Chapter 312

Lu Xun, this is the reward the higher-ups gave you for this Heavenly Dao Battlefield.

After the Heavenly Dao rewards ended, the next were the individual countries' own rewards.

Lu Xun's reward was extraordinarily abundant.

The Dark Energy alone amounted to a full ten thousand cubic units.

Having that much Dark Energy is normal.

This is, after all, the Heavenly Dao Battlefield.

In previous years, this was a reward only attainable by Seven Realms peak cultivators.

At the Seven Realms peak level, if the Dark Energy reward were less, it would be unreasonable.

A Seven Realms peak cultivator, over the entire day of the Heavenly Dao Battlefield, would likely need hundreds or even thousands of Dark Energy units to replenish the expended power.

If the reward were less, they wouldn't even have enough to replenish their consumption.

At the Seven Realms peak, even as a top-tier talent, ten thousand cubic units of Dark Energy, while large, is not an astronomical figure.

Generally speaking, for some Four Realms families, the total assets of the entire household, including the Dark Energy used by the cultivators themselves, amount to only a few dozen cubic units.

The poorer ones have just a few dozen cubic units, the wealthier ones have several dozen, and those exceeding a hundred are few.

This refers to the total, i. e., the whole family's assets converted into Dark Energy, not the amount that can actually be taken out.

Fixed assets and liquid funds are not the same.

If it is a major Five Realms family, naturally there is more, ranging from a few hundred to several hundred, even up to a thousand.

Six Realms families range from a few thousand to several thousand, with those exceeding ten thousand being few.

Upon reaching the Seven Realms, it is often counted in tens of thousands.

This still refers to the total.

Ordinary Seven Realms cultivators and Seven Realms peak cultivators are different.

Therefore, this time's Dark Energy reward is so abundant.

Besides Dark Energy, Lu Xun also obtained a very rare eighth-grade treasure robe.

Compared to the seventh-grade treasure robe Lu Xun wears, this eighth-grade treasure robe offers better defense, capable of blocking a single strike from an Eight Realms cultivator at most.

Of course, the required Dark Energy is also much greater.

Infusing one thousand cubic units of Dark Energy can block an Eight Realms strike.

The demand for Dark Energy is ten times higher than for the Seven Realms.

And if Lu Xun's opponent is a Seven Realms cultivator, breaking through this treasure robe is not easy.

Previously, the seventh-grade treasure robe could block a Seven Realms strike with one hundred cubic units of Dark Energy.

This one requires far less Dark Energy; a few dozen cubic units can withstand a Seven Realms strike.

This sufficiently shows that the quality of this treasure robe is higher.

"This treasure robe was specially rewarded to you by the higher-ups; your performance this time was so heaven-defying that there might be ill-intentioned individuals wanting to deal with you. Unfortunately, ninth-grade treasure robes are hard to make, and we have no stock now; otherwise I would certainly strive to obtain one for you."

Director Xu, when handing the eighth-grade treasure robe to Lu Xun, also gave a special explanation.

Now that Lu Xun has achieved such results, Director Xu naturally appreciates him even more.

Therefore, even though Director Xu is an Eight Realms powerhouse and the director of the War Office, he is especially patient with Lu Xun.

"Thank you, Uncle Xu; having an eighth-grade treasure robe, I am already quite satisfied."

Lu Xun received it.

"This is an admission ticket to the Heavenly Dao Palace, the best place to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth; after you reach the Six Realms, you can use the ticket to enter, and each ticket allows you to stay there for one year."

Besides the eighth-grade treasure robe, there is also another prize.

Ten admission tickets to the Heavenly Dao Palace.

In this way, Lu Xun obtained a total of three rewards.

Ten thousand cubic units of Dark Energy, an eighth-grade treasure robe, and Heavenly Dao Palace admission tickets.

This reward is higher than the first-place reward of previous years.

Especially the eighth-grade treasure robe and the Heavenly Dao Palace admission tickets.

If these two were converted into Dark Energy, they would be extremely valuable.

An eighth-grade treasure robe... might not be purchasable even for ten thousand cubic units of Dark Energy.

