Chapter 431: Meeting the Heavenly God

In the void arena, the hundred-plus Heaven-Flying Reserve Members were all filled with disbelief. Ji Yan, who had hoped Qi Xia would avenge him, had a face full of incredulity.

"Lost so miserably?"

"Just now, did Qi Xia's soul attack have no effect on Xu Yuan at all?" The other Heaven-Flying Reserve Members were all shocked.

Li Yuan easily defeating Ji Yan just now had let them know this newcomer was not to be trifled with.

But they never expected him to be this formidable.

Qi Xia had relied on her powerful soul attack to secure her position as the number one Heaven-Flying Saint Child in the Ancient City, unshakable.

Yet now, she had suffered a crushing defeat!

"Looking across the entire world, Xu Yuan should be the strongest Heaven-Flying rank of this generation." Many Heaven-Flying Reserve Members had this thought flash through their minds.

"Xu Yuan won."

"A miracle! Participating in the trial battle for the first time and rushing to the Heaven-Flying number one. Formidable!"

"Too formidable, actually winning so easily. It was simply without suspense." On the entire square, the ten thousand Heaven-Flying Demigod geniuses from over a thousand teams erupted into a burst of noise, all feeling somewhat incredulous.

Winning was one thing.

The key was that he won too easily. Qi Xia was defeated in a flash. Anyone with eyes could see that the strength of the two sides was not on the same level at all.

"This is a powerhouse of our Yuan Kingdom."

"Good." The twenty-plus geniuses from the Yuan Kingdom, even though most of them weren't familiar with Li Yuan at all, felt honored.

"Number one! First Saint Child!" Jiang Xuan was incomparably excited: "Brother Xu is the First Saint Child."

"Formidable." Baili Teng sighed: "A few months ago, when I first met Brother Xu Yuan, I knew he would shine in the Ancient Awakening City, but I didn't expect him to seize the title of First Saint Child in one go."

Jiang Shan's face also had a smile he couldn't hide.

"First Saint Child." Jiang Shan had a thought in his heart: "Perhaps, I can ask Brother Xu Yuan for help in the future, but that will have to wait until Brother Xu Yuan becomes a True God."

On the viewing platform high in the void, the thousand-plus Void Gods were also in a commotion.

"The rumors were indeed true."

"I wasn't sure before, but in the battle between Xu Yuan and Qi Xia, not only did he easily block Qi Xia's soul attack, but he even caused Qi Xia to be hit in return... Qi Xia's soul attack is the most top-tier level among countless peak Demigod powerhouses." A Void God said slowly: "If the soul attack is strong, the soul defense naturally won't be weak."

"Xu Yuan's soul attack level is likely at the Void God level." Other Void Gods expressed agreement.

"Yes."

"In terms of material attack, Xu Yuan isn't actually too heaven-defying. Even if he takes out his weapon and erupts with full strength, I estimate he is at the peak Demigod level... but assisted by soul attack, he is likely a terrifying type among peak Demigods. Not many people can withstand it."

"Mm!"

"At the Heaven-Flying rank, his soul will is already this strong. Once he breaks through to become a Demigod... I dare not imagine." The Void Gods who led the teams here were mostly peak Void Gods, and their vision was quite good.

They couldn't see the clues in the battle between Li Yuan and Ji Yan.

But they could see the clues in the battle between Li Yuan and Qi Xia, and they felt Li Yuan's extraordinariness even more.

"Good, First Saint Child." The Void God Shaxi's smile couldn't be hidden: "This is the first case in the history of our Yuan Kingdom. Once the Kingdom Lord knows, I fear he will also feel happy."

Heaven-Flying rank, challenging for the first time and becoming the First Saint Child, was rare in the hundreds of millions of years of history of the Ancient Awakening City, let alone the Yuan Kingdom, which only had a history of over ten thousand years.

"Look, Shaxi isn't pretending anymore."

"Just now he was telling us that it would be a success if Xu Yuan could rush into the top ten, now he isn't hiding it at all."

"Sure enough, his low profile was all an act." Other Void Gods laughed.

"I really didn't expect Xu Yuan to be this formidable." The Void God Shaxi smiled.

"This guy, still pretending! He must be secretly happy in his heart, it's just a pity that our kingdom can't produce such a genius." These Void Gods chatted wantonly.

Whoosh!

After Li Yuan won the challenge, he flew down to the "waiting platform" beside the void arena under the guidance of an invisible force and sat down on an empty jade platform.

The group of Heaven-Flying Reserve Members beside him looked at each other.

