The Prodigies War

“How come they have all appeared now?” Lin Xun’s expression changed.

From what he knew, in the past the experts who entered the Dao Practice Tower and could set foot upon the dao platforms would only get one great dao hassock.

Yun Qingbai was also the same.

But now, there were nine hassocks that represented different things. They had appeared, showing off their different charms. This was quite unusual.

Lin Xun hesitated for a moment and finally grit his teeth. He made the bold decision to sit on all nine hassocks! 

Without any delay, he directly sat down on the hassock that was filled with divine purple qi.

Immediately, a surge of mystical dao artistry surged into his heart and then permeated throughout his body.

Lin Xun felt his mind shake. Within that moment, he felt as if he had been transported into a boundless starry sky and was witnessing a madly rushing figure.

The man’s hair was a mess, had a withered face, andwizened figure. Every step he took set off explosions and caused thousands of stars to shake.

His aura was extremely frightening and towering. He used the galaxy as his road. Even though time passed and all living things changed, he was still running around wildly.

The boundless starry universe and space was incapable of stopping him. It was as if he was searching for something and also as if he was playing a game. Every moment resembled as if he was meeting an enemy as he was frantic beyond measure.

Lin Xun had once seen the same scene when he was comprehending the Star Annihilation Heaven Devourer while at the Dao Lantern Festival.

However there was something different. This time it felt like he was there experiencing and witnessing the old man’s campaign for something!

Gradually, Lin Xun’s consciousness emerged from the numerous and confusing images as he came to a realization.

In his eyes, the old man had become a giant abyss that was engulfing the galaxy. He wasn’t sure how many stars had burst open and broken down before being destroyed completely and swallowed.

"Its way is like an abyss, big and boundless, empty and immeasurable...annihilating the stars in the surrounding void, swallowing everything and melting itself..."

Lin Xun’s chest became hot and his origin aeth artery began to spew pure and holy light. It vaguely formed into a large abyss.

Underneath the abyss was the sound of saints chanting, revealing the mystical sounds of the dao.

Lin Xun could clearly feel that his comprehension of the Star Annihilation Heaven Destroyer was growing by leaps and bounds, becoming more profound…

However, after a short period of time, this progress came to an abrupt stop!

Eh?

Lin Xun opened up his eyes as he wished to continue the journey. Being stopped midway was a scenario that anyone would get angry about.

Before long he figured out what had happened. The purple hassock he was sitting on had suddenly lost all of its color and had become dull and gray. It was dark without a hint of spiritual energy.

“Using up the best grade hassock only allowed me to comprehend about seventy percent of the Dao Ripple stage of the Star Annihilation Heaven Destroyer. How much time passed?”

 

Lin Xun was quite shocked.

He was quite aware of how difficult and mysterious the Star Annihilation Heaven Destroyer was as the wonderful truth contained in it could be described as vast as a sea of smoke!

Earlier, he had worked hard and went through many trials before he finally reached the Dao Ripple stage, which could be regarded as the first glimpse of the door.

But now, after simply meditating on the purple hassock for a while, he was only thirty percent away from reaching perfection at the Dao Ripple stage!

This speed was quite astonishing.

"I’m not sure what the golden hassock will do..." Lin Xun got up and sat cross-legged on the golden hassock next to him without any hesitation.

Buzz~

Immediately, the familiar atmosphere of being enveloped by the great dao happened again.

A moment later, Lin Xun opened his eyes, and a palpitating aura of an obscure dao surged from his body.

He had reached the perfect Dao Ripple stage!

Lin Xun suppressed the joy in his heart after feeling the changes in himself. Without wasting any time, he sat down on the silver hassock that was next to him.

Before long–

Breakthrough!

The Dao Meaning stage!

When the silver hassock lost all its spirituality, Lin Xun fully realized that his mastery of the Star Annihilation Heaven Destroyer had undergone a qualitative transformation. He had gone from the realm of Dao Ripple to Dao Meaning in one fell swoop!

Furthermore, it only took about a quarter of an hour to do so…

If Xiao Qinghe had witnessed this, then his jaw would have dropped wide open.

He wouldn’t think that Lin Xun’s cultivation was improving too quickly and instead think it was going too slow!

This was because, in the past, any cultivator who could reach the dao platform can raise an art that they had mastered to a higher level with only one hassock.

Furthermore, the higher the grade of the hassock, the more it could promote!

But Lin Xun was different. After consuming the highest-quality purple hassock and the other two equally high-quality hassocks, he only raised the Star Annihilation Heaven Destroyer by one level. This comprehension seemed very poor in comparison and was basically abnormal.

However, this only proved how difficult and mysterious the Star Annihilation Heaven Destroyer was.

As the most mysterious and powerful dao art since ancient times, it had always been like a legend, and there were very few cultivators who could master it!

 ……

In the remaining time, Lin Xun was immersed in the mysterious enlightenment.

Every time he consumed all of the spiritual energy from a hassock, he would move and sit on the next one without delay.

During this process, Lin Xun also clearly felt that his control over the Star Annihilation Heaven Destroyer was making obvious progress in the realm of Dao Meaning.

However, he also realized that, compared to the purple hassock, the strength of the other hassocks showed a decreasing trend from high to low.

