Chapter 1441: Unleashing Great Divine Abilities

Xu Que spent a full two hours in deep contemplation before finally determining his choices for Divine Abilities and Immortal Laws.

Although everything in the System Mall was now free, which seemed like a good thing, one could not be rash when selecting Divine Ability Techniques and Immortal Laws.

Xu Que clearly understood the principle that greed leads to indigestion, and that fullness brings overflow while surplus brings loss.

In cultivation, a single carelessness could easily lead to conflicts within certain immortal arts, ultimately resulting in Qi Deviation, so caution was necessary.

Of course, with the System at his disposal, Xu Que did not need to worry too much about such conflicts.

What he truly cared about was pursuing perfection and the ultimate extreme; this required combining his own advantages and disadvantages to make choices in cultivation, forging himself to be more comprehensive and more powerful.

Therefore, after spending two hours, he selected 23 types of Divine Abilities and 8 kinds of top-tier Immortal Arts, abbreviated as ST23 and D8; once these letters and numbers were categorized and combined, the result was terrifyingly profound, filled with metaphysical mystery and unfathomable depth!

After confirming the Divine Abilities and Immortal Laws he intended to cultivate, the System directly transported them into his item storage.

With a single thought, Xu Que selected "Select All" and "Use" in one step, instantly mastering them all.

He stood at the foot of the Heavenly Palace Academy Mountain, far from the stone steps, yet he had not left this place.

His eyes were gently closed, his robes fluttering in the wind; he resembled a sculpture, motionless.

Every Divine Ability Technique and every top-tier Immortal Art chosen from the System Mall began to rehearse within his mind at this moment, progressing from unfamiliarity to mastery in the span of a single thought.

A few breaths later, Xu Que suddenly opened his eyes; his pupils seemed to swirl with the sun, moon, and stars, vast and profound, yet they quickly returned to ordinariness, while his ears trembled slightly before becoming still again.

Yet with that single glance and that single listen, he perceived a scene from the future.

"Quite interesting!"

The corners of Xu Que's mouth inadvertently curled upward.

He had just attempted to utilize two Divine Abilities: the "Omniscient Future Kalpa Wisdom Divine Ability" and the "Unobstructed Pure Heavenly Ear Wisdom Divine Ability," abbreviated as "Kalpa-Knowing Penetration" and "Heavenly Ear Penetration."

The former, due to the Omniscient Future Kalpa Wisdom Divine Ability, allowed him to know matters within countless, unspeakable numbers of dust-like kalpas in the future.

The latter, due to the Unobstructed Heavenly Ear Wisdom Divine Ability, allowed him to hear or not hear any sound within all territories at will, with complete freedom.

Simply put, with that single glance just now, he saw an event about to happen in the future, involving both another person and himself.

With that single listen just now, he heard the person involved in that predicted event, who was currently thousands of miles away, approaching.

"Tsk tsk tsk, the Ten Great Divine Powers truly live up to their reputation; if I can become a master of all ten in the future, I shall be supreme between heaven and earth!" Xu Que's heart surged with excitement; having experienced just two of these Divine Abilities, he already deeply understood their terrifying power, let alone possessing the other eight.

However, the most critical matter at hand was to make some preparations.

The person thousands of miles away, with whom he was about to have an encounter, was already on the way.

The scene Xu Que had just foreseen showed him still lingering at the foot of the mountain, pondering how to sneak into the Heavenly Palace Academy to participate in the Recruitment Conference.

As a result, an Immortal King Realm Cultivator would rush down from the sky, landing right beside him, glance at Xu Que, and then frown to ask if he too had come to participate in the Heavenly Palace Academy's Disciple Recruitment Conference.

In the vision, Xu Que naturally lied brazenly, responding with a "yes."

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, the other party said nothing more and immediately unleashed a Middle Grade Immortal Artifact-level Flying Sword, slashing toward Xu Que.

Xu Que narrowly avoided that sword strike and questioned the other party's intentions; while continuing to attack, the other party actually explained the reason.

It turned out that participating in the Heavenly Palace Academy's Recruitment Conference required obtaining a Recruitment Order; this Immortal King Realm Cultivator had a female confidante, and the two had agreed to join the Heavenly Palace Academy together to cultivate, but despite exhausting all efforts, they had only managed to obtain one Recruitment Order; in the end, after mutual yielding, it was decided that this Immortal King Realm Cultivator would be the one to enter the Heavenly Palace Academy.

But by coincidence, this Cultivator encountered Xu Que at the foot of the mountain; upon learning that Xu Que was also here to participate in the Recruitment Conference, he immediately concluded that Xu Que must also possess a Recruitment Order, and since Xu Que was merely at the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm, he formed the intent to kill Xu Que and seize the Recruitment Order.

