The Supreme Lord Donghuang

by Stayrr

Zhou Donghuang, a man from the Earth, is able to destroy any planet in the universe without lifting a finger. His supreme will can sweep across the vast cosmos in the blink of an eye. And his immortal spirit can depart from his body and wander around the universe! In Kunlun Mountains lies a circular slate, which brought him back to one thousand years ago…

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Li Yu and Luo Wuchen had both never intended to pass on an Immortal training style such as the Technique of Everlasting Youth to anyone else.

They were afraid that the Technique of Everlasting Youth would be used to harm themselves and the Luo family. Furthermore, they felt that they owed Zhou Donghuang, and thus, they never intended to pass the Technique of Everlasting Youth to anyone else.

There was one person that they had planned to pass on the Technique of Everlasting Youth to. This person was Luo Qinghan.

Li Yu and Luo Wuchen were very clear of the fact that when Zhou Donghuang had first passed on the Technique of Everlasting Youth as a betrothal gift, he had intended for it to be passed on to Luo Qinghan. Now, they had familiarized themselves with the technique. However, Luo Qinghan had been unwilling to train using the technique, and they felt unhappy with that. They wanted to convince Luo Qinghan to convert to using the Technique of Everlasting Youth. However, Luo Qinghan was extremely stubborn and stuck to her stance.

Luo Qinghan said, "Father, Granny, I previously promised Donghuang that I would not use the training method he gifted you to train… Furthermore, it would be a futile attempt. I will not train using this method." Luo Qinghan had a stubborn nature. She already owed Zhou Donghuang too much. At this point, she was already unable to repay him. If she owed him further, she would feel like she was taking advantage of his kindness. She was not that kind of person.

Because of that, Luo Qinghan was able to enjoy the success she had now. Furthermore, she was naturally talented in the martial arts. She had also taken sufficient elixirs and had a high energy-gathering position and had taken up the pointers given to her by her grandmother, Li Yu,

Of course, if she had chosen to use the Technique of Everlasting Youth, she would be even more successful in her training now.

"There's still half a year's time…"

Luo Qinghan's eyes shone brightly and sparkled. "From now onwards till the end of the Alliance Hunt, at the point where points and rankings are tabulated… I'm sure that those who are about to surpass the Dharma stage will put such a feat on hold in order to be selected by their sects to enter the Alliance Hunt.

"No matter who it is, if they were to surpass the Dharma stage before the rankings and points are out… They will either be disqualified or their results will no longer count.

"I am sure that I will not be able to cross over to the mid Dharma stage within this short period of time, no matter how hard I train. However, keeping in mind such a rule, I should then focus on training on my own Dharma Power.

"Once my Dharma Power is stronger, that will improve my chances even though I am unable to reach the next Dharma stage in time."

This time, Luo Qinghan did not return home to find her grandmother for pointers on training her Dharma Power.

The last time she was here, her grandmother had accidentally let slip that the tips and knowledge that she had on training her Dharma Power had been inherited from Zhou Donghuang's Technique of Everlasting Youth and not from her own experiences. This had been an uncomfortable realization for Luo Qinghan, and she felt rather put out.

However, this time, although Luo Qinghan did not return home, since the Jihan Sect was extremely strict with its disciples who were sent to represent the sect in the Alliance Hunt, she had sought the advice of several of the elders of the sect, who had trained their Dharma Powers to the highest degree possible. In the remaining half of the year, Luo Qinghan remained focused on her training and the teachings of her elders.

The people that helped Luo Qinghan also included some of the disciples of the 40 nominees; they all trained together to improve and upgrade their Dharma Power.

During this process, Luo Qinghan gained some valuable insights.

Among the group of elders who had trained their Dharma Power to the highest degree possible, although they organized classes and did not hold back in their knowledge, their teachings were still not as helpful as the pointers that her grandmother had given her.

If she had still been unaware that the pointers her grandmother gave her were based off of the Technique of Everlasting Youth by Zhou Donghuang, she would definitely return home and gain more insights from her grandmother to improve her skills and upgrade herself. She would then only return back to the Jihan Sect when the Alliance Hunt drew near.

However, since she was now made aware of this fact, she could not bear to return home now.

She already owed that man too much.

…

The Tielao planet.

The Thunder Knife Sect.

About a year ago, before he had headed for the Thunder Knife Sect, a disciple of the sect, Han Yuzheng had been labeled and recognized as one of the rare martial arts talents produced by the Thunder Knife Sect. Furthermore, he was seen as the top disciple of the younger generation of the Tielao planet.

However, in a showcase of martial arts talent before heading for the Thunder Knife Sect, instead of having an assured victory, Han Yuzheng was utterly destroyed.

Han Yuzheng fought with a young man from the sect who was his age and trained using the same style, but had still lost.

From that point onwards, the people of the Thunder Knife Sect knew that the Lightning Sword Sect had a disciple called Zhou Donghuang, who was allegedly stronger than Han Yuzheng and had a higher level of talent as well.

Han Yuzheng had felt humiliated and wanted to find a chance to prove himself and get rid of such rumors.

"Yuzheng, do you still remember last time when you lost to the disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect, Zhou Donghuang?"

The Thunder Knife Sect Leader, Luo Yuanqiu, called the sect's most talented disciple to the front and questioned him.

"Master, I would never forget him." Han Yuzheng's eyes shone with anger and indignation. "When the Alliance Hunt starts… I will defeat him and earn back my reputation!"

Ever since he had been defeated, Han Yuzheng had returned to the Thunder Knife Sect and trained even harder.

Now that he had managed to cross over into the late Dharma stage and had improved his Dharma Power as well, he had almost mastered Dharma-body integration.

With a bit more time, Han Yuzheng was confident that he could master the Dharma-body integration before he entered the ultimate Dharma stage.

"Are you assuming that Zhou Donghuang would represent the Lightning Sword Sect as a mid Dharma adept and enter the Alliance Hunt?"

