As time passed, thousands of old monsters gradually gathered at the foot of the Immortal Ascension Tower. All of them were Void Refinement Realm and Void Fragmentation Realm experts who intended to participate in the competition.
There were high platforms on all four sides of the Immortal Ascension Tower. The north platform was filled with cultivators from Palace of Origin while the other three sides were filled with disciples brought by Old Monster Shen Bi.
This was a grand meeting to decide the five hundred participants of the Dragon Fishing Convention.
As for those low-grade cultivators who were unable to enter Tianyuan City, they gathered outside the city and watched this grand occasion through the Shadow Bearing Jade Wall.
Outside Tianyuan City, there were Shadow Bearing Jade Walls that were tens of thousands of zhang tall erected in four directions.
The Jade Disc could transmit images. Of course, they could only see what was happening outside the Immortal Ascension Pagoda. Cultivators outside could not see what was happening inside the pagoda.
On the north side of the Immortal Ascension Pagoda, there were ten purple-gold seats.
These ten purple-gold seats were prepared for the ten Demon Emperors!
The Primitive Emperor was wearing a gold-feathered cloak. He looked like a middle-aged man with a short beard. He looked dignified as he sat in the middle of the ten seats, stroking his beard with a smile.
Beside the Yuan Emperor sat the other three Demon Emperors.
Not all the Demon Emperors attended the Hall of Origin's meeting. Only three of the other nine Demon Emperors had come.
Western Demon Sea Snow Fox Palace's Demon Emperor, Fox Emperor.
The Demon Emperor of the Northern Demon Sea's Green Bull Palace, Green Emperor.
He was the Snake King of the Southern Demon Sea's Serpent Palace.
The Fox Sovereign was a beautiful woman in white robes. Her cultivation base was at the Fourth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. Every frown and smile of hers carried charm.
The Green Emperor was a burly man with two horns on his head. His short beard was like a halberd and his eyes were like that of a tiger. His cultivation base was at the Sixth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.
The Serpent Sovereign was an old woman with white hair and a stooped figure. Her almond-shaped eyes were even more spirited than a young girl's, making her look extremely strange. Her cultivation base was at the Sixth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.
The Fox Emperor's strength was considered to be at the bottom of the Ten Great Daemon Emperors, but because the Snow Fox Palace had an Itinerant Demon overseeing it, no one dared to underestimate the Fox Emperor of this generation.
There was still some time before the start of the competition. The Yuan Emperor, the Fox Emperor, and the Green Emperor were exchanging their cultivation experiences.
The Serpent Sovereign old woman narrowed her almond-shaped eyes and searched for prey in the crowd below, licking her lips from time to time.
"I wonder if there is a cauldron that can make my eyes light up in this conference …" The old woman thought.
The Demon Sovereigns of the Lust Dragon Clan had always cultivated the Plucking Technique. This old woman had plucked tens of thousands of men in her life.
Below the Immortal Ascension Pagoda, forty-six Void Fragmentation Realm experts stood proudly in each direction.
Without a doubt, these forty-six Void Fragmentation Realm experts would certainly be able to obtain the quotas for the general assembly.
He Shixiu's group was naturally included in this group.
The four of them were not cultivators of the Demon Realm, but they dared to appear in the Demon Realm openly. Naturally, they relied on He Shixiu's identity as a Daoist of the Jadedao Sect.
This identity was enough to deter the Ten Sovereigns of the Demon World, but ordinary people did not know this.
"Whitewood, the White Feather Clan's martial cultivator … humph, I never thought that the dignified Divine Void Young Master Xiao Qianci would actually take a liking to such scum!"
He Shixiu's eyes were filled with disdain and a sense of humiliation.
He was a dignified Daoist of the Jadedao Sect, but he couldn't even woo the Little Demoness. How could such a person win the Little Demoness' heart …?
A few days passed, and He Shixiu obtained a lot of information about the Light Wing Clan's Bai Mu.
At first, he thought highly of Ning Fan. However, after reading the information, he immediately despised Ning Fan.
