Chapter 926: A Duel? A Lower-Grade Dao Artifact? That Would Mean Huge Profits!

"Life is fleeting, and it has been sixty years since we last met—Ancient Ultimate, Delusion, True Stillness—how long it has been!"

At the Shanmen of Kanlishen Sect, the Ancestor Xuan Jie, a supreme expert from the Holy Light Great World who had cultivated to the 8th Stage of Longevity—Mixed Void Realm, spoke to the leader of Kanlishen Sect, the Grand Ancestor of Wuwang Great World, and the Grand Ancestor of Zhengan Great World; his divine sense swept over them all, and everyone felt boundless radiance within his body, as if ready to burn through all worlds and dimensions.

"Hah! Ancestor Xuan Jie, Delusion, True Stillness, and all other comrades—welcome to Kanlishen Sect! Sixty years have passed in the blink of an eye; once again, it is time for our great worlds to engage in friendly sparring. Please, enter our Shen Sect."

The sect master of Kanlishen Sect, whose Dao name was Gu Ji, also laughed and stepped forward, inviting all the experts from the great worlds to enter Kanlishen Sect.

At that very moment, countless celestial melodies rose within Kanlishen Sect; ancient heavenly dragons roared, primordial phoenixes danced, and sacred beasts such as qilin, Zhu Que, and Zhu Quexuanwu bowed in solemn welcome; flowers rained from the heavens, golden lotuses sprouted from the earth—revealing the profound depth of Kanlishen Sect's heritage.

Yet the experts from the great worlds remained unmoved, clearly seasoned cultivators who had seen great spectacles; each group entered in orderly fashion, by their respective great worlds.

The crowd no longer headed for the reception hall but flew directly toward the Divine Warrior Battlefield within Kanlishen Sect.

Within Kanlishen Sect lay a vast battlefield known as the Divine Warrior Battlefield, normally closed to all, opened only for major events.

The entire battlefield was immense, grand, and extraordinarily resilient, forged from unknown materials—even if Longevity Secret Realm titans fought to the death within it, not a single scratch would mar its surface.

Fang Yu had heard of this battlefield before, but had never seen it.

Now, following many disciples of the sect toward the Divine Warrior Battlefield, he saw, amid the booming war drums, streams of light surging skyward, coalescing into a colossal space.

It was an elliptical arena, vast, expansive, and deep, like a grand gladiatorial coliseum, its seating tiers packed with countless seats—millions, perhaps even tens of millions.

Experts from each great world entered the arena separately.

Fang Yu had not seen so many powerful cultivators in countless eons; the supreme geniuses of the great worlds, the weakest among them had reached the 7th Stage of Divine Abilities—Golden Core Realm, while the more formidable had weathered the Wind and Fire Tribulation, cultivated Heavenly Manifestations, or even reached the Realm of Life.

Of course, there were also many Longevity Secret Realm titans; powerful auras radiated from them—these were young experts of Wan Shou Realm, exuding formidable energy.

The rules of the great worlds' competition required all disciples to be under one thousand years of age; within that thousand-year span, any disciple who had cultivated to any realm, so long as they were unafraid of death, could enter the contest.

Within a thousand years, even the weakest disciples here were at the Golden Core Realm; some had cultivated for only a century or less and had already reached Golden Core Realm, seizing this rare opportunity to test themselves—if they could fight above their level, they would surely earn the mentorship of the sect's Elders.

This was an excellent chance to rise above others.

Fang Yu gazed at the young disciples of the great worlds; some supreme geniuses seemed blessed with immense fortune, having already reached the 2nd Stage of Longevity—Immortal Body Realm within a thousand years; these disciples were the elite of their great worlds, each possessing boundless encounters and powerful treasures—not inferior to Lower Grade Dao Artifacts, even Mid or Upper Grade Dao Artifacts.

Of course, no one had reached the 3rd Stage of Longevity—Dantian Realm within a thousand years; if anyone did, even if they crushed all opponents to claim first place, no one would say a word.

A thousand years may seem long, but in cultivation, it is far too short.

A cultivator might spend only a decade or so before the Divine Ability Secret Realm, but once entering the Divine Ability Secret Realm and reaching the Heavenly Man Realm, they typically remained there for three to five hundred years, refining multiple supreme divine arts—or even great Dao principles.

Before reaching Golden Core Realm, they would again linger for two or three hundred years, accumulating dozens of divine arts to break through, achieving tremendous transformation in lifespan and power the moment they entered the Golden Core Realm.

After entering the Golden Core Realm, preparing to cross the Wind and Fire Tribulation required immense time; ordinary disciples needed at least two or three hundred years of preparation to gain sufficient confidence to endure this greatest crisis of the Divine Ability Secret Realm.

What followed was relatively simpler: merely accumulating sufficient Xu Yuan Qi to manifest one's Heavenly Manifestation; disciples of the great worlds could achieve this in just a few years, even months—but crossing into the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities was another threshold; some supreme geniuses spent centuries in this stage.

And the hardest barrier of all was crossing from the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities into the Longevity Secret Realm; some supreme geniuses had spent little time earlier but took five hundred, even a thousand years, to finally enter the Longevity Secret Realm—Wan Shou Realm.

In short, merely spending a little extra time in any of these realms could exhaust the entire thousand years; only geniuses among geniuses, supreme among the supreme, could reach the Longevity Secret Realm—Wan Shou Realm within a thousand years; those who reached Immortal Body Realm were already heavenly favorites, while those who entered Dantian Realm were legends beyond legends, myths beyond myths.

It was simply impossible!

The path of cultivation was too difficult; several realms required even supreme geniuses to pause for hundreds of years to refine and stabilize themselves before advancing to the next.

Fang Yu felt he had seen many supreme geniuses; their realms rarely exceeded Immortal Body Realm, and even these disciples were the supreme geniuses painstakingly nurtured by their great worlds, heavenly favorites.

"So this is what the supreme geniuses of the great worlds are like."

Fang Han stood beside Fang Yu, murmuring in admiration.

The geniuses of the great worlds were countless, yet he felt that, in true talent, his brother Fang Yu surpassed them all; Fang Yu had only taken three years to enter cultivation and had already reached the 2nd Stage of Longevity—Immortal Body Realm, barely a step away from Dantian Realm.

"Brother Fang Yu, this time we can truly shine and earn countless merit points."

Fang Han, watching the crowd, could not help but whisper.

His expression was ecstatic—he had never in his life seen so many cultivators of the Divine Ability Secret Realm, nor such an immense, boundless scene; countless disciples, all above the 7th Stage of Divine Abilities—Golden Core Realm, with many Longevity Secret Realm disciples among them.