Luo Yuanqiu could of course guess what Han Yuzheng was thinking. He knew that Han Yuzheng had assumed that Zhou Donghuang was still a mid Dharma adept, and that his edge as a late Dharma adept was enough to allow him to defeat Zhou Donghuang.

"Master, what are you saying… what do you mean by that?"

Han Yuzheng had an uneasy feeling in his heart. However, he still chose to push these doubts away. According to his knowledge, when Zhou Donghuang had dueled with him, he had only just entered the mid Dharma stage.

It had only been less than two years. Was it really possible that Zhou Donghuang had managed to cross over into the late Dharma stage like him?

"Based on the latest news that I heard… that Zhou Donghuang has entered into the Alliance Hunt under the list of late Dharma adepts."

Luo Yuanqiu sighed. "Although I can't quite believe it as well, at this point, I can't be in denial any longer. That Zhou Donghuang, like you, has entered the late Dharma stage.

"You were still so confident just now. Previously, with your new training style and newly trained Dharma Power, it would still be possible for you to defeat him.

"However, now that he is also at the late Dharma stage and of the same training as you, coupled with the fact that his Dharma Power surpasses yours, if you all fight, it is easy to guess that he would still emerge victorious."

Even though Han Yuzheng had prepared himself for this news, after hearing Luo Yuanqiu's words, he could not help but feel his heart drop.

He had never imagined that Zhou Donghuang had also managed to cross over into the late Dharma stage. "Hadn't he just reached the mid Dharma stage? It hasn't even been two years and he has managed to cross over into the late Dharma stage?"

Han Yuzheng's tone was full of indignation and disbelief.

One had to know that even for him to go from the mid Dharma stage to the late Dharma stage, it had taken close to three years' time.

This was even after his family and the Thunder Knife Sect had spent much of their priceless resources on him, and they had been fully committed to his growth.

Han Yuzheng's family was a strong force among the Tielao planet. In terms of status and power, if one included the powerful elite sects, the Lightning Sword Sect and the Thunder Knife Sect, his family would rank second in the entire community.

"Yuzheng, I know you may be unable to believe such facts now. However, this is the truth, and you have to learn to accept it!"

Luo Yuanqiu said in a low voice, "You have to know that every talented person will meet someone who is more talented than them. There will always be others who are greater than you… Zhou Donghuang's presence is a good chance for you to improve on your arrogance and humble yourself.

"Let's not even talk about the Hengliu galaxy. Even on the Tielao planet, at this moment, he is clearly stronger than you in all areas!

"Your little bit of success is not considered much in light of his."

Luo Yuanqiu's words were extremely blunt and straightforward, but they could not be rebuked.

He had done so in order to motivate and encourage the most promising disciple of his.

"Master, I have only lost to him previously, but this does not mean I will continue to lag behind!"

Han Yuzheng's gaze was steady and determined. With a steadfast tone, he bid the Sect Leader farewell and returned to his training as if he did not want to waste any more time.

Seeing this, a satisfied smile appeared on Luo Yuanqiu's fat face.

A second later, the smile and satisfaction was replaced by a sigh. "I thought that Yuzheng's presence could help our Thunder Knife Sect's younger generation get a leg up among all the other sects and prove our worth.

"I did not think that the Lightning Sword Sect would have such a character as Zhou Donghuang."

To Luo Yuanqiu, Zhou Donghuang's presence meant the doom of Han Yuzheng as he was being crushed in all areas.

However, judging solely by the current situation, although Han Yuzheng was temporarily weaker, this added pressure had become the fuel to motivate him. It would be a good thing for him in the long run.

"There's still half a year to go…"

Thinking as there were still six months before the commencement of the Alliance Hunt, Luo Yuanqiu's eyes narrowed and he mused to himself, "With that Zhou Donghuang's abilities, wanting to enter the top ten scorers will definitely be an easy feat for him."

"As for Yuzheng, well, if he is unable to master his Dharma-body integration within the next six months, it will be rather impossible for him to be a part of the top ten scorers."

The Hengliu galaxy's share of the sects within the Alliance included over ten elite sects, and there were several ingenious talents that each had produced.

In the upcoming Alliance Hunt, each of these elite sects would be sending out their best and most talented Dharma disciples. Towards this, he felt a mix of emotions and was excited and worried all at the same time.

Of course, there were few who were extremely calm about the hunt, but most people were equally as tense.

Out of this rare group of people, Zhou Donghuang was one of them.

"I've finally managed to fully train that Divine Soul Shaper… As of today, my Divine Will has been formed. Entering the Primordial Soul stage and being able to agglomerate Divine Will is something that only very few living people in the entire infinite universe can do right now."

In the Autumn Valley of the Lightning Sword Sect, in a room in a random courtyard, the young man dressed in white was sitting cross-legged on a mattress. With a flash of light, a ripple traveled through the air in the skies above him, and the Divine Will swept past, trapping a corner of the city.

At this very moment, sitting inside his room, Zhou Donghuang had full control of all the events that had just took place outside his room.

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Chapter 264: Half a Year Later

The use of Divine Will was not solely to identify items that were invisible to the naked eye. Strong Divine Will could affect one's soul or even destroy one's soul!

As of now, Zhou Donghuang had managed to cultivate Divine Will as he was now at the Dharma stage. For Dharma adepts who were at the Primordial Soul stage and below and had not yet managed to cultivate their Divine Will, once they used their Divine Will, they would be able to affect the other party's soul. Even if they were unable to fully destroy the other party's soul, they could at least impact it.

Once one's soul was affected, if the person in question were to face something extremely impactful, then their soul would be lost.

Think about this: If two Dharma adepts dueled and either one of them were to utilize their Divine Will, at a key moment should they choose to use the Divine Well to impact the other party's soul, what would happen?

In the instant where the other party lost their soul, almost immediately, they may even lose their lives!

