Chapter 408

The Seven Kill Secret Realm is a secret realm where the ancient Seven Kill True Person selected his inheritance disciples.

It is rumored to have been evolved and crafted from a fragment of a middle world, so there are no taboos.

Theoretically, Eighth Tier experts can also enter.

But because it was used by the Seven Kill True Person to select inheritance disciples, there are still restrictions on entry.

One of the biggest restrictions for entry is age!

Those under twenty years old can enter as long as their cultivation reaches the Third Tier.

Those under twenty-five years old need to reach the Fourth Tier.

Those under thirty years old can enter as long as their cultivation reaches the Fifth Tier.

Those under thirty-five years old can enter at the Sixth Tier; those whose cultivation reaches the Seventh Tier and are under forty years old can enter.

Eighth Tier experts can also enter, but the age requirement is under forty-five years old.

For those below the Seventh Tier, if their spirit cultivation reaches the Fourth Tier, and for those below the Eighth Tier, if their spirit has condensed into a primordial spirit, the age limit for entry is relaxed by five years.

As for age, the star gate of the Seven Kill Secret Realm will detect it itself.

Those who do not meet the requirements will be unable to enter.

Within the Star River Marshal's Mansion secret realm, the Eighth Tier experts were all looking at the data regarding the Seven Kill Secret Realm that the Star Spirit had sent to their Star-Plucking Tokens.

The data also explained the origin of the Seven Kill Secret Realm.

Because the Extreme Dao Emperor had obtained an inheritance from the Seven Kill Secret Realm back in the day, he was later able to break through to the Tenth Tier, attain the Dao as a Tianyang Xingjun, and leave this world.

But even the Extreme Dao Emperor back then did not obtain the complete inheritance of the Seven Kill True Person.

So this time, when the Seven Kill Secret Realm opened, the Extreme Dao Emperor had a premonition, which led to this advancement of the Star Spirit.

From now on, the Star Spirit will possess the authority to intervene actively.

Besides this, the most important thing is the Divine Dao Intent.

Because the Extreme Dao Emperor had a past connection with the Seven Kill Secret Realm, he joined forces with two other Emperors to directly descend Divine Dao Intent into the Seven Kill Secret Realm.

Divine Dao Intent can increase the probability of Eighth Tier peak experts breaking through to the Ninth Tier.

Each strand of Divine Dao Intent, as long as the power is compatible, can increase the probability by ten percent.

How much one can obtain depends on the performance and strength of the disciples from each party.

The Divine Dao Intent had already descended the moment the Seven Kill Secret Realm opened.

The Seven Kill Secret Realm is divided into seven layers.

Breaking into the fifth layer allows one to obtain the preliminary inheritance of the Seven Kill True Person.

In addition, the starlight transmission also reminded them of two points that required special attention.

First, the total number of people entering the Seven Kill Secret Realm is restricted.

The number of star gates opened each time is a multiple of seven.

The number of people who can enter each star gate is also a multiple of seven, with a minimum of seven and a maximum of four hundred and ninety.

At the same time, the existence time of each star gate will not exceed seven days.

Second, those who can enter the Seven Kill Secret Realm are not just the humans of the current world.

Any party within this world that can have a spatial intersection with the Seven Kill Secret Realm has the possibility of having a star gate.

Currently, there are four continents in this world that can have a spatial intersection with the Seven Kill Secret Realm.

They are the current world, the Star River battlefield, the ancestral cave heaven of the Eight Desolations tribes, and one more that the Extreme Dao Emperor only sensed was related to the Star God lineage!

The starlight transmission the Star Spirit sent to the many Eighth Tier experts was very long, and the Star Spirit gave the Eighth Tier experts present a full half-quarter of an hour to read it, allowing everyone to digest it in detail!

"Everyone, I believe some of you have already discovered the star gates of the Seven Kill Secret Realm; time is limited, so hurry up.

In addition, there is a decree from the Emperor, so please listen."

Once these words were spoken, the many Eighth Tier experts in the Star River Marshal's Mansion immediately became solemn.

Even the Star Spirit put away her eccentric, roast-everyone-she-sees manner.

"The Emperor says: Because of the Ninth Tier limit-breaking, though not by his inheritance disciples, the Age of Great Contention has arrived early. The integration of the Eight Desolations alien race ancestral cave heaven is already a precursor; in the future, blood will surely flow like a river."

