Chapter 319: The Ineffective Heavenly Dao Sacrifice

In fact, after seeing Ji You's sword that suppressed the Spirit Sword Mountain elder, many things seemed to have an explanation.

For example, why Xiang Fu was able to enter the inner courtyard, and why his seat at the Wandering Immortal Assembly could be at the main table.

Even, why the five great Immortal Sects had not moved at all.

The higher a person's combat power, the greater the influence they can cause, and the deeper their foundation; even the Immortal Sects cannot kill them silently, so they will treat them with caution.

At this moment, different scenes appeared in everyone's minds.

There was Elder Fang's "let it be" in the wind and snow, and Fang Jincheng's panicked escape above the Drunken Immortal Tower.

"His combat power..."

"It seems he did not gain nothing from his trip to the Sages' Holy Land, and it might even be that he gained the most."

He Long recalled the matter of dividing up Fengzhou with everyone at the Immortal Gathering Banquet, and his heart trembled slightly.

How arrogant he was at the time, and now he was just as fearful.

And hearing the words "gained the most," everyone could not help but look at the pair of twins personally taught by the Chen family, and saw that Chen Luo and Chen Xi, dressed in embroidered gold immortal robes, were also looking at Ji You.

At the beginning, they had once thought that these two personally taught disciples were the ones who had gained the most.

And as they watched, they suddenly remembered one thing.

When they left the Sages' Holy Land, everyone was saying that Ji You had not taken a single step inside, and the rumors spread throughout the world, but only these two personally taught disciples said nothing.

Some even went to verify it, and these two did not say a single word.

Thinking about it now, those who were on the periphery of the Holy Land only saw the appearance.

Only Chen Luo, who was in the center of the Holy Land with Ji You, truly saw something from him, which was why he remained silent the whole time.

"The Heavenly Tian Shuyuan recruited a disciple in Fengzhou this year, a Lower Three Realms perfection who entered the academy by breaking the rules before reaching adulthood."

"A private cultivator from the countryside, just an interlude..."

At dusk, the rosy clouds reddened the sky, and Ji You and Cao Jingsong left the viewing building.

Lu Hanyan's injuries were fine, not too serious, but after waking up, she was a bit whiny looking at Ji You.

Afterward, it was the finals.

The magnificent spiritual energy collided constantly, and the attacks of the techniques were like the roar of tigers.

Ji You had been in the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan for many years and could be said to have offended all the cultivation families that could be offended, so it was not just Yan Hao; other families also had the idea of giving him a taste of their power during the duels.

After all, at this Wandering Immortal Assembly, many of the disciples sent by the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan were closely related to him.

But since the appearance of that Dao sword that split the barrier, everyone had dismissed this thought; under his deterrence, no one dared to move, and they even showed restraint toward the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciples.

Great experts are terrifying, but great experts who never care about the rules are even more terrifying...

And as one match after another continued, everyone's thoughts were drawn back to those cultivators participating in the competition.

Ji You's actions were truly astonishing, but the rumors had been spreading for more than half a year, so everyone was somewhat mentally prepared.

However, the Immortal Sect disciples, whose realms were high but whose youth was outrageous, made them feel increasingly silent.

It is not strange for a few to appear in a generation of talented children, but they had never heard of them popping up like bamboo shoots after rain.

"That Elder Chen Feng..."

"Chen Feng?"

"Two years ago, I had a few encounters with him; at that time, he was only at the Initial Realm of Responding to Heaven, but seeing him again today, he is already at the Boundless Realm; it is truly shocking..."

Cultivation in the Upper Five Realms becomes harder the further one goes, and many people even waste their remaining lives in a certain realm.

But they had truly never heard of things like suddenly breaking through a realm.

But even if some people vaguely began to feel that this matter was unusual, they did not know where to start.

Even the Immortal Sect's outer-surname disciples, even if they had been in the inner sect for many years, were filled with suspicion when facing the rapid cultivation progress of their junior brothers and sisters, feeling a sense of being unable to understand it.

The finals ended, and the East Courtyard where the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan was located was silent.

Zhengxin Xianzi failed to reach the end, and although Xiao Hanyan barely obtained a spot for the Heavenly Dao Sacrifice, she was also seriously injured.

As for Yu Shiliu, Wang Gaocen, and others, they had all failed in the third round and were silent while drinking tea across from each other.

They had also lost at the Heavenly Dao Assembly back then, but the feeling this time was particularly different.

Back then, even if they lost, they were still considered rare talents, but this time, they vaguely felt a sense of being about to be drowned in the sea of people.

There were too many people younger than them but with similar realms, and they all felt that they no longer had any specialness.

"Where exactly did the problem go wrong..."

"Could it be that in this world, there really is a method to ascend to the sky in one step..."

Xiao Hanyan began to fall into self-doubt, holding the porcelain cup in her hand and muttering to herself constantly.

On the eve of the beginning of summer, the red clouds reddened the sky.

Countless carriages and chariots galloped along the Day-Sun Avenue, and the spiritual energy they pulled gathered into a river, weaving into a silver-blue curtain under the dome, rushing toward the gradually darkening west.

