Chapter 201: The Day of a Hundred Battles

As the protagonist of the day, Su Che, accompanied by Venerable Xuanji, entered the arena and was immediately recognized by thousands of disciples in the nearby stands.
“Senior Su has arrived!”
Whoa…
Cheers erupted instantly!
As more and more people joined in, the stands became utterly chaotic, with shouts reaching the heavens.
By now, Su Che’s background was well-known to everyone—he was a disciple who started from the lowest ranks, just like 90% of those present.
Most of the Outer Sect disciples of Tianxuan Sect had gone through the toughest times. Today, the over one million self-disciplined disciples in Xuanji City represented everyone’s past.
Everyone has dreams, and Su Che represented the tomorrow that everyone longed for in their dreams.
A disciple who started from humble origins and worked hard to become an Inner Sect disciple would now defend the arena alone, challenging a hundred exceptionally talented true disciples.
Courage, grace, glory, and brilliance—things many could only dream of…
As long as one had the qualifications to establish a Hundred Battles Arena, all of this could become reality right before their eyes!
Even defeat brought honor!
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Contrary to the Outer Sect and Inner Sect disciples in the stands, the hundred true disciples standing quietly below the arena all had solemn expressions and remained silent.
Because the person qualified to become the top true disciple today was none of them—just an Inner Sect disciple.
This slap was truly thunderous!
Even the aura of being a true disciple paled in comparison.
The implications were indescribable.
…
When the Supreme Patriarch and the four Great Elders appeared on the arena, the clamor ceased instantly. Countless disciples sat up straight out of respect, and the arena fell dead silent.
The five Supreme Patriarchs said nothing, simply sitting on the cushions at the five corners of the arena, for today’s protagonist was not them.
At that moment, Elder Sili, who had reached the mid-stage of the Golden Core cultivation, stepped onto the arena holding a golden scroll and declared loudly, “Today, our disciple Su Che has established a Hundred Battles Arena here to challenge each of the hundred true disciples one by one. Only by winning all hundred battles can he become the top true disciple of Tianxuan Sect!”
“Su Che, just four years since joining the sect, advanced to the late stage of Foundation Building at the age of 19, and has achieved one Class A Level 2 merit and one Class A Level 1 merit!”
Whoa…
These words immediately sparked gasps of astonishment throughout the arena.
This time, even the hundred true disciples turned pale, showing expressions of utter disbelief.

Not only the younger disciples but also many Golden Core-level elders were utterly astonished. Su Che himself was quite surprised as well, thinking, “Apart from that achievement of obtaining the Ancient Town Mountain Talisman, what other major merit of the Jia level could there be?” The merit levels of Tianxuan Sect were divided into four major categories—Jia, Yi, Bing, and Ding, with each major category further divided into five subcategories. The five levels of Jia represented the highest possible merit level, reserved only for those who had made tremendous contributions to the sect or contributed throughout their lives. Generally, such honors were bestowed only when the sect’s supreme leader retired after achieving great success. Therefore, the Jia level II and I merits assigned to Su Che were extremely astonishing. At that moment, the arena was filled with chatter; everyone couldn’t imagine how a young inner disciple could have accomplished such great feats, let alone have the chance to do so. Without revealing the specifics, it would surely be hard to convince everyone! “Silence!” “Silence!” “No noise!” The ceremonial elder shouted three times before the arena finally quieted down. The ceremonial elder shook a golden scroll and continued, “In the 10220th year of the Tianxuan Calendar, the Xiaomi Immortal Realm was opened. Su Che entered as a treasure-seeking disciple, returned safely, and contributed an ancient treasure to our sect. His merit was rated as Jia level II…” Xiaomi Immortal Realm? Ancient treasure? The crowd was once again in uproar, realizing that Su Che had not only entered the Xiaomi Immortal Realm but also emerged alive, bringing back an ancient treasure. To be rated as Jia level II meant that the treasure must be an extremely rare spiritual artifact! “Silence!” The ceremonial elder had to restore order once more. After the silence, he continued, “In the 10221st year of the Tianxuan Calendar, the Taiyi Sect, along with sects like the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect, took advantage of the brotherly bonds among the immortal sects to plot a scheme. They lured our sect’s 400-member aid team to the Taiyi Sect’s gates, and then…” After recounting the events involving the Taiyi Sect, he continued, “Su Che saw through their scheme in time, allowing Elder Zixiao Taishang to prepare two days ahead and relocate our aid team to a safe area, ensuring that not a single disciple was harmed and all returned safely to the sect. This achievement was rated as Jia level I!” So that’s how it was! The arena was once again in chaos, but this time, all 100 direct disciples turned their heads to look at Su Che. After all, they had all participated in the mission to the Taiyi Sect.

At that time, the disciples of Tianxuan Sect were scattered among various markets and districts, not gathered inside the Taiyi Mountain gates. If it weren’t for Su Che’s timely reminder to Zixiao, after the incident, at least half of them would have failed to return to the sect—either dead or captured by the Taiyi Sect. It’s easy to imagine how devastating it would be for Tianxuan Sect to lose such a large number of its true disciples. After all, these true disciples were mostly those with extraordinary talent, and it had taken countless efforts to bring them into the sect and nurture them into capable individuals… It was only at this moment that these true disciples realized Su Che had even saved their lives… Yet today, he had established the Hundred Battles Arena… With all these grudges and entanglements, things were becoming increasingly complicated. At this moment, Su Che’s thoughts were: “The matter with the Taiyi Sect should generally be credited as a Class A, Level 2 achievement. But since it was accomplished together with Senior Brother Yuqing, I guess Senior Brother Yuqing can also be credited with a Class A, Level 1 achievement…” Next, the Chief Ritualist recited some ceremonial words. Finally, he closed the golden scroll and turned to address the five supreme sect leaders on the arena, asking, “Please, the supreme sect leader and the four senior elders, advise whether Su Che is qualified to establish the Hundred Battles Arena?” “Approved!” The five Yuan Ying ancestors replied in unison. “The Hundred Battles Arena is now open!” The Chief Ritualist shouted. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh… The Hundred Battles Arena emitted a brilliant light, and inscriptions appeared on the stone walls on its sides. These inscriptions recorded the glorious deeds of 31 talented disciples in Tianxuan Sect’s history who had established the Hundred Battles Arena. Among them, only twelve had achieved perfect victory in all battles and won the top honor; the rest, like the current supreme sect leader, could only be said to have honored themselves despite defeat. The Hundred Battles had officially begun. “Disciple Su Che, who defends the arena, must ascend the stage immediately!” the Chief Ritualist shouted loudly. “Master, I’m going up,” Su Che said softly. “Go,” said Venerable Xuanji with a smile, his eyes filled with pride. Today, my disciple is about to embark on his own glorious chapter. Su Che stepped forward toward the arena, with complete silence in the crowd… But the Chief Ritualist smiled and said, “My task is complete. From now on, you may…” Whoa! Before he could finish, cheers and applause erupted immediately.