"I hope you all unite as one, work together, and take control of this world as quickly as possible."

"Otherwise, the Dao lineage will be severed, and the race will be exterminated," said the Star Spirit.

This decree was delivered with murderous intent, incredibly solemn, causing the expressions of all the Eighth Tier experts present to become extremely grave.

"May I ask Star Spirit, does the 'race' in 'the Dao lineage will be severed, and the race will be exterminated' refer to the entire current human race, or the hundred tribes within the human race?" the Great Da Chu Di Jun asked cautiously, under the instruction of Tianyang Xingjun Cangming.

"Stupid!"

The Star Spirit glared at the Great Da Chu Di Jun. "When you invade an alien star domain and completely conquer it, how do you deal with them?"

"Control, enslavement, or extermination!" the Great Chu battlefield commander answered proactively.

"Doesn't the answer come out then?"

The Star Spirit's white dress fluttered, and she spread her small hands. "If you go into the mountains to hunt fierce beasts, can the fierce beasts live in peace with you?"

"If the Dao lineage is severed, the one exterminated will naturally be the entire current human race."

"No one will be spared!"

"May I ask Star Spirit, how can we take control of this world as quickly as possible?" the Great Hong Emperor asked under the instruction of Tianyang Xingjun Lord Tianyang.

"Tenth Tier, attain the Dao as a Tianyang Xingjun, and you can completely take control of this world!"

After finishing, the Star Spirit gave the three Star Lords a disdainful glare. "What are you looking at? I'm talking about you lot!"

"When the Emperor first took control of this world, he styled himself the Extreme Dao Tianyang Xingjun."

"You inheritance disciples didn't learn anything else, but you scrambled to inherit his Tianyang Xingjun title."

"None of you have reached the Ninth Tier, yet you all style yourselves Star Lords."

"And there are four of you!"

"If one day the Emperor were to face you, I don't know if you would feel ashamed!" the Star Spirit scolded.

Tianyang Xingjun Lord Tianyang, Tianyang Xingjun Cangming, and Tianyang Xingjun Zhen'e all felt embarrassed at the same time.

When the Star Spirit scolded them, she didn't leave any face at all.

Fortunately, this was a closed-door meeting; otherwise, they would have lost all their face.

"Everyone, today's meeting ends here. Intensify your search; if you discover a Seven Kill Secret Realm star gate, mobilize your disciples as quickly as possible and accelerate your arrangements. If the true inheritance of the Seven Kill Secret Realm is taken away by the Eight Desolations alien races or the Star God lineage..."

"Then before long, the current human race will be enslaved, controlled, or even exterminated for generations to come!"

"You decide what to do!"

After finishing, without waiting for the many high-ranking officials of the current world to speak again, the white-dressed Star Spirit waved her hand, and the Eighth Tier experts of the current world immediately disappeared from the Star River Marshal's Mansion secret realm.

And at the same time the meeting ended, all the high-ranking officials of the current world took action.

For everyone, there were two major tasks.

First, find the entrance to the Seven Kill Secret Realm.

After all, it only exists for seven days.

Second, mobilize and assemble explorers who meet the conditions.

The age restriction is a big problem.

Theoretically, if one could send in an Eighth Tier expert, it would be a clean sweep.

However, the age restriction is there.

You can't find a single Eighth Tier expert under forty-five years old in the whole world.

Since records began, the only person to achieve the Eighth Tier under forty-five was the Extreme Dao Emperor back in the day.

And Great Chen State Preceptor Cheng Cheng Yuexiao is the closest to this standard.

But he is still a bit off.

That is to say, under known circumstances, no Eighth Tier expert can enter the Seven Kill Secret Realm.

However, Seventh Tier experts are possible.

Although those who break through to the Seventh Tier under forty are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, they do exist.

Great Chen currently has four survivors.

When State Preceptor Cheng Cheng Yuexiao broke through to the Seventh Tier back then, he was just over thirty; Great Chen battlefield commander Mao Han Yue also broke through to the Seventh Tier at thirty-seven; Great Chen Star Patrol Guard Supervisor Pei Ze broke through to the Seventh Tier at thirty-nine.