No one came up to greet him, but no one came to mock him either. Like Ji Yan, he turned his head and didn't look at Li Yuan at all... These Reserve Members all knew that this newly promoted Heaven-Flying number one "Xu Yuan" was not someone they could imagine in terms of future achievements.

Time passed.

After Li Yuan, the other thirty-plus Heaven-Flying ranks who participated in the challenge started their own challenges one after another.

Failed!

Won!

Won!

... The Heaven-Flying ranks who dared to challenge naturally had confidence, and in the end, more than half of them successfully challenged the one hundredth place, it was just difficult to continue challenging further up.

In the end, except for Li Yuan, the strongest Heaven-Flying newcomer "Jin Zhen" successfully challenged the sixtieth place among the Reserve Members.

If it were in the past, his battle record would also be incomparably dazzling, and he would have hope of rushing to become a "Saint Child" after cultivating in the Ancient Awakening City for decades.

But with Li Yuan in front, it couldn't trigger too much debate.

"Very good."

"Among the Heaven-Flying ranks of this session, quite a few elite geniuses have emerged, and they even have the courage to challenge." The True God Chi Yang had a faint smile on his face: "Good, all remaining Heaven-Flying Demigods, enter the trial channel, let's see how many people can pass the basic trial and become Reserve Members of our Ancient Awakening City."

Whoosh!

An invisible force instantly shrouded the entire square, and the ten thousand Heaven-Flying Demigod geniuses were quickly sent into spatial channels one after another.

"This Ancient Awakening City's use of space is indeed formidable." Li Yuan sighed secretly.

A force with Heavenly Gods and a force without Heavenly Gods were completely different.

About half an hour later.

The assessment of the ten thousand Heaven-Flying Demigods had all ended.

Heaven-Flying rank, only twenty-plus passed the assessment to become "Heaven-Flying Reserve Members." Adding the twenty-plus who succeeded in Li Yuan's challenge, there were a total of fifty.

Nine thousand people! Only about fifty passed the trial assessment! This probability was very, very low.

The other fourteen geniuses of the Yuan Kingdom, including Jiang Xuan, all failed, just as the Void God Shaxi had predicted before.

However, these nine thousand failed Heaven-Flying ranks still had five years.

In the following five years, they could cultivate in the Awakening Star Realm, and after five years, they could accept a trial assessment again... If they could pass the trial channel then, they could become Reserve Members again.

Heaven-Flying ranks still had opportunities, but Demigods were much more cruel. Once they failed, there was no chance to come again.

Of course, the Ancient Awakening City seemed to have lower requirements for Demigod Reserve Members. Among the six thousand Demigods who participated in the trial, more than one thousand Demigods finally passed the trial.

Like the ten Demigods of the Yuan Kingdom, four passed the test, including Jiang Shan, Baili Teng, and Wu Beihong. It could be said that the probability of passing was extremely high.

Clearly.

At the Demigod stage, the cultivation conditions and genius selection mechanism within the Yuan Kingdom were obviously much higher than those of ordinary kingdoms.

"I announce that the Reserve Member trial selection for this session of the Ancient Awakening City is officially over." The True God Chi Yang looked down at the thousand-plus successful trial-takers below, including Li Yuan, Jin Zhen, and others.

The True God Chi Yang said slowly: "For all Reserve Members who passed the assessment, congratulations on joining the Ancient Awakening City. I hope that one day in the future, the Ancient City can be proud of you."

"Yes." The thousand-plus Demigods and dozens of Heaven-Flying ranks all bowed respectfully, most of them feeling a trace of excitement in their hearts.

Starry Sky Ancient City!!

It was the strongest cultivation holy land in heaven and earth.

It could be said that anyone who could join the Ancient Awakening City would see their hope of becoming a True God soar directly.

The True God Chi Yang looked at the thousands of Demigods who didn't pass the assessment: "You don't have to be discouraged either. Return to your respective kingdoms to cultivate, and you will have hope of becoming Void Gods or even True Gods in the future... Once you become a Void God, you will have the qualification to join the Awakening Star Guard."

"If you become a True God, you can also join our Ancient Awakening City again and become a core layer in one go."

"In short, always keep hope in your heart." The True God Chi Yang said: "Our Ancient Awakening City will always open its doors to super powerhouses."

For the Ancient Awakening City, resources were limited, and there were naturally quotas for the Heaven-Flying and Demigods that could be vigorously cultivated.

But if they could cultivate to become Void Gods or even True Gods in the subordinate kingdoms... they were also valuable.

Especially True Gods!!

Every True God was a very important combat force and must be won over as much as possible.

