King of Ten Thousand Years

Luo Tian looked startled. ”Master, you don’t know the results of the Xuankong Mountain trial?”

”Looking at you, did you make it into the top twenty?” Mu Yunshi asked in return.

This was somewhat beyond his expectations.

He knew Luo Tian had offended many people and would be targeted during the Xuankong Mountain trial.

”Um... no.”

Luo Tian shook his head.

”Top fifteen?”

Mu Yunshi sat up.

’Not bad! To break into the top fifteen among so many experts, second only to the ten Core Disciples.’

”That’s not it either.”

Luo Tian said with a smile.

”You brat, stop keeping me in suspense and just say it!”

Mu Yunshi’s expression hardened, and he lay back down.

”First place!”

”Hm, not bad... Huh? What place did you say?”

Mu Yunshi’s calm and composed expression froze instantly. He nearly fell out of his reclining chair.

’First place?’

Mu Yunshi sat bolt upright again and cleaned out his ears. ’I must not have been hearing things.’

”Yes, first place. Not bad, very good... How did you do it?”

Mu Yunshi pretended to be calm, offering absentminded praise, but couldn’t resist asking in the end.

”I was just lucky...”

Luo Tian gave a rough account of what had happened at the very end.

”Hmph. So you know the gap between you and the Core Disciples and used strategy to make up for it!”

Mu Yunshi appeared calm on the surface, but the shock in his heart wouldn’t subside.

Taking first place in the Xuankong Mountain trial and tricking even the Earth Element Realm disciples... it sounded easy, but actually doing it was by no means simple.

”What did you gain from Xuankong Mountain this time?”

After all, Xuankong Mountain was a Sacred Land of the Yunxiao Sect, filled with countless opportunities, some even capable of defying heaven and changing one’s fate.

Luo Tian answered truthfully, only concealing the Celestial Sword Technique, as it would expose the secret of the Celestial Book.

”Your gains are not bad. Next, you should prepare well for the Celestial Pride Conference in three months! If you have any questions about your Cultivation, you can come and ask me!”

Mu Yunshi said with a serious expression.

Luo Tian’s result in the Xuankong Mountain trial had far exceeded his expectations; it was a complete shock.

Even so, Mu Yunshi didn’t believe Luo Tian could break into the top twenty at the Celestial Pride Conference.

In his heart, this master-disciple relationship would soon come to an end.

”Yes!”

Luo Tian nodded, filled with anticipation for the Celestial Pride Conference in three months.

Until now, he had never left the Eastern Domain.

But at the Celestial Pride Conference, he would come into contact with the geniuses of the entire Dongchen Continent.

It was said that the Four Major Sects were located in the southern, eastern, northern, and western domains, and among them, the Yunxiao Sect ranked third in overall strength!

Furthermore, the Central Domain of the Dongchen Continent was the birthplace of the Martial City, whose influence permeated the entire continent. It was the most powerful and prosperous of the Five Great Domains.

’What kind of spectacle will the Celestial Pride Conference be?’

Luo Tian’s heart filled with yearning as he left his master’s residence.

Just as he returned to his own residence, he saw the Crow furtively flying out.

”Ugly Bird, where are you going?”

Luo Tian called out.

The Crow was startled, its feathers standing on end. It quickly forced itself to calm down and said, ”Boy, you personally promised me back in Xuankong Mountain that you’d give me a vacation to go wherever I want!”

After a day, the Crow’s beak had only retracted an inch; it was still just as comically long and pointed.

”Alright, just don’t go too far.”

”Understood!”

The Crow revealed a cunning smile.

’Don’t go too far? Heh heh, this god will fly as far as I possibly can!’

Luo Tian was a little worried, so he added, ”If you can’t make it back within two months, just head to the Central Domain. I’ll be going there too!”

The Celestial Pride Conference was being held in the Central Domain!

”The Central Domain? This god understands!”

The Crow flapped its wings and sped away.

’The Central Domain? This god wouldn’t be caught dead there! CAW CAW CAW!’

After flying some distance away, the Crow cawed triumphantly.

It had to get away from that jinx Luo Tian, find some treasures to recover its strength, and reclaim its Peak Era mastery of the Sound Dao!

’Although this god’s Divine Melody is already unrivaled and has no match, I strive for perfection! I must achieve the ultimate, making the world surrender completely to my heavenly voice and world-stunning beauty!’