"However, this Divine Will is too weak… As compared to the Divine Will created at the early Primordial Soul stage by a Primal Core adept, it is much weaker… Other than its use of being able to identify items invisible to the naked eye, it can only be used to bully and harm those Dharma adepts who have not yet cultivated their Divine Will."

Although Zhou Donghuang was criticizing his own Divine Will, a joyful look appeared in his eyes nevertheless. It was clear to see that he was rather satisfied with the state of his Divine Will.

"Now, the Divine Soul Shaper has been fully refined, and I can fully train without further distractions… I need to make use of the time left before the Alliance Hunt commences and upgrade my third Dharma power to the late Dharma stage!"

With such a goal in mind, Zhou Donghuang began to fully immerse himself in his training and was oblivious to everything else that was taking place in the external world.

Other than Zhou Donghuang, Da Zhuang and He Mengxi also seldom left their rooms in the remaining half of the year.

Da Zhuang and He Mengxi, however, had not isolated themselves merely to train their Dharma powers. After all, their Dharma powers were sufficiently trained.

Even if they continued to train, it was unlikely that their Dharma powers would reach the next stage.

As long as they managed to reach the late Dharma stage in the future, with the new Deity's Tribulation training style that they had switched to, their Dharma powers would follow suit and be moved to the next stage.

Of course, although they trained hard, there was still a long way to go before they could reach the late Dharma stage. A mere six months would not be enough for them to cross over to the next stage.

…

Time flew by, and the six months went by in a blur.

Very quickly, half a year had passed, and the Alliance Hunt, which happened once every ten years in the Hengliu galaxy, was set to begin.

The Alliance Hunt of the Hengliu galaxy was jointly organized by the top 52 sects. The aim of the Alliance Hunt was to resist the two strong Transcendental Forces: the Qi Dynasty and the Guangling Academy.

In the Hengliu galaxy, the best training environment and training resources were all concentrated in the hands of the two Transcendental Forces. Furthermore, only the Transcendental Forces' training resources could guarantee the training speed of a Divine Transformation adept at the early Divine Transformation stage.

This was why the two Transcendental Forces had the most Divine Transformation adepts.

As for the various top sects in the Alliance Hunt, even if they managed to produce a Divine Transformation adept, unless they were entrusted with the precious and important role of guarding the sect, they would usually choose to leave the Hengliu galaxy.

This was because to the Divine Transformation adepts, training in the Hengliu galaxy would mean that their training speed would be decreased. Due to the waste of time, they may even be unable to enter the Separating Divinity stage and be forced to stay stagnant for the rest of their lives.

Even though Divine Transformation adepts had a slighter longer lifespan, they were also not immortal and had limited years to live.

For all the Divine Transformation adepts, it was natural to seek improvement to become Separating Divinity adepts and increase the lifespan that a Divine Transformation adept normally had.

Because of this, even if the top sects managed to produce a Divine Transformation adept, these adepts would not be willing to waste their time and living years by remaining in the Hengliu galaxy.

Even for those in the two Transcendental Forces, once a Divine Transformation adept had trained to a certain standard, they would choose to leave the Hengliu galaxy as well.

All of these Divine Transformation adepts naturally wanted to expand beyond this world and find a richer galaxy where they could create bright futures for themselves. Who would want to limit themselves and their living years without stepping outside to explore?

One could say that within the Hengliu galaxy, the two Transcendental Forces were able to produce and retain more Divine Transformation adepts as compared to the various top sects only because they had good control over training resources.

Of course, perhaps, some would be doubtful about this.

For the Divine Transformation adepts choosing to leave the various top sects, even if the chances were slim, was it still possible for some to triumph and cross over to the Separating Divinity stage?

The answer was, of course, a resounding yes.

However, for those elites, they continued to desire to improve themselves and eventually reach the Heavenly Stage in order to live an even longer life.

Furthermore, their loved ones would be brought along with them when they chose to leave the Hengliu galaxy. Under such a circumstance, it was clear that they had no intention to return to the Hengliu galaxy or the sect that they had come from.

Of the past Divine Transformation adepts who had left their sects, there were actually more Divine Transformation adepts who had left the two Transcendental Forces.

There were more Divine Transformation adepts in the two Transcendental Forces in the first place. Their foundation was also more concrete.

Even so, the two Transcendental Forces also seldom saw Divine Transformation adepts returning to them. Even if the Divine Transformation adepts did so, they would also not stay within the Hengliu galaxy for long.

This was similar to the career-minded people back on Earth. If they wanted to rise through the ranks, they would all have to head to the bigger cities as there were more opportunities and better resources there.

"The venue of the Alliance Hunt is a planet within the Hengliu galaxy, the Guiyao planet… That planet got its name due to the fact that it is extremely strange. That planet also only has beasts."

The Lightning Sword Sect's team of Dharma disciples were personally led by the Sect Leader, Yu Yucheng, and was accompanied by the four Valley Heads of the respective valleys within the sect.

The one who had spoken was the Spring Valley Head, Liu Fengao, and he was introducing the venue of the Alliance Hunt to the Dharma disciples who were unfamiliar with the Alliance Hunt's details.

"The Spirit energy of the skies and land there is normal during the day. However, in the later hours of each day, it will become extremely chaotic. This lasts throughout the entire year. Because of that, the venue is normally unsuitable for any human to train."

As Liu Fengao spoke to this point, Zhou Donghuang furrowed his brows.

Such a strange occurrence definitely had an explanation for it.

The fact that there were turbulent conditions on that planet had to have a scientific reason behind it.

However, it was clear through Liu Fengao's words that the Guiyao planet's abnormal Spirit conditions still remained unexplained and was a mystery to all.

"Furthermore, the Spirit energy in the skies and land is not very abundant as well… Only beasts train in the Guiyao planet. Even so, they will mostly train till the Dharma stage, and it is impossible for them to cross over to the Primordial Soul stage at all.

