There were only two years left before the start of the competition.
At the end of the market on the first level of the Divine Tomb, the names of all the tomb guards had been changed to the names of the current batch of tomb guards.
There were a total of 4175 tomb guards in this year's competition. Eight years had passed and many of them had obtained a lot of tomb merit points in the Divine Tomb.
Cultivators would gather under the tombstones from time to time to watch the changes of the names on the tombstones.
To the tomb guards, the tomb palaces from the fourth to the sixth level were the best places for cultivation.
To the tomb guards, apart from obtaining cultivation methods, crystals, relics and other rewards, they would also obtain a certain amount of tomb merit points which would be recorded in the tombstone token.
The tomb merit points had no other use other than to measure the strength of the tomb guards.
A white-robed young man quietly appeared in the crowd under the tombstone and looked at the names on the tombstone.
His appearance was soundless, and not many cultivators noticed his arrival.
The person who ranked first was still Jun Zhangdong. He had already obtained 4.7 million tomb merit points this year.
The person who ranked second had also obtained 3.3 million tomb merit points. Even the person who ranked one hundred would have at least ten thousand tomb merit points.
As for his tomb merit points, it was still zero.
All of this was related to his eight years of seclusion and his absence from the Divine Tomb.
This white-robed young man was really Ning Fan who had just arrived at the Divine Tomb.
There were a few cultivators beside Ning Fan who were discussing this year's competition.
"The person who obtained first place in the previous competition couldn't participate in this year's competition due to his bone age exceeding the limit. I wonder who will obtain first place in this year's competition. In my opinion, the Shadow Bind Sect will probably obtain first place this year. "An elderly Life Immortal Realm cultivator said to a cultivator beside him.
"Shadow Bind Sect? Fellow Daoist, are you referring to the 'Shadow Immortal Monarch' Qin Lian? Senior Qin Lian indeed has a great chance to obtain first place. After all, his cultivation base has already broken through the Mid True Crossing Realm. In the previous competition, he was ranked among the top three … "
"I think the person who obtained first place in this competition will probably be the disciple of the Pavilion of Ancestors, Xu Dao. This person has already been in the intermediate stage of the Crossing Truth Realm for tens of thousands of years. Moreover, he has obtained the true inheritance of Great Sovereign Shen Kong. His aptitude is enough to be ranked in the top three among the three hundred disciples of Great Sovereign Shen Kong. The word 'Dao' is the name that Great Sovereign Shen Kong personally bestowed upon him because of his praise for his aptitude … "
"I think 'Bone Immortal Monarch' has the highest chance of winning. It was just an accident that he lost in the last competition …"
"How about Fairy Yue Han, the disciple of the Void Sect? Her Moon Transformation Technique has already reached the ninth realm … "
Sounds of discussion entered Ning Fan's ears. Gradually, Ning Fan's eyes flashed with determination.
He would not give the first place to anyone!
"Two more years!"
With a leap, he turned into a beam of light and went straight to the lower level of the Tomb of the God of Sin.
He only had one purpose in coming to the God of Tomb, which was to enter the last three levels of the God of Tomb with the Great Void Token to search for the Ancient Chaos' inheritance.
In the first three levels, he didn't stop at all and headed straight for the fourth level.
The oval light gate that led to the fourth level had a trace of Great Sovereign Shen Kong's spirit sense. Only Divine Void Realm cultivators could enter it.
However, when Ning Fan took out the Grave Guarding Token and cast a magic seal on it, the oval light gate in front of him immediately trembled slightly.
He then took a step forward and entered the fourth level of the God of Tomb through the light gate.
The fourth level was a few times bigger than the third level. However, there were only three thousand tombs on this level.
Among them, there were two hundred Heavenly Tombs and eight hundred Earth Tombs. The rest were human tombs that could be used for secluded cultivation.
As soon as he entered this level, Ning Fan immediately spread out his spirit sense. In this level, almost all of the Heavenly Tombs were in a dormant state.
Outside the Earth Tombs, there were occasionally many Divine Void Realm disciples or tomb guardians who paid the sect contribution points or Dao Crystals to enter the tombs.
Ning Fan naturally did not want to stay in this level for long. After withdrawing his spirit sense, he immediately flew towards the teleportation gate that led to the fifth level.
However, what he did not expect was that no matter how hard he tried to activate the Grave Guarding Token, the teleportation gate only emitted a rumbling sound. It did not teleport him to the fifth level of the God of Tomb …
Outside this teleportation gate, there was a massive red cloud. An Early True Crossing Realm old man with a red face was sitting on top of the cloud.
Hearing the rumbling sound coming from the teleportation gate, the red-faced old man narrowed his eyes and asked Ning Fan with a frown.
