The Prodigies War

It was the greatest honor to be able to leave one’s name on the jade wall.  

Anyone able to inscribe their name on it would soar to fame and become known to countless cultivators.  

It had immeasurable benefits in raising one’s reputation and prestige. 

Sometimes, prestige also represented a kind of recognition and power. Also, since ancient times, the greater one’s prestige, the more blessings one could obtain.  

However, Lin Xun simply glanced at the brush in front of him and turned around to walk away, looking as calm as always. 

He came here to compete with Yun Qingbai ten years ago so as to get a feel of the gap between him and Yun Qingbai. 

He had no intention of leaving behind his name.  

……

The forbidden rune array extinguished on the ninth floor, causing the outside world to fall utterly silent. An atmosphere of shock enveloped the audience. 

All cultivators’ mouths gaped open as they stared at the ninth floor of the Sword Training Tower with dazed expressions. 

Xiao Qinghe was also silent and still, his eyes flashing with terrifying light and his heart churning like the sea.  

Seven minutes and thirty seconds!

He passed the ninth level of the Sword Training Tower! 

Ten years ago, Yun Qingbai set the unbeatable record of a quarter of an hour before he went into closed-door cultivation!

In other words, Lin Xun not only broke Yun Qingbai’s record but also halved it!

His result was not only shocking but also turned everyone’s mind upside down.  

In Baiyujing or even the entire Ancient Wasteland Domain, Yun Qingbai was like an invincible legend. Ten years ago, he already outshone everyone else in the world!

Over the years, countless geniuses had attempted to destroy the legend of Yun Qingbai, but all failed without exception. 

Xiao Qinghe was one of them.

Experts more amazing and stronger than him had also all failed on the ninth floor of the Sword Training Tower! 

But today, this record was broken!

Undeniably, this matter would cause a sensation in Baiyujing and attract the attention of cultivators all over the world!

Who was he?

This was the question that Xiao Qinghe and the others were most concerned about.

Even though he destroyed Yun Qingbai’s record that he set ten years ago, it was already enough to prove how powerful and amazing he was!

Amid the deathly silence, Lin Xun stepped out of the Sword Training Tower. 

As everyone looked at him, their eyes gleamed with a hint of respect and awe. This was a treatment that only the true strongest was able to enjoy. 

Everyone’s expression was serious and solemn, including Xiao Qinghe. 

He was also a remarkable figure who had stepped onto the Supreme Path. Even so, he knew that the youngster who just came out of the Sword Training Tower was a notch better than him, and he couldn’t accept that. 

A cultivator summoned the courage to ask respectfully as Lin Xun walked past, “Young Master, dare I ask for your name?” 

“Young Master, can I ask what sect you belong to?”

Suddenly, clamor broke out. Many were curious about the genius youngster.  

But Lin Xun vanished without a single word. This wasn’t because he was too aloof or arrogant that he ignored everyone else. It was because of another reason. 

He was in Baiyujing, the territory of the Omega Sword Sect. He knew it was best for him to not reveal his identity. 

“Who is that guy?”    

Not one of the cultivators dared to utter a word of complaint. So what if he is aloof? So what if he is arrogant and considers everyone below him?  

He has real strength!

If someone without strength dared to show such an attitude then they likely would have been drowned by their wagging tongues. 

“Since he successfully passed all levels and he smashed the top record, he must have left his name on the jade wall in the tower!” 

“Elder, please let us all take a look.” Many cultivators turned to look at the elder guarding the building with imploring looks in their eyes. 

Xiao Qinghe also asked aloud. 

The old man knew that he couldn’t keep this matter under the covers since it would be discovered or exposed sooner or later. After a moment of reluctance, he nodded in agreement.

But the result stunned everyone.

The first spot on the jade wall was blank! 

“I will find out who you are!” Xiao Qinghe turned around and left in a hurry. 

……

“The difference between you and I is just time!”

Lin Xun strolled along the bustling streets in deep thought. 

Ten years ago, when Yun Qingbai possessed the cultivation base of the Cyclic Derivation Stage, he moved unhindered across the ancient wasteland and slaughtered over hundreds of half-step kings, earning himself the title of strongest below the king stage.  

It was also at that time that he created the most dazzling record throughout history in the Sword Training Tower. 

Ten years later, Lin Xun broke his record with a time that was as twice as fast as his. 

This undoubtedly proved that the present Lin Xun was superior to Yun Qingbai ten years ago in terms of combat power!

It should be mentioned that when Yun Qingbai created this record, he was thirty years old. 

But Lin Xun was twenty years old when he smashed his record.

No matter whether it was in terms of age or strength, Lin Xun surpassed Yun Qingbai!

“But after ten years of closed-door cultivation, it’s impossible to predict how strong he has become…” Lin Xun dared not let his guard down. 