"The Spirit energy in the skies and land of the Guiyao planet has its sources in a rather isolated spirit stone vein mine… However, with the level of Spirit energy in the skies and land, those spirit stone vein mines seem to be rather ordinary, and there's nothing abnormal to note about them.

"Many people of the Hengliu galaxy have once wanted to dig through the spirit stone vein mines of the Guiyao planet to investigate them further. However, these spirit stone vein mines are hidden well and too deep in for normal people to reach. Furthermore, the land in the mines are very tough, and even a Primordial Soul adept would find it difficult to dig through it. After a while, everyone gave up the idea of exploration over time.

"Afterwards, the various ancestors of the top sects decided to designate the Guiyao planet to be a place where disciples under the Alliance could train and allow them to do so, they installed a few formations there… Afterwards, they renamed this activity the 'Alliance Hunt.'"

As Liu Fengao spoke to this point, he paused for a while before continuing to speak. "The process of the Alliance Hunt is simple: just kill beasts and gain points for them… I'm sure all of you are aware of that.

"However, some of you may be unaware of the fact that for Alliance Hunt Dharma stage disciples who have different styles of training, killing the same type of beast will gain you different levels of points.

"For example, if an early Dharma adept manages to kill a beast of the early Dharma stage, he can gain ten points. If he kills a beast of the mid Dharma stage, he can gain 100 points. If he kills a beast of the late Dharma stage, he can gain 1000 points. If he kills a beast of the ultimate Dharma stage, he can gain 10,000 points."

As Liu Fengao spoke to this point, a few of the Dharma adepts were shocked. He quickly amended his words. "Of course, for an early Dharma adept to be able to kill a beast of the late Dharma stage, it would require lots of ingenuity and days of planning… As for a beast of the ultimate Dharma stage, it would of course be even harder.

"If any disciple of the early Dharma stage really manages to kill a beast of the ultimate Dharma stage, once they have done so, they can leave the Alliance Hunt immediately as they would definitely be the top scorer of the season."

As he spoke to this point, Liu Fengao shook his head. "In the last few hundreds of years, there haven't been any Dharma disciples of the Alliance Hunt who have managed to accumulate 10,000 points.

"As for mid Dharma adepts, if one kills a beast of the early Dharma stage, it does not earn you any points. If one kills a beast of the mid Dharma stage, they can gain ten points. If they kill a beast of the late Dharma stage, they can gain 100 points. If they kill a beast of the ultimate Dharma stage, they can gain 1000 points."

"Of course, for a mid Dharma adept to kill a beast of the ultimate Dharma stage, it would also be extremely tough.

"For late Dharma adepts, if one kills a beast of the early Dharma stage or mid Dharma stage, you will not gain any points… Killing a beast of the late Dharma stage earns you ten points, and killing a beast of the ultimate Dharma stage earns you 100 points.

"Disciples of the ultimate Dharma stage will gain ten points from killing a beast of the ultimate Dharma stage. Killing beasts of any lower stage will not earn them any points at all.

"Because of the way the points are structured, for the ultimate Dharma adepts, although they are the strongest amongst all the disciples who attend the Alliance Hunt, they are actually the most disadvantaged. This is because they can only depend on the killing of beasts at the same stage as them to earn points.

"Killing one beast of the ultimate Dharma stage only earns them ten points at a time. If they wish to reach 10000 points, they have to kill 1000 beasts of the ultimate Dharma stage!

"However, the Alliance Hunt only takes place for three months… Within a mere three months, it is impossible for one to meet 1000 beasts of the ultimate Dharma stage, let alone kill them all!

"Because of this, in this history of the Alliance Hunt, no ultimate Dharma adept has managed to enter the top ten scorers.

"Furthermore, because of this, many late Dharma stage disciples taking place in the Alliance Hunt would choose to temporarily delay their crossing over to the ultimate Dharma stage if the Alliance Hunt was coming up. They would instead train up their Dharma powers in anticipation of the Alliance Hunt."

With such a detailed explanation by Liu Fengao, disciples who had previously been unfamiliar with the Alliance Hunt, Zhou Donghuang included, were all now more clear on the details and rules of the Alliance Hunt.

"Mm… Well, the Alliance Hunt allows for allies and cooperation among disciples. However, if you choose to work with others to kill a beast, the feat only awards points to one of you and cannot be shared.

"This is because once the Alliance Hunt ends, in order for your points to be confirmed and awarded, you have to present perfect and undamaged brains of the slain beasts as proof."

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Chapter 265: Guiyao Planet

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Though the Guiyao planet was some distance away from the Tielao planet, a planet with an interstellar teleporter was still closer to the Guiyao planet.

This was why the people of the Lightning Sword Sect had left directly from the Tielao planet, tearing through space to move towards the Guiyao planet.

Zhou Donghuang was taken back by the sights he saw along the way. He saw a few planets illuminated by the glow of the central star in the Hengliu galaxy, which gleamed magnificently. It was absolutely resplendent.

"The Guiyao planet is right up ahead."

A voice accompanying the Lightning Sword Sect Leader, Yu Yucheng called out. Zhou Donghuang subconsciously raised his head and saw a planet covered by intertwining colors of gray and green which brought out the little bits of blue on the planet.

Zhou Donghuang was certain of one thing: the grayish-green portions were the land, as well as the rivers and lakes, of the planet. As for the blue portions, those were most likely the oceans. The planet was less blue than it was gray and green.

The other thing was this: there was a layer of air encapsulating the planet. It was not so much white as it was a grayish brown, which seemed a little odd.

"That's a lot of people!"

After he took a step to move closer, he heard a smattering of shocked exclamations from beside him. He then realized that there were quite a lot of people standing in groups on the planet they were approaching.

It was obvious that these were people from the other sects of the alliance.

"The alliance has a total of 52 sects… There are more than 2,000 Dharma disciples taking part in the hunt this time. It seems like there aren't even a thousand people here now, so it's obvious that quite a few people have not arrived yet," He Mengxi gently informed Zhou Donghuang from beside him.

