Chapter 409
The third round concluded, and Zhao Xing was personally greeted by high-ranking administrative officials of the Beihe Star System, such as Qiao Song and Yang Zhuo.
"Mr. Qiao, General Yang." Zhao Xing bowed in salute.
Qiao Song had helped him a great deal, and Yang Zhuo was the Self-Nature Faction Agronomist among the 158 Dao Domain realm experts who had taught him World Law.
"Hahaha," Qiao Song laughed. "The genius of our Beihe Star System has emerged."
"Mr. Qiao is too kind; I am no genius," Zhao Xing replied with instinctive modesty.
"You are," Qiao Song said immediately. "If you aren't, then who is?"
"Only 105 people from the entire Beihe Star System participated in the third round, and among them, only twelve were Agronomists."
"In the end, the only Agronomists to pass the third round were you and another Agronomist from the Heavenly Timing Faction combat sector, 'Jin Manyun'."
Jin Manyun participated in the Heavenly Timing Faction's third-round assessment, where one only needed to rank in the top 500, 00 to pass; Jin Manyun ranked 380, 00th.
Zhao Xing, however, was in the Self-Nature combat sector and ranked over 5, 00th; clearly, they were not on the same level.
As for other professions, the Beihe Star System only had seven Great Supernatural Power users pass, including four Martial Artists and three Mechanists.
The Beihe Star System had only nine people participating in the final trial.
And Zhao Xing, who managed to reach the top 5, 00 in the third round, was the person closest to success!
Yang Zhuo also remarked with emotion: "Zhao Xing, I didn't expect that in such a short time, you would actually cultivate such terrifying mushroom species... Your nickname is truly well-earned."
He had watched Zhao Xing's entire third-round assessment.
When the third round reached its latter half, the low-level star-land demon tribes became increasingly scarce, and the contestants' scores could not be pulled apart there.
Only the Dao Domain realm demon tribes on high-level star-lands provided many points, and that was also where the gap was widened.
Over thirty years, a large portion of Zhao Xing's points were the result of his mushroom troops' contributions.
Among them, the performance of the Green Poison Empress left a deep impression on Yang Zhuo.
The Green Poison Empress was not limited to underwater combat; as long as the gas it emitted was inhaled, it could also use the water essence within a living body as nutrients to divide.
It was precisely this trump card, the Green Poison Empress, that allowed Zhao Xing's ranking in the third round to reach as high as 3, 00th, finally ending at 5, 14th.
If Zhao Xing's ability to modify mushroom species were removed, his ranking might have dropped to sixty or seventy thousand.
"Many thanks to Mr. Qiao and General Yang for your cultivation," Zhao Xing said gratefully.
It was precisely Qiao Song's arrangements and Yang Zhuo's sparring that allowed him to grasp two strands of the Life Dao traces within a hundred years, and subsequently comprehend the 【Life Rhythm】 secret technique and master the life structure map of the 【Green Poison Empress】.
"Alright, we can save the reminiscing for later," Qiao Song said. "After the third round of the Primordial Assembly ends, contestants must immediately set off for the Primordial Realm."
"Before the final trial begins, there is still a hundred-year period for preparation."
"The Primordial Realm will briefly open some precious training grounds to you; their value goes without saying."
"Yes," Zhao Xing nodded.
Excluding the first round, the benefits of passing each round of the Primordial Assembly were quite significant.
Passing the second round allowed one to observe the collapse of a small world and comprehend the manifestation of the Dao during the stage of extinction.
Passing the third round allowed one to enter the Primordial Realm to cultivate for a hundred years.
If one passed the final fourth round, there would be the reward of taking on a master.
Departing from the Manya Star System to the Primordial Realm required half a month.
After the third-round assessment ended, Zhao Xing boarded the official realm boat, with Emperor Chenjiu and Zuo Qiyu still leading the team.
When Zhao Xing boarded the ship, he saw the other eight contestants from the Beihe Star System.
"The Mushroom King is here."
"Brother Zhao, I am Mu Jingfeng, from the Gengzi Constellation."
"Wei Wangchuan. Brother Zhao, that was awesome."
"I am Ma Shuyuan, greetings, fellow Daoist."
"..."
The eight people greeted Zhao Xing one after another.
They all bore the title of geniuses of the Beihe Star System, yet Zhao Xing's quality was far higher than theirs.
Being able to enter the top 10, 00 in the third round was a unique feat among the nine of them.
"Greetings, everyone," Zhao Xing returned the salute.
"Brother Zhao, over here." Jin Manyun patted the seat next to him, taking the initiative to greet Zhao Xing.
"Many thanks, Brother Jin." Zhao Xing nodded and sat down next to Jin Manyun.
"Brother Zhao, in the rest manor allocated to us by the realm boat, the largest 'Heaven'-grade manor has been reserved for you. It's at this location, walking north from the public rest area..."
Jin Manyun was usually very cold and aloof, but at this moment, he appeared very enthusiastic.
It was mainly because Zhao Xing's ranking was too high.
One had to know that in the Self-Nature Faction combat sector, the twenty-eight examination halls, including the Manya Star System, only had 150, 00 people pass in total.
Distributed among every super-first-class star system, there were only 5, 57 people.
Zhao Xing was ranked 5, 14th!
If the Manya Star System were compared to an ancient kingdom, then Zhao Xing was the number one genius of the Self-Nature Faction combat type in that kingdom. He was an existence that required him to look up to.
"... ntering the Primordial Realm to cultivate for a hundred years this time is a tremendous benefit for everyone," Jin Manyun said mysteriously. "I heard that they might even open the Emperor-grade botanical garden."
"Oh?" Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised. Emperor-grade was a quality that guaranteed reaching the Reincarnation realm; would the Primordial Realm actually open an Emperor-grade botanical garden?
"Heh, the Primordial Assembly is held every three thousand years, and the screening is so strict; if they don't bring out something good, how can they attract people to participate?" Jin Manyun laughed.
"The geniuses who passed the third round now can't all enter the Primordial Realm, but now that they've seen the benefits, they will inevitably think about coming again when they break through to the Dao Domain realm in the future."
"At that time, the only channel to enter the Primordial Realm will be to join the army and perform meritorious service."
"The battle merits required for exchange are also very expensive; they have to reveal a corner of the Primordial Realm for everyone to see, otherwise, who would be willing to trade the merits they fought tooth and nail for?"
"That's true... By the way, how was Brother Jin's third-round assessment? Was it difficult?"
Since he had nothing better to do, Zhao Xing chatted with Jin Manyun. He still didn't know what the Heavenly Timing Faction's third-round assessment was like.
"Me?" Jin Manyun waved his hand and said, "It was difficult, but there's nothing much to say about the combat sector; it was the same as yours, just killing monsters and rescuing hostages."
"It's just that we didn't have time to prepare after descending onto the initial star-land; we appeared in the demon tribe area from the very beginning."
"The Heavenly Timing auxiliary sector was actually quite interesting," Jin Manyun laughed. "In thirty-three years, one had to bring about a 'spiritual energy revival' to a small star system, raising the spiritual energy index from 5 to 500 to pass."
"Where was the difficulty?" Zhao Xing asked.
"The spiritual energy was hidden within natural disasters, realm stars, star-lands, and inside living beings," Jin Manyun said. "And the sun star at the center of the star system entered its aging phase, while the moon star had already been split in two."
"There was a total population of 100 million, and the amount of spiritual energy essence they carried varied; one needed to carefully identify and extract the six energies of the living beings without letting anyone die."
"Deaths meant points deducted, and some people didn't even have 33 years of lifespan left, yet one still had to keep these people alive. Would you say that's difficult or not?"
"Truly difficult," Zhao Xing shook his head.
"The Earthly Advantage auxiliary sector's assessment was also perverted; one had to turn a 【Shattered Star Belt】 into a high-level ring-land..."
"Isn't that just copying an exam question from a certain year at the Primordial Mound?" Zhao Xing was stunned; he had a deep impression of that.
"Eh~ how can things between Agronomists be considered copying?" Jin Manyun smiled. "There are thousands of ways for things to be chaotic, but order is much the same."
"Hahaha, that's true too," Zhao Xing also laughed out loud.
Jin Manyun was different from the Heavenly Timing Faction Agronomists in his impression; he seemed very talkative.
The two soon became familiar with each other.
"Brother Zhao, your talent is so high that you will definitely be able to enter the Primordial Realm this time," Jin Manyun said with some envy. "Perhaps Brother Zhao can become one of the six Primordial Holy Sons of this session; in the future, Brother Zhao must look after this younger brother."
"Brother Jin, you are exaggerating," Zhao Xing smiled.
What were the six Primordial Holy Sons?
They referred to the number one person in each of the six sectors: the three Agronomist factions, auxiliary and combat!
The Primordial Realm was the holy land for Agronomists; the quality of the number one in other professions was not as high.
Only the number one in the six sectors of the three Agronomist factions would be sought after.
Therefore, the number one in the six major sectors was called the six Primordial Holy Sons.
