Chapter 601 - 600: Half-Step Martial Dao Great Power

Chapter 601: Chapter 600: Half-Step Martial Dao Great Power

Lingyangwei was born with the Taiyi Divine Body, a Wood Spirit Embryo conceived from the confluence of all wood essence.

He was a natural prodigy for cultivating the Cyan Emperor Scripture.

"Hall Master, I will not disappoint you. I will give it my all!"

Beiting Sheng and Gu Yunfei simultaneously stepped forward, unwilling to be outdone.

The two were also rare prodigies of the Medicine King Hall.

Their auras were incredibly powerful!

The rest—Chen Jing, Wansong, Zhao Ying’er, Gu Yunfei, and Gu Qing—each declared their intentions as well.

The only ones who remained still were Yang Changsheng and Qin Feng.

"Alright. I hope you all can achieve good results in the upcoming True Inheritance Ceremony," came the light voice of the Medicine King Hall’s Hall Master.

"Next, none of you resist. I will take you directly to the place where this True Inheritance Ceremony will be held—the Demon Refining Tower!"

At the same time, high above the central cyan sun, a vast cyan light slashed through the Void like a sharp sword. A torrent of cyan light, like a great waterfall, struck the Void, revealing a massive cyan portal. Beyond the portal, a cyan road stretched up to the heavens.

Qin Feng’s expression flickered. Just then, a vast cyan light enveloped the group, sweeping them into the portal like a gale.

Enveloped in a hazy cyan brilliance, Qin Feng felt an aura as majestic as a living Divine Spirit, rendering him nearly immobile.

A moment later, the cyan light dissipated, and a vast river of stars appeared before Qin Feng’s eyes.

Boundless stars shone from overhead, forming countless nebulae, and silver light cascaded down like frost and snow.

Beneath them was a vast, island-like landmass.

This island-like landmass wasn’t large, perhaps a few hundred miles in circumference, and it seemed to float in the dark Void. Its rocky surface was perfectly flat, as though sliced by a blade. At the far end of the island stood an enormous silver treasure pagoda, so immense it seemed to connect heaven and earth.

’Demon Refining Tower!’

Three ancient words radiated a boundless aura.

’Is this another Grotto Heaven, or maybe a Secret Realm?’

To Qin Feng’s surprise, the Demon Refining Tower was actually built inside a Grotto Heaven.

’Grotto Heavens are graded according to their size.’

’They are divided into Newly Promoted Grotto Heavens, Small Grotto Heavens, Medium-sized Grotto Heavens, Large Grotto Heavens, and Divine Demon Grotto Heavens.’

’A Newly Promoted Grotto Heaven is simple, usually just a stretch of yellow sand or an expanse of seawater.’

’Generally, when a Martial Artist at the Sea of Reincarnation Realm successfully breaks through to the Nirvana Realm, they create a Newly Promoted Grotto Heaven.’

’Above the Newly Promoted Grotto Heaven is the Small Grotto Heaven.’

’Small Grotto Heavens are completely different from Newly Promoted ones. The biggest distinction is that they possess some capacity for Crystal Wall generation.’

’This Grotto Heaven before me not only possesses a complete Crystal Wall Element, but it also seems to have the Space Derivation Ability of a Medium-sized Grotto Heaven, having already evolved several small Dimensional Spaces.’

’And that’s not all. This Grotto Heaven even has the sun and moon shining simultaneously, with countless stars faintly visible in the sky.’

’This must be a Large Grotto Heaven, at the very least.’

’An existence capable of creating a Large Grotto Heaven might have been an ancient Venerable who transcended the river of time and mortal affairs!’

Qin Feng was deeply in awe.

WHOOSH WHOOSH!!

As these thoughts raced through Qin Feng’s mind, a steady stream of young experts from the Star Sect passed through the portal into the Large Grotto Heaven, arriving on the landmass.

The number of young experts on the island-like landmass soon grew to more than two hundred.

Each of these two hundred-plus young experts had been selected from tens of thousands of Cultivators.

They were the cream of the crop in the Star Sect, geniuses among geniuses.

