Su Ping received rare training resources every day after he won the top spot.
The Crimson Star Crystals were of high quality. They were usually used by Star Lords for training or as hard currency among Star Lords; they were even more valuable than federal coins.
Deep Red Star Crystals were extremely rare in the universe; even Ascendant State experts would fight for them. Although they didn't need the crystals, they could give them to their subordinates.
Most Ascendant State experts had their own organizations; only a few of them wandered alone. Even those lone wolves had their own believers, and they would loot rare resources for them.
Cultivating with the Deep Red Star Crystals also had requirements for the cultivator. Cultivators below the Star Lord level had to have extremely strong willpower.
Su Ping followed a mysterious realm Star Lord to test his willpower in an Illusionary God Monument when he received the resources.
Actually, it was just a formality; Su Ping had been able to reach the 96th floor of the all-class monument, not only because of his horrifying combat ability, but also because of his strong mental power.
The result of the test was exactly as the Star Lord had predicted. Su Ping easily reached the passing level he had mentioned in a short amount of time.
Su Ping didn't intend to pass the test; passing was enough. After all, the test didn't count for points.
Apart from the pure and magnificent astral power, Su Ping also sensed an ethereal energy when he absorbed the Deep Red Star Crystals. The energy surrounded him, as if a voice was guiding him during his training; his mind was much sharper and his perception of laws was significantly faster.
No wonder the astral crystals are used by Star Lords. It's easy to grasp laws if you train with them for a long time. However, for Star Lords, the new laws won't improve their combat ability much, unless they accumulate.
The ethereal energy is like the whispers of the ancient gods in the fifth space. Those with weak willpower will be trapped by it. No wonder one has to have a strong willpower to not get lost in cultivation.
The energy in Su Ping's body was surging as he absorbed five Deep Red Star Crystals every day; he had already reached his limit. Any other Fate State cultivator would have had to break the bottleneck, or they wouldn't have been able to absorb the energy.
However, Su Ping's Chaos Star Chart was very inclusive. His cells were absorbing and storing the astral power like vortexes. When his cells could no longer store the astral power, Su Ping tried to cultivate the third level, the Astral Painting State!
He connected his cells and drew the first Astral Painting in his body.
The Astral Painting was rather simple; three stars were in opposition to each other like a triangle, balancing each other and generating a strange energy field in the middle.
Su Ping fused the cells together and constructed three huge cell bodies. He then pushed the cells to draw a star map inside his body.
The process was laborious and would consume a large amount of astral power. He had reached his limit and couldn't absorb any more astral power. However, as he drew the Astral Map, the astral power from the Crimson Astral Crystals was just a drop in the bucket.
It's true that the Astral Painting State is more difficult to cultivate.
Su Ping wasn't frustrated. After all, he had the Deep Red Star Crystals every day; he would succeed sooner or later.
Su Ping was looking forward to seeing how his combat ability would change after he drew the first Astral Painting.
Apart from the Deep Red Star Crystals, Su Ping also absorbed the Star Skeleton Dragon's bone marrow and melted it into his body.
The bone marrow was a pure material for body refining. Su Ping had the Solar Bulwark; his body was like a young Golden Crow. Absorbing the Star Skeleton Dragon's bone marrow to strengthen his body was like strengthening the Solar Bulwark, making his body even tougher. Su Ping felt that he wouldn't be hurt even if an ordinary Star State cultivator attacked him.
Just his fleshly body alone was terrifying enough.
It had to be noted that he was only in the Fate State at the moment!
The remaining Five Elements Divine Grass was of no use to Su Ping. Apart from the five basic elements, he also had special resistance to the other elements. The Five Elements Divine Grass could only be improved to an advanced level; Su Ping couldn't use it.
I'll have to save it and give it to that guy or my friends from the Blue Star. Su Ping stored it in his storage and thought of Su Lingyue.
His pets and the Little Skeleton also had special resistance; they wouldn't be of any use to him, either.
…
Time passed quickly.
Su Ping had been cultivating on the mountaintop. The Thousand Leaves Holy Lady, Oasis Dragon King and the others would train in the monument after their mental power was restored.
