Chapter 25: Entry – Visitors from the Upper Realm

Qu Yi was puzzled upon hearing Tai Ming’s voice and smiled faintly. “Tai Ming, your Tai Yuan Gate only secured three spots. Where did you get another one?”
The leaders of the three demon cultivation sects—Green Dragon, Earth Dragon, and Water Dragon—also looked at Tai Ming in surprise.
Tai Ming simply smiled and said, “Of course, I know only three spots were won. But I have a way to get one more. The four cultivation sects have already agreed that the two Eight-Directions Swords from the Qing Yun Sect and Ying Tian Sect can be used by Master Qing Xu alone, allowing him to bring in three more people. Our Tai Yuan Gate has obtained one of them.”
So that’s how it is. The Qing Yun Sect has one Eight-Directions Sword, and the Ying Tian Sect has another. Now that these two swords are controlled by one person, fifteen people can be taken in. Originally, one sword could carry six people; now there are three extra spots. It seems Tai Yuan Gate received some advantage for getting one of them.
As soon as Tai Ming finished speaking, Lan Wei, the leader of Lan Yang Palace, also smiled and said, “The other two spots belong to our Lan Yang Palace.”
The four cultivation sects had secretly reached such an agreement, creating three extra spots out of nowhere.
Qu Yi understood and just chuckled. Such an agreement had no impact on him. No matter how many people the ten major sects sent in, he would still be by himself.
At that moment, Jin Xiong, the leader of Jin Yang Sect, snorted and laughed loudly, “I knew the four cultivation sects would make such arrangements. So, the three demon cultivation sects also have a countermeasure. The Eight-Directions Swords from Bi Yan Peak and Cang Yang Valley will naturally be controlled by one person as well. We Jin Yang Sect will take all three extra spots.”
These words immediately caused astonishment among those present.
Jin Yang Sect had already won three spots through auctions and now obtained three more, bringing their total to six. It was as if they had acquired another Eight-Directions Sword.
Sure enough, Bi Chi, the leader of Bi Yan Peak, smiled and immediately released the contract on his Eight-Directions Sword, handing it over to Cang Huang, the leader of Cang Yang Valley.
Qing Long, the leader of Bai Shou Peak, saw the situation change and gave Qu Yi a meaningful look. He even thought for a moment about giving his own Eight-Directions Sword to Qu Yi, so that Qu Yi could control four swords and carry even more people.
But it was just a thought. Qing Long quickly regained his senses. His Bai Shou Peak already had eight spots, the most among the ten major sects entering the Hao Tian Immortal Mansion. If he became greedy, it would provoke anger among others.

After some disturbance at the scene, it fell quiet again. From the seating area of Taiyuan Gate, a cultivator in the late stage of tribulation emerged; from the seating area of Lanyang Palace, two cultivators in the late stage of tribulation came out; from the seating area of Jinyang Sect, three cultivators in the late stage of tribulation appeared.

Of course, the three spots promised by Qu Yi to Bai Shou Peak were divided equally among the three demon cultivator sects. At this moment, one cultivator from each sect in the late stage of tribulation flew up to the auction platform.

Seeing that everything was settled, Qu Yi shouted loudly, “Everyone, now you can activate the Eight Directions Swords.”

Great!

Qing Xu, Cang Huang, and Qing Long all responded at the same time and immediately took out their respective Eight Directions Swords.

Qu Yi activated three Eight Directions Swords, with their tips touching each other to quickly form a luminous sphere that resembled a mirror, instantly covering the twenty-four people on the auction platform.

Qing Xu activated two Eight Directions Swords, creating another luminous sphere that covered the fifteen people from the four cultivation sects.

Cang Huang did the same with two swords, forming a sphere that covered the fifteen people from the three demon cultivation sects.

Qing Long activated his own Eight Directions Sword, covering the six demon cultivators from Bai Shou Peak.

When all eight Eight Directions Swords were activated, the original seal outside suddenly broke, and the valley reappeared.

The Tianheng Star near Liupan Star sensed the luminous spheres created by the eight swords. It seemed that the Haotian Immortal Mansion on that planet also detected a special aura, as suddenly three bubble-like light spheres shot out from Tianheng Star. Growing from mere points of light to hundreds of meters in size, they immediately covered the areas enclosed by the three luminous spheres.

As soon as the three light spheres enveloped those luminous spheres, they vanished, replaced by the three spheres enclosing everyone, who then flew straight toward Tianheng Star.

On Liupan Star, since many cultivators had gathered for the auction, they could clearly see the three bright light spheres in the sky and all the powerful figures inside them.

Undoubtedly, from the attire of those powerful figures, the cultivators immediately knew the number of people each sect was sending to Haotian Immortal Mansion:

Four from Taiyuan Gate, eight from Qingyun Sect, three from Lanyang Palace, eight from Yingtian Sect, six from Jinyang Sect, seven from Biyan Peak, seven from Cangyang Valley, eight from Bai Shou Peak, four from Xianyue Cliff, and four from Jiugong Island.