There is one more, and that is Song Song Shoujie, the Marquis of Lord Luoshui, one of the Three Kings and Seven Marquises of Great Chen; his cultivation broke through to the Seventh Tier at thirty-three, and he was enfeoffed as a Marquis for his military exploits in the Star River battlefield at thirty-six; he is now thirty-nine and is the Lord of the Thunder Leopard Army. Within the Danxia Palace, State Preceptor Cheng Cheng Yuexiao searched through all the geniuses of Great Chen and the Star River battlefield and only found one Seventh Tier expert.

But by comparison, he is a bit worse off than the Lord Tianyang Star Palace and the Cangming Star Palace.

The Lord Tianyang Star Palace and the Cangming Star Palace should be able to find two Seventh Tier experts under forty.

There's no help for it; this is the foundation.

Great Chen's foundation is currently still rising rapidly.

At this rate, within ten years, they will be able to catch up to and surpass the two great star palaces.

But right now, they only have so many hands available.

For Sixth Tier experts under thirty-five, with a turn of his mind, Cheng Cheng Yuexiao found four, and with another turn, he found two more.

Dong Zhao and Liuzhou Qingzhu were both selected.

Dong Zhao's age itself is over thirty-five.

But Dong Zhao's spirit cultivation has broken through to the Fourth Tier, so the age limit can be relaxed by five years.

As for the Fifth Tier, the selection is slightly more relaxed.

The first person the State Preceptor thought of was naturally Xu Jin.

Subsequently, State Preceptor Cheng Cheng Yuexiao immediately sent another starlight transmission to Xu Jin and forwarded the content of the starlight transmission the Star Spirit had transferred to him to Xu Jin without any changes.

Cheng Cheng Yuexiao highly suspected that the mysterious star gate discovered by Jin Shan Dao Academy Head Cao Chun was the entrance to the Seven Kill Secret Realm.

So he wanted Xu Jin to go in as soon as possible and occupy a spot first.

Of course, one Xu Jin is not enough.

He still needs to mobilize people nearby to go in.

The starlight transmission the Star Spirit gave them also said that the matter of the Seven Kill True Person's inheritance is like looking for a needle in a haystack, but it is also something that can be obtained by those with affinity.

Who has affinity is hard to say!

Back then, there were thousands of people competing for the Seven Kill True Person's inheritance with the Extreme Dao Emperor.

But in the end, the Extreme Dao Emperor, whose cultivation was only at the Fourth Tier, obtained an inheritance and started his legendary path.

So, having high cultivation only gives one an advantage; it doesn't necessarily mean one can obtain the inheritance.

State Preceptor Cheng Cheng Yuexiao also had to consider this point.

The same situation was happening within the Lord Tianyang Star Palace, Cangming Star Palace, Zhen'e Star Palace, Wood Spirit Palace, and Sumeru Palace.

The matter of having already discovered the star gate of the Seven Kill Secret Realm was not just discovered by Great Chen.

In the past day or two, there had been similar discoveries within the borders of Great Chen, Great Chu, Great Hong, the Barbarian tribes, and even the Star River battlefield.

It's just that the mysterious star gates that appeared were too mysterious and are currently still being explored.

Now that the Star Spirit has spoken, everyone knows!

They have begun arranging candidates who meet the conditions!

Even the various Star Lords and leaders of all parties have begun to rack their brains to improve the strength of the selected candidates, providing all sorts of means, and even improving their strength in a short period of time.

Nothing else, just one point: Divine Dao Intent!

The Divine Dao Intent within the Seven Kill Secret Realm is a treasure that can allow the Eighth Tier experts of the current world to break through to the Ninth Tier.

This is the most certain path to breaking through to the Ninth Tier that these peak Eighth Tier experts have discovered in so many years.

How could it not drive them crazy!

For a time, all parties showed their magical powers, made their own arrangements, and brought out all their hidden treasures.

Within Jin Shan Dao Academy.

After receiving State Preceptor Cheng Cheng Yuexiao's mission to investigate the mysterious star gate, and after learning many details about the mysterious star gate from Academy Head Cao Chun, Xu Jin...

... was somewhat surprised.

Because for this mysterious star gate, some people can go in.

Some people, however, cannot go in, especially those with high cultivation.

Because of this, Academy Head Cao Chun requested reinforcements from the National Dao Academy.

Xu Jin prepared to set off to investigate first; the State Preceptor's order to him was to investigate first and not enter rashly.

However, before setting off, Xu Jin called the current Supervisor Zeng Shuo in alone.

