Chapter 1 Remembering the Cube

In the Divine Domain’s Grand Mystery Realm, Jiang Xuan received the memories transmitted back from his clones. With his knowledge and understanding of the Heavenly Dao laws, he had indeed gleaned some traces from the cube.

“However, the thirty-three heavens' ‘essence, energy, and spirit’ laws are vast. Even someone like the master of the Shura Road spent countless years to fully comprehend them. With my current speed of comprehension, I'm still far from it.”

Jiang Xuan thought to himself, but he was not anxious. Moreover, for him, comprehending the three paths of “essence, energy, and spirit” of the thirty-three heavens to achieve transcendence was not the only option.

What he was currently doing was only comprehending the cultivation system of the Shenluo Heaven, coupled with the Juyuan system and body refinement system of the Shenluo Heaven, which could allow him to be even more perfect when he broke through to become a True God.

“The Martial Gathering is still more than ten years away, it's time to start preparing.”

The Divine Domain Martial Gathering was held once every three hundred years, and this time was especially special, so it was naturally even grander. Vast Universe Heavenly Palace and Divine Dream Heavenly Palace had already begun preparations long ago. Only Jiang Xuan's side, because he was "newly entered" into the Heavenly Venerate realm, the construction of the Heavenly Palace, recruitment of disciples, and other matters had delayed a lot of time, so it had been postponed until now.

“Ling Yu, Xun Kun, come to the Grand Mystery Hall immediately.”

With this thought in mind, Jiang Xuan naturally summoned his eldest disciple and his earliest follower.

Nowadays, the daily trivial matters of the Heavenly Palace were all handled by them. Next, he had to start preparing for the Divine Domain Martial Gathering, and Jiang Xuan was relieved to leave it to them.

Not long after, two figures arrived at the Grand Mystery Hall one after another. The Grand Mystery Hall was the main hall of the Grand Mystery Heavenly Palace. Every brick and tile was refined from rare divine materials, and it was also covered with a great formation. As long as there was enough energy, once activated, even ordinary Lowly Heavenly Venerates would find it difficult to break through.

“Disciple greets Master!”

“Xun Kun greets Heavenly Venerate!”

The people who came were one old and one young. The younger one was dressed in white, and was a disciple that Jiang Xuan had taken when he first entered the Realm King Realm. Now he was already a peak Saint Lord, not far from the Realm King level.

The older one was the Realm King who had followed Jiang Xuan the earliest, and was also very loyal to Jiang Xuan. When the Grand Mystery Realm was still a Sacred Ground, most of the trivial matters were handled by him. It could be said that he was the Grand Butler of the Grand Mystery Heavenly Palace.

“Mm.” Jiang Xuan nodded, “I called you here for the Divine Domain's First Martial Gathering in fifteen years.”

Ling Yu and Xun Kun were not surprised. Although the Grand Mystery Heavenly Palace was newly established, and was not the leader in this Martial Gathering, as a Heavenly Venerate force, they could not disgrace the reputation of the Grand Mystery Heavenly Palace.

They had already planned to start preparing, but Jiang Xuan would occasionally go into seclusion, and had never mentioned this matter, so they had no choice but to wait.

“I have previously discussed with Vast Universe Heavenly Venerate, and the rules of this Martial Gathering have also been changed. My Grand Mystery Heavenly Palace is mainly responsible for the first round of the Martial Gathering finals, and needs to screen one thousand people who have passed the semi-finals down to three hundred people,” Jiang Xuan said. Although he didn't care much about the Divine Domain's First Martial Gathering, Vast Universe Heavenly Venerate would still explain it to him from time to time.

The Divine Domain's First Martial Gathering was divided into three stages. The first stage was the preliminary competition, which was determined by each world, and the second stage was to divide the Divine Domain into thirty semi-final regions for a big competition.

Each of the thirty semi-final regions would screen out three hundred people, for a total of nine thousand people, plus nine hundred and seventy core disciples of the Heavenly Palace, and thirty personal disciples of the Heavenly Venerate, for a total of ten thousand people.

These ten thousand people could enter the final stage of the Martial Gathering.

The final was also divided into three rounds, and because Jiang Xuan's Grand Mystery Heavenly Palace had a shallow foundation, Divine Dream Heavenly Venerate and Vast Universe Heavenly Venerate also took this into consideration, so they entrusted the first round to the Grand Mystery Heavenly Palace.

Jiang Xuan was happy to do so.

While speaking, Jiang Xuan also took out a treasure in the shape of a cloud tower, and said, "This thing is the Heavenly Cloud Realm that I refined. It has three layers of worlds, corresponding to the three levels of Transformation God Nine Transformations, Saint Lord, and Realm King. In the future, it will also be one of the Sacred Grounds of my Grand Mystery Heavenly Palace. This time, the first layer of the world will be opened for this Martial Gathering, as the assessment for the first round of the Martial Gathering finals.”