Every session had such a gimmick.
Among them, the auxiliary and combat sectors of the Self-Nature Faction were the two with the highest quality.
However, how could it be simple to take first place?
As far as Zhao Xing's current battle record was concerned, Jin Manyun was indeed blowing things out of proportion.
However, after being hyped up by him, Zhao Xing also paid attention to the rankings of each sector in the third round of the Agronomists.
He didn't look until he had to, and once he did, he was shocked.
"The first place in the Self-Nature Faction combat sector, Tuo Sen; I haven't even heard of this name."
"The first place in the Self-Nature Faction auxiliary sector, Ji Jingzhu; this is also not the first place I know of."
"The first place in the Heavenly Timing Faction auxiliary sector, Cai Lan; who is this again?"
"The first place in the Heavenly Timing Faction combat sector, Yu Qing; don't know him."
Looking at the first place in the Earthly Advantage Faction combat and auxiliary sectors, they were also unfamiliar.
"If one can take first place in the third round, then the final trial results won't be too bad either."
"Now it's good, I don't know a single one."
"The first place I know of is not only missing from the top ten of the third round, but I couldn't even find them in the top hundred."
"It seems that the cause of this deviation is related to that incident, or rather, related to me," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
The Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom Spirit Domain Dharma Assembly; he didn't participate in his past life, but he participated in this life, and with great intensity.
The number and count of Reincarnation realm reincarnations must have deviated.
Zhao Xing speculated that it was normal for variables to arise in this session of the Primordial Assembly of the Red Star Empire.
"Calculating the time, the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom ended, I was locked up in Erliang Slope for five hundred years, and after returning to the Great Zhou, I waited another 125 years before the Primordial Assembly opened."
"If it's a Reincarnation realm reincarnation, the stronger ones possess the memories of their past lives from the very beginning, including cultivation techniques and secret techniques."
"Six hundred years is more than enough to cultivate to the third realm."
"I wonder how many Reincarnation realm true spirits the Empire's God realm divided up?"
Zhao Xing soon reached some inferences, because the Empire's God realm couldn't just run around to the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom to join in the fun.
There must be benefits for them to come.
"I came to the Red Star Empire, although I requested it from Old Qing, the Red Star Empire probably also wants to take in this group of people."
"Hmm... the final assessment will probably have some changes," Zhao Xing pondered. "With so many foreign Reincarnation realms, will they join the Heart-Questioning Pass?"
Zhao Xing felt it was very likely.
If they didn't identify with the Empire, even if they passed the first three rounds of the Primordial Assembly, they might be brushed off through backroom deals.
The logic was simple; no one wanted to raise an ungrateful wretch.
"I wonder how they will test us," Zhao Xing closed his eyes and pondered.
He wasn't worried about this point.
He had a high sense of identification with the Red Star Empire; in his past life, this place was his second hometown, and his combat power was formed in the Empire.
After the realm boat started, Zhao Xing and Jin Manyun chatted for a while before parting ways.
The rest area where Zhao Xing was located in the Beihe Star System also welcomed two acquaintances, Jing Yan and Yu Tianqing.
The Beihe Star System and the Beiye Star System were neighbors, and both the second and third rounds were in the Manya Star System.
Therefore, Jing Yan and Yu Tianqing were also on this flying boat.
"Jing Yan, Tianqing." Zhao Xing appeared in the reception hall; after nearly three hundred years, the three of them finally reunited in the fourth round.
"Little brother, your Beihe Star System is quite miserable; the public area is so small, you can't even fit your butt," Jing Yan started complaining as soon as he sat down.
"That's enough out of you," Zhao Xing said irritably. "Your ability isn't great, but your airs are quite large."
The Beihe Star System only had nine people enter; how much space did they need?
"That's true... gulp gulp gulp~~" Jing Yan picked up the wine pot and took a big gulp. "Ha~ it really wasn't easy; brother here barely scraped into the third round, I'm afraid I'll stop at the last round."
"Old Yu actually ranked over five hundred; that's truly heaven-defying!"
"Who would have thought that you kid were almost rotting in prison back then."
Yu Tianqing smiled and took a small sip.
Zhao Xing ranked over 5, 00th; Jing Yan was surprised but not too unexpected.
He had spent a long time with Zhao Xing at the Yueluo Mausoleum and had seen Zhao Xing's ability and talent.
Yu Tianqing, in Jing Yan's eyes, was simply a salted fish turning over!
Back then, he was locked in a prison cell by the army of the Tianyou Ancient Kingdom to rot because he couldn't afford the 2 billion Tianyou coin medical fee.
He didn't expect to be saved by Zhao Xing and Le Yao.
Later, when executing the Starfire mission, the equipment was even bought with money Zhao Xing lent to Yu Tianqing!
As a result, after coming to the Red Star Empire, he became unstoppable.
He passed through all the barriers and easily broke through the third round of the Primordial Assembly, ranking over five hundred!
"How are you talking? Who are you looking down on?" Zhao Xing sneered. "You're not even as good as us two commoners, and you're a prince. Old Yu, beat him up!"
"That wouldn't be good," Yu Tianqing hesitated.
Jing Yan said in horror: "If it's not good, why are you putting the Mechanist Spirit Pliers on my neck?"
"Hahaha."
"Boom~~"
Half a month later, the sky gradually became transparent, revealing the appearance of the outside world.
The Manya realm boat that Zhao Xing and the others were riding on gradually docked at a large star-land.
"Brother Zhao, look quickly, the other twenty-seven realm boats have also arrived! The one parked next to us is the Nine-Star realm boat of the Imperial Capital, coming from the Jingshen Star System!"
"And that one, it's the Hongwu realm boat of the Jueshen Star System!" Jin Manyun pointed at the surroundings.
Zhao Xing also looked over; excluding the Manya realm boat he was riding on, a total of twenty-seven realm boats appeared on the star-land.
Strangely, the color of this land was green, flat and smooth.
The realm boats sent by different star systems had different shapes, but their sizes remained about the same.
The Manya realm boat he was riding on was shaped like a crescent moon, while the Hongwu realm boat looked like a sun.
"Swish!" Emperor Chenjiu and Zuo Qiyu also immediately gathered the geniuses of the Manya realm boat.
"Everyone, you have arrived at the Primordial Realm."
"Next, you will follow the guidance and cultivate at the designated venues in the Primordial Realm."
"Remember, you have only obtained a 100-year temporary entry right."
"There are many places in the Primordial Realm that you do not have permission to enter. Once you trespass and violate taboos, your qualification to participate will be directly cancelled, so before getting off the realm boat, be sure to read the cultivation instructions in the Star Mirror carefully."
After Emperor Chenjiu finished speaking, a lot of information was sent to the contestants' private Star Mirrors.
Zhao Xing also took out his Star Mirror to check, and there was indeed a long passage of information on it.
【Beihe Star System Zhao Xing, you have entered the 'Green Leaf Port' of the Primordial Realm】
"Green Leaf Port? So it's this port," Zhao Xing realized.
The so-called Green Leaf Port was actually on a leaf of an Emperor-grade peak vine, the 'Thousand Star Vine'.
The Thousand Star Vine, which had entered its peak period, was undoubtedly at the level of a human 'Reincarnation Emperor', and even in terms of the strength of its essence, the plant life Thousand Star Vine was a hundred or a thousand times stronger than a human Emperor.
Because the Thousand Star Vine was a void species, Zhao Xing and the others could only see one green leaf, while the rest of its parts were all hidden in the deep void.
"So that's it; the 'Three Realms Void' I cultivate generally goes deep into the third layer of the void, while the Thousand Star Vine can fold eighteen layers of the void. Not to mention that I can't see it, if it deliberately hides, unless one is an Agronomist, even an Emperor-level expert would find it difficult to see its true body."
"And by stopping at Green Leaf Port, one can go to any place in the Primordial Realm through the Thousand Star Vine," Zhao Xing continued reading the instructions.
【All participating contestants, starting from entering Green Leaf Port, will have a precious hundred years of cultivation time.】
【The Primordial Realm will open six treasure lands for Agronomists to you.】
【You can only enter these six places to cultivate; if you trespass into other places and disturb the experiments or research of the strong, you will be punished. For the sake of your own future and safety, absolutely do not trespass!】
【After a hundred years, no matter where you are cultivating in the treasure lands, you will be immediately moved out to undergo the final trial. Please plan your cultivation time well to avoid unnecessary trouble.】
【The descriptions of the six treasure lands for Agronomists are as follows:】
【1. Hundred Fathoms Void (partial area; treasure land for comprehending the Space Dao)】
【2. Three Thousand Dao Seeds (partial area; including seven Emperor-grade qualities, thirty-eight Imperial-grade qualities)】
【3. Twenty-Four Qi Star System (entire area)】
【4. Primordial Dao Treasury (partial area; limited to supernatural secret techniques)】
【5. Thirty-Six Ring Lands (public cultivation area, private areas are forbidden to be disturbed!)】
【6. Spirit Abyss (outer area)】
"The Agronomists have opened up six treasure lands, hiss!"