...

「Meanwhile, at Yunxiao Hall.」

”You want to participate in the Celestial Pride Conference?”

The Yunxiao Sect Master looked at Cheng Wanli, slightly surprised and pleased.

There was a time when Cheng Wanli had abandoned Martial Arts, resolutely choosing to become an Artifact Refiner and wasting his exceptional Cultivation talent. It had infuriated the Sect Master, but he’d been helpless to stop him.

The Sect Leader was very gratified by Cheng Wanli’s recent change.

”Yeah, I’m just going to have some fun!”

Cheng Wanli said casually.

The Yunxiao Sect Master’s mouth twitched.

’Have some fun at the Celestial Pride Conference?’

Cheng Wanli was his son. If he really went there just to fool around, it would be the Sect Master’s own face he’d be losing.

”You can go have fun, but you must promise me one thing!” The Sect Leader’s expression grew serious.

”As long as you can place in the top thirty at the Celestial Pride Conference, I will fully support you in whatever you do from now on!”

”Otherwise, you will listen to me in all matters!”

The Sect Leader’s demeanor was majestic.

He still wanted to pull Cheng Wanli back onto the right path.

”Top thirty?”

Cheng Wanli fell into deep thought.

This was a bet, a huge and difficult challenge!

Placing in the top thirty of the Celestial Pride Conference was nearly equivalent to being in the top thirty of the Spirit List!

And right now, Cheng Wanli wasn’t even on the Spirit List!

It was an almost impossible goal!

But Cheng Wanli wanted to accept the wager!

The path of Artifact Refining consumed a massive amount of wealth and resources.

And Cheng Wanli hadn’t completely given up on Martial Arts either. Pursuing both at the same time was difficult and demanding.

If he could get the Yunxiao Sect Master’s full support, it would greatly lighten his burden.

”It’s a deal!”

Cheng Wanli’s face was resolute and his eyes were bright as he agreed in one breath!

Just as Cheng Wanli left, one of the Sect Leader’s confidants arrived.

”Reporting to the Sect Leader, I’ve found some information regarding the tombstone...”

”Speak!”

”According to the secret records of the Yunxiao Sect, the founding ancestor of our sect, the Yunxiao Ancestor, once obtained a Celestial Stele with mysterious, unknown ancient writing on it. But he was unable to decipher it before his life ended, and after that, there are no further records of the Celestial Stele,” the confidant said.

”A treasure of the Yunxiao Ancestor?”

The Sect Leader was startled.

The Yunxiao Ancestor, founder of the Yunxiao Sect, was a Great Power from ten thousand years ago!

”However, that Celestial Stele isn’t necessarily the same one as the tombstone inside Xuankong Mountain...” the Sect Leader murmured.

But in his heart, he felt the possibility was extremely high.

Luo Tian’s luck was simply astounding. He had come across the Yunxiao Ancestor’s tomb and had almost obtained the Celestial Stele that even the Ancestor himself couldn’t decipher.

Unfortunately, that tombstone was shattered by Qiao Hai, making it impossible to confirm the truth.

’This boy... he’s not simple at all...’

The Sect Leader sighed.

Not to mention, that hidden expert within the Yunxiao Sect had appeared twice and asked him to intervene and resolve Luo Tian’s crises.

And when Luo Tian took a master, he actually ended up under Mu Yunshi!

Even he was unwilling to provoke someone with Mu Yunshi’s background.

Yesterday, the Sect Leader had hinted to the Third Elder: ”Elder Zhou, as the Third Elder of the Yunxiao Sect, you should be more magnanimous. Don’t get angry over such a small matter.”

He wasn’t protecting Luo Tian; he was doing it for the Third Elder’s own good.

...

After returning to his residence, Luo Tian began to plan for the future.

The Celestial Pride Conference was his primary goal!

Luo Tian had no confidence right now that he could meet his master’s requirement and break into the top twenty.

’The Celestial Pride Conference is in three months. There’s nothing to think about. I just have to hurry up and improve my Cultivation and strength!’

From his trip to Xuankong Mountain, Luo Tian had harvested many Spiritual Materials. Although he had given forty percent to the Crow, he had kept all the ones that were useful to him.

In addition, Luo Tian had an abundance of Spiritual Essence Coins and many Contribution Points.