"Are you the tomb guardian of this batch?"
"Yes." Ning Fan gave the old man a deep look and answered.
"You don't have a Divine Void Realm disciple token?" The old man asked again.
"No."
"How much are the grave merit points?"
"I don't have any grave merit points …"
"If you only have a Grave Guarding Token, you won't be qualified to enter the fifth level if your grave merit points are less than one hundred thousand! Hasn't anyone told you about this before?! You can leave now! After you accumulate enough grave merit points in the first four levels, come back here to activate the teleportation gate! "
The old man closed his eyes in displeasure. His attitude was arrogant and he no longer cared about Ning Fan.
He was one of the four hundred and eighty elders of the Godly Void Pavilion. Even though the ranking of the elders was lower, he was still considered to have a high status. Moreover, he had a cultivation base of the True Crossing Realm.
Today, he was the guardian elder of this place.
In his eyes, Ning Fan was just a Ghost Profound Realm cultivator. He was just a junior. Thus, he naturally disdained to talk nonsense with Ning Fan.
Ning Fan did not care about the old man's attitude. He looked at the Grave Guarding Token in his hand and frowned slightly.
As soon as he performed the incantation gesture, his name and grave merit points immediately appeared on the back of the token.
His grave merit points were still zero … According to what the red-faced old man said, without one hundred thousand grave merit points, one would not be able to enter the fifth level of the Divine Tomb …
"This is really troublesome … In that case, I must accumulate enough grave merit points in this fourth level before I can enter the next level …"
Ning Fan's body swayed and immediately turned into a ray of light, directly flying towards one of the heavenly tombs in the fourth level.
According to what Ning Fan knew, in the fourth level, one could obtain around one hundred grave merit points by clearing an earth tomb. As for clearing a heavenly tomb, one could obtain ten thousand or even tens of thousands of grave merit points …
Since he must accumulate one hundred thousand grave merit points, he might as well go and conquer a few heavenly tombs.
Sensing the direction where Ning Fan was flying towards, the red-faced old man immediately opened his eyes. At first, he was slightly surprised. Then, he let out a cold harrumph and said disdainfully.
"He actually wants to challenge the heavenly tombs? With his Peak Ghost Profound Realm cultivation base? Could it be that this young man has gone crazy thinking about grave merit points?! Even I was once defeated by the illusion of the tomb lord … How can this young man succeed in challenging the tombs?! "
...
The fourth level of the Divine Tomb, the Purple Lightning Heavenly Tomb!
There were originally two hundred heavenly tombs in the fourth level. Currently, most of them were in a dormant state. Only the last few heavenly tombs were still active and could still be opened.
The remaining few heavenly tombs were also the most difficult ones in the fourth level. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for them to remain unconquered until today.
In order to open the Purple Lightning Heavenly Tomb, each person had to pay one million Dao Crystals and the cultivation base limit was Early True Crossing Realm.
At the moment, one hundred and seventy to eighty cultivators had gathered outside the Purple Lightning Tomb. They were divided into four groups and each of them was sitting on the ground in meditation.
Some of the four groups of cultivators were busy recovering their magic power while some were busy treating their injuries.
Most of these cultivators were tomb guards. There were also some who were not tomb guards but cultivators of the Godly Void Pavilion.
Each of the four groups had gathered forty to fifty Life Immortal Realm cultivators and challenged the Purple Lightning Tomb one after another.
All four groups of cultivators had failed the challenge four times! Half of the cultivators were injured during the challenge. There were even a few Life Immortal Realm cultivators who died because they were too slow in retreating from the tomb palace …
"Motherf * cker! Old Fifth Ma, why do you think the Purple Lightning Heavenly Tomb is so terrifying?! Even if the illusion of the tomb lord has an Early True Crossing Realm cultivation base, it is still a being with low spiritual intelligence after all. How can it be so powerful?! We have a total of thirty-two Mortal Profound Realm cultivators and eighteen Ghost Profound Realm cultivators but we can't even take it down. Instead, one of our Fellow Daoists has died … "The leader of one of the groups of cultivators was a burly man with bare arms. His cultivation base was at the Peak Ghost Profound Realm.
"If it's not difficult, why hasn't anyone conquered this tomb palace until today …" The leader of the other group of cultivators was an old man with a scar on his face. He let out a long sigh after hearing what Ning Fan said.
His group was even worse. Two of their Mortal Profound Realm cultivators had died in the tomb palace …
Just as the group of cultivators was sighing, Ning Fan descended from the sky and directly landed at the entrance of the Purple Lightning Tomb Palace.