When Bai Mu was just at the Void Glimpse Stage, he was hunted by a mere Half-Step Void Refinement Realm cultivator for a year …
Bai Mu humiliated a large number of females of his clan and was expelled by his clan. He was the shame of the Light Wing Clan …
The information he obtained was enough to show that Bai Mu was weak, unbearable, despicable and shameless. He was the scum of the cultivation world.
He Shixiu only thought that Ning Fan was Bai Mu. Thus, his heart was naturally filled with disdain.
"I'm afraid that Xiao Qianci purposely addressed this person as her husband just to provoke me … She has always been proud and arrogant. It's impossible for her to take a liking to such a scum. Forget it. This Bai Mu has a bad reputation and he's so unbearable. He's not enough to pose a threat to me. However, there might really be something special about him that can help us in our journey to search for the map … Since that's the case, I'll keep him alive for the time being. "
Yun Youmu, Xuan Huo and Gong Yangzi were standing behind He Shixiu. Xuan Huo and Gong Yangzi were resting with their eyes closed while Yun Youmu's eyes were filled with confusion.
In the past few days, he could not forget the strange sense of familiarity that Bai Mu gave him.
He felt that he must have seen Bai Mu somewhere before. However, he just could not remember where he had seen him before.
Behind the forty-six Void Fragmentation Realm experts were thousands of Void Refinement Realm experts.
There were around one hundred Primordial Void Stage experts alone and another two hundred Absolute Void Stage cultivators.
There were around two thousand Void Glimpse Stage, Void Inquiry Stage and Void Pierce Stage cultivators.
The patriarch of the Black Crane Clan and his three good friends were all at the Void Pierce Stage. They could be considered as old monsters who were famous in a region.
However, it was difficult for them to attract attention in such a grand occasion.
With their strength, they would certainly have to fight a tough battle if they want to obtain one of the five hundred spots.
"Bai Mu isn't here yet …? I can't wait to tear him into pieces." The patriarch of the Black Crane Clan smiled sinisterly.
Behind him, the three Void Pierce Stage experts also sneered. "I heard that the last star stone of the Light Feather Clan is with Bai Mu. If we kill Bai Mu, this star stone … "
"Of course, it will belong to the three of you!" The patriarch of the Black Crane Clan laughed.
Ning Fan walked along the demon river towards the northern part of the city.
His pace was not fast. However, every step he took covered an immeasurable distance.
His ears were filled with the zither tunes that were played day and night on the demon river.
When those tunes fell into Ning Fan's ears, he gradually separated them into life and death.
Comprehending life and death was a stage that one must go through in the path of becoming an immortal.
Each of the five hundred abodes in the Immortal Ascension Tower contained the Dao of Life and Death.
I must comprehend all of them at least once!
Ning Fan's eyes were filled with battle intent.
Originally, he wanted to snatch a abode from the top twenty and wait for the competition to end.
Today, however, he wanted to visit all five hundred abodes and not miss out on any of the Dao comprehensions of Ancestor Yuanyi.
"What is life and what is death?!"
Ning Fan's pace suddenly quickened. With a flash, he disappeared from the bank of the demon river. When he reappeared, he was already under the Immortal Ascension Tower.
It was a gigantic tower that was one million zhang * (3.33m per zhang) tall. There was a heavenly dwelling inside the tower. Each level of the tower was a Mid-Grade Heavenly Dwelling.
The entrance was not at the bottom but at the top of the tower.
Cultivators who want to enter the tower had to go down from the top.
Ning Fan's current identity was Bai Mu, a Void Inquiry Stage cultivator.
His arrival did not attract much attention. Only a few people's expressions changed.
"He's here. It's Bai Mu!" The eyes of the clan leader of the Black Crane Clan and his three friends flashed with cold light.
"Humph. It's Bai Mu …" He Shixiu smiled in disdain. Yun Youmu's eyes flickered.
Once again, he felt a strange sense of familiarity from Ning Fan's body.
On the purple golden seat on the high platform in the north, the eyes of the Snake Sovereign flickered. She stared at Ning Fan's direction in disbelief.