Qin Feng discreetly sized everyone up. ’Most of the two hundred-plus young people here are Martial Arts Giants of the Nirvana Realm.’

’Thirteen or fourteen of them are at the Peak of the Nirvana Realm.’

’Forty to fifty are in the Late-Nirvana Realm.’

’The vast majority, over a hundred of them, are in the Mid-Nirvana Stage.’

’The remaining thirty to forty are in the Early-Nirvana Stage.’

’As for those at the Peak of the Sea of Reincarnation Realm, there are fewer than half a dozen.’

’I am one of them.’

Qin Feng was no stranger to the others at this level: Ye Ding, Wang Dao Yi, and Shenxiu. As for the last two, who seemed to keep to themselves, Qin Feng learned their names from the chatter of the nearby experts. The man was called Xingzhou, and the woman, Que Yin’er.

’Adversaries are destined to meet,’ Qin Feng thought with a frown.

His Qi Fortune and Ye Ding’s were so entangled that their conflict would likely only end in death.

It was hard to even imagine them going their separate ways!

"Junior Brother Qin!" Hearing a voice call out next to him, Qin Feng looked up.

A young man strode toward him, dressed in a black robe. His features were gentle, his expression warm, and his black hair fell to his shoulders.

’So it’s Senior Brother Wang, Wang Dao Yi!’ Qin Feng thought with some surprise.

’I’ve taken note of Wang Dao Yi before. He hadn’t been particularly outstanding prior to the Star Martial Arts Assembly, but his strength had skyrocketed afterward.’

’Especially his performance in the Sea Soul Realm.’

’He fought two against one, overpowering both Prince Mo Ao and the King of the Wilderness from the Martial Arts Pride Ranking!’

’Sensing his aura, I can tell he’s profoundly inscrutable.’

Wang Dao Yi felt the same way about Qin Feng.

’I am a Venerable of nine lives, each one bringing me extremely close to the Demon God Realm. I pride myself on my unique insight and vast experience, yet the Qin Feng before me is like a shroud of mist.’

’Impossible to see through, impossible to comprehend.’

The two spoke briefly.

At that moment, streaks of light like shooting stars appeared, rushing in from the Void outside the Grotto Heaven.

Each streak of light held dozens of people.

In an instant, these thirty or forty streaks of light brought more than a thousand people into the space.

Suddenly remembering something, Qin Feng frowned. "I heard that there were only supposed to be about a hundred participants from the Star Sect’s Twenty-eight Peaks and Four Great Holy Palaces combined for this True Inheritance Ceremony. Why are there so many people?"

Wang Dao Yi smiled. "Junior Brother Qin, you’re often away from the sect, so you probably don’t know. These people aren’t here to participate in the True Inheritance Ceremony; they’re here to watch. Many of them are likely to be contestants in the next ceremony!"

Qin Feng nodded. "So they’re here to observe and gain experience."

These newcomers didn’t land on the landmass. Instead, they formed rings of starlight in the periphery to observe the ceremony.

’I sense their auras,’ Qin Feng thought. ’Many of them are Martial Dao Great Powers.’

’A few even emanate the magnificent aura of a Saint.’

As the disciples finished arriving, the hierarchy of strength among the young experts on the landmass became clear.

Standing proudly before the two hundred-plus young experts were twelve figures. Lingyangwei and Yang Changsheng were, of course, among them.

These twelve stood tall and proud, like twelve towering mountains, exceptionally conspicuous.

These twelve people were none other than the twelve Half-Step Martial Dao Great Powers of the Star Sect’s younger generation.

In other words, they were experts at the Peak of the Nirvana Realm.

It seemed as though any of the twelve could face the Chaos Great Tribulation at any moment and break through to the Martial Arts Great Power Realm!

Each Half-Step Martial Dao Great Power possessed strength that far surpassed even Giants at the peak of the Late-Nirvana Stage.

Standing at the forefront, these twelve were like cranes among a flock of chickens, drawing everyone’s attention!

The other young experts felt the immense pressure emanating from the twelve, and a wave of suppression washed over them. Their expressions grew grim.