Ning Fan scanned the information of the tomb with his spirit sense. After pondering for a while, he immediately took out one million Dao Crystals and opened the entrance of the tomb palace.
"Another one who seeks his own death … He's just a Peak Ghost Profound Realm cultivator. How dare he challenge this tomb alone …" The burly man with bare arms immediately sneered in disdain.
Among the cultivators present, countless of them shook their heads. No one thought that Ning Fan could pass through the Purple Lightning Heavenly Tomb with his own strength.
There was only one person who recognized Ning Fan!
It was an elderly man in yellow robes. His cultivation base was at the Peak Ghost Profound Realm. He was none other than Huang Xuanzi who Ning Fan had met once on the third level of the Divine Tomb.
"This person might not necessarily fail to pass through this Purple Lightning Tomb Palace!" Huang Xuanzi suddenly stood up and looked at the entrance of the tomb. His eyes were filled with shock.
"Him? A Peak Ghost Profound Realm cultivator?" Just as the burly man was about to retort to Huang Xuanzi, his expression changed in the next moment!
Just three breaths after Ning Fan stepped into the tomb, the miserable shriek of the tomb lord's illusion resounded from the tomb palace.
On the fifth breath, the shriek began to weaken.
On the seventh breath, the shriek completely stopped.
On the tenth breath, the tomb door opened. Ning Fan held the Purple Lightning Relic in his hand and stepped out of the tomb door, returning to the outside world!
As for the Purple Lightning Tomb Palace, it gradually fell into silence …
Silence meant that it was broken by someone …
At this moment, all the cultivators present wore shocked expressions, as if they had seen something unbelievable!
At this moment, even Huang Xuanzi who had great confidence in Ning Fan opened his mouth wide. He could not believe the scene in front of him!
At this moment, the red-faced old man who was sitting on the red cloud exclaimed in shock.
"Just ten breaths?! How is this possible?! This young man only used ten breaths to kill the tomb lord of the Purple Lightning Tomb who was at the True Enlightenment Realm! T-This …! "
A strong sense of astonishment filled the red-faced old man's heart. The disdain he had towards Ning Fan just now was not only swept away but it immediately turned into deep respect.
The red-faced old man knew that even if he goes all out, he would not be a match for the tomb lord of the Purple Lightning Tomb. Ning Fan, on the other hand, killed the tomb lord within ten breaths. Such strength was far beyond the red-faced old man's reach!
Just as everyone's eyes were fixed on Ning Fan, he leaped into the air and flew towards another Heavenly Tomb that was not far away from him that had not fallen into silence yet.
This time, Ning Fan broke through the second Heavenly Tomb in just ten breaths. Then, he proceeded to the third, the fourth and the fifth Heavenly Tomb.
After passing through nine Heavenly Tombs in a row, Ning Fan immediately leaped into the air and flew towards the teleportation portal that led to the fifth floor.
The two hundred Heavenly Tombs on the fourth floor had all fallen into a state of silence.
After passing through nine Heavenly Tombs, he was rewarded with a total of 170,000 merit points. With this amount of merit points, it was enough for him to activate the teleportation portal and enter the fifth floor.
As for the nine Four Star Relics that he obtained from passing through the nine Heavenly Tombs, Ning Fan did not attach too much importance to them.
Ning Fan arrived at the teleportation portal again. This time, the red-faced old man did not dare to neglect him. He immediately stood up and cupped his fists towards him.
"Fellow Daoist, I have never seen you before. May I know your name? Which force do you belong to? "
"Heavenly Sea Star, Ning Fan."
Ning Fan replied indifferently. Then, he immediately stepped into the teleportation portal and vanished without a trace.
After hearing Ning Fan's words, the red-faced old man's expression changed once again.
"Heavenly Sea Star! He's the tomb guard of the Luo Clan, the Battle King! In this tomb competition, the Luo Clan, the Battle King, will definitely get a good ranking. With his strength, I'm afraid it won't be difficult for him to enter the top twenty! "
"Ning Fan. Ning Fan. This name sounds so familiar. That's right. It's him! 'Devil Monarch Thousand Autumns' Ning Fan. Eight years ago, he scared the 'Blood Slave' Yuan Kuang away with a single sword strike! He's also the person who learned the Divine Blast Technique and slaughtered a hundred immortals in the Yao Sect Star Region! It's him! With the help of the Divine Blast Technique, it won't be difficult for him to enter the top five! It's also highly possible for him to obtain the first place in this tomb competition! "
...
There were a thousand Human Tombs, five hundred Earth Tombs and one hundred Heavenly Tombs in the fifth floor of the Divine Tomb.