"Failed Heaven-Flying ranks, stay where you are. In the next five years, you will cultivate in this suspended city. Be sure to work hard and seize the opportunity." The True God Chi Yang said.

"Now, Reserve Members follow the Awakening Star Guards, enter the Ancient Awakening City, and cultivate in the Divine Fire Hall from now on."

"Xu Yuan, come with me." The True God Chi Yang finished saying everything and flew into the high place.

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, and after transmitting two sentences to Jiang Shan, Jiang Xuan, and others, he flew to follow.

The two disappeared into the void clouds and mist rapidly.

"Let's go."

"Entering the Starry Sky Ancient City."

"For the next few hundred years, we will have to stay in the Ancient Awakening City for a long time." The thousand-plus Reserve Members also flew toward the Starry Sky Ancient City one after another, following the dozens of Awakening Star Guards.

According to the rules of the Ancient Awakening City, Heaven-Flying ranks and Demigods had to cultivate in the Awakening Star Realm for a long time, and could only leave when conducting some trials.

In a sense, this was a kind of protection.

Once they became gods, they were official members of the Ancient Awakening City and would be much freer... If they became True Gods, they would have hope of being sent out to become the Kingdom Lord of a kingdom, which would be extremely powerful.

"Little sister." Jiang Shan said while flying, transmitting to Jiang Xuan: "Don't be lax in your cultivation in these five years, seize the opportunity... If you can pass the trial after five years, you can see Xu Yuan again."

"Mm, big brother, I will definitely work hard." Jiang Xuan stood on the spot, transmitting back.

"Brother Xu becoming a Saint Child, and big brother successfully becoming a Reserve Member." Jiang Xuan thought secretly: "I must also work hard."

Her heart was also filled with fighting spirit.

In terms of age, she had only cultivated for less than sixty years, which was very young among the Heaven-Flying ranks. Whether it was law talent or star pulse talent, they were both quite good... it was just that wanting to reach the requirements of a Reserve Member within five years was quite difficult.

Time passed, and the ten thousand people gradually separated.

Not long ago, their identities were all the same, but now they had been divided into several levels.

The worst ones lost the opportunity to join the Ancient Awakening City directly and could only return to the kingdom to cultivate.

The middle ones still had opportunities and hope.

And the strongest and most dazzling one was naturally Li Yuan, who soared into the sky to become the Heaven-Flying First Saint Child and was led into the city alone by the True God Chi Yang.

Li Yuan was carried by the force induced by the True God Chi Yang. The two flew extremely fast, and only ten seconds later, they had passed through layers of clouds and mist and arrived above the Ancient Awakening City.

From here, one could overlook the entire Ancient Awakening City.

"So big." Li Yuan overlooked the massive city below, which stretched for likely hundreds of thousands of kilometers. Most of the area was covered by clouds and mist.

But one could also see many infinitely majestic palaces. Many buildings, judging by the naked eye alone, were likely hundreds of kilometers majestic.

Worthy of the name of a divine city.

The most dazzling one was the spherical building at the end of the heavens and earth, standing above the Ancient Awakening City, as if on a star. That spherical building emitted seven-colored rays of light, illuminating the entire heavens and earth.

"That is?" Li Yuan held his breath.

"That is the Heavenly God Palace, only Heavenly Gods have the qualification to enter." The True God Chi Yang said slowly, a trace of reverence in his eyes: "It is also the 'Inheritance Artifact' of our Ancient Awakening City, the number one artifact of this world—Heavenly Star!"

Inheritance artifact? Heavenly Star? Li Yuan looked from afar.

According to what he knew.

In the Divine Domain, the reason why each Starry Sky Ancient City could have such great power, and even be passed down for hundreds of millions of years.

First, the Starry Sky Ancient City itself was extremely strong. Even a peak True God, as long as they controlled the Ancient City, could resist the attacks of Heavenly Gods.

Second, it was the inheritance artifact. Once a Heavenly God held the inheritance artifact, their strength would soar.

Third, it was teleportation! The interior of the Starry Sky Ancient City contained vast voids, and even had the ability to teleport and break boundaries, almost impossible to be blocked... Even if besieged, the interior of the Starry Sky Ancient City could operate on its own.

Many reasons made the Starry Sky Ancient City's reputation extremely great.

"Xu Yuan, your talent is extremely high." The True God Chi Yang looked at Li Yuan with a smile: "If one day in the future, you can comprehend the Great Dao and become a Heavenly God... perhaps you can also become the next generation of City Lord and hold the Heavenly Star."

"Senior flatters me." Li Yuan shook his head.