Among them, the most interesting figure was Qu Yi, the only one not from one of the ten major sects. Fighting against all ten sects alone was a legend that would forever endure in the cultivation world.

Naturally, news about the number of people from each sect entering Haotian Immortal Mansion spread quickly, reaching every cultivator’s ears in no time.

Because of this trip to the Haotian Immortal Mansion, if any sect acquired the powerful magical treasures within it, it could change the strength rankings of the top ten sects, thereby affecting all sects in the cultivation world. As a result, the cultivators in the cultivation world remained quiet, ceasing pointless conflicts and instead paying close attention to whatever happened at the Haotian Immortal Mansion.
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Just after Qu Yi and the other sixty people were guided up by the Haotian Immortal Mansion, the headquarters of the top ten sects on Liupan Star were filled with an unusual atmosphere.
On Taiyuan Mountain, within a sect’s forbidden area, five beings at the Mahayana stage of the Taiyuan Sect gathered in a spacious and magnificent building. At the center of this building lay a highly complex and mysterious array pattern—a two-meter-wide pentagram, with each of its five corners connected to another pentagram.
These five beings possessed different types of primordial energies: one from the Metal element, one from Wood, one from Water, one from Fire, and one from Earth. Each of them stepped into a pentagram at the periphery and poured their respective primordial energies into the pentagram beneath them.
As the primordial energies of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth were poured into the array pattern, the central pentagram suddenly glowed, forming a magnificent and colorful beam of light. Various colors of light rose from within the beam.
This beam reached the dome above the pentagram, which also had a strange pattern. When illuminated by the beam, it created a dreamlike mirror of rippling water. After several waves of ripples, the mirror suddenly showed intense activity, forming a dark passage that seemed to extend somewhere unknown, possibly connecting to another dimension.
Upon seeing this dark passage, the five beings at the Mahayana stage all smiled slightly before standing upright with great respect, as if waiting for instructions from within the passage.
Beings at the Mahayana stage were already the strongest existences in the cultivation world, yet they stood so respectfully, showing just how powerful the person they were about to meet must be.
Suddenly, an extremely immense presence emanated from the dark passage, followed by a flash of golden light. On the pentagram on the ground, a man with a stern expression and overwhelming pressure appeared.
As soon as this man in golden robes appeared, the dark passage on the dome vanished, along with the entire beam of light.
“We greet the Supreme Immortal!” The beings of the Taiyuan Sect simultaneously bowed their heads and called out respectfully.

It turned out that this man came from the Immortal Realm. Just now, the five beings at the Mahayana stage activated a formation, creating a passage to the Immortal Realm to bring this supreme immortal down. The man in golden robes glanced at the five of them and said indifferently, “People from the Ten Great Sects have already entered the Haotian Immortal Mansion?” The being practicing golden energy techniques immediately replied, “Yes, Supreme Immortal. There are sixty of them in total, and they have already gone in.” The man in golden robes nodded slightly, glanced around calmly, then smiled faintly and said, “Gentlemen, besides me coming down, there are three other forces from the Immortal Realm that will also send people down. I think the Demon Realm and the Fiend Realm will also send people. Therefore, from now on, you must all submit to me. We’ll wait until everyone comes out of the Haotian Immortal Mansion, then compete with other forces for the treasures brought out from there.” Upon hearing this, the five beings at the Mahayana stage were shocked. These supreme immortals didn’t even care about the lives of those who entered the Haotian Immortal Mansion; they only wanted to kill them and seize their treasures as soon as they came out. Though shocked, the five didn’t dare show it and immediately replied, “Yes, Supreme Immortal.” Although all five were at the Mahayana stage, they understood that they couldn’t withstand a single move from this supreme immortal, so it was better not to question him. Strength meant status.
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What was happening at Taiyuan Mountain was also taking place in the other nine great sects. The headquarters of the Qingyun Sect, LanYang Palace, and YingTian Sect were also attended by five beings at the Mahayana stage, each embodying one of the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. They activated the same six-star formation to welcome the immortals sent from the Immortal Realm. The JinYang Sect, BiYan Peak, and CangYang Valley, these three demon cultivation sects, also had five beings at the Mahayana stage who activated the six-star formation to welcome the supreme demons sent from the Demon Realm. BaiShou Peak, XianYue Cliff, and JiuGong Island, these three fiend cultivation sects, had five fiend cultivators at the Mahayana stage, one from each of the five elements, who activated the six-star formation to welcome the supreme fiends sent from the Fiend Realm. The Immortal Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Fiend Realm—all three higher realms—had sent their own emissaries to compete for the treasures in the Haotian Immortal Mansion. As for the sixty people including Qu Yi, everyone except Qu Yi knew that once they entered the Haotian Immortal Mansion, their respective sects would contact the higher realms to summon their powerful beings. The guiding light sphere of the Haotian Immortal Mansion carried the sixty people through the sky fire covering the surface of Tianhuo Star, arriving at a vast, mirror-like rocky plateau filled with abundant spiritual energy that blew gently.