"This … This young man has such a perfect body. He's an excellent human cauldron! Unfortunately, Tan Tianyan has given an order that private fights are not allowed in Tianyuan City. Otherwise, I will definitely capture this young man and bring him back to the palace to have some fun! Forget it. After he leaves Tianyuan City … "
The old woman's eyes turned cold.
As soon as Ning Fan entered the venue, he suddenly sensed several cold gazes.
There were too many experts in this place. Their spirit sense was in a mess. It was not easy to identify the source of the gazes.
Before Ning Fan could identify the source of the gazes, the great elder of the Primordial Palace suddenly soared into the sky and stood in the sky. He lifted his hand and crushed a golden jade slip.
The great elder's name was Zhou Nan. He was at the Fourth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. As soon as he soared into the sky, he immediately attracted the attention of countless people.
As soon as the jade slip was crushed, countless dazzling golden words appeared in the sky.
"The competition will begin at 6: 00 AM and end at 6: 00 AM the next day. When it ends, all the fellow Daoists who have a cave dwelling will obtain a place to participate in the Dragon Fishing Convention. Apart from that, they will also receive additional rewards! "
"Those who obtain the first to twentieth floor of the cave dwelling will receive an Origin Clear Pill!"
"Those who obtain the first to hundredth floor of the cave dwelling will receive a Void Fragmentation Pill!"
"Those who obtain the cave dwelling after the hundredth floor of the cave dwelling will receive an Absolute Void Pill!"
"In the Immortal Ascension Tower, killing is not allowed unless it's absolutely necessary. Those who violate this rule will die! "
Ning Fan's eyes scanned through the golden words without saying anything.
However, many old monsters at the scene exclaimed in surprise, including a few Void Fragmentation Realm cultivators.
"Origin Clear Pill! This is the most precious pill of the Origin Palace. It's a Seventh Grade Pill. Any cultivator below the Fifth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm who consumes it can greatly improve their spirit sense cultivation base! Initially, I was planning to just snatch a random cave dwelling. But now, it seems like I have to compete for this Origin Clear Pill! " One of the Void Fragmentation Realm old monsters was overjoyed. His spirit sense was already on the verge of breaking through. If he can obtain the Origin Clear Pill, his spirit sense would probably improve by one Heavenly Layer!
"Void Fragmentation Pill! It's a pill that can increase the chances of obtaining the Void Fragmentation Realm by five percent! For the sake of this pill, I must get into the top one hundred floors no matter what! "The eyes of an Origin Returning Old Monster shone brightly.
"Absolute Void Pill! With this pill, I can officially go into seclusion after the competition ends and attempt to break through to the Absolute Void Stage! "A Void Pierce Stage old monster was overjoyed.
Great Elder Zhou Nan smiled faintly. The reason why the Origin Palace took out these rewards was obviously to make the competition more intense.
Only then would they be able to select the five hundred strongest individuals to participate in the Dragon Fishing Convention.
Weaklings were not qualified to fish for dragons.
"Open the door of the tower!"
Zhou Nan suddenly gave an order in a deep voice. Immediately, four Void Fragmentation Realm experts of the Origin Palace soared into the sky. They turned into four giant golden-winged birds and flew towards the top of the tower.
"So these are the Origin Wings Demon Birds …" Ning Fan's eyes flickered as he looked at the four giant golden-winged birds.
Dragons were True Spirits. The Origin Wings fed on dragons. Thus, they were naturally very strong. Although they were slightly weaker than the Immemorial Dark Sparrow, they were not much weaker.
In the Demon Spirit Land of the Upper World, the Origin Wings Clan was considered as a very strong True Spirit Clan.
The four Origin Wings Giant Birds flew to the top of the tower and flapped their giant wings.
Rays of golden light shone on the giant door at the top of the tower. Immediately, the door slowly opened with a loud bang.
The four Origin Wings Giant Birds flashed with golden light and flew back to the high platform in the north, turning back into four Void Fragmentation Realm cultivators.
The rumbling sound of the door opening lingered in everyone's ears.
The moment the door opened, Great Elder Zhou Nan suddenly said. "The competition begins now!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he glanced at Ning Fan's direction inconspicuously. Then, he took the lead and turned into a ray of golden light, directly entering the giant tower.
