Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 1735 - 930: Raising the Star

Five Elements Cave Heaven.

At the extreme of the Heavenly Vault, atop the Cloud Sea, there lies a hidden space where no one has tread.

Here, a gigantic, lifelike "planet" with a diameter of thousands of feet floats mid-air, its surface displaying a dense and vividly colored "network" atop the seven continents, resembling a finely woven spider web.

At this moment, hundreds of bright "vortexes" are embedded at various nodes of this colorful web, all emitting radiant light.

Zhao Sheng stands below, looking up at the "planet" ahead, his gaze fixed on the vast sea in the eastern part of Yu State.

After a long time, a "small" vortex suddenly appears in the center of that sea, with a winding blue "water vein" as thick as a child’s arm extending downward.

The "water vein" intermittently continues, always extending towards the Earth’s core.

It wasn’t until over a decade later that this water vein penetrating the core fully formed.

Now, a blue water vein winds around the blazing white core, its path meandering like a Dragon Serpent.

Zhao Sheng spent over a decade successfully excavating the first "Sea Eye" and constructed the first water vein of the "Yin Yang Kan Li Formation."

With a successful precedent, other "Sea Eyes" and water veins were successively built.

Time silently passed, and hundreds of years swiftly went by.

That day, the plaza before the Ancestor Hall was suddenly abuzz, with countless discussions and calls echoing everywhere, dispersing the surrounding clouds.

Three hundred years apart, the Heaven, Earth, and Human Lists were unexpectedly updated simultaneously.

The cultivators present flocked under the three Jade Tablets, pointing and discussing the rankings on the three lists.

"Look at the Heavenly List, the top spot has indeed changed! Ancestor Zang Feng is now ranked first on the Heavenly List. He is indeed worthy of being a disciple of the Four Ancestors."

"Haha, Ancestor Zang Feng has always dominated the Earth List. It’s amazing that even after advancing to the Returning to Void realm, he progressed rapidly. Within less than a thousand years, Ancestor Zang Feng reached the top. How will other Returning Void Elders face this!"

"Back then, the Four Ancestors broke through realms as easily as drinking water. The disciples he personally taught naturally wouldn’t be far behind. Remember, before Ancestor Zang Feng, there was an elder brother who could shake the Heavenly Vault with a mighty strike!"

"Brother, be cautious in your words! You dare not mention them in public; if the elders hear it, you’ll be in serious trouble."

"Hehe, look at the newly crowned first place on the Earth List... Zhao Anlan? Never heard of this person. Judging by the name, he must be another ’Lost Pearl’ wandering outside."

"Hehe, it’s not only the Earth List first place this time; look at positions eleven, seventy-eight... and also the Human List third, sixth, twenty-ninth, thirty-fifth and ninety-seventh positions, they’re all ’newcomers’... there will surely be excitement now!"

Zhao Xuanxian mingled in the crowd, watching the Earth List names as well.

With a prominent reputation, he had thick eyebrows and large ears and a prosperous-looking face, appearing like a kind and wealthy gentleman.

Yet, who would guess that Ancestor Zang Feng made enemies tremble a thousand years ago, leaving no opponent undefeated, finally earning the title "God of Slaughter."

Nine hundred years ago, Zhao Xuanxian successfully advanced to Returning to Void, and with his Master’s guidance, chose to sheath his blade, focusing solely on cultivation.

Over time, the title "God of Slaughter" was slowly forgotten, replaced by the amicable "Ancestor Zang Feng."

Upon hearing someone accidentally mention the elder brother, Zhao Xuanxian couldn’t help but twitch his lips, feeling a tingle in his scalp.

The incredible strike from back then still feels deeply engraved in his mind.

Recalling numerous unsuccessful challenges in the past fills Zhao Xuanxian with a sudden surge of fighting spirit, rekindling his desire to challenge once more.

Zhao Xuanxian was born with an Innate Sharp Gold Dao Body. From the moment he embarked on the cultivation path until today, he battled countless times, with barely a defeat.

Yet, only the elder brother remains his lifelong nightmare.

Facing the elder brother, he always felt an invisible suppression.

However, this odd innate suppression does not exist with the Master, the Ancestors of the Second Patriarch, or other Integration Ancestors.

Zhao Xuanxian pondered over this for years but never figured out the reason.

He once asked his Master, who only smiled without answering, telling him to figure it out himself.

After looking again at the newcomers’ names on the Heaven, Earth, and Human Lists, Zhao Xuanxian gathered his scattered thoughts and silently left.

Almost no one knew that Zhao Xuanxian had been tasked by his Master to find and personally guide these wandering "Lost Pearls" in cultivation.

The simultaneous update of the Heaven, Earth, and Human Lists soon spread throughout the Divine Land Ancestral Land.

News quickly reached the outside world, prompting numerous sects and Immortal Gates to move, trying to find those "Lost Pearls" before the Zhao Family.

Their intent wasn’t to kill the Zhao Family’s "Lost Pearls," but to curry favor with the Zhao Family.

In the last hundred thousand years, the Ten Lands Zhao Clan has birthed two Tribulation Crossing Realm Venerables, implicitly emerging as the Taiyi Spirit Realm’s first Immortal Valve.

Thus, the forces approaching to curry favor are as numerous as fish crossing the river.

If great sects like the Supreme Sect, Taiyi Spirit Palace, Spirit-controlling Immortal Sect, Great Brightness Temple, Mystic Sky Sect still maintain some reserve today,

Then, beneath them, first, second, and third-tier cultivation sects and sect forces have long extended goodwill towards the Ten Lands Zhao Clan, striving to join under the Zhao Family banner.