"Haha, don't be humble. At least your talent is the highest I have seen in ten thousand years." The True God Chi Yang's voice boomed: "Young man, you should have the ambition of a young man. It's not just me who thinks highly of you, the Heavenly God also thinks highly of you."

"Heavenly God?" Li Yuan was stunned.

"Correct."

"The one I am taking you to see now is the current City Lord of our Ancient Awakening City, 'Heavenly God Tai You'." The True God Chi Yang smiled: "Otherwise, why would I bring you alone? Normally, although you are a Saint Child, you still belong to the Reserve Members, and you would just go to the Divine Fire Hall with others."

Li Yuan realized.

"The news of you becoming a Heaven-Flying Saint Child was reported by me immediately, and Heavenly God Tai You ordered me to bring you to see him after the trial battle ended." The True God Chi Yang said: "Of course, perhaps the True God Jiang Yuan had already sent a message to Heavenly God Tai You."

"In short, a summons from a Heavenly God is incomparably rare."

"Even Heaven-Flying Saint Children and Demigod Saint Children, most of them don't get a summons." The True God Chi Yang said: "After all, the vast majority of Saint Children only become ordinary True Gods in the end... and your potential is clearly different, you have hope of rushing to become a Heavenly God."

Li Yuan was shocked in his heart.

A summons from a Heavenly God? And the current City Lord of the Ancient Awakening City? This was something Li Yuan never expected.

"Let's go."

"Ordinary Reserve Members must walk along the city gates and streets, they have no qualification to fly in the high altitude... Wait until you get the Saint Child Token, then you will have the qualification." The True God Chi Yang said: "With the Saint Child Token, you can mobilize the power of the protective array in the core kingdoms and many garrison lands controlled by the Ancient Awakening City."

"This is the privilege."

"The status of a Saint Child is slightly lower than a True God, but the protection is much higher." The True God Chi Yang said.

As the Hall Master of the Divine Fire Hall, the True God Chi Yang's strength was not as strong as the True God Jiang Yuan, but it was also extremely powerful... He didn't care about ordinary Saint Children.

But for Li Yuan, he was very patient, constantly explaining to Li Yuan, allowing Li Yuan to have a deeper understanding of the entire Ancient Awakening City.

"When meeting the Heavenly God, be neither humble nor pushy, just don't be impolite." The True God Chi Yang said: "Heavenly God Tai You is extremely protective of the younger generation."

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior." Li Yuan said respectfully.

After a good while.

The two crossed more than half of the Ancient Awakening City and arrived in front of a majestic palace.

This place was not far from the Heavenly God Palace.

Guarding outside the palace were Awakening Star Guards at the Void God level, and their auras were exceptionally powerful.

"True God Chi Yang." The leader of the Awakening Star Guards smiled: "This must be Xu Yuan. The Heavenly God just sent a message to me, ordering you to enter."

"Trouble." The True God Chi Yang said. These Awakening Star Guards were only Void Gods.

But as attendants of the Heavenly God, he naturally didn't want to offend them.

Leading Li Yuan, the two passed through layers of corridors and one palace after another... and finally arrived at a hall in the depths.

The hall was not large and was empty.

Only a thin figure dressed in green robes was sitting cross-legged on a jade platform, wearing an exceptionally large robe, and both the robe and him seemed somewhat uncoordinated.

However, the green-robed figure emitted an extremely vast aura of fire laws. At first glance, it was as if he were the incarnation of the Great Dao of heaven and earth origin.

"Heavenly God." The True God Chi Yang bowed respectfully: "Xu Yuan brought."

"Xu Yuan, pays respects to the Heavenly God." Li Yuan also bowed respectfully, not even daring to raise his head to look directly.

The pressure emitted by Heavenly God Tai You was not strong, but it gave Li Yuan a feeling of invincibility, as if an ant were looking up at a divine dragon.

"Mm."

"Participating in the trial battle for the first time and seizing the title of Heaven-Flying Saint Child, and being so young... logically, you have the qualification to be taken in as a disciple by me or other Heavenly Gods." Heavenly God Tai You's voice was gentle.

Li Yuan listened quietly.

Logically? That meant it wouldn't be according to logic.

"But you have already been taken in as a disciple by another Heavenly God, and you are also the junior brother of the True God Jiang Yuan... so it is not convenient for us to take you in as a disciple." Heavenly God Tai You continued.

Li Yuan was very calm, while the True God Chi Yang on the side looked at Li Yuan with some surprise.

Already a disciple of a Heavenly God? And a junior brother of Jiang Yuan?

If this news spread, it would definitely be big news.

"But since you have joined our Ancient Awakening City and are of the Jiang Yuan lineage, you are naturally also the core of our Ancient Awakening City." Heavenly God Tai You said: "We will cultivate you with all our strength, and we hope you will not live up to expectations."

