Chapter 106: Ancestral Sword
The virtual illusion, also called the illusory Immortal World by many, is a vast illusory world built around the Ancestral Sword.
Cultivators entering it find their senses indistinguishable from reality, yet they will not truly die.
The most famous feature within it is the Battle Ranking.
Unlike those few divine glow rankings that cascade like waterfalls, that ranking assesses a cultivator's potential.
The Battle Ranking, however, is a measure of actual combat power.
As Chi Jiuyu said, the Battle Ranking is a list established to motivate the Disciples. From Qi Training to Returning Void, the top hundred can obtain a significant amount of contribution points.
The rankings for Qi Training, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core change periodically, but the first place in the Yuanying Stage has remained uncontested for a long time.
The reason is simple: they just can't win.
As the foremost figure among the younger generation in the Immortal Sect, Chi Jiuyu has no opponent among the current younger generation, except for a Prodigy in the Righteous Path Alliance who advanced to the Celestial Transformation Stage early.
This has led to the Sword Cultivators in the Sword Sect's Yuanying Stage becoming somewhat 'Zen-like'; after all the striving, isn't it still just second place?
In the bedroom.
Zhang Yunlu sat cross-legged on the bed, her eyes closed.
On her right ear, she wore a device resembling a Bluetooth earphone, its casing emitting a faint blue light, giving it a strong sense of technology.
With the aid of this device, her consciousness had now entered the virtual illusion.
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Virtual Illusion.
Zhang Yunlu sat in the audience.
On the spacious arena below, two Sword Cultivators were locked in battle.
Both were at the Golden Core cultivation level; one wielded a greatsword, swinging it with powerful force, while a Flying Sword also circled beside him, its attacks fierce.
His opponent was a Sword Cultivator practicing the art of sword pellets; two round, white sword pellets, the size of marbles, only revealed their sharpness when attacking.
Neither held back, every move aimed at the opponent's vital points.
Cheers from the audience were incessant and deafening.
Zhang Yunlu raised her hand and looked at her palm; the fair and delicate skin showed faint palm lines. She clenched her fist, and the sensation felt no different from reality.
With a thought.
Immediately, a light blue, semi-transparent panel appeared before her, moving with her gaze.
【Name: Zhang Yunlu】
【Cultivation Level: Qi Refining Ninth Layer · Enlightenment of Principles】
【Position: None】
【Current Battle Ranking: None】
Below were a few small icons, representing tipping, friends, and team communication.
After the two gold coin icons, there was a number - 200.
These were her contribution points.
The overall feeling was similar to when she participated in trials before, just a bit more refined.
Ding~
The number after the two gold coin icons changed to 199.
The battle between the two Golden Core Sword Cultivators in the arena was actually an exhibition match; one contribution point allowed ten minutes of viewing.
Time to go.
Zhang Yunlu stood up; she only had so few contribution points and couldn't spend them in a place like this.
After leaving the exhibition match area, she walked directly towards the battle zone.
She should go earn some contribution points, and at the same time, see where she still fell short compared to the Qi Training Sword Cultivators in the Sword Sect.
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Meanwhile, in the deepest part of the Sword Sect Inner Sect, the Sword Reverence Great Hall.
A bright and unimaginably vast space, where threads of spiritual light extended from all directions, connecting to branches and leaves resembling white jade.
The glass-like leaves emitted a faint radiance.
Thousands of branches and veins nearly covered the sky of this vast space, and the cool white light, like moonlight, added a touch of tranquility.
Looking inward along the exquisite, flawless branches and leaves that seemed not of this world, was a crystal clear, magnificent main trunk with flowing streaks of divine light within.
A tree.
A divine tree, like the mythical laurel.
Xu Xing and Bie Xuening stood beneath the tree, like specks of dust compared to a mountain.
"She's had it tough all these years," Xu Xing said with a smile.
"It can also be considered a trial, to temper her impatient nature."
Bie Xuening extended her hand, her fingertip gently touching the crystal main trunk.
Like a stone thrown into a lake, ripples spread across the surface of the main trunk, which resembled fine white jade.
Rumble!
The mountain-sized divine tree suddenly trembled, and the entire space shook with it. Within the magnificent main trunk, the divine light flowed even faster.
It was as if something terrifying was about to break free from the tree.
Soon, a silhouette appeared on the surface of the main trunk - a sword.
A sword three feet three inches long, its blade bright like solidified moonlight, its hilt wrapped in ancient patterns.
Buzz!
A wisp of Sword Qi leaked out, manifesting a scene of infinite destruction.
Mountains and rivers shattered, sun and moon dimmed together, the galaxy rippled, gods and men wailed!
A vast sea of blood submerged the starry sky.
Kill!
A fiercely violent roar seemed to echo in the ears, the tyrannical killing intent within it enough to turn any cultivator below the Combined Dao stage into an irrational monster.
Xu Xing remained unmoved by all of this.
While Bie Xuening merely watched coldly.
Soon, the sword blade trembled, emitting a somewhat wronged sword cry, and the destructive scene manifested by the Sword Qi dissipated accordingly.
"Come out," Bie Xuening said indifferently.
Buzz?
The conveyed intention seemed somewhat disbelieving.
Xu Xing stepped forward, a crimson longsword appearing in his hand, the divine light flowing on its blade suppressing even the light emitted by the divine tree somewhat.
It was Yue Ying.
"For the next period of time, your work will be taken over by Yue Ying."
It wasn't until Xu Xing said this that the sword in the divine tree's main trunk finally confirmed that Bie Xuening's words just now were true.
It immediately transformed into a streak of light and rushed out.
Rushing into the high sky, it circled the massive divine tree trunk hundreds of times in just an instant; anyone could see her joy at this moment.
This was the Ancestral Sword Yue Ling, Bie Xuening's destiny sword.
Many years ago, because she inexplicably destroyed several resource planets, Bie Xuening threw her in here to reflect.
It was a pity that this sword already had a name long before Xu Xing became a Disciple under Master.
Alas~
Soon, the circling Yue Ling in the sky was seen diving down.
Bie Xuening opened her hand.
But Yue Ling did not land in her hand; instead, she landed behind Xu Xing, transforming into a little loli less than a meter tall, with a bun hairstyle and wearing a white long dress.
Her face was as delicate as a porcelain doll, and her eyes were a beautiful red.
She grabbed the corner of Xu Xing's clothes with one hand and pointed at Bie Xuening with the other.
"You wicked old woman, you're actually exploiting child labor!"
"Hmm?" Bie Xuening's gaze turned slightly cold.
Yue Ling trembled, quickly withdrew her hand, and hid further behind Senior Brother.
"I'll give you three seconds. Come out from behind Senior Brother."
"I won't!"
"One."
"Unless you apologize to me!" Yue Ling shouted loudly.
"Two."
"I'm your destiny sword, not your employee! Why are you exploiting me like this!"
"Three!"
Thump!
The little loli knelt down very decisively and honestly admitted her mistake.
"Master, I know I was wrong."
Second update, one more to go.
