Chapter 295

Buzz—

Soon after the participant list was announced, a continuous buzzing sound appeared throughout the heaven and earth of Lan Xing.

They're coming.

Many cultivators looked up at the starry sky.

Lan Xing was about to open the origin site of this ancient road node together with other spirit stars.

These are your Heavenly Dao tokens and weapons and armor; besides the issued weapons and armor, no other weapons are permitted, otherwise you will be directly expelled from the Heavenly Dao battlefield...

In Director Xu's voice, bronze tokens and weapons fell down one after another, landing accurately in front of each participating cultivator.

The bronze tokens are the Heavenly Dao tokens.

Weapons were diverse: swords, sabers, spears, flying swords, and a small number of staves, fist guards, and similar items.

The types of weapons and armor had been preregistered when challenging the Heavenly Dao Tower, so they could be distributed precisely.

In terms of grade, all weapons were of heavenly-tier quality matching their rank.

For instance, a Fifth Realm cultivator used fifth-grade heavenly-tier weapons, while a Sixth Realm cultivator used sixth-grade heavenly-tier weapons.

There would be no weapons exceeding the standard.

Lu Xun's greatest skill was the sword, so he naturally received a sword.

As for armor, Immortal Cultivators usually use spirit shields, while Martial Cultivators use somewhat larger shields.

Treasure robes and the like are not needed.

On the Heavenly Dao battlefield there is a protective aura; the aura has two layers. The first layer can block one attack of the same realm, and after this layer is broken it can recover after an hour.

But if the first layer of protective aura is breached and the attack strikes the second layer, the individual will be transmitted out of the Heavenly Dao battlefield and directly eliminated.

After a participant is eliminated, their Heavenly Dao token remains; whoever from another faction obtains the token can obtain the origin sphere inside.

All right, everyone get ready at the Rainbow Bridge!

After distributing the items, Director Xu called out loudly.

Many cultivators sprang into action.

Lu Xun, go for it!

Chu Youqing's eyes glistened, her voice clear and bright like wind chimes.

Go for it!

Murong Wan also slightly raised her bare hand, gently clenched her slender fingers, making a rare cheering gesture.

Lu Xun's mouth curled slightly, he clenched his fist firmly before his chest, then turned and strode toward the Rainbow Bridge.

Just then,

Fu Yue and Fu Xue finally appeared.

As soon as they appeared, they were like a bright moon high in the sky, instantly becoming the focus of everyone's attention.

They already had peerless beauty and unrivaled grace, and now they had additionally risen to the top ten of the Seventh Realm, their bodies surrounded by a faint martial-immortal aura; every gesture caused countless cultivators' hearts to sway, unable to hold themselves.

Is this the Fu family's twin beauties? Indeed, the reputation is not exaggerated!

Not only is their beauty capable of overthrowing a city, but their strength is astonishing to the world; truly they are the pride among prides!

Exclamations of amazement rose and fell all around.

The two sisters had calm expressions, their eyes like water, as if they had long grown accustomed to such attention.

Beside the two women were four Seventh Realm cultivators.

As they entered the top ten of the Seventh Realm, among Lan Xing's participating Seventh Realm cultivators, the East occupied a full six.

All other countries combined amounted to only four.

They should have mostly recovered by now, right?

Lu Xun's gaze fell on the two women.

On the way back, the flying vessel wasn't fast, and the two women used some pills to recover fully.

The consumption from challenging the Heavenly Dao Tower should have recovered by about half.

Seeing Lu Xun looking at them, Fu Yue gave Lu Xun a slight nod.

Fu Xue then sent a mental transmission to Lu Xun: "Yao Xing is very likely to participate this time; their talents are formidable, so be careful."

Yao Xing?

What a fellow.

That's right, Yao Xing was ravaged by the Ancient God, losing a vast amount of origin.

Therefore, now together with many spirit stars they are opening the origin site, hoping to recoup some losses.

