The prodigies of all races discussed spiritedly. Many of them coveted a spot in the top fifty, but the vast majority knew their own limitations. Being in the top ten thousand would already be an excellent achievement.
However, the Divine Mystery Dynasty also provided a safety net for them.
Anyone who entered the City of Prodigies could seek an official position in the Ministry of Appointments, so they wouldn't end up with nothing after failing.
"Rumor has it that the first generation of students at the Imperial Academy were handpicked by Emperor Xuan himself, only ten disciples in total. I wonder which one of them just announced the rules of the competition, and what rank they hold," Qian Hengzhang, who was among the prodigies, looked at the departing Xuan Xiudi with envy.
Handpicked by Emperor Xuan, those were truly the chosen ones.
"I remember this lord. He once appeared when the Imperial Dynasty was conquering the unclaimed starry sky," a voice suddenly rang out as Qian Hengzhang was pondering.
"His name is Xuan Xiudi, rumored to be a descendant of Emperor Xuan's clan."
The speaker was a burly man with a face full of橫肉.
Qian Hengzhang and Qian Hengyue frowned slightly. They didn't have much interaction with this person, but when they heard that Xuan Xiudi was a descendant of Emperor Xuan, they gasped.
A descendant of Emperor Xuan had an incredibly powerful background.
"Greetings, both of you. I am Tian Jie. Lord Xuan Xiudi mentioned that the first two rounds of the competition will be a free-for-all. With millions participating, it will inevitably be extremely intense. Fighting alone is like a tiger facing a pack of wolves. How about we temporarily form an alliance?" Tian Jie cupped his fist.
"Alright!" Qian Hengzhang and his sister Qian Hengyue exchanged a glance and nodded.
What Tian Jie said was true. They did need to form an alliance to resist the encirclement.
On the other side, Yao Gu also approached Long Junyi.
Over the next three days, the prodigies of all races sought out alliances. They knew very well that in a free-for-all, even the strongest would find it difficult to defeat everyone. However, during this period, Xuan Xiudi appeared once again, ordering that no alliance could exceed ten people, otherwise, their qualification for the competition would be revoked.
This further increased the difficulty.
"This time, the Ministry of Revenue has entrusted us with the Prodigies Competition, which is also a training exercise for us. If we succeed, we will gradually rise to high positions in the Imperial Dynasty, facing the universe. If we fail, the Divine Mystery Banquet involves major issues, so I don't need to say more, right?"
While the prodigies were preparing for the battle, the people from the Imperial Academy gathered in the void above the City of Prodigies. Xuan Xue swept her gaze over the crowd and said.
"Understood," the others nodded.
However, they still had more than ten days to prepare.
And the Divine Mystery Banquet was still more than four months away, so there was plenty of time.
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"Lord Taihuang, the Dragon Clan has already handed over 300 million dragon livers. We really can't produce any more," on the other side, in the Divine Demon Division, an immortal from the Dragon Clan reported to Taihuang with a troubled expression.
"Can't produce any more?" Taihuang punched the dragon immortal fiercely.
If Xuan Ming were here, he would definitely recognize that this dragon was the triple-heaven ancient god who had chased Taihuang in the past. With the revival of the great era, he had a chance encounter and broke through to immortality.
However, Taihuang had merged with Emperor Xuan's demonic seed, further improving his talent. Now, his cultivation had reached the early stage of the Immortal Dao Flower, surpassing this dragon.
"Yes, we really can't produce any more. Recently, our Dragon Clan has been constantly extracting hearts and livers, then consuming pills to recover, and then extracting hearts and livers again. It's seriously affecting our vitality. We really can't produce any more," the immortal dragon said painfully.
Seeing this, Taihuang remained silent for a long time.
"Alright, stop acting pitiful."
"Isn't it possible for your Dragon Clan to use your blood to transform those who are born from wombs or eggs into dragons once you cultivate to the level of a Heavenly God?"
"Go and do it. Be sure to collect a hundred billion dragon livers before the Divine Mystery Banquet," Taihuang waved his hand.
"Yes, Lord Taihuang."
"Thank you, Lord Taihuang, for not holding a grudge."
The immortal dragon was overjoyed and quickly thanked him.
"Hmph!" Taihuang snorted coldly. Knowing that he had to leave now, the immortal dragon quickly departed.
"With the supply of dragon livers guaranteed, we also need to expedite the collection of phoenix marrow and Qilin arms from those races," Taihuang thought.
The Divine Demon Division was responsible for the food at the Divine Mystery Banquet.
Those with high cultivation could easily swallow food the size of a mountain in one bite.
He naturally couldn't afford to be negligent.
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Chapter 360 Yuan Zhou God King Escapes from Collapsed Space-Time, Signs In: Chaos Immortal Treasure
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While the various agencies of the Imperial Dynasty were operating around the upcoming Divine Mystery Banquet.
The Ministry of War was also encountering some obstacles.
The starry sky was vast and boundless. Although the Divine Mystery Dynasty had briefly unified it.
The various regions had not yet been fully stabilized.
There were still some places where rebellions were occurring.
"The Divine Sect in the Tian Zhou Great Domain was extremely weak before, surrendering directly to the Imperial Dynasty's army. Unexpectedly, they stabbed the Imperial Dynasty in the back afterward!" Minister of War Li Batian frowned slightly as he looked at the memorial submitted by his subordinates.
"Have you found out the reason why the Tian Zhou Divine Sect suddenly became so confident?" Li Batian asked in a deep voice.