"The hunt takes place tomorrow. Those who are not yet here should more or less arrive on time by today," Da Zhuang said.

"Little Junior Brother."

He Mengxi looked at Zhou Donghuang with a teasing smile on her face. "Run along and go see if your little lover's here yet. I wouldn't know—I'm not too familiar with the Jihan Sect."

Although the Jihan Sect had more female than male disciples, there were actually quite a few sects in the Hengliu galaxy that had a similar demographic.

So much so that there existed a sect which only accepted female disciples!

In the face of He Mengxi's teasing, Zhou Donghuang could do little but look up helplessly. He let his gaze sweep over the crowd in front of him, but he did not catch a glimpse of Luo Qinghan.

Evidently, Luo Qinghan had not arrived yet.

Or she was already here, just on the other side of the planet.

"Haha… You and your sect are here ahead of time too, Sect Leader Yu?"

As soon as Zhou Donghuang and the rest reached the Guiyao planet, they were greeted by a man. The man was the leader of the group of people closest to them. He was a tall, middle-aged man dressed in robes of muted gold, and he had a bushy beard. From a distance, he greeted the Lightning Sword Sect leader, Yu Yucheng, with a laugh.

It was easy to spot Yu Yucheng from where he stood, right at the front of the Lightning Sword Sect members.

"Sect Leader Zhang."

Yu Yucheng looked at the other man with a grin on his face. "You people of the Yunyue Sect are ahead of us once again."

"We've only just arrived, too."

The middle-aged man dressed in gold shook his head with a smile, then his gaze immediately and subconsciously drifted to the people standing behind Yu Yucheng. He asked without a trace of malice, "Sect Leader Yu, I heard that there's another mid Dharma adept in your esteemed sect now, and that he's a genius who's mastered Dharmic possession… He should be here this time, right?"

Since the man stood quite some distance from Yu Yucheng, everyone behind both him and Yu Yucheng could hear what he said as soon as the words left his mouth.

The group from the Lightning Sword Sect were fine. There were only a few people who unknowingly looked towards Zhou Donghuang before breaking out into whispers, "I think the Yunyue Sect leader doesn't really know yet… Junior Brother Donghuang is already at the late Dharma stage."

"To think that Junior Brother Donghuang's name is so widely known that even someone as far away from our sect as the Yunyue Sect would be aware of his existence."

"Even the news of the Thunder Knife Sect accepting Han Yuzheng, the man famed to be a once-in-a-century talent of the Tielao planet, had spread to a good half of the Hengliu galaxy… It's only natural that the news of Zhou Donghuang taking Han Yuzheng out with a single blow is something that cannot be hidden. It's probably safe to assume that the big sects from the alliance have already caught wind of the news."

…

Unlike the group of Dharma disciples from the Lightning Sword Sect who were well aware of Zhou Donghuang's abilities, those from the Yunyue Sect were looking at the group of them with doubt and uncertainty in their eyes.

"He's got a grasp on Dharmic possession even though he's only at the mid Dharma stage? You're kidding, right?"

"I don't think that's possible either! That's something only a few ultimate Dharma adepts are able to execute."

"But that's exactly what the rumors are saying."

"Seems like it's fake news… You know how it is, information gets twisted the further it's spread."

…

It was evident that the group of Dharma disciples from the Yunyue Sect did not fully believe that the Lightning Sword Sect was harboring someone who was capable of executing the Dharmic possession technique despite only being at the mid Dharma stage.

Yu Yucheng burst into laughter in the face of the Yunyue Sect leader's question. "Sect Leader Zhang, you really are well-informed."

"Little Junior Brother, that's Zhang Yuanhan, leader of the Yunyue Sect," He Mengxi said to Zhou Donghuang.

"We have quite a good relationship with the Yunyue Sect… Under the leadership of Zhang Yuanhan, their sect also has quite a remarkable mid Dharma disciple. They say that the Yunyue Sect's strength is second only to that disciple, and they've never lasted more than one move against him."

Speak of the devil.

Almost at the same time as He Mengxi finished speaking, someone appeared from behind the Yunyue Sect leader Zhang Yuanhan. A burly, young man dressed resplendently moved forward, and he lowered into a bow as he greeted Yu Yucheng. "Yuan Dong. I offer my greetings to you, Senior Uncle Yu."

"This is the person I was talking about earlier." At this moment, He Mengxi spoke to Zhou Donghuang again.

"He's also done a really good job at tempering his Dharma power. Although he's not yet at the stage of Dharmic possession, he's pretty close to it."

Yu Yucheng chuckled as Yuan Dong greeted him. "You're not yet at the late Dharma stage yet, are you, Junior Nephew Yuan Dong?"

"Senior Uncle Yu, I intend to move to that stage after this hunt ends," Yuan Dong responded mildly.

"It seems like you can make the breakthrough now, you're just choosing not to."

Yu Yucheng stared firmly at Yuan Dong. This was not an uncommon occurrence within the big sect of the alliance.

Choosing not to raise their level of training for their time being and choosing to join the alliance hunt by relying on their current Dharma power made it easier to accumulate points and gather more advantages.

"Junior Nephew Yuan Dong, do you plan on placing within the top ten this time?" Yu Yucheng asked.

"Hopefully so."

As soon as Yuan Dong said that, he looked at Yu Yucheng with a fire in his eyes, then said to the latter, "Senior Uncle Yu, I know I'm no match for the genius of a mid Dharma disciple from your esteemed sect, the one who has mastered the Dharmic possession technique… However, I would still like to exchange blows with him before the alliance hunt. Would that be possible?"

The moment he said that, he followed up, "I've recently hit a bottleneck with my Dharma power, and it's been difficult to move forward to learn the Dharmic possession technique.

"I would like to find out if sparring with the genius disciple from your esteemed sect will inspire me at all."

Yuan Dong's words were as good as a challenge to Zhou Donghuang.