More likely, ordinary cultivators wishing to buy it would have nowhere to do so.

Whether weapons, armor, or elixirs and talismans, the higher the grade, the more expensive.

Upon reaching the Six Realms and above, each rise in realm causes the price to increase geometrically.

Such abundant rewards should be related to Lu Xun's greater contribution this time.

This time's Heavenly Dao Battlefield harvest for Lan Xing is several times greater than in previous years.

After the rewards were distributed, the matter of the Heavenly Dao Battlefield came to a temporary conclusion.

"Alright, Lan Xing is about to enter the dark universe; if anyone has nothing else to do, they can enter the various space fortresses to participate in the defense."

Director Xu flew up into the sky again and shouted loudly.

Upon hearing they would have to participate in the defense, many cultivators immediately wanted to slip away.

It's not fair to blame them for being selfish.

When Lan Xing faces no existential crisis, many ordinary cultivators, if they can avoid fighting, will try not to fight.

The consumption of battle is enormous, especially when facing a dark beast tide crisis.

If a Four Realms grandmaster exhausts his true qi, he would need several cubic units of Dark Energy to replenish it fully.

Although the War Office issues subsidies and there are battle merits to earn, if the fighting is too intense, the subsidies are far from sufficient to cover the consumption.

When this calculation is made, many cultivators who are not well-off naturally refuse to participate.

Their combat power is fairly average, and the merits they can obtain are also relatively limited.

"We have to enter the dark universe again."

Lu Xun's gaze turned toward the starry sky above.

There, a huge black hole was opening.

This is the passage to the dark universe.

At this speed, Lan Xing can enter the dark universe within a day, then pass through the dark universe to reach a relatively safe star system for development.

As for why not keep cultivating at the Ancient Road Node, Lu Xun felt it should be because after the various spirit stars opened their origin lands, they would be targeted by the Ancient Road Node.

When the origin land first opened, Lu Xun sensed within it an indescribable existence that transcended cognition.

His eyes even bled because of it.

Each spirit star is tantamount to forcibly seizing the universe's origin; if they kept staying here, who knows what terrifying things might happen later.

The cultivators of the South Heaven Gate began to disperse.

"Lu Xun, I'm returning to the Heaven's Right Fortress to stand guard; if you want to go, come find me anytime."

"Okay~ Zhen Jie~"

Yuan Zhen was preparing to return to the Heaven's Right Fortress.

"Lu Xun, I've benefited from your luck this time and also got a nice reward; if you ever come to the moon, be sure to give me a call~"

"Okay~ Wei Jie~"

Lan Weiwei was also preparing to return to the moon.

"Brother Lu, I'm returning to the Celestial Mechanism City; if you come to the Celestial Mechanism City in the future, remember to let me know~"

"Okay, Brother Wu, take care."

Wu An was about to leave.

Soon, the participants of this Heavenly Dao Battlefield departed one after another.

The Rainbow Bridge had already disappeared.

Originally lively, the South Heaven Gate began to grow desolate.

Including the market at the South Heaven Gate, everything had been cleared out.

The merchants and customers there had all returned to the surface of Lan Xing.

"Everyone, please don't linger too long at the South Heaven Gate; in three hours, the South Heaven Gate will begin to flip over."

"..."

On the South Heaven Gate, the broadcast repeated the notification over and over.

The South Heaven Gate is not merely a platform for boarding the Rainbow Bridge.

It itself is also an extremely massive space fortress, and belongs to the class of movable, flying war fortresses.

It can even be regarded as a giant warship.

When near Lan Xing, it only needs to flip over to enter combat mode.

But if it ventures into outer space, the platform dozens of kilometers wide on the South Heaven Gate can be used to dock fleets, worthy of being called a sky‑heaven mother ship.

When it was first built, its purpose was multifunctional use.

"Lu Xun, your performance this time is quite impressive, but don't be arrogant; over the past century or more, there have been peerless geniuses like you who made rapid strides, yet ultimately stopped at the Six Realms. Although you surpass them, you still need to guard against arrogance and impatience."

On Lu Xun's side, Fu Yue and Fu Xue came before him.