Before it was official business; now, it was time to discuss private friendship!

Zeng Shuo had taken quite good care of Xu Jin back then.

He had made many things convenient for Xu Jin.

Xu Jin understood very well that Zeng Shuo's care and convenience were utilitarian!

However, having received someone else's benefits and care, he had received them.

Regardless of what purpose Zeng Shuo held back then, whether it was utilitarian or investment-based, helping was helping, and caring was caring!

Demanding that one should not seek repayment for kindness is too high a standard!

It's even a bit shameless!

Therefore, now that Xu Jin was qualified and capable, it was time for Zeng Shuo's investment to cash out.

It could also be considered settling this karma.

"Supervisor Zeng, back when I was cultivating, I received much of your care and many conveniences."

"I think that if it weren't for Supervisor Zeng's care and convenience back then, my cultivation path, Xu Jin's, would probably have had more twists and turns," Xu Jin said with a smile.

"Not at all! Not at all!"

"Your talent is rare, and your nature is firm."

"What I did was part of my duty; at most, it was just icing on the cake, not worth mentioning as care." Zeng Shuo's chubby face was full of sincerity, and also some anticipation.

He roughly understood that the time for harvest had arrived.

"How can there be so many 'shoulds'."

Xu Jin smiled. "Supervisor Zeng's care, I, Xu Jin, have kept in mind. However, I am in the Star River battlefield all year round, and in the future, the number of times I come to Jin Shan County will be fewer and fewer."

"If I want to repay you, I'll have to wait for an opportunity in the future."

"I wonder if Supervisor Zeng has any difficulties now?"

"If you do, whatever Xu Jin can solve, I will definitely find a way to solve!"

Zeng Shuo's eyes moved; he understood that this was Xu Jin letting him speak.

However, he understood that this mouth could not be opened too wide.

Long-term flow is true human sentiment.

But it couldn't be too small either; if it were too small, he might think he was being toyed with.

Zeng Shuo understood human interactions very well, and after a few breaths, he had thought it through.

Promotion?

No, he was doing very well in Jin Shan County.

Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix!

Without strength, if you reach a high position, the greatest possibility is bringing disaster upon yourself!

What's more, he saw Tian Zhang break through inexplicably today.

After thinking about it, Zeng Shuo said, "Vice Supervisor Xu, I don't have any big wishes; staying in Jin Shan County is quite good! Currently, being the Supervisor is quite comfortable, it's just that sometimes when handling matters, I feel powerless and lacking in strength."

Upon hearing this, Xu Jin nodded and smiled. "Wanting to improve strength, that's simple."

Zeng Shuo's spirit cultivation was only at the late stage of the Eighth Tier of the Third Tier, and his star power cultivation was only at the Sixth Tier of the Fourth Tier.

This cultivation level was indeed barely enough for his current position!

A few breaths later, Xu Jin put down two Three-Essence Dragon Turtle Soul-Forging Pills, one Myriad Spirit Blood Pill, and two Fifth Tier low-grade emblems that had been nurtured, and then left.

It could be considered repaying Zeng Shuo's care.

Settling this karma!

Spending half a quarter of an hour, Xu Jin applied a spirit seal to Cao Chun, Tian Zhang, and Zeng Shuo to prevent them from leaking Xu Jin's information and the matter of the Three-Essence Dragon Turtle Soul-Forging Pills.

"Vice Supervisor Xu, rest assured; once the National Dao Academy's verdict regarding Feng Shu comes down, I will send you a starlight transmission immediately," Academy Head Cao Chun said when seeing him off.

"Thank you!"

"Everyone, farewell!"

The next instant, Xu Jin stepped on starlight and rose, quickly rushing toward the mysterious star gate in the depths of Great Green Mountain that Academy Head Cao Chun had pointed out.

And just as Xu Jin had set off, the Star-Plucking Token's starlight transmission appeared again.

After just one glance, Xu Jin's expression changed.

That mysterious star gate is highly likely to be the entrance to the Seven Kill Secret Realm?

He accelerated again instantly!

Within Jin Shan Dao Academy, Cao Chun, Tian Zhang, and Zeng Shuo looked at the speed at which Xu Jin disappeared and sighed in amazement again!

A thought simultaneously emerged in the three men's minds: their Jin Shan Dao Academy had truly produced a legend!

(End of chapter)