After crossing a dense forest, everyone arrived at a vast human altar.

Looking from afar, the periphery of the altar was surrounded by high walls that stood into the sky, showing its height and magnificence to the surroundings in the gradually approaching night.

Ji You also came with the carriage and got off in front of the crowded high wall.

The magnificent bronze gate had already been opened at this time; he glanced at the two characters "Kunmen" above the gate hole, then walked into the pitch-black gate hole and went upward.

Following behind him were Cao Jingsong, Wen Zhengxin, and Ban Yangshu, the four of them together.

The Lu sisters actually wanted to come with them, especially Lu Hanyan, but in the end, they were pulled to the Kunmen by Lu Xiong and his wife.

His feud with the five great Immortal Sects was no rumor; even if his combat power was incredibly astonishing, for others, getting too close to him was still not a suitable choice.

However, the good thing was that since Ji You sat at the main table of the Immortal Sect and slashed the Spirit Sword Mountain elder with his sword, Lu Xiong and his wife had never mentioned the matter of letting them marry again.

At this time, Ji You climbed the high city wall surrounding the altar amidst the strong headwind.

Looking down from a high place, he saw that the altar was high in the middle and low on all sides, like an inverted jade bowl, with countless complicated patterns carved on it, connected by lines, as if it were a star map.

"Is this the human altar?"

"Not bad. When the altar is ignited, the immortal light will echo with the Heavenly Dao, and cultivators will enter meditation here, their spirits entering the sky, and there will be a chance to resonate with the Heavenly Dao."

"What is the chance?"

Cao Jingsong shook his head after hearing this: "That depends on the cultivators themselves."

Ji You turned his head to look at the instructor: "Depends on one's own talent?"

"Depends on the Dao heart. In the thousand years of Azure Cloud, there is no lack of those with poor talent but a Dao heart that aligns with the Heavenly Dao, who gained a lot after the Heavenly Dao Sacrifice, like having their wisdom opened, climbing all the way up."

"So that's how it is."

In the conversation, figures began to appear in the sight of the four.

The hundred or so people who had obtained rankings at the Wandering Immortal Assembly entered one after another, then began to sit starting from the center of the altar, and before long, they occupied the central area.

Afterward, an old man wearing grass clothes and a face covered in oil paint came to the very center and sat cross-legged with them.

This is the old priest inherited through generations in the human altar; when the altar is opened, the old priest will enter meditation with them, guiding their spirits in the form of chanting.

After all, the Heavenly Dao is as vast as the sea and incredibly mystical; if there is no guidance, they are very likely to be immersed in the Heavenly Dao and never be able to return.

So what this old priest plays is an anchor point.

The night gradually descended, and starlight began to appear all over the sky.

Cultivators stood everywhere on the eight city walls, constantly watching the very center, as if waiting for something.

Among them, some young people had always been in seclusion at home and had never participated in the Wandering Immortal Assembly; seeing this scene, they could not help but feel puzzled, thinking to themselves, "Is this it?"

In their view, the Heavenly Dao Sacrifice should be magnificent and vast, not so calm.

However, amidst the confusion, everyone suddenly felt a touch of sword energy whistling up, and a slender figure rushed into the clouds.

The Spirit Sword Mountain Little Inspector was dressed in luxurious immortal robes, wearing a glazed immortal crown, and in the blink of an eye, stood high in the sky, like a goddess descending, her immortal appearance changing.

The human altar cannot be opened by ordinary people, but requires the permission of the artifact holder and the origin of the holy artifact as a guide.

Over the years, the seven great Immortal Sects have taken turns presiding over the altar, and now it is Spirit Sword Mountain's turn.

High in the sky, the Little Inspector, shrouded in immortal light, gently opened her hands, and a stone mirror floated up between her palms; a magnificent and vast aura instantly surged from the altar.

Afterward, a beam of immortal light shot out from the Spirit Mirror in her hand and fell into the very center of the altar.

In an instant, the entire altar seemed to be ignited, and endless immortal light rushed out from those complicated patterns.

The Little Inspector's red lips parted slightly, and she recited silently; the immortal light began to surge into the sky, gathering around her entire body, and then, with a wave of her hand, it rushed straight into the heavens.

Watching this scene, a trace of awe appeared in everyone's eyes.

During the Wandering Immortal Assembly, they had seen too many cultivation geniuses.

Seventeen-year-old Realm of Profound Understanding, twenty-five-year-old Realm of Merging with the Dao, they were deeply shocked.

But only until this moment did they suddenly remember that the Spirit Sword Mountain Little Inspector, who reached the Realm of Profound Understanding at ten and the Boundless Realm at twenty-two, was the most brilliant one, even the strange-fighting Ji You could not compare.

And now, seeing her holding a holy artifact, summoning immortal light, and drawing down heavenly light, he felt even more shocked.

Above the Kunmen, Cao Jingsong, Ban Yangshu, and Wen Zhengxin were also looking up, staring blankly at the Inspector with her changing immortal appearance, and then could not help but look at Ji You, their expressions dazed.

Such a fairy, she actually belongs to this wicked disciple's family. ===== CHAPTER 320 =====