When opening the origin site, the more spirit stars participate, the longer the opening takes, and the greater the harvest for each spirit star.

Perhaps precisely for this reason, even though Yao Xing and Lan Xing had fought a fierce war, when Yao Xing joined in, Lan Xing's Heavenly Dao did not reject them.

Heavenly Dao is not a living entity; it is more like a program that maintains the operation of heaven and earth.

It is purely rational; it will choose whatever benefits Lan Xing.

Buzz—buzz—buzz—

Suddenly,

A long tremor rang out between heaven and earth, as if an ancient slumbering dragon were awakening.

Lan Xing's tremors grew more violent; mountains and rivers shuddered under this force, and the planet's surface was overlaid with a hazy seven-colored aura.

Suddenly, a brilliant light pillar with a diameter of up to a hundred miles erupted from Lan Xing's core!

Its radiance instantly illuminated the entire star system. Countless profound runes flowed within the light pillar, each rune containing terrifying energy capable of tearing apart stars.

Many cultivators, merely glancing at it from afar, felt their souls shaken and their inner power nearly lose control and boil over.

The light pillar pierced the cosmos; wherever it passed, space twisted and shattered, leaving a gorgeous trace of light in the void.

When it reached the depths of the starry sky—

Boom—

A thunderous roar like the opening of heaven and earth shook the starry sky.

Some hidden place had been opened.

The entire starry sky lost its color in that instant.

Immediately after, a breath of pure origin qi, as gentle as a spring breeze, swept across the starry sky.

Every living being that felt this qi seemed to return to the womb, their pores opening, their souls sublimated by this power.

"The Origin Land has opened!"

In higher places, the many experts of Lan Xing each employed their methods, their gazes piercing billions of miles of void.

Lan Xing and the other spirit stars jointly opened the Origin Land.

Although the spirit stars are separated by light‑years, in this transcendent origin dimension their light perfectly blends at this moment.

The Origin Land is marvelous; its existence is not in any physical space.

"Is this... the Origin Land?"

Lu Xun's eyes blazed with divine light, myriad divine pupil abilities operating simultaneously, profound Dao patterns appearing in the depths of his pupils.

His gaze pierced the endless void, glimpsing the Origin Land—

All he saw was boundless chaos, countless primordial Dao intertwining like wandering dragons.

Seven‑colored primordial purple qi drifted in the void, each strand containing the power to create heaven and earth.

Sometimes condensing into the spectacle of an inverted Milky Way, sometimes transforming into the omen of a lotus blooming on the Great Dao.

The purest origin power was enacting the most primal secrets of the universe.

To cultivators lacking sufficient strength, it appeared merely as a hazy mist.

Occasionally a flash of spiritual light appeared, but like seeing flowers through fog, it vanished instantly.

Lu Xun's Chaos Eye, Breaking Illusion Divine Eye, and other divine pupil abilities actually let him see everything clearly.

At this moment,

The seven‑colored light pillar that Lan Xing shot forth, piercing heaven and earth, suddenly trembled and burst forth with a terrifying devouring suction!

Like a giant dragon drinking from a ravine, the tip of the light pillar stirred up a heaven‑shaking vortex in the Origin Land.

Countless cosmic origins were sucked into the light pillar, turning into a torrent of radiant light that came roaring forth.

The surface of the light pillar blossomed with dense innate Dao patterns, refining the purest primordial purple qi layer by layer.

From afar, it seemed as if a brilliant galaxy spanning the universe was being greedily swallowed into Lan Xing's belly.

"How much cosmic origin must it swallow..."

No wonder, each time it passed an ancient road node, Lan Xing's heaven and earth would noticeably strengthen.

The number of geniuses born on Lan Xing was also continually increasing.

Lan Xing thus swallowed like a whale, and after several minutes of absorption, the situation changed anew.

Those cosmic origins no longer returned to Lan Xing, as if they were being conveyed somewhere else.