Taking advantage of his wealth of Spiritual Essence Coins, Luo Tian had the Celestial Book deduce the Seventh-Layer of the Guiyuan True Skill, which cost forty pages’ worth of energy.

Immediately after, he had it deduce the Fifth Technique and Sixth Technique of the Nine Heavens Sword Technique.

This alone consumed three thousand of Luo Tian’s Spiritual Essence Coins.

’Oh, right. When I first got the Wind Manipulation Technique, it seemed I could upgrade its Tier to the Celestial Level!’

The original Tier of the Wind Manipulation Technique was Earth Level Upper Grade.

Perfecting it to the ”Celestial Level” would require ten thousand Spiritual Essence Coins!

Back then, Luo Tian had been dirt poor and had given up on perfecting it.

But now, he was flush with cash.

’I’m going all in!’

Luo Tian took out ten thousand Spiritual Essence Coins to replenish the Celestial Book’s energy.

It was incredibly difficult to break into the top twenty of the Celestial Pride Conference. Luo Tian needed to do everything in his power to get stronger, requiring a comprehensive improvement in his Cultivation, Martial Skills, Cultivation Technique, Body Technique, Body Refinement, and more.

Once the Wind Manipulation Technique was upgraded to the Celestial Level, Luo Tian’s Body Technique speed could, in a short time, reach the level of the ten Core Disciples!

WENG!

Soon, the pile of Spiritual Essence Coins turned to ash.

The Celestial Book was charged with five hundred pages’ worth of energy!

’Perfect the Wind Manipulation Technique!’

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The brilliance on the Celestial Book Paper Pages faded rapidly.

The perfected Wind Manipulation Technique flooded into Luo Tian’s mind.

Wind Manipulation Technique: A Celestial Level Low Grade Body Technique. A Body Martial Skill comprehended by observing the astral winds of the nine heavens. Ride the wind, break the waves, and roam the nine heavens.

”A Celestial Level Body Technique, it’s done!”

Luo Tian’s face lit up with pleasant surprise.

On the Dongchen Continent, the Celestial Level was the stuff of legends; Earth Level Upper Grade was considered the limit.

Within the Yunxiao Sect, although Celestial Level Martial Skills existed, they were extremely difficult to obtain, even for Core Disciples.

But Luo Tian, with the help of the Celestial Book, had obtained a Celestial Level Body Technique Martial Skill!

But this was not Luo Tian’s first Celestial Level Martial Skill!

His greatest prize from within Xuankong Mountain, the Celestial Sword Technique, was also Celestial Level!

However, to translate the contents of the tombstone, the Celestial Book had consumed fifty pages of energy just to get through one-fifth of it.

’By that calculation, translating the rest will require another two hundred pages of energy, which means four thousand Spiritual Essence Coins!’

So, Luo Tian took out another four thousand Spiritual Essence Coins to replenish the Celestial Book’s energy.

’It’s a good thing I got first place in the Xuankong Mountain trial and was rewarded with twenty thousand Spiritual Essence Coins...’

Luo Tian couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

These twenty thousand Spiritual Essence Coins were the Yunxiao Sect’s investment in the first-place winner of the Xuankong Mountain trial!

But today, Luo Tian had nearly used it all up by deducing and perfecting various things.

If the Sect’s upper echelons knew that Luo Tian had spent almost twenty thousand Spiritual Essence Coins in a single day, they would be dumbfounded.

’It’s all worth it. An ordinary Core Disciple would find it difficult to exchange even twenty thousand Spiritual Essence Coins for a Celestial Level Martial Skill, yet I’ve obtained two...’

Luo Tian was relatively calm about it.

’Translate!’

The Celestial Book’s energy was consumed rapidly. Its pages dimmed one by one until it finally closed completely.

And the fully translated Celestial Sword Technique transformed into a vast stream of information that surged into Luo Tian’s mind!

Luo Tian closed his eyes to browse through it, unable to help but exclaim in amazement, ”Exquisite! Incredible!”

The contents of the Celestial Sword Technique opened up a new world for Luo Tian, greatly expanding his understanding of the Sword Dao.

Although it was a Sword Dao Secret Skill, the information it contained was immense.

Luo Tian estimated that this incomplete Celestial Sword Technique, whether in terms of value or the boost it gave his strength, probably surpassed even the Celestial Level Body Technique, the Wind Manipulation Technique!