The people on the scene obviously did not expect that the Great Elder of the Yuan Palace would participate in the competition. However, they did not mind it at all.
Forty-six Void Fragmentation Realm experts flew into the sky at the same time and entered the giant door at the top of the tower.
Then, rays of light flew into the sky one after another, heading towards the giant door.
Ning Fan was not in a hurry to enter the Immortal Ascension Tower.
The cultivators who entered first would either gather at the first few floors and fight for the abodes. Or they would go all the way down. However, it was still difficult for them to avoid battles.
Ning Fan's goal was to go through all five hundred abodes. In other words, he would have to experience at least five hundred battles in order to enter the abodes and comprehend life and death!
He only had one day to go through all five hundred floors!
Time was very tight. Hence, if anyone tries to block his way, he would have to use thunderous means to repel them!
* Chi *
When most of the cultivators had entered the abodes, Ning Fan turned into a strand of smoke and floated towards the tower.
The eyes of the clan leader of the Black Crane Clan turned cold. He brought his three helpers and quietly turned into a ray of light and chased after Ning Fan …
One after another, Void Refinement Realm old monsters entered the giant tower. At the end of the day, there was no one outside the Immortal Ascension Tower.
In the Demon River Palace, the little demoness who was leisurely brewing tea muttered to herself. "I wonder which floor my Little Fanfan will be able to get to …"
In the Upper Nine Pavilions Weapon Refinement Workshop, Tan Zixin had just completed the last step of refining her fishing rod.
"The competition should have already begun. I wonder what Uncle Zhou's results will be …"
On the high platform at the north of the Immortal Ascension Tower, the Yuan Emperor was discussing the Dao with the Fox Emperor and the Green Emperor. Suddenly, his eyes were filled with shock.
At a certain moment, an overwhelming battle intent suddenly descended in the direction of the Immortal Ascension Tower!
Countless cultivators raised their heads and looked towards the sky.
What they saw was a thirty thousand zhang * (3.33m per zhang) tall ferocious ape standing proudly above the dark demonic clouds!
The aura emitted from the ape was enough to suffocate all the cultivators below the Void Fragmentation Realm!
The Yuan Emperor's expression changed. The expressions of the Fox Emperor, the Green Emperor and the Snake Emperor changed as well.
"Ape Emperor, why did you come here so aggressively?!" The Yuan Emperor could tell that the ape did not come with good intentions.
This ferocious ape was the Ape Sovereign, and behind him were hundreds of experts, including Yuan Tong.
The Ape Emperor's physical body had already reached the Seventh Heavenly Layer of Nirvana Realm. He had once defeated a Seven Broken Devil Sovereign of the Devil World with a single punch.
The Ape Emperor was cruel and cold-blooded. In a fit of rage, he once raised his staff and stirred up the East Sea, slaughtering hundreds of races there.
The Ape Emperor came with bad intentions. Everyone felt an invisible pressure.
"Bai Mu, who are you?!" The giant ape asked coldly.
An extremely domineering voice exploded like thunder, causing tens of thousands of low-level cultivators to cough up blood at the same time.
"Bai Mu?" The sovereigns exchanged glances with each other. Obviously, they did not know who Bai Mu was. How could he provoke the Ape Emperor?
The Yuan Emperor knew who Bai Mu was.
Bai Mu had entered Tianyuan City a few days ago for the Dragon Fishing Convention. He had caused quite a commotion and even attracted the attention of the Yuan Emperor.
However, after reading the information about Bai Mu, the Yuan Emperor immediately forgot about him and stopped paying attention to him.
Those who were worthy of his attention were at least Void Fragmentation Realm cultivators. A mere Void Inquiry Stage cultivator like Bai Mu was not enough.
At this moment, the Yuan Emperor was greatly surprised.
A mere Void Inquiry Stage cultivator like Bai Mu actually dared to provoke the Ape Emperor. He was really bold.
"Bai Mu has already entered the Immortal Ascension Tower and is now participating in the competition." The Yuan Emperor said indifferently.
"Is that so? Hehe. If that's the case, I also want to enter the Immortal Ascension Tower! I want to meet this Bai Mu! "The ferocious ape turned into a ray of black light and was about to fly towards the Immortal Ascension Tower.