"The Heavenly Dao Battlefield."

Lu Xun knew these cosmic origins should have been sent to the Heavenly Dao Battlefield.

According to the rules jointly established by the spirit stars, in the first half of the time everyone absorbed cosmic origin according to their own abilities.

In the second half, whatever cosmic origin was gathered had to be handed over, for the geniuses of each spirit star to compete for.

"Just a few minutes... that adds up to less than half an hour— with all those spirit stars working together, can they only keep the Origin Land open for such a short time?"

Lu Xun thought.

In the past, although he was also on Lan Xing, the conditions of the starry sky were actually not easy to discern from Lan Xing.

Before entering Beidou University, Lu Xun didn't even know about the Heavenly Dao Tower.

So he couldn't help wondering, if Lan Xing alone opened the Origin Land, how long could it stay open?

At the same time, Lu Xun was also puzzled.

With so many spirit stars, why not extend the opening a bit longer?

Soon he learned the reason.

In the deepest chaos of the Origin Land, something beyond comprehension seemed to be slowly awakening...

Lu Xun had never noticed it before, but now that he had, he couldn't help looking.

"This is... ah..."

Upon seeing it, Lu Xun's eyes were seized by a sharp pain.

He quickly shut his eyes.

"Junior, why are your eyes bleeding!!"

Yuan Zhen beside him noticed Lu Xun's eyes bleeding, somewhat puzzled.

She too was gazing at the starry sky, but she was fine.

Lu Xun, however, was bleeding from his gaze.

Yuan Zhen quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped away the blood from Lu Xun.

"Lu Xun, weren't you staring at the Origin Land?"

"Lu Xun, are you alright?"

Fu Yue and Fu Xue's voice transmissions sounded at the same time.

Although they were voice transmissions, Lu Xun could hear the two girls' concern from them.

As for Chu Youqing and Murong Wan, being far away they could only see Lu Xun's back, and still didn't know his eyes were bleeding.

Teacher, I'm fine.

Lu Xun replied to the two women respectively.

It's my oversight; I thought that below the Eight Boundaries one could never see the Origin Land, but I didn't expect you to have seen it...

Fu Xue's voice transmission carried a hint of self-blame.

Below the Eight Boundaries, one cannot see the Origin Land?

Then how did Lu Xun manage to see it?

That's right,

His Chaos Eye is a several‑fold upgraded version of the Double Pupil, and when combined with divine abilities like the Breaking Illusion Divine Eye, which are specially used to observe heaven and earth...

This is what allowed Lu Xun to see the Origin Land.

Good thing it's nothing serious.

A few minutes later, Lu Xun's eyes returned to normal.

This let everyone who was concerned about Lu Xun breathe a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the pillar of light emitted by Lan Xing was shrinking.

After Lu Xun cautiously glanced, he discovered that the Origin Land was closing.

What is that... the will of the universe?

Lu Xun thought of the unknown presence he had sensed.

No matter what it is.

Its existence prevents each spirit star from keeping the Origin Land open for too long.

If it were just a single spirit star, perhaps it could only be opened for a few minutes, or even less.

After one minute, finally, the pillar of light completely disappeared.

Immediately afterward, the Rainbow Bridge lit up.

All the rainbow paths turned into a single color.

This means,

The Heavenly Dao Battlefield has opened.

The destination of the Rainbow Bridge is now only one.

At this point, one can no longer travel to any Spirit Realm via the Rainbow Bridge.

But cultivators in the Spirit Realm can still return.

They still have one day left.

Everyone, the time for contending over the Heavenly Dao is now!

Director Xu spoke loudly.

Go!

Numerous cultivators leapt up, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, rushing toward the Rainbow Bridge.

On the Rainbow Bridge, rosy light surged; each figure that flashed through turned into flowing light, streaking across the heavens and dragging brilliant trails, like a gorgeous meteor shower.