the 96th level at that?!"

"Is the 96th level that crazy?"

"It's more than crazy. It's impossible! Do you know the master of the Mysterious Realm, the Illusion Hunter? He challenged the 99th level of the Illusion Stele of all classes and became the master of the Mysterious Realm after passing the test! "

"… Really? So, this guy can challenge three more levels and he can compete with the Illusion Hunter? "

Some geniuses who had never been to the Illusion God's Mysterious Realm were shocked.

The Illusion Hunter was an Ascendant!

Not far away from them, there was actually someone who was very close to an Apotheosized God?

A lot of people were dissatisfied with the geniuses who had been recommended, but they were stunned when they saw the result on the Point Stele. No matter how arrogant and talented they were, they didn't dare to think that they could become gods!

Becoming a god was too far away. Becoming a Star Lord was already as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack!

"It's him …"

Among the crowd, Ke Luo was dumbfounded. He had also been sent here by the academy, but he hadn't expected that the first place he would see in the Illusory Mystic Realm was not Osslaun King, nor was it a monster from another academy. Instead, it was the guy who had intimidated him with a single punch.

He had defeated Osram and all the geniuses of the five academies and secured the number one spot!

Ke Luo remembered how he had tried to attack Su Ping despite his family leader's advice. His back was covered in a cold sweat, and he wanted to slap himself.

"Humph!"

Some of the geniuses who were cultivating on the Point Stele were disdainful when they saw the people who had just arrived and were gossiping. They didn't bother to pay attention to them, nor did they bother to listen to their conversation.

Time flew.

The geniuses who had come to the Illusion God's Monument didn't affect the Dragon Emperor and the others. Su Ping sat on the top of the Point Stele and didn't challenge anyone for a long time. They gradually stopped paying attention to him and focused on their own challenges and training.

Three months passed.

The preliminary selections for the Universe Battle of Geniuses had come to an end. The preliminaries for small galaxies were over. It was time for the preliminaries for the Silvy System.

It was also the day when the geniuses would leave the Illusion God's Secret Realm.

The people who had come to the Illusion God's Secret Realm had left a long time ago. At the moment, only the five academies were left in the Illusion God's Secret Realm.

"He has reached the 91st level!"

"No wonder he is the successor of the God of Swordsman. Finally, he has made another breakthrough. His previous limit should have been the 89th level. It has only been three months, but he has made two more. This is unbelievable!"

"He has a high level of understanding. No wonder the North Sea God of Swordsman took him in as a personal student."

The young man with a wooden sword walked out from the Illusion God's Monument. His face was pale, as if he had used up a lot of energy.

His appearance caught everyone's attention.

The Dragon King, who was cultivating on the mountain peak, pulled a long face. The gap between them had widened again.

He stood up, ready to enter the Illusion God's Monument.

However, right at that moment, the Dragon King noticed something. He turned around and saw that the young man who had been sitting in the light formation for the past three months had walked out.

The young man with a wooden sword noticed Su Ping as well. Following his gaze, the others saw Su Ping as well. All eyes that had been on the young man with a wooden sword were now on Su Ping.