The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 2382: Chapter 2382: Heavenly Domain Gambling Duel [Three Updates]

Year after year passed.

In the blink of an eye, more than a thousand years had passed since Jing Yan and Wuxia boarded the Heavenly Domain Flying Boat. During this time, the majority of it was spent in cultivation. With the consumption of a large amount of Black Crystal Stone and Fire Cloud Crystal Stone, Jing Yan’s realm had gradually advanced towards the late-stage Immortal Venerable. At this rate of advancement, Jing Yan predicted that he might reach the threshold between middle-stage and late-stage Immortal Venerable before arriving at Kunling Heaven.

Meanwhile, Wuxia had already reached the middle-stage cultivation of Immortal Venerable, with a similarly significant improvement in her power.

Low-level Ticket Area.

On this day, most of the more than ten thousand cultivators in the low-level ticket area were invigorated, their eyes shining brightly. Today was a rather special day for them.

On the Heavenly Domain Flying Boat, life was extremely challenging, let alone cultivation. Since the divine power within their bodies continuously depleted, they could only rely on basic resources and elixirs to replenish it. Over a long period, this consumption was immense.

If it were merely the consumption of resources to replenish divine power, it wouldn’t be too concerned, but the problem is that they also need to regularly enter the cultivation chamber to nourish their Dao Veins. Because there is no Spiritual Energy in the air of the low-level ticket area, cultivators in this environment would find their Dao Veins gradually shrinking over time. If the time is short, it’s not much of a concern. But since the Heavenly Domain Flying Boat’s voyage lasts so long, from Faro Heaven to the nearest Chuanhai Heaven requires three thousand six hundred years. During such a prolonged period, neglecting the shrinking of Dao Veins makes progress difficult on the cultivation path.

Moreover, severe Dao Vein shrinkage might directly cause a fall in the cultivator’s realm.

So, even though the cost to enter the cultivation chamber provided by Tianji Trading House is enormous, cultivators must grit their teeth and nourish their Dao Veins. If you don’t have enough Black Crystal Stone, then use other precious materials to offset the cost. If you have none of these, you can only watch helplessly as your Dao Veins gradually shrink. Tianji Trading House won’t pity you due to shrinking Dao Veins, and won’t let you use the cultivation chamber for free.

After various expenditures, it can be said that cultivators in the low-level ticket area are almost all poor. Some even have to sell their own magic treasures in despair. Forced to the brink, they can only sell everything they have to obtain basic resources to stabilize their cultivation.

In the unique environment of the Heavenly Domain Flying Boat, when cultivators sell materials, magic treasures, and other items, the prices are usually suppressed very low. In the domain, a magic treasure worth over a billion might only sell for twenty million Black Crystal Stones on the Flying Boat. Selling one for thirty or forty million Black Crystal Stones is considered lucky.

Certainly, it’s not just Faro Heaven’s cultivators who lack resources; cultivators from other Heavenly Domains face the same issue.

The flight route of the Heavenly Domain Flying Boat is cyclical, so it always carries cultivators from all nine Heavenly Domains. To board the Flying Boat, you only need to buy a ticket, but if you disembark at any Chaotic Primordial Fortress in a Heavenly Domain, then you must purchase a ticket again to re-board the Flying Boat.

As for whether there would be cultivators who would stay on the Heavenly Domain Flying Boat without leaving, it’s almost impossible. The Heavenly Domain Flying Boat is practically a consuming place that leaves nothing unspent, only someone foolish would want to remain aboard.

Today, there is a gambling duel for Faro Heaven’s cultivators. If things go well, Faro Heaven’s cultivators might gain a significant profit from this duel.

Although most cultivators aboard the Heavenly Domain Flying Boat are here for the first time, without prior experience, it doesn’t matter. Even those unfamiliar with gambling duels, after surviving aboard for some time, would understand the rules.

The low-level ticket area has a specially designated gambling platform, and today, Faro Heaven’s cultivators can nominate one to ascend the gambling platform for a match against the Heavenly Domain’s victorious duel participant. Every cultivator from Faro Heaven can bet with Black Crystal Stone, but may only place wagers on their own Heavenly Domain’s cultivator to win.

"Brother Xu, today’s duel is all on you."

In a certain location in the low-level ticket area, several Immortal Rhythm Netherworld Realm cultivators from Faro Heaven gathered together. The one in the center was named Xu Yiming, and he was nominated to represent Faro Heaven in the duel. Xu Yiming had achieved some renown in Faro Heaven and was a very strong cultivator at the Immortal Charm realm, quite close to the Immortal Venerable Realm, but perpetually stuck at the Immortal Rhythm Level.

"Everyone!" Xu Yiming cupped his hands towards the surrounding individuals.

"I dare not guarantee victory; my opponent this time is a formidable fighter from Eastern Marvel Heaven. This person has already consecutively defeated duel participants from two Heavenly Domains. However, I will give it my all, and I only hope that if by any chance I lose the duel, none of you blame me," Xu Yiming said slowly.

Eastern Marvel Heaven, among the Nine Days of Immortal Domain, holds significant fame and is one of the strongest Heavenly Domains in the Mixed Element Immortal Domain. Its spatial size is double that of Faro Heaven. The quantity of cultivators at the Immortal Venerable Realm within this Heavenly Domain is incomparable to those in Faro Heaven. In the Mixed Element Immortal Domain, only Kunling Heaven can overshadow Eastern Marvel Heaven. Besides Kunling Heaven, no single Heavenly Domain possesses an advantage over Eastern Marvel Heaven.

"Brother Xu, you shouldn’t feel pressured; we understand the situation. Even if we truly lose, we certainly won’t place the blame on you," said an elder in a brown robe.

The other individuals also nodded in agreement.

"Alright, I will do my best. I myself have placed a heavy bet. If we win this duel, the days ahead would be much easier," Xu Yiming asserted emphatically.

Should they lose the duel, how Xu Yiming would survive going forward, he didn’t dare to imagine. Not only him, but other cultivators from Faro Heaven would similarly face arduous living conditions. This duel, although not every cultivator from Faro Heaven is participating in the betting, at least eighty percent will, and it’s not lightly wagered. After all, for Faro Heaven’s cultivators, this journey might only offer a single chance to partake in a duel. For those whose destination is one of the two Heavenly Domains ahead, their time aboard the Flying Boat would be less than ten thousand years, and the duel occurs only once in two thousand years, meaning these individuals won’t have a second chance to participate in the Heavenly Domain duel.

"Brother Xu, then let’s head to the gambling platform!" one person said.

"Let’s go, onward."

These cultivators with Immortal Rhythm Peak cultivations set out towards the gambling platform.

By now, a large crowd of cultivators had gathered around the gambling platform. Almost all of the more than ten thousand Faro Heaven cultivators in the low-level ticket area had arrived. Even those who hadn’t bet wanted to witness the event. Besides Faro Heaven’s cultivators, thousands from Eastern Marvel Heaven had showed up. Many Eastern Marvel Heaven cultivators had disembarked in previous Heavenly Domains, hence their fewer numbers here.