After all, he only broke the record set by Yun Qingbai ten years ago. 

After ten years, Yun Qingbai could have become entirely different. 

Lin Xun still remembered that Yun Qingbai once said, before going into closed-door cultivation, “My way of the sword seeks to transcend worldliness, suppress all ages and surpass the heavens, but now, the time is not right!”  

Those were bold words. Only those at the pinnacle of the world would dare to utter such bold words.  

Many people in the world wondered when Yun Qingbai would form the dao and become a king.

However, Lin Xun reckoned that Yun Qingbai never intended to break through to the king stage during his closed-door cultivation. He was only accumulating strength, perfecting his art, and making preparations as he waited for the perfect opportunity. 

What opportunity?

It was very simple. He was waiting for the opportunity to become an absolute apex king which would only come when the great age descended!

Only that could help Yun Qingbai fulfill his wish of suppressing all ages and surpassing the heavens!

“It is impossible to make further progression beyond the perfect Cyclic Derivation Stage even with tens of years of training and tempering.” 

“If he wants to compete in the great age, he must hone and perfect his martial dao cultivation, spirit cultivation, mental state cultivation, and great dao cultivation. Only then can he continue to suppress all opponents of the same cultivation stage like he did back then!” 

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Although Lin Xun had never met Yun Qingbai, he could deduce what he had been doing all these years.

This was because there were many similarities between Yun Qingbai and him. They both pursued an unprecedented path that no one had ever walked, and they both sought power that could compete with the sages of the past and the present!   

The only difference between them was perhaps that Yun Qingbai had been wandering on this path for many years more than him!

Time equalled foundation!

Time could turn the blue sea into mulberry fields. Time could turn beauty into ashes. Time could make a peerless person like Yun Qingbai undergo an astonishing transformation.

“Time!” Lin Xun clenched his fists. 

Half an hour later. 

Lin Xun appeared in front of a simple and unadorned stone building.

The hundred-foot tall building was called the Mind Strengthening Tower.  

Similar to the Sword Training Tower, the Mind Strengthening Tower was part of the Twelve Towers and Five Cities. It contained a mind strengthening secret realm inside it. 

To cater to cultivators of different cultivation levels, the mind strengthening secret realm would create different trials and tests.

In short, this building sharpened a cultivator’s state of mind. 

However, unlike the Sword Training Tower, not just anyone was qualified to enter the Mind Strengthening Tower. 

Of course, the eligibility to enter the building was very simple. Anyone who was not a successor of the Omega Sword Sect had to pay three thousand high-grade aeth essence to enter.  

Three thousand high-grade aeth essence was no small amount for any cultivator. 

Therefore, even though the Mind Strengthening Tower was well known, in ordinary times, very few cultivators would challenge it.  

But Lin Xun didn’t care. He only came here to see how powerful Yun Qingbai’s state of mind was ten years ago.

At this moment, the entrance to the Mind Strengthening Tower was very quiet with only a few cultivators lingering around. But they were all passers-by admiring the splendid appearance of the Mind Strengthening Tower. 

With a wave of his sleeve, Lin Xun gathered three thousand aeth essence and sent them flowing into the mouth of the mythical beast statue in front of the tower like a stream of water. 

The tightly closed stone gate of the building slowly rumbled open. 

Without any hesitation, Lin Xun entered in a flash. 

“That guy actually walked into the Mind Strengthening Tower!”

The figure of Xiao Qinghe quietly appeared in front of the building. Watching Lin Xun disappear into the tower, he couldn’t help but speculate, “Could he plan to break the mental state cultivation record set by Yun Qingbai ten years ago?”

This thought sent a rush of inexplicable excitement up his heart. I wonder if he will succeed…

The tests in the mind strengthening secret realm targeted one’s state of mind.

Ten years ago, Yun Qingbai passed eighteen mind strengthening tests and created a record that surpassed all ages!

The stronger one’s state of mind, the more steady one was in pursuing the great dao and the less likely one would be distracted. It was a kind of obscure and mysterious power, but a firm state of mind was essential for one to achieve great things on the path of the great dao. 

Xiao Qinghe came from the Moon Sun Sacred Palace and in his sect were many manuals left by Saints. Almost all had mentioned that the state of mind more or less determined one’s level of achievement on the Saint path!

“Since ancient times, anyone who challenged the mind strengthening secret realm would trigger the Mind Bell. The bell would ring once when a cultivator passed six levels and the bell would ring a second time when a cultivator passed the first twelve levels…

“This means that the more times the bell rings, the stronger the state of mind.

A passer-by enthusiastically explained about the Mind Strengthening Tower, “The ring of the bell is not that simple. It has a wonderful effect in cleansing and tempering the mind!” 

“Is it that amazing?”

Clang!

At this moment, a bell chimed from the Mind Strengthening Tower.