As soon as Ning Fan entered the fifth floor, he flew towards the teleportation portal that led to the sixth floor without saying a word.
There was also an elder guarding the teleportation portal of this floor. He was an elderly sword cultivator who had a Mid Crossing Truth cultivation base.
Ning Fan gave it a try. With the token of 170,000 merit points, he could not teleport to the sixth floor.
"You won't be able to enter the sixth floor with less than 500,000 merit points …" The elderly sword cultivator at the side suddenly said indifferently.
He was not as arrogant as the red-faced elderly man but he did not pay too much attention to Ning Fan either. As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately closed his eyes and continued his cultivation.
"500,000, huh …"
Ning Fan scanned the tomb palace with his spirit sense and immediately flew towards one of the Heavenly Tombs that had not yet fallen asleep.
In this world of the fifth floor, there were still 17 Heavenly Tombs that no one had yet to challenge.
Outside each of the Heavenly Tombs, there were many Life Immortal Realm cultivators who were gathering their men. They were preparing to challenge the Heavenly Tombs after gathering fifty people.
The fifth floor of the Divine Tomb, the Snow Devil Heavenly Tomb!
Outside the Heavenly Tomb, there was a group of cultivators who were preparing to challenge the tombs. The leader of this group of cultivators was a cultivator who had half a step into the Crossing Truth Realm.
"Very good. We already have fifty fellow Daoists here. Finally, we can start to challenge this Snow Devil Heavenly Tomb. Now, let me introduce the abilities of the master of this tomb. "
"The illusory Snow Devil in this tomb is at the Early Crossing Truth Realm. He is good at using the Snow Blowing Technique. If you don't have an ice-resisting treasure, I'm afraid it will be difficult to defend against his attacks …"
Before the leader of the cultivators could finish his words, he suddenly saw Ning Fan descending from the sky like a ray of light. He directly opened the door of the tomb, as if he wanted to challenge the tomb before them.
All of a sudden, the leader's expression darkened and he snorted coldly.
"Where did this Gui Xuan come from? He doesn't know the rules and he dares to challenge the tomb alone. Does he not want to live anymore?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the leader no longer looked at the tomb palace behind him. In his opinion, it was impossible for Ning Fan to succeed in challenging the tomb alone.
However, in less than three breaths, the miserable shriek of the Snow Devil resounded from within the tomb palace.
On the seventh breath, the shriek completely stopped.
On the tenth breath, Ning Fan reappeared in front of everyone with the Snow Devil Relic in his hand.
"The Five Stars Relic is still useless … The master of the fifth floor of the Heavenly Tomb is slightly stronger than the one on the fourth floor but there is still a limit …"
"The master of the Heavenly Tomb is an illusion after all. He is a dead object. Compared to the real Du Zhen, he is much weaker …"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ning Fan turned into a ray of light and flew towards the second Heavenly Tomb under everyone's shocked gaze.
Ten breaths. Ten breaths. Ten breaths …
Each of the Heavenly Tombs in this place could only stop Ning Fan for ten breaths!
After Ning Fan conquered all of the seventeen tomb palaces here, his merit points had already reached 630,000.
"Who is this person?! Since when did such a tomb guardian appear in this tomb competition?! He only needs ten breaths to challenge the Heavenly Tomb! "Each of the Life Immortal Realm old monsters' eyes fell upon the Tomb Guardian Token in Ning Fan's hand. All of them were astonished.
Especially the leader of the cultivators. At this moment, his eyeballs almost fell to the ground.
"This young man is very strong!" The eyes of the elderly sword cultivator who was guarding the teleportation door immediately flashed.
When Ning Fan arrived at the teleportation door again, he immediately stood up and cupped his fists at Ning Fan without saying anything.
Ning Fan also cupped his fists at him. Then, he took a step forward and was teleported to the sixth floor of the Divine Tomb.
...
On the sixth floor of the Divine Tomb, there was also a giant monument which was the same as the one on the first floor.
At this moment, there were many strong Second Step cultivators standing below the monument. Each of them was staring at the monument in shock.
Just now, a name suddenly appeared on the monument. It rose from the four thousandth place to the fifty-second place.
"Ning Fan … Is he the person who shocked Yuan Kuang with his sword eight years ago …? The successor of the Divine Blasting Technique … 'Devil Monarch Thousand Autumns', Ning Fan!"
At the moment Ning Fan stepped into the sixth floor, many spirit sense swept towards him.
Some of the Life Immortal Realm experts were holding an ancient arrest warrant. They pointed at Ning Fan who was standing in the sky and exclaimed.
"It's him! He is Devil Monarch Thousand Autumns! "
(1/2) (To be continued.)
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