This was normal. The nine hassocks on the dao platform were divided according to their quality, the higher the quality, the more they were able to help with enlightenment.

Consequently, the reverse was the same.

Earlier Lin Xun had begun from the highest-grade hassock because he was worried about an accident occurring.

Therefore, although subsequent improvements to his cultivation base were obvious, it was much slower in comparison.

But even so, it was still an amazing speed.

According to Lin Xun's judgment, this enlightenment experience alone saved him at least five years of cultivation time!

In a sense, saving five years was the same thing as accumulating more knowledge about the dao than his peers!

This result was more than amazing; in fact, it was simply astonishing!

After all, there were quite a few heaven prides who had stepped onto the supreme path in the Ancient Wasteland Domain, so there was no lack of peerless monsters and natural descendents of the heavens.

Being able to save so much time while in the same realm would definitely give Lin Xun a lot of advantages in the future battle of the great ages!

……

“How come he has still not left?”

Outside the Dao Practice Tower, Xiao Qinghe frowned a little. When Lin Xun had challenged the Sword Training Tower, Mind Strengthening Tower, Spirit Tempering Tower, and Comprehension True Tower earlier, his record-breaking speed was like a gust of wind, which was unbelievably fast.

But this time, a full incense stick of time had passed, and there was still no movement at all. A bad premonition arose within Xiao Qinghe’s heart.

"This freak wouldn't have hit a wall this time, right? If that's the case, then his fifty thousand high-grade aeth essences would have been thrown away for nothing. Most importantly, he will not be able to go past Yun Qingbai's record..." Xiao Qinghe murmured to himself.

After thinking about it, he realized it made sense. Back then, Yun Qingbai had gotten the highest-quality purple hassock when he ascended the Dao Practice Tower. This record was already the highest, so how could it be broken?

"That's good, at least it proves that this freak is not outrageously strong in every way. Otherwise, other people would want to kill themselves over this."

Xiao Qinghe felt himself relaxing perceptively after thinking this.

Xiao Qinghe was an extremely proud genius, but after seeing Lin Xun's outrageous feats over and over again his ego was hit hard.

Now, he felt relieved after having a hunch that Lin Xun might stumble at this stage.

He even thought about how to appease and comfort the other party when Lin Xun returned after failing. He might be able to win Lin Xun’s favor such that the other cultivator would tell him some things that he wanted to find out. 

For example, he was very curious about Lin Xun’s identity and background.

Eh?

While Xiao Qinghe was thinking to himself, he suddenly noticed that there was a sound of something breaking through the sky, like a tide in the void far away.

Looking up he saw streaks of incomparably gorgeous sword lights escaping from the sky. They resembled divine rainbows covering the sky and earth, rushing towards this side.

The black-robed disciples of the Omega Sword Sect were all flying through the air on sword light. There were men and women, old and young, and all of them were elegant and extraordinary. In the eyes of ordinary people, they resembled a group of heavenly sword immortals!

"Damn it, trouble has finally come!" Xiao Qinghe cursed inwardly.

Earlier in Purple Air City, he had guessed that Lin Xun's feats would inevitably cause an uproar, but he didn't expect that trouble would come so soon.

This was Baiyujing and was considered a part of the Omega Sword Sect’s domain!

Lin Xun had successively broken one record after another set by Yun Qingbai, so that was bound to trigger a fierce reaction from the Omega Sword Sect.

The scene in front of them undoubtedly proved this point.

For a moment, Xiao Qinghe's face was cloudy and uncertain, and he had the urge to withdraw. Although he was proud and had something to rely on, he didn't want to be involved in this turmoil.

Furthermore, he was sure that the disciples of the Omega Sword Sect would cause a conflict with Lin Xun as soon as they saw him. After all, they all had sword-like and aggressive personalities!

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But in the end, Xiao Qinghe still held back and did not leave.

On the one hand, he was extremely curious about Lin Xun's identity and background. On the other hand, after seeing Lin Xun's amazing performances, he didn't want to miss this opportunity to build a friendship with him.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Bursts of sword light whizzed towards and suddenly landed in front of the Dao Practice Tower. Judging by the figures present, there were at least a hundred people.

All of a sudden, the originally deserted Dao Practice Tower became much more lively.

"This person left the Comprehension True Tower in about the time it took to finish a stick of incense. If nothing out of the ordinary has happened since then, he should be in the Dao Practice Tower at this time!" someone quietly announced.

"Hmph, this kid is really arrogant. Does he believe that breaking some of the records set by Senior Brother Yun Qingbai will allow him to continue to show off his prestige in this Dao Practice Tower?”

Some were quite angry by this development.

"I'd like to see just who this person is!"

Some people were remarking with a lot of hostility in their voices.

"Junior brothers and sisters, please calm down. Since we don’t know the identity of this person, now is not the time to be arrogant. Otherwise, other people will begin to laugh at our Omega Sword Sect."

In the end, a slim man with eyes like two sharp swords and inky black hair and beard spoke up. He was heading the group and easily suppressed the roaring discussion.

Then, he turned to look at Xiao Qinghe who was standing alone on the other side of the Dao Practice Tower.