"Damn it, why is it only a hundred years? A hundred years is too little!"
"Each one is a treasure land I've heard of since I was small, and now I finally have the chance to see it with my own eyes, and even cultivate inside? Woohoo~"
"Teary-eyed, we Martial Artists only have two treasure lands, just the Void Ancestor's Foot Star System and the Ten Thousand Star Sword Tomb."
"The Mechanists' treasure land is only one, the 'Heart of the World'; what is that?"
"Never heard of it."
"The Emperor's True Realm, the Five Emperors' Clothing Tomb? This... is this true?"
"Forty-eight Lucky Stars, thirty-six Ominous Stars, wow! I've lived long enough to see this; after entering, one's luck will temporarily climb to 38, the experience is simply going to be maxed out!"
"Primordial Realm, this is our Empire's Primordial Realm!!"
"..."
When the information in the Star Mirror was sent to the hands of the geniuses one by one.
All the geniuses, regardless of whether they were cold and aloof before, were collectively climaxing now.
Was there any better place for cultivation in the Xuanling Star Domain?
It could be said that the Agronomist profession had none.
Other professions might be able to name a few, but they weren't places they could find or enter.
Everything here now was free!
The only thing that made people regret was: the time was too short.
Only a hundred years; it made all the geniuses wish they could immediately rush out of the realm boat and start cultivating right away.
Even Zhao Xing had such an urge, because for the Reincarnation realm, the Primordial Realm was also a treasure land!
However, facing the impatient geniuses, Emperor Chenjiu was slow and leisurely, still introducing things and not in a hurry to open the realm boat.
It wasn't until he had repeated the rules three times that he opened the door of the realm boat.
"Boom~"
Thirty-six whirlpools appeared in the sky; these were the portals of the realm boat.
"Brother Zhao, where are you going?" Jin Manyun asked.
"I am naturally going to the 【Three Thousand Dao Seeds】," Zhao Xing said.
"I'm going to the Twenty-Four Qi Star System," Jin Manyun said goodbye in a hurry. "Brother Zhao, farewell!"
"Brother Jin, take care!"
"Fellow Daoists, I'll take my leave first!"
"Swish swish swish~"
Everyone immediately turned into light and flew out of the realm star in a streak, heading towards the treasure lands.
After Zhao Xing flew out of the realm boat, he stomped his foot on the ground.
"Hum~" A pale yellow grass man immediately drilled out from the green ground.
"Beihe Star System Zhao Xing, I am guide number 89757."
"Take me to the 【Three Thousand Dao Seeds】 area," Zhao Xing said.
"Please place your hand on my shoulder."
Zhao Xing followed the instructions.
Subsequently, the two sank into the green ground.
It was called ground, but it was actually the internal veins of the Thousand Star Vine leaf.
The veins were not hollow; there was sap flowing inside, wrapping around Zhao Xing and immediately performing super-spatial acceleration.
In just eighteen breaths, they floated back out to the leaf surface.
"We have arrived," the guide's voice sounded.
Zhao Xing looked closely and found that the twenty-eight realm boats were no longer around, and only a few Agronomists appeared here.
"This is the Three Thousand Dao Seeds area; you can only enter the limited area to comprehend."
The leaf floated in the starry sky, and no plants were seen around it.
However, Zhao Xing was not in a hurry; he sensed the time in his body, came to the edge of the leaf, and sat quietly, looking at the starry sky in the distance.
About an hour later, the sky suddenly broke into dawn.
A glimmer of dawn rose from the east, and Zhao Xing, like many Agronomists, raised his head to look towards the light source.
A 'morning glow' rose, but there was a hint of green in the dawn color.
Zhao Xing activated his Soul Heavenly Vision, and the 'morning glow' gradually became real.
What rose was not the sun; it was clearly the canopy of a tree!
At this time, some people had already started to make sounds of doubt.
Soon it turned into exclamations.
Because the canopy rose, revealing the fiery red trunk and branches below; it seemed that something was supporting it from below.
The speed of rising became faster and faster, and the height became higher and higher, soon filling Zhao Xing's entire field of vision.
He stood at the edge of the Thousand Star Vine leaf; the speed at which the trunk rose soon became blurry, exceeding the speed of light, rising from the ground.
Finally, after waiting for seven days, the trunk was completely above the leaf surface line.
It was completely exposed to everyone's eyes.
"My god~"
"What a terrifying pressure!"
"Beautiful, too perfect!"
"Emperor-grade Sun Treasure Tree? Hiss~"
At this time, the Sun Treasure Tree was completely revealed.
Its roots were intertwined with each other, shrouding the outer periphery of a top-level sun star.
Each strand of root was black-gold, appearing incomparably brilliant under the rendering of the sunlight.
The roots moved slowly on the surface of the sun, like ropes being untied; the sun's light began to leak out from the roots, shining on everyone's faces.
Zhao Xing had seen this Sun Treasure Tree many times in his past life, but every time he saw it, he still felt very shocked.
"A total of 800, 05 root strands, following a specific growth trajectory, taking root in the outer void of the sun star, completely absorbing the energy emitted by the sun essence... this is definitely a plant version of a Dyson sphere."
Zhao Xing sat cross-legged, feeling this wonderful moment.
A high-level sun star could burn a Life-Death Dao Domain realm expert to death.
Only elite Martial Artists in the Reincarnation realm could go up to a top-level sun star; for the spell path, only Emperor-level experts could go up to cultivate.
【Sun Treasure Tree】 was just a general term for a large category, referring to all plant life that could grow on a sun star.
For example, 'Flame Sun Ganoderma', for example, 'Sun Flower', for example, the Fusang Divine Wood.
"The roots of plant life are often fragile, but this Sun Treasure Tree in the Primordial Realm can take root on the periphery of a top-level sun star and absorb the power of the essence."
"Not only can it accelerate growth, but it can also give birth to many supernatural powers beyond imagination," Zhao Xing said with some emotion.
Everyone knew that the essence that was most helpful to plant life was the sun essence; if one could perfectly absorb the sun essence, the benefits would be endless. However, wanting to do this was too difficult, too difficult.
"Five thousand eight hundred and sixty years; this tree is only five thousand and some years old, and it has already reached the middle stage of the Reincarnation realm."
By absorbing the essence of a top-level sun star, it reached the Reincarnation realm in just over five thousand years, and on Zhao Xing's detection panel, this derivative species named 'Gengzi No. 38' had three or four pages of talent skills.
"Accelerating growth, maxing out talent skills, taking root on a top-level sun star... Gengzi No. 38, if placed elsewhere, any one of these items would be a world record, and only the Primordial Realm can refresh its own records."
Zhao Xing didn't stay in front of Gengzi No. 38 for too long; he enjoyed it for a few days and then left, continuing to search within the 【Three Thousand Dao Seeds】 area.
"Time is short; the Primordial Realm only gave a hundred years for cultivation. If I want to break out from among the geniuses, I cannot be greedy for everything and learn everything."
In the competition between peerless geniuses, third or fourth-tier supernatural powers were almost useless.
Learning ten thousand supernatural powers to the introductory level is not as good as practicing one or two to a deep level.
Zhao Xing first came to the 【Three Thousand Dao Seeds】, and his goal was to find mushroom species and study the life structure of mushroom species.
Every Self-Nature Faction Agronomist had to choose a life-bound troop type as a trump card, and Zhao Xing was now going to strengthen his own life-bound troop type.
"If I want to cultivate the 【Green Poison Empress】 now, the probability is still too low, and it's time-consuming and laborious."
"In a real battlefield, where is there so much preparation time?"
"The reason it's so slow is because I haven't truly mastered the life structure of the 【Green Poison Empress】."
"To increase the success rate and enhance the power, comprehending the Life Dao contained in the mushroom species is the most appropriate."
Swish swish swish~ Zhao Xing turned into light and, following the guidance, searched for the mushroom species in the 【Three Thousand Dao Seeds】 area.
"We've arrived!"
Under the guidance of the number 89757 grass man, Zhao Xing came to an area filled with pale blue starry sky dust.
In the pale blue nebula, there was a 'star' emitting light.
"Number Wuxu Nine, alias 'Blue Enchantress'..." the grass man introduced.
Zhao Xing raised his hand to interrupt; he didn't need the guide grass man to introduce much at all.
"I don't need guidance; you can leave on your own."
The grass man said no more and nodded, standing quietly.
Zhao Xing's figure turned into a stream of energy and rushed into the dusty nebula.
【Wuxu No. 9 (Derivative Species)】
【Quality: Emperor-grade】
【Status: Peak Period】
【Talents: Void Fracture, Void Stealth, Void Cage, Void Storm, Void Shock, Void Solidification, Void Strangling; Parasitic Spirit Spore, Vision Parasitism, Magic Power Rune Seed, Heart Explosion Seed...】
"A total of 1, 08 talents; it's truly a miracle."
Even though he had seen it many times, Zhao Xing still felt shocked.