Except Yu Yucheng shook his head after hearing what Yuan Dong had said. "I think it's better if we don't, Junior Nephew Yuan Dong."

"Senior Uncle Yu."

Yuan Dong spoke with a serious look on his face, "All I want is to witness his power for myself. Even if he strikes me down with one blow, I'll acknowledge it."

"Junior Nephew Yuan Dong, he's already at the late Dharma stage," Yu Yucheng said. "There is absolutely no meaning in you sparring with him."

The Yunyue Sect disciple had initially wanted to mock the Lightning Sword Sect disciple Zhou Donghuang, although he had no right to. However, he kept his mouth shut after hearing Yu Yucheng's response.

Yuan Dong's face fell, but then he laughed bitterly and lamented, "He's much bolder than I am."

He retreated after saying that.

"Sect Leader Yu, Sect Leader Zhang."

At this time, another group of people made their way closer from the far distance. The person at the helm was an old man dressed in robes white as his hair and eyebrows. He greeted Yu Yucheng and Zhang Yuanhan with a smile.

"Sect Leader Huang," Yu Yucheng and Zhang Yuanhan returned the greeting in unison.

At this moment, He Mengxi introduced the man to Zhou Donghuang and Da Zhuang who were standing beside her, "This is Huang Chunqiu, leader of the Tiansong Sect."

"Sect Leader Yu, that genius of a mid Dharma adept from your sect has quite the reputation. His name has already spread through the whole of the Hengliu galaxy, you know? He should be here now, no?"

Huang Chunqiu lead the group of people from the Tiansong Sect and moved closer, looking towards Yu Yucheng as he approached. Judging by his words, it was clear that Zhou Donghuang had piqued his interest.

"I told you, Little Junior Brother. You're now famous in the entire the Hengliu galaxy. Even the two transcendent forces spread your name, I'm sure," He Mengxi said with a smile.

"I'm sure that even your little lover would've heard of what happened… It's strange, though, that she hasn't come looking for you yet.

Zhou Donghuang was speechless as he stood there listening to He Mengxi speak.

The leader of the Yunyue Sect, Zhang Yuanhan, said to Tiansong Sect Leader Huang Chunqiu with a smile, "Sect Leader Huang, the Lightning Sword Sect's genius disciple is already at the late Dharma stage.

"My disciple, Yuan Dong had wanted to look for him earlier, in hopes of sparring with him, but there was nothing he could do when he found out that the disciple was already at the late Dharma stage.

"From what I know, the last disciple you took into your sect, Mo Yitian, tempered his Dharma power enough to execute the Dharmic possession technique when he was at the late Dharma stage… Between your disciple and the one from the Lightning Sword Sect, I wonder who's the stronger one," Zhang Yuanhan said, curiosity brimming in his eyes.

"Sect Leader Zhang, you know how dangerous fights are. It'll be too risky to have them spar today since the alliance hunt begins tomorrow… Even if you really want to see this clumsy disciple of mine spar with the Lightning Sword Sect's genius disciple, at least wait until the hunt ends tomorrow," Huang Chunqiu said with a shake of his head.

"If that's the case, then I'll wait and see."

Zhang Yuanhan was not the least bit surprised to hear this response because he knew very well that the leader of the Tiansong Sect was known to be a cautious man.

Mo Yitian, the last disciple he took in, was the Tiansong Sect's trump card for this hunt. It was natural that Huang Chunqiu would be unwilling to have the disciple spar against someone at this time.

Especially since he might not emerge victorious.

But even if he did, that victory might come at a price.

"Little Junior Brother, the Tiansong Sect leader's final disciple, Mo Yitian, mastered the Dharmic possession technique at the late Dharma stage. He's aiming to place within the top ten this hunt. Judging by how the past hunts went, he's basically a shoo-in," He Mengxi said to Zhou Donghuang.

"We just don't know what rank he'll place at."

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Chapter 266: Love at First Sight

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There was a total of 52 sects in the alliance of sects in the Hengliu galaxy, and they were all the top sects in the galaxy.

Whether it was the Lightning Knife Sect or the Thunder Knife Sect—or even another sect altogether—they were, at the end of the day, but one of 52 sects in the alliance.

While it was true that the genius disciple from the Thunder Knife Sect, Han Yuzheng, was unnaturally strong, there was simply no lack of competition from the other sects.

In fact, there were probably people stronger than him, though not many of them existed.

There was Mo Yitian, for example. He was the first among the younger generation of the Tiansong Sect and was less than 30 years old, but he was already a late Dharma adept who had trained his Dharma power so well that he could execute the Dharmic possession technique. If a comparison had to be drawn, you could even say he was no weaker than the Thunder Knife Sect's Han Yuzheng.

Of course, to Zhou Donghuang, there was not much difference between Han Yuzheng and Mo Yitian. Neither of them was deserving of the title "genius."

"Genius" was, in his eyes, something befitting only the most outstanding talents from a peerless sect of all the galaxies in the vast, expansive universe.

The Hengliu galaxy was but a tiny galaxy in within the vast universe, and the universe had plenty of galaxies within it. In terms of resources and wealth, the Hengliu galaxy was, at best, at the lower middle grade.

Much like the Luohe galaxy where Luo Qinghan's family hailed from, that was but a galaxy slightly above the lowest grade.

And as for the Kaiyuan galaxy which housed the Ziyun planet, that galaxy was considered a low-grade galaxy.

"Dharmic possession?"

The people on the Hengliu galaxy who could execute the Dharmic possession technique at the Dharma stage were regarded as talented geniuses whose potential was limitless.

But for people who came from a rich and resourceful galaxy—galaxies that were major powers—it was the opposite. If they could not successfully execute the technique while they were still a Dharma adept, there was basically no way they would still be supported and cultivated after the moved to the Primordial Soul stage.

The powers saw no need to cultivate the talents of these people—it would only be a waste of resources. It was far better to divert these resources to be used on the few talented people.