The Yuan Emperor's eyes turned cold. He pointed a finger at the sky and stopped the fleeing light of the ferocious ape.
"Yuan Emperor, why are you stopping me?!" The ferocious ape was enraged.
"This is Tianyuan City! All of you have missed the opening time of the Immortal Ascension Tower. You can no longer enter this tower! "The Yuan Emperor's eyes turned cold. Of course, he would not let the ferocious ape enter the tower and kill people wantonly inside.
Rules were rules.
He could not violate the rules set by the previous Yuan Emperor and neither could the ferocious ape!
"I can't enter the tower?!" The ferocious ape's eyes darkened. He did not put the Yuan Emperor in his eyes at all.
But when he thought of the unfathomable old Yuan Emperor in the Yuan Hall, the ferocious ape did not dare to be presumptuous anymore.
With a flash of black light, the ferocious ape retreated from his demon form and turned into a black-robed man with thick hair. He led a group of men and landed on the high platform in the north and sat on the purple gold seat with a cold expression.
"Forget it. I will wait here for Bai Mu to come out of the tower!"
"Go ahead!"
The Yuan Emperor returned to his seat. He was weighing whether he should offend the Ape Emperor for Bai Mu.
He had never thought of protecting Bai Mu as it would incur the wrath of the Ape Hall. But he had never thought of betraying Bai Mu and pleasing the Ape Emperor. He was not a servant of the Ape Hall, there was no need for him to humble himself …
Moreover, the Yuan Emperor knew that the reason the Great Elder entered the Immortal Ascension Tower was to investigate a person for his daughter.
The person he was investigating seemed to be Bai Mu.
"This Bai Mu really knows how to cause trouble. But it's a little strange. Zixin has always been uninterested in any man. Why would she suddenly care about this infamous Bai Mu … "
"Could it be … Zixin has fallen in love with this Bai Mu?!"
As soon as this thought emerged in his mind, the Yuan Emperor's face immediately darkened.
Bai Mu's reputation was too bad. As her father, how could he not be worried if his daughter fell in love with such a person?
If his daughter really fell in love with Bai Mu, should he stop her or follow her wishes?
"Sigh …" The Yuan Emperor let out a long sigh, feeling a headache coming on.
...
Ning Fan did not know about the Ape Emperor's arrival.
As soon as he entered the Immortal Ascension Tower, he was immediately teleported to a certain area on the 500th floor.
"I wonder where the abode of the 500th floor will be located?"
Even though the heavenly dwelling was vast, it was only tens of thousands of li * (500m per li) wide.
Ning Fan slowly spread his spirit sense, covering the entire heavenly dwelling in an instant.
After withdrawing his spirit sense, Ning Fan immediately flew towards a certain direction with a flash of travelling light.
In that direction, there was a tall mountain with a supreme-grade abode at its belly.
At this moment, there were more than ten Void Glimpse Stage cultivators fighting for this abode.
There was also a Void Inquiry Stage old man among them. Relying on his profound cultivation base, he would occasionally attack and defeat the Void Glimpse Stage cultivators in the crowd with a ray of red sword light.
"Humph! This old man is determined to get this abode. Don't fight with me for it. Otherwise, I won't show any mercy!"
Each of the Void Glimpse Stage cultivators looked at the Void Inquiry Stage old man in fear.
"He's Old Monster Can Feng of the Fire Silkworm Clan!"
"This is bad. He has a Void Inquiry Stage cultivation base. We can't win against him and can't get this abode … Should we give up?!"
"Let's join forces and defeat this person. Then, we Void Glimpse Stage cultivators will fight for the abode again. What do you think?!"
Seeing that all the Void Glimpse Stage cultivators were about to join forces to deal with Can Feng, an extremely cold baleful qi suddenly descended from the sky at this moment.
That icy cold qi made each of the old monsters' souls tremble.
They could not imagine how many people the owner of this baleful qi had killed to possess such terrifying baleful qi!
"I want to enter this abode to have a look. I don't want anyone to disturb me! Those who are not involved, step down! "(To be continued.)
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