More than a thousand talents appeared on a mushroom, most of which were great supernatural powers, while there were only a dozen or so small supernatural powers.
"There are also some talents that the panel cannot display," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "That belongs to Reincarnation-level talents."
After all, this was an Emperor-grade species in its peak period, comparable to the Emperor-level combat power in the human Reincarnation realm, so of course, it possessed Reincarnation-level talent secret techniques.
Agronomists coming to observe at each stage would see different things, and the harvest would also be different.
Around Wuxu No. 9, there were Reincarnation-level experts comprehending, and many areas were marked as 'private cultivation spaces', forbidden to be disturbed.
"Truly a perfect life structure."
Zhao Xing first watched from a distance; after just one look, he was completely attracted and could never look away again.
Wuxu No. 9 was blue overall; it had more than a thousand talents on its body, long since detached from a single category.
It should be called a 【Composite Dao Seed】!
"Just from what I see on the panel, there are Void talents, Parasitic talents, Heart talents, Fire-element talents... However, it is mainly dominated by four types of talents: Void, Parasitism, Poison, and Life."
One life, multiple talents; from the perspective of life, it was a monster, and it was impossible for it to become 'life'.
Because it's not that the more talents the better; the nutrients of life can only be concentrated to support a few types.
For example, the troop type Thousand Illusion Tree that Zhao Xing obtained was already in the Life-Death Dao Domain realm, and it only had two talents.
But here, it perfectly fused.
This was because the environment of the Primordial Realm was special, the 【Three Thousand Dao Seeds】 were all specially made, and that blue nebula dust was a special nutrient.
"The Three Thousand Dao Seeds are theoretical troop types, only for people to comprehend. If these Three Thousand Dao Seeds were changed to a different environment, I'm afraid half would collapse, and the other half would also undergo unknown changes."
There are many differences between theory and reality; the Three Thousand Dao Seeds are excellent for comprehension, but not for actual combat.
"I will first comprehend at this distance."
Zhao Xing immediately selected a distance, landed on the rubble, and fixed his position.
"Looking at the overall life structure map, whichever direction touches me, I will then move closer and activate the microscopic vision for deep comprehension."
Every plant in the Three Thousand Dao Seeds is a thick 【Dao Book】; to see through a Dao Seed is measured in units of 100, 00 years.
Now Zhao Xing only had a hundred years of comprehension time, so of course, he directly searched the directory, and wherever he was interested, he went straight to that content.
In the hundred-year cultivation plan, 【Three Thousand Dao Seeds】 occupied thirty years of cultivation time.
【Primordial Dao Treasury】 and 【Hundred Fathoms Void】 also had to be comprehended for thirty years.
The last ten years were left for actual combat drills.
While Zhao Xing was watching the Wuxu No. 9 mushroom species, the accompanying guide, the number 89757 grass man, was quietly watching Zhao Xing.
Its pupils were one yellow and one green, and inside were two figures, which were a wisp of consciousness from the Primordial Envoy Zuo Qiyu and the Five Poison Emperor respectively.
According to the rules and regulations of the Primordial Realm, they would not interfere with the contestants' comprehension process, but it was no problem to take advantage of their duties to take a close look at the contestants.
Guluohe let Zuo Qiyu and the Five Poison Emperor come out to teach students, and the Five Poison Emperor immediately chose Zhao Xing.
After all, Zhao Xing had killed a great demon in the Yin-Yang Dao Domain realm in the third pass.
"Did you see anything?" Zuo Qiyu asked.
"Nothing, just average," the Five Poison Emperor said lightly.
"Ha, it seems you really have the intention," Zuo Qiyu laughed.
Zhao Xing couldn't be considered 'average', but for the Five Poison Emperor to say so, it was clearly because he was afraid he would snatch him.
"Old Poison, if you don't keep your word, I'm afraid you won't be able to take this disciple," Zuo Qiyu said with a smile that wasn't a smile. "This kid is good at the grass man method; if I snatch him from you, guess whether he will choose you or me?"
The Five Poison Emperor's face turned black: "It's a small matter, can you stop being annoying? I didn't say I wouldn't give him to you."
Zuo Qiyu was indeed very powerful; as a Primordial Envoy, he was the only one in the entire Primordial Realm who knew the 【Primordial Avatar】, and in terms of the way of avatars, no Emperor-level expert could compare to Zuo Qiyu.
If he wanted to snatch, the Five Poison Emperor might not necessarily be able to snatch him.
"Annoying? Do you count as a person?"
"..."
In the blink of an eye, ten years passed.
On the Wuxu No. 9 mushroom star, Zhao Xing stepped on a strand of root, and the root was like a mountain range.
"Truly a perfect life structure; every part is perfect, and it's impeccable whether viewed from near or far."
"My Tearing Origin supernatural power condensed Tearing Origin Divine Needles, and I don't even know where to start poking."
Wuxu No. 9, this 【Dao Seed】, was too high-level; even Reincarnation-level experts would come here to comprehend, and for him, a Great Supernatural Power realm expert, it was even more profound.
Every part was perfect, which was equivalent to a book full of key points; Zhao Xing had to ponder every inch of this mushroom.
It was fine to watch the macro state once; it would take ten years to get a general idea.
Microscopic vision comprehension was no different from exploring a new universe.
"Coming to comprehend the Three Thousand Dao Seeds before reaching the Reincarnation realm is no different from trying one's luck; it's not about comprehension or not, it's entirely about luck."
Coming to comprehend during the player period was just about reading the bars, but now the feeling was completely different.
"Then just take a casual look; learn what you can."
Zhao Xing stopped struggling and began to head towards the area where Wuxu No. 9 had the most Dao Domain realm experts.
The 【Three Thousand Dao Seeds】 area usually had many members of the Primordial Realm comprehending; the areas occupied by Reincarnation-level experts could not be approached, but there was no such rule for the areas of Dao Domain realm experts.
After all, the Primordial Realm had a rule: one could also exchange for an advanced study opportunity by accumulating merits in the Empire's army.
"Shoo~"
Zhao Xing took off, and the guide grass man also followed in flight.
Soon they came to a poison miasma area on the Wuxu No. 9 mushroom star.
A tiny hole on the mushroom, for the comprehenders who landed on it, was like a volcano.
It's just that this volcano was dead, only lingering with pale blue mist at the crater, but it didn't spread outward.
"Essence Projection!"
Zhao Xing occupied a piece of empty land, then cast a projection, releasing his mushroom experimental specimen, which had seven strands of Dao traces on it.
One of the strands represented the poison essence of life.
Tiny spell needles grew from his fingertips; Zhao Xing used his mind for two purposes, half of his mind watching the poison of Wuxu No. 9, and half modifying the experimental body.
Verifying each other, making the poison talent of the experimental body move closer to the poison talent of Wuxu No. 9!
"The Green Poison Empress's 'Three-One Water Essence Powder' and 'Five Elements Soul-Piercing Needle' are benchmarked against Wuxu No. 9's poison talent, most like the great supernatural power 'Xuzi Spirit Poison'."
"After being poisoned by this, even the spiritual energy in the void becomes fuel to promote the poison, no longer limited to water."
"It's a bit like the 'Taiyi Heavenly Poison Source Body' I told the ancient physician Tian Chen about."
The Taiyi Heavenly Poison Source Body was a legendary poison; its spread was no longer limited to water or spiritual energy, and it could even spread through the void.
Of course, it was still not the most poisonous; Zhao Xing had heard of a kind of 'True Spirit Heavenly Poison', which even Reincarnation-level experts couldn't escape when casting 'Reincarnation Secret Techniques'.
Even after reincarnation, the true spirit was still poisoned and spread throughout the body.
Causing some people to have 'congenital diseases' from birth.
Zhao Xing had only heard of the physician profession's 'True Spirit Heavenly Poison'; it was said that only one 'Emperor' escaped under this poison. Even those known as half-gods died completely.
And even resurrection couldn't solve it, because the True Spirit Heavenly Poison would resurrect along with it, and the result would still be death.
Twenty years later, Zhao Xing stood up and ended his comprehension of 【Wuxu No. 9】.
At this time, there were many mushrooms in front of him, all of them looking exactly like the Green Poison Empress.
"Collect!"
Waving his hand, Zhao Xing planned to head to the next destination, 【Primordial Dao Treasury】.
Inside the guide grass man, the Five Poison Emperor's consciousness took a look and was suddenly somewhat surprised.
"Only thirty years, and his mushroom species poison talent has already completely stabilized?"
The 【Green Poison Empress】 that Zhao Xing self-researched, when performing in the second pass, the probability of appearance was not stable.
It required preparing many mushroom species in advance to perform mutations.
The Tearing Origin supernatural power actually belonged to 【Mutation Method】, which was a 'tool method', but its performance was not stable.
The Five Poison Emperor remembered that Zhao Xing originally had a one-in-ten-thousand probability of producing a Green Poison Empress.
Now, after only thirty years, he had actually increased the probability to one-in-ten.
One-in-ten; this could already be called stable!