And it was precisely because of this that Zhou Donghuang was not particularly moved by the fact that a late Dharma adept could execute the Dharmic possession technique.

So much so that He Mengxi and Da Zhuang, who had switched to training using the Thousand-Star Sword Technique as well as the Fiery Thunder Training Regimen, could already master the technique even though their level of training was only at the mid Dharma stage.

Especially Da Zhuang.

He had long mastered the technique when he was only at the early Dharma stage.

…

The more time passed, the more people trickled in.

Some of the sect leaders of the 52 sects from the alliance were familiar with each other. They had personal friendships with each other, so they would meet up once they were here.

"The people of the Jihan Sect are here."

All of a sudden, the Lightning Sword Sect's Summer Valley Head's voice rang out. Zhou Donghuang, who had been resting with his eyes shut, opened his eyes.

"Look carefully, little junior brother. Has your little lover arrived?" He Mengxi asked with a teasing smirk on her face when she saw that Zhou Donghuang was looking out into the distance at a group of women who had arrived.

On his end, he had already been keeping a lookout before He Mengxi had even asked the question. Tapping into the power of the Lord of the Four Supremes to enhance his vision, he could spot Luo Qinghan among the group of people from the Jihan Sect, even from that distance.

Although Luo Qinghan was all the way at the back of the crowd, she easily stood out in the sea of people with her beautiful face.

Quite a few of the Dharma disciples from all of the big sects were strong, young men, which was why they were all abuzz with chatter when they caught sight of the beautiful female disciples from the alliance.

"Quite a number of the Jihan Sect disciples are really pretty."

"Quite a number, indeed. Must be nice being a guy from that sect and being able to interact with them on a regular basis."

"You guys, hurry over and come take a look! That disciple all the way at the back, she's so pretty!"

…

A crowd of the energetic, young male disciples from the Lightning Sword Sect was already appraising the female disciples from the Jihan Sect rather seriously, despite the fact that they were still quite a distance away. The bunch of them were like a pack of hungry wolves; their eyes were gleaming, and they might as well have been drooling.

There was no doubt that Luo Qinghan was the best of the Jihan Sect disciples in terms of her looks.

Even if she were standing all the way at the back and not particularly outstanding, her face naturally commanded attention. Aside from the beautiful woman leading the Jihan Sect, she was the other focal point of the sect.

"Is that her, little junior brother?"

He Mengxi stood beside Zhou Donghuang. She followed his gaze and caught a good look of Luo Qinghan, then she continued whispering to him, "She really is quite the fair looker… She suits you well."

At this time, He Mengxi had coincidentally caught Luo Qinghan's eye when the latter let her gaze sweep over her side. But just as quickly it came, she looked away with her head bowed.

In a split second, the bunch of hot-blooded disciples—who were very much like wolves and tigers—all turned away in disappointment.

With a bow of her head, Luo Qinghan had kept half of her beautiful face shielded. They could no longer see her face anymore, no matter how much they wanted to.

"Little junior brother, your little lover's rather shy when she sees you." He Mengxi chuckled lightly.

Zhou Donghuang had already grown accustomed to He Mengxi's teasing, so all he did was look away with a helpless shake of his head.

He let out a sigh of relief after he saw Luo Qinghan here.

At the very least, he now knew that Luo Wuchen had successfully administered the Developing Essence, an ancient core drug given to him by Zhou Donghuang, on Luo Qinghan.

Otherwise, there was no way Luo Qinghan would already be at the Dharma stage within such a short period of time; she was already strong enough to participate in the Alliance Hunt.

"Seems like she really didn't switch to training with the Technique of Everlasting Youth."

Judging by how Luo Qinghan was trailing behind the Jihan Sect all by herself, it was not difficult to infer that she was the weakest in the group of early Dharma disciples from the sect.

There was no way her abilities would be this weak if she had switched to training with the Technique of Everlasting Youth.

"She's as stubborn as ever," Zhou Donghuang said with a quiet sigh.

"Sect Leader Meng, the disciples from your Jihan Sect are always the center of attention no matter where they go."

As the group of people from the Jihan Sect moved closer, Tiansong Sect Leader Huang Chunqiu greeted the beautiful lady who was leading the group with a smile. "If I hadn't already known that you're here to take part in the Alliance Hunt, I'd really have thought that you assembled the prettiest disciples from your sect to gather here."

"Sect Leader Huang, you're good with your words, as always."

The beautiful lady was the leader of the Jihan Sect, Meng Yuping. She shook her head with a smile when she heard Huang Chunqiu's words. The woman was already pretty to start with but when she smiled, it was like flowers were blooming in that instant.

Meng Yuping and Huang Chunqiu were, obviously, old friends, and it was clear that the pair had a pretty good relationship with each other.

Meng Yuping led the group of people from the Jihan Sect, moving to stand between the people from the Lightning Sword Sect and those from the Tiansong Sect.

Just then, someone from the group of Dharma disciples from the Tiansong Sect—a young man decked in grayish brown robes—moved out from the crowd to stand beside another young man who had been standing all the way at the front of the group.

This young man was dressed in sky-blue garb, and there was a trace of something wicked in his handsome face. This was the very man who was the focus point of the few female disciples of the Tiansong Sect who were present.

He was the number one of the Tiansong Sect's younger generation, Mo Yitian.

"Senior Brother Mo," the young man, the one who had walked out from the last row of the

Tiansong Sect disciples, greeted Mo Yitian respectfully.

"Yuan Zheng?"

Mo Yitian looked over at the young man mildly. "What are you doing here all of a sudden?"

"Senior Brother Mo, do you remember the Luo Qinghan I mentioned to you before? She's the one dressed in green, standing all the way at the back of the Jihan Sect people," Yuan Zheng said to Mo Yitian as he looked at the woman who was standing at the end of the Jihan Sect.

There was a glint of resistance in Yuan Zheng's eyes as he looked at Luo Qinghan, but it was soon gone.