As for the final outcome, Xu Que's cultivation realm was insufficient to pierce through it using "Kalpa-Knowing Penetration," but knowing about this event in advance was already enough!

This meant he could make preparations ahead of time and resolve his opponent in the most effort-saving manner!

"Hehe, System, bring out those few top-tier Great Killing Arrays for me; oh right, provide the materials too, since everything is free anyway... emmm, and throw in a pack of cigarettes while you're at it!"

Very quickly, Xu Que carried out a rapid arrangement.

Several sets of Great Killing Arrays summoned from the System, after being modified, were directly overlapped; they erupted with a burst of Spiritual Light, covering all directions and enveloping the surrounding area, before quickly dimming again.

At this moment, inside the Southern Tower of the Heavenly Palace Academy.

In a small Cave Mansion near the direction of the mountain foot, a young woman was sitting in meditation, her body suspended in mid-air.

Her flawless white garments could not overshadow her snow-white skin; her peerless beautiful face carried a hint of youthfulness yet exuded an air of cold elegance.

Suddenly, she woke from her cultivation state, abruptly opening her eyes, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed.

"Was that an illusion just now? Why did I feel a powerful fluctuation of Immortal Yuan flash by?" she muttered to herself with slight confusion, her figure lightly drifting down to the ground.

Under normal circumstances, she would not have paid too much attention to such a situation; even if it truly wasn't an illusion and there was an Immortal Yuan fluctuation, it was a perfectly normal occurrence.

After all, this was the Heavenly Palace Academy, the number one and most powerful Faction in the entire Tianzhou, filled with countless experts; a little wind and grass movement was nothing unusual.

However, what puzzled her was that she had deliberately chosen such a remote and secluded small Cave Mansion for cultivation, so how could an Immortal Yuan fluctuation still appear?

Moreover, that direction seemed to be at the foot of the mountain.

"Forget it, I've made no progress after so many days of Closed-door Cultivation; calculating the time, it's been some years since I last went out..." the young woman murmured softly, waving her slender hand to dispel the Cave Mansion's Restrictions.

She wanted to go out for a walk!

At the same time, high in the sky thousands of miles away.

A middle-aged man in blue robes was riding an immortal sword, merging with it to become a Light Stream, rushing swiftly toward the Heavenly Palace Academy.

The closer he got to the Heavenly Palace Academy, the more complex the middle-aged man in blue robes' mood became.

Having cultivated for many years, experiencing countless dangers and hardships, he had finally stepped into the Immortal King Realm, and now he was preparing to join the Heavenly Palace Academy; this should have been a joyful occasion worth celebrating, yet he could not feel happy.

His heart was always occupied by that woman; they had shared life and death for many years, mutually devoted to each other; on a night of beautiful flowers and a full moon, they had hooked their pinkies together, vowing to enter the Heavenly Palace Academy together, to cultivate together, to seek the Dao together, and to become an Immortal Couple that would make others green with envy.

Who could have expected that Heavenly Will would toy with them; despite exhausting all their efforts, the two had only managed to obtain one Recruitment Order.

Now, as he drew closer to the Heavenly Palace Academy, thinking about having to be separated from his beloved for a long period in the future, the man's heart was filled with immense melancholy.

"Xiao Li, rest assured, Godfather Gan will soon find a way to bring you into the Heavenly Palace Academy!" The man clenched his fists, his heart filled with absolute determination as he set a grand goal, simultaneously accelerating his speed to fly toward the Heavenly Palace Academy.

Before long, he arrived at the foot of the Heavenly Palace Academy Mountain; before he even landed, he had already seen someone at the mountain foot.

The middle-aged man paused, staring fixedly; it was a young man in a Black Robe, handsome in appearance and gentle in demeanor, sitting under a tree to enjoy the cool breeze, with a strange object dangling from his mouth, occasionally exhaling puffs of smoke.

Moreover, beside that man in the Black Robe sat a small iron can, upon which were written the words "Snow Sprite from the year '82."

Whether exhaling mist or lifting that bottle of "'82 Snow Sprite" for a sip, the Black Robe man's movements were exquisitely graceful, radiating a noble air.

"Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm... so weak, yet daring to come alone to the Heavenly Palace Academy?" The middle-aged man's heart stirred instantly, followed by wild joy.

Xiao Li, Godfather Gan blesses us; we shall soon reunite again!

Whoosh!

Immediately, the middle-aged man stomped fiercely upon the Void beneath his feet, his figure suddenly darting downward.