Whether it was a competition or actual combat, the time to cast the tool method to perform mutations ten times was very short.
Before, it was measured in years, but now it only took at most an hour, which could almost be ignored.
"This child has made great progress in poison talent modification, which is very compatible with my path," the Five Poison Emperor was suddenly overjoyed.
Originally, he didn't necessarily have to take Zhao Xing as a disciple; he was more curious, but now he had a strong intention and really planned to take action.
"Quickly take me to the 【Primordial Dao Treasury】 area," Zhao Xing didn't know that there were two big shots' consciousnesses inside the guide grass man, and he treated the grass man like a servant.
He had to race against time; after all, it was only a hundred years, and he had to make full use of it.
"Please follow me," the Five Poison Emperor controlled the grass man and immediately took Zhao Xing out of the 【Three Thousand Dao Seeds】 area.
Subsequently, through the 'void shuttle' of the Thousand Star Vine leaf, in less than an hour, they crossed billions and billions of miles and came to a pure white city wall.
"This place is the 【Root Method Area】 of the Primordial Dao Treasury," the Five Poison Emperor spoke through the grass man. "You can..."
"Alright, you step back," Zhao Xing interrupted the grass man again, just like before.
He didn't need service, he only needed guidance.
The Five Poison Emperor was interrupted and felt very uncomfortable. But he also understood that Zhao Xing didn't know he was inside the grass man.
Zuo Qiyu laughed out loud, very happy to see the Five Poison Emperor suffer.
"It seems he has done his homework very well; you are casting pearls before swine, Five Poison."
"Hmph, I like this kind; what are you going to do about it?"
"A lowly breed that doesn't know its own worth!"
"A grass root that doesn't distinguish between male and female!"
"..."
Zhao Xing waved the grass man away and began to look for the entrance.
The pure white city wall in front of him was not a real city wall, but a 【Ten Thousand Dao Tree】.
During the Xuanhuang World period, he had seen one at the Shangluo Academy. However, that was only 500, 00 years old.
This one in the Primordial Realm, Zhao Xing's panel couldn't even detect, because it only had a section exposed to the outside space, but it was at least over 1 billion years old.
"The 【Ten Thousand Dao Tree】 planted by Agronomists is a derivative variety planted in imitation of the 【Dao Tree】 inside scholars."
"The only function is inheritance; the Primordial Realm only opened the 【Root Method Area】 to contestants, which means one can learn up to supernatural power methods at most."
The Ten Thousand Dao Tree in the Primordial Realm was the largest Ten Thousand Dao Tree in the entire Xuanling Star Domain.
It was rumored that the 【Canopy Area】 of the Primordial Realm's Ten Thousand Dao Tree possessed divine methods for becoming a god.
However, Zhao Xing hadn't entered it in his past life, so he couldn't verify it.
"Swish~"
Zhao Xing aimed at the patterns on the white city wall and dived in.
There were green root veins on the white city wall; when a practitioner touched them, they immediately recessed, wrapped around the person, and absorbed them in.
Subsequently, they flowed rapidly, sending the practitioner to the designated area.
How to designate?
Just say it.
"I want to go to the 'Mutation Method' area."
Zhao Xing muttered.
Gurgle~
The surrounding space seemed to have the tactile sensation of liquid, quickly taking Zhao Xing to a green root space.
"Pop~"
As if being spat out, Zhao Xing found that the guide grass man was already waiting for him.
Still ignoring the guide grass man, Zhao Xing immediately began to make requests.
"I want to learn the four-system 'Mutation Method' that is universal for mushrooms, vines, trees, and bamboos."
Precise pointing, immediately saving the time of selection.
Because the four types of plant troop types Zhao Xing was most familiar with were these four.
Switching mutations among the four major types of plant troop types was the most appropriate.
【Tearing Origin supernatural power】 had limitations and was only suitable for the mushroom family; now Zhao Xing wanted to expand his range of abilities.
"Shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo~"
Even though he made a precise request, there were still ten thousand white roots, like tentacles, handed to Zhao Xing.
The tips of the tentacles flickered with white fluorescence; that was the stored 'Dao Method'.
After Zhao Xing touched them one by one with his fingertips, introductions to many secret techniques soon appeared in his mind.
"The four-system Mutation Method, the vast majority are of the same strength."
Emphasizing the four-system Mutation Method meant abandoning a portion of spell power to improve adaptability.
If one wanted strong power, of course, it was a single-system Mutation Method.
"Tool methods have convergence; I have the Tearing Origin supernatural power, so I must choose a method that complements it."
The Tearing Origin supernatural power was already a ninth-tier small supernatural power; abandoning it to cultivate a brand-new method was not advisable, as there wasn't that much time.
Zhao Xing spent a year trying, looking for a method that could be paired with 【Tearing Origin supernatural power】 to achieve an effect of one plus one greater than two.
Finally, he determined a supernatural power.
"That's it, 【Stem Bucket supernatural power】."
Zhao Xing grabbed one of the white tentacles without hesitation, while the many other tentacles retracted and dispersed.
The Stem Bucket supernatural power, like the Tearing Origin supernatural power, also first distinguished the 'Life Essence Partition' and then performed modifications.
The difference was that the 'tool' condensed by this method was not needle-shaped, but funnel-shaped.
"Compared with the Tearing Origin supernatural power, this secret technique has the function of star-seeking and positioning, and its stability is higher."
"The basic life structure is like a pile of thin mud; the Tearing Origin supernatural power uses a needle to pick out a new life structure."
"The Stem Bucket supernatural power is directly bucket in, bucket out; the mold is ready-made, and the efficiency has become much higher."
The plant troop types mutated by the Tearing Origin supernatural power would undoubtedly have stronger talents, but they would consume more time and mental energy.
Troop types would form more slowly; the Stem Bucket supernatural power was for rapidly manufacturing new troop types in batches.
Combining the two would satisfy Zhao Xing's combat needs for a troop-flooding style.
"After learning it, if I want elite troops, I'll have elite troops; if I want to flood the field, I can flood the field, applying it to different combat scenarios."
After determining it, Zhao Xing began a thirty-year cultivation of pairing.
【You comprehended at the Ten Thousand Dao Tree, Stem Bucket supernatural power has reached the third tier of supernatural power!】
【You comprehended at the Ten Thousand Dao Tree, Stem Bucket supernatural power has reached the fourth tier of supernatural power!】
【You comprehended at the Ten Thousand Dao Tree, Stem Bucket supernatural power has reached the fifth tier of supernatural power!】
In the twenty-fifth year of learning at the Primordial Dao Treasury, Zhao Xing had already cultivated the Stem Bucket supernatural power to the sixth tier of supernatural power.
The difficulty of this method was not great in the early stage; it was mainly because the content of the secret technique itself was complex, and there were many life structures that needed to be mastered proficiently.
Up to the sixth tier of supernatural power, there were no bottlenecks; only the seventh tier of supernatural power could be considered a threshold.
Because starting from this stage, it already involved Void talents and the birth of certain strong talent troop types, which was a breakthrough from quantity to quality.
"Really able to endure, and also has potential," the Five Poison Emperor appreciated.
The Stem Bucket supernatural power was not difficult, but there was too much content, involving billions of four-system plant life structures; even though some were convergent and could be simplified to master, it could still be said to be huge.
Cultivating it was extremely boring, and it would even produce an illusion of 'have I practiced this move before'.
Then, because of this convergence, one would make mistakes in the direction of cultivation, and even fatal errors would appear.
Zhao Xing could clearly make progress, thanks to the panel, but in the eyes of the Five Poison Emperor, it required great perseverance and high-level mental ability to repeatedly check and correct, which was quite remarkable.
"Indeed not bad," Zuo Qiyu rarely agreed.
However, just after the two finished chatting, Zhao Xing stopped.
After reaching the bottleneck, he began to sort it out.
At the same time, he also flipped through the Star Mirror to understand the trends in the outside world.
He didn't look until he had to, and once he did, he was shocked.
There were actually thousands of unread messages in his Star Mirror.
"Most of them are from Jing Yan; this guy..."
Friends and relatives in the Great Zhou knew that he was at an important critical moment and wouldn't disturb him easily, just reporting the situation at home every ten years.
For example, the Martial Emperor and Ji Si had returned to the country and were planning to prepare for war.
For example, Ji Si had already selected her 'Realm-Passing'.
Liu Tianning had followed Lord Qianhua of the Shenhua Dao Academy to finish the first stage of practice and became the first Dao Domain realm expert of the Great Zhou.
Ji Mengjun and Luo Hou Wang also made rapid progress after taking on a master and were not far from the Dao Domain realm.
"The ones Jing Yan sent are all gossip; this kid..." Zhao Xing couldn't help but shake his head.
Jing Yan and Yu Tianqing had both entered the Primordial Realm treasure land 'Small Thousand Array Realm' to cultivate.
Yu Tianqing only had three letters, while Jing Yan had over a thousand.
However, he wasn't all gossip.
One caught Zhao Xing's attention.