Transformation God Nine Transformations refers to the three realms of Divine Sea, Divine Transformation, and Divine Lord. Each realm only has three small realms: early stage, middle stage, and late stage, so it is called Nine Transformations. The Realm King is divided into two levels: ordinary Realm King and Great Realm King.

As for the Heavenly Cloud Realm, it was a treasure refined by Jiang Xuan. Each layer was divided into nine major stages, and each major stage had many spirit puppets. These spirit puppets were transformed by the will of the Heavenly Cloud Realm, and would test the warriors who entered the Heavenly Cloud Realm.

Moreover, each layer and each stage were set by Jiang Xuan according to the standard of geniuses. A normal Divine Sea level genius would be considered a monster if they could reach the third stage of the first layer.

Using this method to assess, they could better test the comprehensive strength of those geniuses.

"Heavenly Cloud Realm?!" Ling Yu and Xun Kun were also stunned. This was the first time they had heard that Jiang Xuan had refined such a treasure.

Moreover, what they valued more was that this treasure was actually effective for both Saint Lords and Realm Kings. In the future, it would inevitably have an unimaginable effect on the entire Grand Mystery Heavenly Palace. It was no exaggeration to call it a Sacred Ground.

"This time, you will take this thing to Vast Universe Heavenly Palace and work with Vast Universe Heavenly Palace to formulate detailed assessment methods," Jiang Xuan said, while handing the Heavenly Cloud Realm to Ling Yu and them.

"Yes!" Xun Kun and Ling Yu said at the same time, looking at the cloud tower-shaped treasure floating in front of them, they couldn't help but be curious.

"Right." Jiang Xuan seemed to have thought of something, and two rays of light flew out of Jiang Xuan's hand and merged into their memories.

“You two have contributed a lot to my Grand Mystery Heavenly Palace. These two cultivation methods can be considered as rewards for you,” Jiang Xuan said.

Jiang Xuan bestowed upon them two cultivation methods, both of which were quasi-Supreme Divine Martial level cultivation methods, and were specially selected by Jiang Xuan for them. They were very suitable for the Dao that they were currently cultivating. If they could develop on the original basis, they could still deduce the true Supreme Divine Martial.

Ling Yu and Xun Kun, who had obtained the cultivation methods, couldn't help but be shocked. This level of cultivation methods was absolutely impossible to see in the previous Grand Mystery Heavenly Palace, but now Jiang Xuan bestowed them casually!

Moreover, it was undeniable that these two methods were extremely suitable for their own Dao. They saw infinite possibilities in them. In their opinion, Jiang Xuan must have paid a great price to find such cultivation methods.

“Thank you Master/Heavenly Venerate for bestowing the Dharma!”

Ling Yu and Xun Kun said at the same time. This kind of Dharma was indeed the best reward for them, allowing them to have a possibility of taking it a step further, and even allowing them to completely transform!

“Mm, go.” Jiang Xuan waved his hand and said, quasi-Supreme Divine Martial was the most suitable for Ling Yu and Xun Kun now. After all, Heavenly Venerates had to walk out of their own martial path. It was okay to learn from the methods of the predecessors, but it was impossible to cultivate into Heavenly Venerates entirely by relying on the methods of the predecessors.

As for his second disciple, he had not returned yet, but his life was not in danger. The cultivation method that Jiang Xuan had prepared for him would eventually reach his hands.

…

In the blink of an eye, more than ten years had passed. The Lower Realm had already undergone earth-shaking changes, and Jiang Xuan knew it clearly through the clone of his thoughts left in the cube.

As for the Divine Domain, countless Sacred Grounds, various Great Worlds, and many geniuses were now preparing for the Divine Domain's First Martial Gathering in full swing. This was a grand event that swept across the entire Divine Domain, and it would naturally attract countless people's attention.

Many Sacred Ground magnates, Saint Lord Realm Kings, were even more looking forward to it.

If the disciples under their command could achieve good results in the Martial Gathering, their forces would be able to recruit more talented disciples in the long run. They naturally valued this.

And in a certain Divine Domain world in the endless distance, two figures suddenly walked out of the void. One of them, a heroic young man, was like a long spear that shattered the sky, his spine was like a dragon, and his edge was awe-inspiring.

The other person was like a towering divine sword, with his edge fully revealed, and there was endless sword intent in his eyes.

They had both traversed the void, and it could be faintly seen that in the void behind them, there were endless immortal lights and tribulation thunder.

"Is this the Divine Domain?" Lin Ming stood in the void, looking down. Beneath his feet was an boundless land. The continuous mountains were as small as sand, and the big rivers were as thin as hair. This world seemed to be endless. Even if he was high up, he couldn't see the end.

Moreover, he also found that the heaven and earth essence here was not as pure as he imagined, but was instead violent and mixed!

Five elements energy, pure yang energy, supreme yin energy, life energy, blood evil energy, ghost energy, demon essence... various kinds of energy were mixed together, strong and violent!

“It seems that the situation in the Divine Domain is different from what we thought.” Beside him, a young man carrying a sword said. He was Jiang Boyun, and now, like Lin Ming, he was a legendary figure from the Lower Realm.

