Chapter 71: The Sect Tournament Begins

The moon had set, and the sun was rising.

A new day had dawned.

The day of the sect tournament finally arrived.

This tournament was a big event for the Empyrean Sword Sect.

Many inner sect disciples, elders, and Peak Masters personally rushed over to watch.

Even the elusive current Empyrean Sect Master, Ouyang Tianming, appeared in front of the disciples.

In the arena square of the Eighth and Seventh Summits.

At this moment, they were filled with tens of thousands of disciples of the Empyrean Sword Sect.

Among these people, only a few could enter the top 10 and become core disciples of the Empyrean Sword Sect.

The disciples in the top 100 could only obtain medicinal pills as rewards.

For this tournament, everyone was working hard.

They were trying very hard to enter the top 10.

Shen Ran brought his maidservant, Shen Yueshuang, and the two of them stood in the domain of the Eighth Summit.

He watched the crowd in silence.

There were very few disciples who could reach the Illumination Realm.

He could not rule out the possibility that someone was deliberately hiding their cultivation.

Shen Ran did not underestimate anyone.

As he scanned the area, system narratives appeared in his vision.

[This is a disciple with ordinary talent…]

[This is a disciple with good talent…]

[…]

Among the tens of thousands of disciples, Shen Ran did not see many who had opportunities.

He saw a few old acquaintances.

Wan Qingqing from the Ninth Summit greeted him with a smile.

“Brother Shen Ran, you can do it!”

Hearing the other party’s divine sense transmission, Shen Ran nodded at her.

“Qingqing, you can do it too!”

Besides Wan Qingqing, this old acquaintance, Shen Ran also saw Lin Mei.

At this moment, she was standing in the domain of the Third Summit.

Seeing Shen Ran’s gaze, Lin Mei smiled.

After looking away from this woman, Shen Ran’s gaze landed on the Second Summit.

There were three people here who were surrounded by the disciples.

One of them was Wang Qingxuan!

When he saw Shen Ran’s gaze, he sneered in disdain, his eyes filled with intense killing intent.

Shen Ran smiled coldly and looked to the side of Wang Qingxuan.

There were two Illumination Realm cultivators!

One of them was a Dao Seed of the Empyrean Sword Sect!

He was the young man in black robes, about 20 years old.

The other person was even younger, only in his teens!

He was handsome and had delicate features. He was holding a novel in his hand and reading it with relish.

He looked like a harmless scholar.

Are these the other two Dao Seeds, Ji Qinglin, who is rumored to be the reincarnation of an ancient mighty figure? Is the other one Meng Ling, the other descendant of the Emperor bloodline?

The cultivation fluctuations emitted by these two people were much stronger than Wang Qingxuan’s.

Shen Ran looked away and turned his eyes to the elders’ platform.

There were also many people he was familiar with on the elder platform.

Luo Qifeng was sitting meditatively in a chair with his eyes closed.

The Ninth Summit’s Peak Leader, Wan Ziling, was talking to a female cultivator.

Wang Li, the Peak Master who had earlier intended to recruit Shen Ran into the Fifth Summit, smiled and nodded at Shen Ran when he sensed his gaze.

Just as Shen Ran was looking around, Chen Beixuan, who was dressed in green, looked over from the Sixth Summit.

He used a secret technique to check Shen Ran’s cultivation.

However, no matter how he investigated, there was no response as Shen Ran gave him an unfathomable feeling!

So strong!

I’m afraid this kid has already broken through to the Illumination Realm…

Thinking that his opportunity had been intercepted by Shen Ran, Chen Beixuan felt a killing intent in his heart.

This killing intent disappeared as quickly as it had come.

I’m only at the sixth level of the Divine Sea Realm now. I can’t do anything to this person.

Chen Beixuan had also heard that Shen Ran had killed Shangguan You, Wang Qingxuan’s trusted aide.

Even Shangguan You, whose strength was comparable to the Illumination Realm, was not his match.

It would probably be difficult for him as he was only at the sixth level of the Divine Sea Realm now.

Therefore, he could only hide his killing intent.

“Let’s see how long you can keep jumping around after offending Wang Qingxuan!”

As a reborn person, Chen Beixuan also knew that Wang Qingxuan was a spy from the Demon Sect!

Not only was he powerful, but he also had the help of the other Demon Cult members in the Empyrean Sword Sect.

These included even Marquis Realm and Emperor Realm elders!

It could be seen how powerful his influence was!

It was also because of this that Chen Beixuan did not tell the sect this news immediately after his rebirth.

He did not believe that Shen Ran had the ability to survive Wang Qingxuan.

After all, the other party was a ruthless person who would definitely take revenge!

In his previous life, the Empyrean Sword Sect had been destroyed by the Demon Cult, and Chen Beixuan had called Wang Qingxuan out for being a traitor of the Demon Cult. Since then, Chen Beixuan was hunted down by his subordinates for several years.

Even when he subsequently broke through to the True Emperor Realm, Wang Qingxuan had harassed him!

Chen Beixuan looked away coldly and muttered, “It’s a pity about those opportunities…”

…

A while later, after an elder finished reading the rules, the sect tournament officially began.

“Thud!”

A huge bell chimed and resonated throughout the Empyrean Sword Sect!

As the bell rang, a huge ring descended from the sky.

This was a ring created by the Emperor Realm elder of the Empyrean Sword Sect with a great divine power.

When the competing disciples entered the ring, they would not interfere with the outside at all even if there were strong cultivation fluctuations!

This allowed all the disciples to unleash their talents without being restrained.

Soon the disciples were called and they entered the ring to compete.

In the crowd, Shen Ran was silently watching.

The two people in the ring were both at the fourth level of the Divine Sea Realm. They fought evenly.

It was very lively.