【Zhao Xing, today I saw seven contestants being taken away by the Emperors of the Primordial Realm; it is said that they violated the rules.】
【This is already the 385th person taken away in fifty years.】
【I heard they were Reincarnation realm reincarnations, and in their past lives, they were people who committed heinous crimes, violating the taboos of the Empire; there were even Reincarnation realm reincarnations of the Wanhe demon tribe... Heh, they didn't stop after reincarnation, and actually swallowed millions of Empire citizens; they were truly bold!】
"The Red Star Empire's screening has begun?" Zhao Xing couldn't help but be stunned.
Undoubtedly, this was a cultivation version of 'political vetting'.
The Red Star Empire couldn't possibly want everyone who was a Reincarnation realm.
Some people who had committed too much slaughter in their past lives, or had infringed on the Empire's interests, couldn't just let it go because they were reincarnated.
Not to mention there were demon tribe great powers.
It was clearly an attempt to be a 'spy' through reincarnation.
"Reincarnation through the dirty earth, how could it be so easy? The Empire didn't take action, it was just low-key; did they really think the Empire was easy to bully?"
Zhao Xing wasn't worried about himself; with Qing Yuzi's endorsement, he had long passed this hurdle of the Empire and couldn't be expelled or punished.
Of course, after passing this hurdle of the Empire, he still had to see if he could pass this hurdle of the Primordial Realm.
Just coming to the Empire to be a citizen was nothing; to enter the Primordial Realm, one had to test whether they identified with the Empire.
【... nd quite a few people, because it was their first time entering a treasure land, were too forgetful in their cultivation, leading to breaking through their realm and becoming Dao Domain realm experts, and were also eliminated.】
【They truly deserve it; they couldn't even control their own cultivation base, so shouldn't they be eliminated?】
【...】
"Take me to the Hundred Fathoms Void," Zhao Xing ended his cultivation at the Primordial Dao Treasury five years early in the fifty-fifth year and began the cultivation of the last stop.
At this time, his Stem Bucket supernatural power was still at the sixth tier of supernatural power; wanting to break through, it wasn't just relying on hard cultivation.
"Come," the guide grass man took Zhao Xing to the next location—【Hundred Fathoms Void】.
'The universe has ten thousand phenomena, and its image is empty'. This sentence is talking about the void being divided into multiple layers; the first layer is the 'Image Manifestation Layer', which is also commonly referred to as the stable void.
The second layer is the 'Dao Manifestation Layer'; void turbulence, core collapse, and other places are considered the second layer of the void.
The appearance of matter undergoes great changes and cannot exist completely.
The third layer is the 'Dao Ancient Layer'; the source of the ancient Dao is hidden in the deep void.
Starting from the third layer, it is relatively abstract, and there is a Dao measurement unit 'Fathom'.
Zhao Xing believes that this is the cultivation world's unique understanding of the dimensions of the Space Dao.
"The nine fathoms of the second layer is the limit of the Reincarnation realm."
"The 'Dao Ancient Layer' is already the realm of gods."
Is there really a hundred fathoms in the Hundred Fathoms Void? Zhao Xing didn't know; he hadn't set foot in the realm of gods in his past life either.
Coming here to cultivate was just to comprehend the 'Void Dao', so that when he cast 'Mutation Method', he could briefly mutate into a 'Void Species'.
"The first three fathoms of the Dao Manifestation Layer can travel across star systems; for the spell path, the Dao field of a Dao Domain realm expert can go deep into this layer to perform long-distance teleportation and improve mobility."
"The Mechanists' magic arrays also have to take root in it; Ring-Land magic arrays, Star-Shifting magic arrays, all involve these principles."
For Zhao Xing, if he wanted to master the Mutation Method to the seventh tier, his own Void Dao comprehension had to be improved to this level.
Otherwise, when performing mutation switching, it was impossible to give birth to a strong Void Species.
The Mutation Method couldn't be considered a master.
The Hou Bian method was the same principle; if one could only mutate some weak bloodlines, and after mutating, only possessed five-element talent supernatural powers without space-time types, it could at most be considered an average master, not a top master.
"Qiao Song, a scholar under the Beihe Lord, once counted the battle situation of the geniuses in the third round; at least ten thousand geniuses mastered secret techniques related to the Void Dao."
"Great supernatural powers with the same talent level as Yu Tianqing are not rare this time either."
"I won't say I'm fighting for a Primordial Holy Son, but I can't fall behind," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "Otherwise, when taking on a master, I will have no presence. If I take on an average Reincarnation realm teacher, it would be a waste of this opportunity."
Without a good teacher as a background, he wouldn't even be able to drink the soup in the next version of 【Star River Ten Thousand Realms】; after all, there were too many strong people in the Empire, so how could it be his turn without a background?
Even if he knew the distribution of benefits in the next version, he had to be able to get in, and after getting it, he had to be able to keep it.
"Hum~"
When Zhao Xing arrived at the 【Hundred Fathoms Void】 location, he only saw a black river appearing in front of him.
It spanned ten light-years; the periphery was brilliant light, and the middle was deep black.
Realm boats made of white ancient wood carried comprehenders in and out.
"Which zone are you going to?" the guide grass man asked.
"Go straight to the third fathom of the Dao Manifestation Layer," Zhao Xing said.
Without strong stimulation, it was difficult for him to break the bottleneck in a short time.
The third fathom of the Dao Manifestation Layer was generally where Life-Death Dao Domain realm experts would go to comprehend.
As the saying goes, aim for the top to get the middle, aim for the middle to get the bottom; as long as there was a tiny harvest in the third fathom of the Dao Manifestation Layer, it would be a great benefit for his Great Supernatural Power realm.
If he stayed in the first or second fathom of the void, it would require long-term water-grinding effort to accumulate, and what Zhao Xing lacked most now was time.
There was no need to go after the third fathom; it was impossible to have any harvest because he couldn't comprehend it.
"Boat come~"
The Five Poison Emperor controlled the grass man to wave his hand, and then a semi-transparent boat body that seemed to be made of light appeared.
Zhao Xing stepped on it; the tactile sensation was extremely slight, as if it had no substance.
Densely packed people were crossing the black river, as if heading to the underworld for reincarnation.
"Shoo~"
Zhao Xing stood at the bow and scanned, suddenly seeing two young men in green shirts on a boat not far away.
Seeming to have sensed something, the two also looked over.
"It's the second and third place of the previous round, Ji Xingchen and Han Qiye."
Zhao Xing immediately recognized them as popular candidates for Holy Son in the Self-Nature combat sector.
The top ten of the previous round were widely publicized.
Among them, the first place, Tuo Sen, was undoubtedly the most discussed.
After that were Ji Xingchen and Han Qiye.
"I wonder what rank Xilin and Xiao Xuan of the Manya Star System are."
Zhao Xing had fought against Xilin and also had a deep impression of that turtle-clan mixed-blood Xiao Xuan.
However, he soon couldn't see the existence of other boats.
The void in front of him suddenly turned from dark to bright and began to twist extremely.
"This scene is very similar to the Copper River falling into the water at the Realm-Passing Tomb."
Zhao Xing sat at the bow, looking at the twisted void.
The light was very weak; even if he activated his Soul Heavenly Vision, it was still pitch black.
Nothingness, darkness.
The third fathom of the Dao Manifestation Layer completely verified the true meaning of 'void'.
Nothing, empty; how to comprehend?
It purely depended on talent and comprehension; there was no way to guide it.
The Five Poison Emperor saw Zhao Xing sit down and couldn't help but show a smile.
Not bad, not bad!
Many contestants came in and didn't stay long before leaving, because what they saw was absolute nothingness and darkness.
There was no clue at all.
This meant that there was no way to comprehend, because talent didn't reach the threshold for comprehension!
Now Zhao Xing sat down and could see the twisted light.
It proved that he could comprehend and would have a harvest.
"Left Envoy, here is the thing, you can go," in the Primordial City, where they were playing chess, the Five Poison Emperor suddenly flipped his hand, revealing a broken jade talisman, and threw it to Zuo Qiyu.
"Oh?" Zuo Qiyu was somewhat surprised. "Really decided? Don't want to think about it anymore?"
"No," the Five Poison Emperor shook his head. "What I can reach is mine. For the Primordial Holy Son level, it's not my turn to choose when taking on a master; they might even be reincarnations of old guys themselves. Zhao Xing, this kind of person with huge potential and a clean background, is just right for me."
Zuo Qiyu didn't say anything else and nodded, then disappeared into the Five Poison Emperor's room.
What the Five Poison Emperor didn't know was that Zhao Xing didn't have a clean background at all, but a background that was too big, endorsed by a god in the Reincarnation God Temple, which was why he didn't need the Empire's vetting.
At this moment, he had already made up his mind to take Zhao Xing into his fold.
Three years and another three years, Zhao Xing left the Hundred Fathoms Void five years before the final assessment began.
"Plans can't keep up with changes."
"Originally three treasure lands, each allocated thirty years; the Primordial Dao Treasury was five years less, and the Hundred Fathoms Void was ten years more."