For them, fighting in the monuments was much more effective than sitting around and practicing.
After all, the Illusionary God Mysterious Realm was meant for the uniqueness of the monument. There were several places in the academy where astral power was denser than the monument.
Oasis Dragon King, the young man carrying a wooden sword, and the others continued to challenge higher and higher levels.
On the third day, the Wooden Sword Boy reached the eightieth floor.
The Dragon Emperor was also close to the eightieth floor.
On the seventh day, the Wooden Sword Boy reached the eighty-third floor.
The Dragon Emperor had also reached the eightieth floor and was about to reach the eighty-first floor.
The others, such as the Thousand Leaves Holy Lady and Oasis Dragon King, were also around the seventy-eighth floor; they were one or two floors behind.
Su Ping sat on the stone chair at the top of the mountain. He was addicted to cultivation. He was absorbing the astral powers under the stone chair to draw his first Astral Painting.
As for training in the monument?
He had gone through countless life-and-death training in the cultivation sites. That special training method that would only exhaust his spirit and not kill him was nothing special to him, nor was it attractive to him.
His ranking on the 96th floor and the bonus points from the all-class monument made Su Ping stand above all the geniuses like a mountain.
Many people who came out of the monument subconsciously looked at the top of the mountain. They felt weird when they saw that Su Ping had been cultivating there the whole time. They felt that they had been belittled, but they were also relieved.
"Why has this guy been cultivating instead of challenging the monuments?"
"Even if he's not challenging the monuments, he should at least train there. This is such a rare opportunity. Isn't it a waste to meditate there?"
The seven Star Lords found it weird too.
What was the point of coming to the Illusionary God Mysterious Realm instead of cultivating in the monuments?
Some speculated that Su Ping might have used a secret technique on the first day he challenged the monument, so he had been recuperating.
A lot of people agreed with that theory, and some of them felt less stressed about Su Ping's result on the 96th floor.
A month passed in the blink of an eye.
The Wooden Sword Boy had already reached the 88th floor!
He was very close to the 90th floor, but he had been stuck on the 88th floor since a week ago. He had been going in and out of the monument every day, but he hadn't been able to reach the 89th floor. It was obvious that he was already close to his limit.
Dragon Emperor was right behind him; his points were almost the same; he was only slightly behind.
Oasis Dragon King was ranked fourth; he had also taken the dragon-class monument, but his floor was one floor lower than Dragon Emperor's.
The others were slightly behind Oasis Dragon King, but not by much.
"He's still cultivating …"
The young man who carried a wooden sword came out of the monument and looked at the top of the mountain out of habit, only to find that Su Ping was still cultivating inside the light array, not moving at all.
Su Ping had been training in seclusion ever since he reached the 96th floor on the first day of his arrival in the Illusionary Divine Land.
The Wooden Sword Boy didn't believe the rumors; he was actually worried. Could it be that Su Ping had grasped something while he was challenging the monument, and had been studying it in seclusion?
The thought grew uncontrollably after it popped up in his head, making his heart feel heavy.
He rarely paid attention to other people; he had always been focused on his own path. 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 …" The Wooden Sword Boy took a deep breath and flew to the mountaintop, ready to cultivate and recover.
Soon after, Dragon Emperor also looked at the mountaintop. He snorted and flew back to his seat when he saw that Su Ping was still sitting there.
Time flew. As Su Ping meditated every day, the other students gradually stopped paying attention to him; they focused their attention on the active Dragon Emperor, the Wooden Sword Boy, Oasis Dragon King and the others. They also tried their best to challenge the monuments and train themselves.
On the Score Tablet, except for the first place, which was unshakable, the competition for the second to tenth places was very fierce. During this period, Dragon Emperor had overtaken the young man who carried a wooden sword twice, but he was caught up again. Most of the time, he was firmly suppressed by the young man with a wooden sword.
However, the Dragon Tomb Academy was able to hold their heads high when they met the Sword Deity Academy, thanks to those two victories.
"Some people will visit and train in the mysterious realm later, but they won't be here for more than half a month. Just focus on your own training; don't pay any attention to them."
The Star Lord delivered the news one day.