The Imperial Dynasty had unified the starry sky, but its prestige had not yet taken root in people's hearts.
If the Tian Zhou Divine Sect were allowed to show off, the Imperial Dynasty's prestige would definitely be greatly damaged.
"Reporting to the Minister, the spies that this official arranged in the Tian Zhou Divine Sect have found out that it seems that the ancestor of the Tian Zhou Divine Sect has been resurrected from his coffin!" the Divine Officer of the Ministry of War said in a low voice.
"Resurrected?" Li Batian frowned even deeper.
"That's right. It is said that a God King-level fluctuation erupted in the Tian Zhou region. The strength of this strangely resurrected ancestor of the Tian Zhou Divine Sect should not be underestimated," the Divine Officer of the Ministry of War said with a solemn expression.
"A God King?"
"This official will ask Lord Five Elements to handle this matter," Minister of War Li Batian pondered slightly and said.
Regardless of the origin of the Tian Zhou Divine Sect's ancestor, since it involved the God King level, it was no longer something that a simple Imperial Dynasty army could handle.
As for inviting the Wind and Thunder God King, the Light and Darkness God King, and others.
Li Batian had already planned to use the Fire Mulberry Divine Sect as a place for the Imperial Dynasty to establish its prestige.
Inviting a Supreme to suppress the other party.
Only then would it be impressive and demonstrate the power of the Imperial Dynasty to the entire starry sky.
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"Ninth Universe Starry Sky... Tian Zhou Great Domain... Divine Mystery Dynasty..."
At the same time, in the secret realm of the Tian Zhou Divine Sect, the corpse in a coffin frowned.
"This is really a headache. This king finally used a secret technique to escape from the collapsed space-time ahead of time, but I didn't expect my divine soul to combine with the recently deceased ancestor of the Tian Zhou Divine Sect!"
"Right now, I need to wait for my past cultivation to gradually merge with this corpse before I can completely control it, otherwise I can only lie here and be unable to move. Alas!" Yuan Zhou God King felt a headache.
He was a dignified God King who had painstakingly escaped from the collapsed space-time ahead of time to enter the great era, but he didn't expect to encounter such a change.
Right now, he couldn't leave, he couldn't move. He needed to slowly nurture this corpse, or use natural treasures to shorten the nurturing time. It really made him dumbfounded. How could he, who was residing in a corpse, obtain natural treasures?
Fortunately, after checking his surroundings, he discovered that his "corpse" was the ancestor of the Tian Zhou Divine Sect.
Right now, he couldn't act and needed someone to help him.
Therefore, he summoned the high-level members of the Tian Zhou Divine Sect to gather and told them that he had been resurrected and needed various treasures of heaven and earth. As for worrying that the other party would discover the clues, Yuan Zhou God King had a Dao fruit called Lies. With just three sentences, he made the entire Tian Zhou Divine Sect work for him.
However, during this period, he discovered that the Tian Zhou Divine Sect was under the control of a force called the Divine Mystery Dynasty, and a large number of resources within the Divine Sect were also taken away. The various ores and resources of the Tian Zhou Great Domain were also requisitioned, which made Yuan Zhou God King frown, and he told the Tian Zhou Divine Sect to let go and collect resources.
It was also because of this that the Tian Zhou Divine Sect rebelled.
"The Divine Mystery Dynasty can unify the starry sky, there must be a God King guarding it, but it should be fine. Although this king has not recovered all of his cultivation, he also has the power of a six-Dao Fruit God King. In the current starry sky, I should be able to walk sideways," Yuan Zhou God King thought.
"When this king recovers to his full strength and devours the Dao Fruit of the Great Era, I will definitely be able to achieve the Supreme Dao Position!" Yuan Zhou God King laughed wildly in his heart.
He had already imagined his future of achieving the Supreme Dao and having the hope of becoming an immortal.
"It's not good, Ancestor!"
"Because you drove us to rebel, the Divine Mystery Dynasty announced to the starry sky that a Supreme will personally take action to pacify the Tian Zhou Great Domain and slaughter our entire sect!"
"Ancestor, please think of a way!"
Just as Yuan Zhou God King was excited, the Sect Master of the Tian Zhou Divine Sect lay on the coffin board with a look of fear.
"What!?"
Yuan Zhou God King opened his mouth, feeling a little dazed!
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The Tian Zhou Divine Sect was destroyed.
The entire Tian Zhou Great Domain was taken over by the local government of the Divine Mystery Dynasty.
This incident sounded a warning to the Jianghu forces of the entire universe.
After this incident.
The universe and all its realms were completely pacified.
"You said, you are from the collapsed space-time of the Epoch Starry Sky?"
In the Ministry of War, Supreme Five Elements frowned slightly.
"That's right, Supreme Lord. This little god didn't expect that the starry sky already had you guarding it. If I had known, I would have definitely asked those little ones to carry this little god's coffin to your presence to pay respects. Please, Supreme Lord, have mercy and let this little god go..." Yuan Zhou God King said with a look of fear.
Supreme Five Elements ignored him.
His attention was on Yuan Zhou God King's words.
He remembered.
That Emperor Lord had said in the past.
That the Heavenly Void Realm and other great worlds all had original collapsed space-times existing, and within them, like Epoch Forbidden Zones, there were living beings lurking.
However, at that time, it was not yet certain when these beings would be born.
In addition, he had to deal with the Bronze Forbidden Zone, so he had forgotten about this matter.
But now...