After Zhao Xing left seclusion, he immediately asked for a quiet cultivation residence.
The Five Poison Emperor still controlled the guide grass man, guiding Zhao Xing all the way, and letting him be used as a servant.
"I want three Ding-Nine battle puppets as actual combat opponents."
"In addition, I want wild third-realm plant troop types of all categories of the four systems."
Zhao Xing made requests to the guide grass man.
"Can the Primordial Realm provide these cultivation materials?"
"No problem," the Five Poison Emperor answered quickly. "You will be able to go to the custom venue for actual combat drills in three days; do you have any other requirements?"
It's just that Zhao Xing waved his hand lightly, indicating that he had no more, not to disturb him, and then ignored the Five Poison Emperor again.
After the Five Poison Emperor turned around, he laughed dumbly.
He, a dignified Emperor, was being used as a servant, and the other party was indifferent; although the other party didn't know, but... it seemed quite interesting?
"After taking him as a disciple, I'll tell him about this; I wonder what his expression will be."
Three days later, the custom cultivation field of the Primordial Realm, on a primary life realm star.
"Swish swish swish~"
In the desert terrain of the realm star, three 'Ding-Nine' type mechanical puppets descended.
They exuded a cold metallic luster, and their overall figure was tall and burly, standing like a small mountain.
The face was a smooth metal plate with strange runes engraved on it, and the runes flickered with eerie green light, as if performing precise calculations.
"Click click click~"
The three mechanical puppets were all peak combat powers comparable to the Five Elements Dao Domain realm, and they were fully functional, possessing super high combat awareness.
Each palm could instantly transform into various weapons; sometimes sharp blades would pop out, cold and biting; sometimes sharp steel needles would shoot out, densely packed.
In the distant desert, a green skyline appeared.
It was advancing towards the desert.
Crossing this lifeline, Zhao Xing's true body appeared above a 'Soul Tree', looking at the three 'Ding-Nine' level battle puppets from afar.
"The mechanical puppet's figure is relatively flexible, and the shell material is made of a special metal, fused with magic arrays."
"The Ding-Nine series of battle puppets are all-rounders; using them to test cultivation results is the most appropriate."
Withdrawing his gaze, Zhao Xing landed on that green lifeline.
Vines surged, beginning to madly invade the terrain of the desert.
The desert was disappearing at an astonishing speed, replaced by green vegetation.
"Custom cultivation field, 80% is land, 20% is ocean, and half of the land is desert."
"With my current ability, I can control a large number of plant troop types to cover the entire planet."
"The moment I cover the planet, the entire planet becomes my territory, and I will be in an invincible position; the three puppets can only be manipulated by me."
The troop-flooding style of the Self-Nature Faction Agronomist, if the plants are spread out and occupy the arena, then it is very difficult to be turned over in an arena battle.
Zhao Xing can use plant troop types to hide, and even jump, to exhaust the opponent to death.
"The opponent is constantly consuming spiritual power, and the spiritual power will be absorbed by the plants and transmitted to the underground position I want through the roots."
"As the other side wanes, the opponent will be defeated before long; this is the terror of the troop-flooding style after it spreads out."
A small number of troop types cannot squeeze the opponent's living space; of course, those that are particularly heaven-defying and powerful can directly defeat the opponent, each having its own advantages.
"Boom boom boom boom~"
The Ding-Nine puppets also immediately analyzed the situation, so they began to impact the life defense line, actively looking for Zhao Xing's position.
The Ding-Nine puppets were inlaid with colorful gems; these gems were not just decorations, but the core where their energy gathered.
One of the puppets' weapons was a retractable long whip; the whip body was woven from tough metal wires, and the whip tip was extremely sharp.
During combat, it could shuttle through the battlefield at a very fast speed, and the long whip in its hand was like a nimble poisonous snake, drawing beautiful arcs in the air, cutting the roots of the plant life.
The second "Ding-Nine" mechanical puppet had the most peculiar appearance; its body seemed to be composed of countless gears and parts, constantly rotating and opening and closing, making a creaking sound.
Its head was a huge circular device, covered with various sensing magic arrays, and its weapon was a huge energy cannon, installed on its back.
Through the magic cannon and sensing, it looked for Zhao Xing's position.
The third Ding-Nine puppet emitted a dazzling beam of light from its eyes; wherever the beam went, everything was instantly turned into ashes, and its power and range were extremely large.
Coordinating with each other, the three mechanical battle puppets approached Zhao Xing's position quickly.
"It's useless, I can change places at any time," Zhao Xing and the Soul Tree quickly sank into the ground and appeared on the other side.
When the three Ding-Nine puppets invaded, they found that there was no sign of Zhao Xing here, except for highly aggressive plant troop types.
They tried to continue detecting and tracking.
"Bang!"
Three mushrooms exploded around the three battle puppets.
The Ding-Nine puppets were all frozen in the first instance, lasting about two and a half seconds.
Watching the remaining explosion aftermath ravage their bodies.
"Not bad, the Void Solidification combined with the poison explosion mushroom species; these years of practice were not in vain," Zhao Xing smiled.
This was a second mushroom template he mastered after practicing the Stem Bucket supernatural power, referring to the Diamond Mushroom, and after practicing in the 【Hundred Fathoms Void】.
Void Diamond Mushroom!
"Possessing the 'Void Solidification' supernatural power of the Cloud-Touching Vine, and the explosion power of the Diamond Mushroom."
"Freezing it first and then exploding it is much stronger than the original single Diamond Mushroom."
The Diamond Mushroom, back then, could overturn Xilin's life magic array, almost making her go berserk.
Now this troop type had been upgraded by Zhao Xing again!
"Tracking? Tracking, and you'll get bombed!" Zhao Xing's mouth showed a sinister smile.
The Five Poison Emperor was outside the planet, quietly watching this custom exercise, and his expression became extremely wonderful.
"Yes, too right!"
"You kid is truly a beast; I like this move!"
Zhao Xing's sinister mutation method directly made the Five Poison Emperor watch with excitement.
Some mushrooms looked like Star Illusion Mushrooms on the surface, but he didn't expect Zhao Xing to be able to mutate into 'Void Explosion Mushrooms' before moving.
"I really didn't misjudge you; you should be under my tutelage," the Five Poison Emperor also laughed sinisterly.
The drill ended quickly, and Zhao Xing made new requests.
"Lower the spiritual energy index of the cultivation field planet to 10, and from the moment I start fighting, the spiritual energy will begin to dissipate."
Zhao Xing began to actively increase the intensity for himself, because if the spiritual energy environment was abundant, he found that the Ding-Nine puppets were not his opponents at all.
Even the Bing-Nine series wouldn't work!
If there were no accidents, the venues set for the final round of the Primordial Realm would also be mostly spiritual energy-deficient types.
So starting now, he had to perform precise calculations of spiritual energy usage during combat.
If spiritual energy was limited, then for the troop-flooding style, one had to reasonably match and utilize every combat troop type.
Originally, this request was not within the services provided by the Primordial Realm, but the Five Poison Emperor looked at the rules and found that it didn't say that Zhao Xing's request couldn't be satisfied.
And so, he did it himself, and according to Zhao Xing's request, continued to customize the battle venue.
The first year passed, and Zhao Xing began to fight in an environment with a spiritual energy index of 10.
10 spiritual energy, for a troop-flooding style Agronomist in the Great Supernatural Power realm, was already an extremely harsh environment.
Zhao Xing had to use his mind for ten thousand purposes, striving to perform micro-manipulation on every troop type.
In the second year, Zhao Xing made a request to the Five Poison Emperor again.
"Increase the chaos index to 90, lower the spiritual energy index to five, and double the dissipation speed."
Fighting like this for a year, even if the Ding-Nine puppets were increased to one hundred, they couldn't keep up with Zhao Xing's training intensity.
In the third year, Zhao Xing changed to Bing-Nine puppets.
Time passed, and there was only one month left before the final assessment of the Primordial Realm.
The Five Poison Emperor controlled the guide grass man and transmitted a message to Zhao Xing.
"Beihe Star System Zhao Xing, your cultivation should stop; there is only one month left before the final assessment, and the Primordial Realm has released the latest preparation details, please check them."
Shoo~
Green wings stretched out from Zhao Xing's back, and he appeared on the boat outside the realm star.
"Start the boat, send me back to the contestant residential area," Zhao Xing ordered the guide grass man, and then took out his Star Mirror to check.
【Beihe Star System Zhao Xing, please return to the temporary contestant residence in two days to prepare for the final assessment.】
【Your competition sector is the Self-Nature Faction Agronomist, combat sector.】
【Before the competition system is announced, you will undergo the final inspection and preparation process.】
"As expected," Zhao Xing's gaze fell on 'inspection and preparation process'.
"Over a hundred years, thousands of people were taken away; either they were found to have committed heinous crimes in this life, and their qualification to participate was stripped. Or they were found to be Reincarnation realm reincarnations, having deep hatred for the Empire."
"Now they are going to perform another screening; I don't remember it being so strict in my memory."