All the geniuses were slightly surprised, but they didn't think too much of it. After all, the mysterious realm was a level-S mysterious realm; geniuses from various forces in the universe would also be entertained.
Several days after the Star Lord's announcement, many spaceships arrived at the mysterious realm. Some of them belonged to the five academies; the students who were on board were the most distinguished geniuses of their respective academies. Even though they weren't as good as the top students, they were still first-rate geniuses who had gone there to train themselves.
However, the intensity of their training was different from that of Su Ping and the others, who were preparing for the galactic trials.
Apart from the five academies, there were also geniuses sent by various forces in the galaxy.
Some of them were members of Star Lords' families, and some were geniuses trained by certain organizations. All of them were gathered there.
"Are the geniuses of the five academies in that area?"
"I heard that they've been here for a long time. They're preparing for the galactic trials!"
"Tsk, tsk. I wonder how strong they are. It's a shame that I didn't go to the five academies, or I'd really like to meet them."
Many geniuses who had entered the mysterious realm were curious about the area where Su Ping and the others were training. However, nobody dared to approach it since the Star Lords of the five academies were guarding it.
"That seems to be the score monument!"
"Wow, the top of the list is challenging the 96th floor of the all-class monument?"
"Is the 96th floor unbelievable?"
"It's not just unbelievable; it's impossible! Do you know Huan Lieshen, the master of the mysterious realm? He challenged the 99th floor of the monument and became the master of the mysterious realm after passing it! "
"… Are you serious? So to speak, he'll be as good as Lord Huan Lieshen if he challenges three more floors? "
The geniuses who had never been to the mysterious realm were shocked.
Huan Lieshen was an Ascendant State expert!
And yet, someone's score was close to that of an Ascendant State expert not far away from them?
Many of them had been unconvinced by the geniuses who had been recommended, but they were stunned after seeing the score on the monument. No matter how arrogant they were, they didn't think that they had a chance to reach the Ascendant State!
The Ascendant State was too far away; becoming a Star Lord was like looking for a needle in a haystack!
"It's him …"
In the crowd, Koro was also dumbfounded. He had also been sent here by the academy, but he didn't expect that the person at the top of the list wasn't Oasis Dragon King, nor was it a genius from the other academies. Instead, it was the guy who had intimidated him with one punch.
He had defeated Oasis Dragon King and all the geniuses of the five academies, and was firmly at the top!
When he thought of how he ignored the Patriarch's advice and wanted to make a move, his back broke out in cold sweat. He wanted to slap himself.
"Humph!"
On the stele mountain, some of the cultivating geniuses saw the various forces that had just entered and were pointing at them and discussing. They felt disdain and couldn't be bothered to pay attention to them, nor could they be bothered to listen to what they were saying.
Time flew.
The geniuses who had reached the monument halfway didn't affect the Dragon Emperor and the others. Su Ping sat on the mountaintop and didn't challenge anyone for a long time; they gradually stopped paying attention to him and focused on their own training.
Three months passed in the blink of an eye.
The screening of the Universe Geniuses' Contest was over. Even the galactic matches were over; it was time for Silvy's galactic matches.
It was also close to the day when the geniuses would leave the mysterious realm.
The forces who had arrived halfway had already left; only the students of the five academies were left in the mysterious realm.
"He's on the 91st floor!"
"As expected of the Sword God's heir; he's finally made another breakthrough. His previous limit should have been the 89th floor; he's made two in three months. That's incredible!"
"He's very smart. No wonder the Sword God accepted him as a personal disciple."
The Wooden Sword Boy walked out of the monument; he looked pale, as if he had consumed a lot of energy.
His appearance instantly attracted everyone's attention.
The Dragon Emperor — who had been cultivating on the mountaintop — became solemn, as the gap between him and his opponent had widened again.
He rose and was about to charge into the monument.
However, right at this moment, his gaze suddenly changed. He turned his head to look in a certain direction. He saw that the young man who had been sitting in the formation of light for the past three months had actually walked out.
The Wooden Sword Boy noticed Su Ping when he left the array; the others also noticed Su Ping. All eyes that had been focused on the Wooden Sword Boy were instantly focused on Su Ping.
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