Regarding Lu Xun's astonishing achievement this time, the two women were naturally also greatly surprised.

However, their degree of surprise was not like that of others.

As for Lu Xun's heaven‑defying nature, both women had some experience of it.

Especially Fu Yue, Lu Xun's sword intent left an extremely deep impression on her.

Fu Xue also knew that Lu Xun possessed an extremely powerful ocular ability; whether searching for people or objects, he always found them accurately.

Under these circumstances, Lu Xun's attainment of such heaven‑defying results seemed somewhat astonishing to the two women, yet still acceptable.

But this made Fu Xue worry that Lu Xun would become arrogant and complacent, causing problems in his mindset.

Originally, Lu Xun's rapid growth made Fu Xue fear there might be hidden dangers.

Even if Lu Xun cleared the Heavenly Dao Tower, Fu Xue would still unconsciously worry.

There's nothing to be done—who let Lu Xun's growth speed be so frightening?

Others could still imagine Lu Xun as a reincarnator or the like.

But she knew Lu Xun was not.

Fu Xue's father is a reincarnator, and in terms of growth speed, he is still a bit slower than Lu Xun.

This naturally made Fu Xue worried.

"Hmm, thanks for the reminder, Teacher, I know."

Seeing Fu Xue's eyes full of concern, Lu Xun behaved like a well‑behaved child.

"Lu Xun, well done."

Fu Yue smiled and offered a word of praise.

Lu Xun's performance this time was indeed quite impressive.

"Lu Xun~"

Chu Youqing and Murong Wan arrived; as soon as they came, their eyes were full of little stars as they looked at Lu Xun.

If it weren't for the crowd here, she would have couldn't help but rush into Lu Xun's arms.

"Teacher."

Murong Wan then politely greeted Fu Yue.

"This time there might be another dark beast tide, Xiao Wan, come with me to defend Yuheng Fortress."

Fu Yue nodded slightly and said.

"Okay, teacher."

Murong Wan had no objection.

"Youqing, your mentor should bring you; if she doesn't call you, you can also come to Yuheng Fortress."

Fu Yue then looked at Chu Youqing.

"Mm! Thank you, teacher!"

Chu Youqing said gratefully.

Her mentor Qin Xin Yue had actually been quite good to her, but since Qin Xin Yue was a dedicated mentor with many students, she sometimes couldn't keep up.

"Hahaha, Xiao Yue, Xiao Xue, you're both here."

Suddenly,

Amidst the laughter, several figures descended from the sky.

"Grandfather... how did you come?"

Fu Yue and Fu Xue saw the arrivals and hurried forward to greet them.

Their grandfather?

Lu Xun couldn't help but look.

The two girls' grandfather had white hair like snow, yet his complexion was ruddy like a youth's; his brows bore a brilliant light, his stature was straight as a pine; though he had experienced vicissitudes, he remained vigorous, resembling an immortal beyond the world.

"At least the Eighth Realm."

Lu Xun made a judgment.

With such bearing, he's clearly not ordinary—at the very least, he's in the Eighth Realm.

The Fu family is indeed unfathomable.

Old Master Fu is above the Eighth Realm, and the father of the two girls is actually a reincarnation of an ancient great power.

"I've come to see my grandson-in-law."

Old Master Fu stroked his beard and smiled, his gaze like a torch, landing straight on Lu Xun, as if he wanted to see through him inside and out.

Eh?

How come he's here again!

Last time, only one came to see the son-in-law.

This time, another came to see the grandson-in-law.

Beside Old Master Fu, Fu Yue's pretty face instantly flushed, her cheeks glowing like dawn light on snow.

She hadn't expected that her grandfather also knew about this.

"Senior, greetings."

Lu Xun also felt a headache.

What is this, his official girlfriend is still here.

Although he had a headache, Lu Xun still politely greeted Old Master Fu.

"Lu Xun, right? You're not bad; our Fu family has accepted you as a son-in-law. How far have you and Xiao Yue progressed, and when are you planning to come to the Fu family to propose?"

Old Master Fu spoke without wasting words, getting straight to the point.