This time, they also ascended together and entered the Upper Realm Divine Domain through a great formation.

However, they did not expect that the environment of this Upper Realm would be like this. Originally, they thought that this would be an immortal world with various divine objects and treasures coexisting.

But only when they truly came here did they realize that the situation here was so bad. Except for the rich heaven and earth essence, it was worse than the Lower Realm.

But in fact, this also tested the creatures' control over the heaven and earth essence even more. Those who could reach the level of powerhouses in the Divine Domain had an extraordinary control over energy that was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

The Divine Domain was originally developed from the wilderness. From a barren land to the vibrant vitality it is today, these were all exchanged for by the efforts of countless generations of the human race. It was definitely not easy to survive here.

It's just that they naturally don't know about these things. They have just arrived in the Divine Domain, so what can they know?

"Let's go, Senior Brother Jiang, let's go to the Ancient Phoenix Clan first." After looking at this world for a while, Lin Ming smiled lightly. His heart was full of pride and he was even more looking forward to everything in the Divine Domain.

"Mm, let's go." Jiang Boyun also smiled lightly, and was also looking forward to the unknown of the Divine Domain. A martial heart had already begun to boil, wanting to witness the vastness of the Divine Domain, and to see the countless geniuses and evildoers of the Divine Domain.

Moreover, he also wanted to find Jiang Xuan's trail. He had traveled all over the Lower Realm, but he had not found a creature that could compare with Jiang Xuan's existence. The final conclusion told him that Jiang Xuan could only be from the Upper Realm!

He did not know where Jiang Xuan was, even in this vast Divine Domain, he would not give up searching, after all, Jiang Xuan was his benefactor, and he had to find Jiang Xuan no matter what to repay Jiang Xuan.

It was also a few years after they entered the Divine Domain that the Divine Domain's First Martial Gathering was officially held, and the preliminary competition would be held in the Divine Dream Space.

The Divine Dream Space was a special world constructed by Divine Dream Heavenly Venerate with her own soul power, based on the laws of dreams. Only the geniuses participating in the Divine Domain's First Martial Gathering could enter.

All participants, as long as they reached within ten thousand miles of the Divine Dream Light, and then injected true essence and spiritual power into the Divine Dream Light, their bodies would fall into a deep sleep, and their consciousness would enter the Divine Dream Space!

But if they were not participants in the Divine Domain Martial Gathering, as long as they approached within ten thousand miles of the Divine Dream Light, their souls would be devoured.

This was created by a Heavenly Venerate level powerhouse, using the Supreme Divine Martial related to dreams as the world law to create the Divine Dream Space, which could accommodate countless geniuses at the same time. There was no need to gather them together, but to compete in the dream space, so the consumption of resources would be very small, and there was no need to worry about life and death, so they could go all out.

This world was somewhat similar to the Void God Realm in Perfect World, and was also between reality and illusion, with infinite creation.

As for the rules of the first Martial Gathering preliminary competition, the merit points were used as the evaluation standard. The higher the merit points, the higher the ranking. Among the three thousand Great Worlds, only 300,000 places could participate in the subsequent semi-finals, and only one hundred people from each Great World could advance!

In this grand event involving billions of geniuses, this elimination rate was undoubtedly terrifying.

At this moment, Jiang Xuan had also arrived in the Divine Dream Realm. Now the three Heavenly Venerates who were jointly holding the Divine Domain's First Martial Gathering were all here. They looked at a golden list in the sky. This was the ranking of the first Martial Gathering. Of course, the rankings of all creatures would not be recorded. Only about one-thousandth of them would be recorded. After all, there were too many geniuses in the entire Divine Domain. If they were all spread out, then this golden list would cover hundreds of millions of miles.

But even so, there were still many names on the golden scroll, because the scroll was too large, and the names were dense and countless. It was more than hundreds of thousands of miles wide and millions of miles long. Even Saint Lord level creatures could not completely cover the entire golden scroll with their divine sense. Even if they covered it, the endless names would make people's souls overdrawn.

Therefore, in order to facilitate everyone's search, Divine Dream Heavenly Venerate also specially created a search jade slip, which could query the ranking of participants, and query the merit points of any warrior according to their name and sect.

This was the merit system of the first round of the preliminary competition, and those who were qualified to enter the next round would also be selected from it. As for what Jiang Xuan was concerned about now, it was naturally his disciples.

"Found it, this little guy is very patient, he only made a move now..." In the Divine Dream Realm, Jiang Xuan shook his head with a smile, and thought to himself: "Located in the True Martial Great World, the current merit points are three million, ranking thirty-seventh in the True Martial Great World. There is no problem in entering the subsequent competition."

He saw Jiang Boyun's name, which was as he expected. After all, the Ancient Phoenix Clan was within the jurisdiction of the True Martial Great Sacred Ground. There were not many connections between the Lower Realm and the Divine Domain forces, and they also had to be connected with Lin Ming and the others. It was naturally not difficult to find them.