"There are too many Reincarnation realm reincarnations from the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom; the Empire is probably preparing an inspection similar to heart-questioning."
When he obtained the territory rewarded by the Beihe Lord, Qiao Song said that citizens could not be killed, but secondary citizens could be killed at will.
Any hatred or places that violated the Empire's laws, as long as it wasn't a treasonous act, could be wiped clean.
This actually explained that treason could not be tolerated.
If it was hidden, it couldn't be escaped at this pass.
Zhao Xing closed the Star Mirror and waited quietly for the inspection to come.
He believed that with Qing Yuzi's endorsement, the things he promised earlier would definitely not be repeated here.
Primordial Realm, temporary residential area, in a star city numbered Agronomist 28.
Emperor Chenjiu appeared above the city.
Shoo shoo shoo shoo~
He held a mechanical disk in his hand, emitting a soft light, and then all the contestants in the star city fell into a deep sleep.
The next moment, the artifact spirit of the Great Evolution Divine Soldier, Chenjiu, turned into countless phantoms and appeared in the bedrooms of the contestants.
Whenever Emperor Chenjiu appeared, the contestants had dreams.
The theme of the dream was based on the battles experienced by the Empire, or the great purges, putting people in them.
If one chose to be a traitor, a spy, or made moves that harmed the Empire's interests, then they would be directly expelled.
If one didn't identify with the Empire, and the degree was relatively light, they would be compiled into the 【Reincarnation Group】.
In short, the Empire would not raise ungrateful wretches.
Of course, they wouldn't kill everyone with one stick; even those who didn't identify for the time being would have the opportunity to be infected and develop a sense of identification in the future.
Only those who made extreme choices in their dreams would be eliminated and expelled.
"Swish swish swish~"
Emperor Chenjiu inspected them one by one, and soon eighteen people were taken away in city number 28, and more than 500 people were marked as entering the Reincarnation Group.
Among them was Han Chuchen, who interfered with the affairs of the Reincarnation God Temple and was reincarnated unfortunately.
When walking to Zhao Xing's room, Emperor Chenjiu was about to look at Zhao Xing's dream, but suddenly he stopped his steps, because a voice stopped him.
"No need to look at him; wake him up and compile him normally."
Chenjiu nodded respectfully: "Yes."
As the artifact spirit of the Great Evolution Divine Soldier, Chenjiu's status was very high, and his permission was even above Zuo Qiyu's.
There were not many people who could order him; the Emperor of the Red Star Empire and that God realm ancestor counted as one.
Now he had received an order from the God realm.
Waving his hand, Emperor Chenjiu let Zhao Xing naturally break away from the dream after half an hour, and then flew away quickly.
Half an hour later, Zhao Xing woke up.
"I had a dream?" Zhao Xing began to review the dream.
"In the dream, I became a border general of the Red Star Empire, guarding a star pass; billions of great demons pressed the border, forcing me to surrender, otherwise my body and spirit would be destroyed."
"And I firmly believed that the Empire would come to support, holding on to the end; even if the city was broken, I had merits, because I delayed for a long time."
"It seems I passed this pass," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
At the end of the dream, he also received a reward; this was unlikely to be anything bad.
Everything that followed was as if nothing had happened; Zhao Xing didn't know how many contestants there were in the first place, so even if there were fewer now, he wouldn't know.
Yanshen Star System, Meng Wu received specific intelligence.
"3, 48 people were eliminated, one-tenth of whom were killed directly, and the rest were expelled or imprisoned."
"More than a thousand people are to be locked up here with me?"
Meng Wu read it once and snorted: "Truly restless."
He continued to read, and then saw a result that made him frown.
"Eighty-five percent of the Reincarnation realms were actually compiled into the Reincarnation Group?"
"The proportion of Agronomists is even higher, actually ninety percent; hmph! Dreaming!"
Meng Wu could understand that those Reincarnation realms didn't have a sense of belonging to the Red Star Empire for the time being; after all, in the long years, the Empire's few hundred years were insignificant.
The proportion of Agronomists here was higher; Meng Wu estimated that some people entered the Primordial Realm to steal the top-level spell techniques of the Agronomist profession in the Primordial Realm.
Understanding was understanding, but it didn't mean he wouldn't be angry.
"That is, I'm not the one in charge; if it were me, I wouldn't compile any Reincarnation Group, just lock them all up and refine them," Meng Wu muttered.
Glancing at the list, Zhao Xing's name was not in the Reincarnation Group.
For some reason, he breathed a sigh of relief.
The Empire's biggest harvest in the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom was not those Reincarnation realms, but Zhao Xing, who was only in the Essence realm.
One had to know that this person used the Time Page to kidnap many Emperors to come, and even had a relationship with Qing Yuzi!
Although Meng Wu didn't know what his teacher had in mind and didn't know the specific inside story, Zhao Xing was so important; if he identified with the Empire, it was obviously better.
"Wu Tian, come out to work! A large batch of prisoners will arrive soon, you have to train them well for me!"
"After finishing this wave, you can be released from prison!"
A helpless voice came from Erliang Slope: "Hey, evil fate..."
【Beihe Star System Zhao Xing, the competition rules of the Primordial Realm have been released, please read them carefully.】
On the night after Emperor Chenjiu left, Zhao Xing received the competition details in his Star Mirror.
【Agronomist Self-Nature Faction, combat sector, the remaining number of people is 150, 00 in total.】
【Divided into four stages in total】
【Preliminary stage: Set up 2, 00 arenas, each arena arranges 75 people. 150, 00 Agronomists are randomly assigned to each arena, and the contestants in the same arena conduct a melee; the final winner of each arena can enter the Primordial Realm and obtain the qualification to take on a master.】
"It's about what I expected; the Self-Nature Faction combat sector only wants about 2, 00 people in the end."
"The six sectors of the Agronomists only have about ten thousand people," Zhao Xing continued to read down.
【Semifinal stage: Set up 400 arenas, randomly assign the 2, 00 contestants who advanced from the preliminary stage, 5 people per arena. Adopt a round-robin system; every contestant competes with the other 4 contestants in the same arena, and according to the number of wins and losses and the point ranking, the top 2 contestants in each arena advance to the semifinals.】
"The round-robin system allows contestants to fully demonstrate their strength and avoid being eliminated due to one mistake," Zhao Xing nodded.
Passing the preliminary stage counts as entering the Primordial Realm; the subsequent multi-round competition system is just to determine what kind of master to take and what kind of treatment to obtain based on performance.
That is, based on performance, determine the subsequent cultivation resources!
【Semifinal stage: Set up 80 arenas, randomly assign the 800 contestants who advanced from the semifinals, 10 people per arena. First conduct a group point competition; contestants duel in pairs, the winner scores, the loser does not score.】
【According to the point ranking, the top 2 contestants in each arena advance to the finals. A total of 160 people advance】
The group point competition system can both ensure the fairness of the competition and allow contestants to have more opportunities to show their strength.
【Final stage: Set up 1 final arena, and concentrate the 160 contestants who advanced from the semifinals here.】
【The finals adopt a knockout system; draw lots to decide the dueling parties, the loser is eliminated, the winner continues, until the final number one is decided.】
"It seems the Primordial Realm thinks that by the finals, these 160 people are not much different," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
"Being able to enter the finals, the resources won't be too different, only differing in teachers."
"Even if one is eliminated as soon as they enter the finals, there is still a chance to perform, and it's not impossible to take on a good teacher."
Screened from the billions of geniuses in the entire Red Star Empire, there is no need to subdivide to single digits in the end.
Because the Empire has many resources, it is more than enough to allocate a small part to 160 geniuses.
Therefore, the resources stipulated are consistent for the 160 people in the finals.
It's just that there is a difference in implicit resources like taking on a master; the reason for having a final is to let the strong in the Primordial Realm see more clearly and pick students.
Only when the paths are the same can one teach well, otherwise it will mislead the students.
"Survive the preliminary melee, and I can enter the Primordial Realm," Zhao Xing raised his eyebrows with some excitement.
"But taking on a master is the biggest benefit, and there is a big difference in that."
It is also the Reincarnation realm; taking on a senior Reincarnation realm, elite Reincarnation realm, or Emperor-level Reincarnation realm expert is a world of difference.
"If I can enter the top ten, I might be taken as a disciple by a half-god."
Zhao Xing took a deep breath and began to wait in the center of the hall of the residential room.
The contestants' rooms were all specially made, and there was a teleportation magic array in the center of the hall.
The magic array was circular, and there was a countdown jumping on the ground.
It showed that only 48 hours were left.
"Preliminary first round, 75 people; I just need to beat the other seventy-four people in the arena."
Zhao Xing walked into the circle, sat cross-legged, cleared all thoughts, and adjusted his state to the peak.
Time passed second by second, and the biological clock in his body was completely consistent with the countdown of the magic array on the ground.
When the countdown ended, Zhao Xing opened his eyes, and then the teleportation magic array lit up with a burst of light.
End of Chapter