"Whoosh!"

Heavenly God Tai You waved his hand, and a storage treasure and a token flew out.

"You seized the title of First Saint Child. Normally, the reward is ten thousand Divine Crystals, but since it is your first time participating, the reward is increased tenfold. This is one hundred thousand Divine Crystals, all in the storage treasure." Heavenly God Tai You said: "The other token is the Saint Child Token, in which I have added some permissions... From now on, in our Ancient Awakening City, you are equivalent to a True God."

"Except for you, among the dozens of Saint Children in our Ancient Awakening City now, only Jing Kui has a status equivalent to yours."

"You should have seen Jing Kui."

Jing Kui?

Li Yuan was secretly shocked, and had already understood Jing Kui's status... In the Ancient Awakening City, he should be the most valued Demigod.

"All your usage permissions are the same as other Heaven-Flying Saint Children."

"But I will bestow upon you another treasure." Heavenly God Tai You said: "You can go to the Myriad Laws Palace and choose a 'Law Mirror' for your own cultivation. Which type of Law Mirror you want, you decide for yourself."

"Yes." Li Yuan was pleasantly surprised in his heart.

Law Mirror? He had used one before, so he naturally knew what kind of opportunity this was.

"Law Mirror?" The True God Chi Yang on the side was somewhat envious. Even he had never obtained such a cultivation wonder.

The Ancient Awakening City had Heavenly Gods sitting in it for generations.

Before each Heavenly God passed away, they mostly condensed Law True Rivers, Law Mirrors... Over the long years, there were quite a few similar treasures in the Ancient Awakening City.

But the quantity was ultimately limited.

The vast majority of Heaven-Flying Saint Children and Demigod Saint Children didn't have the qualification to come into contact with this kind of treasure, only the top geniuses could.

"Additionally."

"If you cross into the Demigod rank as soon as possible, with your cultivation speed, perhaps you can also gain something in the Ancestral Realm battle." Heavenly God Tai You said: "But how to decide... you decide for yourself."

"Chi Yang, take Xu Yuan to the Divine Fire Hall."

"Yes." The True God Chi Yang nodded and led Li Yuan out of the hall.

... Inside the hall.

Heavenly God Tai You was still sitting quietly on the jade platform, saying softly: "Heavenly Star, how is the observation?"

"Tai You, he is not a creature of our world." A low voice sounded: "The origin of heaven and earth is slightly repulsive to him. Although because his strength is weak, the repulsion is very slight, it cannot deceive my perception."

Clearly, this low voice was the artifact spirit of the Ancient Awakening City's inheritance artifact "Heavenly Star."

"Mm." Heavenly God Tai You nodded slightly, as if he had already known.

"Additionally."

"From his body, I sensed a familiar source aura." The Heavenly Star artifact spirit said in a low voice: "He should be involved with another inheritance artifact... but it is not the Evergreen Ancient City or the Heavenly Snake Ancient City, and I cannot judge accurately. After all, I am not the first-generation artifact spirit."

"Involved with other inheritance artifacts?" Heavenly God Tai You's eyes rarely flashed with a trace of surprise.

"Perhaps."

"In his hometown world, there should also be a Starry Sky Ancient City, and he is a core member of it." Heavenly God Tai You said slowly: "There is no need to be too surprised." 【431

"Tai You, since that is the case, why must you still cultivate him?" the Heavenly Star artifact spirit said in a low voice.

"This world is more mysterious than you imagine."

"Back then, our world's space-time was isolated... the three ancient star cities, the Ancestral Realm..." God Tai You said softly: "Can such a situation be maintained forever? The Ancestral Realm has already undergone changes. Millions of years ago, geniuses from outside the domain began to descend into our world one after another, and gods have also begun to be able to leave along the Ancestral Realm... What will the future hold?"

"Do you still remember God Guyun?"

The Heavenly Star artifact spirit could not help but be stunned.

How could it not remember? Tens of millions of years ago, that towering man traversed the world, stirred up endless storms, and beat it and the other two inheritance artifacts into a steady retreat.

"The matter of God Guyun was a mistake. As the current City Lord, I cannot let history repeat itself..."

"Xu Yuan, although not a life from our world, poses no threat to my Juexing Ancient City, nor is he our enemy."

"If cultivated with care, perhaps there will be unexpected gains in the future." God Tai You said slowly: "Besides, Jiang Yuan has already accepted this karma, so we can just pretend not to know."

"Understood," the Heavenly Star artifact spirit said.

(End of chapter)