That year, when he was on the Tianxuan planet in the Luohe galaxy, he had coveted her.

To that end, he had even gone as far as to rope in her closest friends to drug her, only for her to escape. He never got his way.

After that, Luo Qinghan's level of training increased exponentially, and she was then more or less on par with him.

Sometime after that, both of them were brought to the Hengliu galaxy by the people of the alliance of sects in the Hengliu galaxy. Luo Qinghan had been accepted into the Jihan Sect, and he into the Tiansong Sect.

"That's Luo Qinghan?"

The lady dressed in green, who was standing at the back of the Jihan Sect, had become the center of attention for the entire place when she made her entrance.

Even Mo Yitian had noticed her, and he felt himself stir with want.

A fair lady was a gentleman's good mate, after all.

Mo Yitian had never known a shortage of female company, but this was the first he had seen such an extraordinary woman.

This woman made him want to take her as a concubine.

To this day, he had been celibate with no wives or concubines to speak of.

However, if he were to marry, he would have to marry someone who would be a good match for him. If the woman in front of him came from a profound background, he would be glad to marry her… For the time being, however, she was only good enough to be his concubine.

"Senior Brother Mo, you have to hold on to her if you've got your sights set on her… There aren't many men in that sect, but there's still quite a number of them. Don't let them snatch her from you," Yuan Zheng said.

COMMENT

Actually, Yuan Zheng's martial ability was no match for the current Luo Qinghan.

The only reason he was able to be here on this day was because he had ceaselessly and diligently been licking boots since the day he entered the sect, which eventually landed him the spot of an inner sect elder like his master.

There was also the fact that he had connections everywhere within the sect. Because of all the ties he had, he had stood to gain quite a fair bit.

After he heard that Mo Yitian had taken a liking to the woman, he switched tactics. He intentionally approached the latter and mentioned Luo Qinghan, the young lady of the Luo family from his hometown, the Tianxuan planet in the Hengliu galaxy. He took it a step further and aggressively praised Luo Qinghan in front of Mo Yitian and made her out to be a rare beauty in this world.

"You've got good taste, Yuan Zheng."

Mo Yitian looked firmly at Yuan Zheng. "I'd initially thought that you were just running your mouth to get close to me… Now that I'm seeing it with my own eyes, it seems you were telling the truth.

"Luo Qinghan, she's truly top-tier."

As he spoke, Mo Yitian's gaze that was fixed on Luo Qinghan seemed to burn more fervently.

"You're funny, Senior Brother Mo. There's no way I'd dare cheat you," Yuan Zheng said with a laugh.

Mo Yitian's eyes gleamed, and then he ignored Yuan Zheng. He took to the skies directly, looming over the higher-ups of the Tiansong Sect. He then made his way over to stand beside Huang Chunqiu, who had been in a conversation with the Jihan Sect leader, Meng Yuping.

Huang Chunqiu was not just the Tiansong Sect leader; he was also Mo Yitian's master.

"Master."

Huang Chunqiu stared at him with suspicion as the latter made his way over. Just then, Mo Yitian said to him seriously, body still low in a bow, "I've fallen in love at first sight of the Jihan Sect disciple, Luo Qinghan… I ask of master to have Junior Uncle Meng betroth her to me."

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Mo Yitian's words did not just shock his master, Tiansong Sect leader Huang Chunqiu. Even the other members of the Tiansong Sect were shocked as well.

Yuan Zheng was dumbstruck. Although he did encourage Mo Yitian too hold on to Luo Qinghan tight, he never expected for the latter to be this direct and decisive.

This was a little too much.

So this was the confidence of the top of the younger generation in the Tiansong Sect?

The Jihan Sect leader, Meng Yuping, who had been chatting idly with Huang Chunqiu was flabbergasted. She knew who Mo Yitian was—this was the disciple her old friend, Huang Chunqiu, was the proudest of. He was the top of the younger generation within the sect.

One of her disciples, was rather taken with him. She had even requested a few times for Meng Yuping to matchmake them, only to be rejected on the basis that ladies had to exercise patience and restraint.

"Luo Qinghan?"

Truth be told, Meng Yuping would probably not know of Luo Qinghan's existence if not for the fact that she was one of the people who was allowed to take part in the Alliance Hunt this time.

Though the male disciples in the Jihan Sect were always talking about Luo Qinghan's beauty, this was not the case with the female disciples.

As such, Meng Yuping had not heard of Luo Qinghan before.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

…

While Meng Yuping was still frozen in shock, the group of Jihan Sect disciples all turned to look at the woman dressed in green who was standing all the way at the back.

Decked in green clothes, the lady was still gorgeous and alluring, commanding the attention of people even without make-up.

In this moment, the majority of the female disciples from the sect were green with envy as they looked at Luo Qinghan.

The male disciples, on the other hand, seemed rather indignant.

At the end of the day, Luo Qinghan was a flower from the Jihan Sect. A beauty like her should be kept within the sect, so the horde of them were rather opposed to having Luo Qinghan marry someone from another clan.

Luo Qinghan had had her head bowed as she was lost in her own thoughts, so she did not hear what Mo Yitian said. But now, with the crowd turning their gaze on her and the whispers around her, she finally realized what was going on.

Mo Yitian.

She had heard of this person before. He was the number one among the younger generation in the Tiansong Sect, and the ideal lover for many of the female disciples in the Jihan Sect.

It was because of this that it was not particularly surprising for so many of the female disciples in the Jihan Sect to throw her looks of envy.

"I hope Junior Uncle Meng will allow this," Mo Yitian said as he looked towards Meng Yuping again, body low in a bow.

"Senior Brother Mo!"

Before Meng Yuping could respond, a young lady stepped out from where she was standing with a group of Dharma disciples from the Jihan Sect. The young lady was easy on the eyes, but her pretty features were contorted with rage at that moment. "You said it was love at first sight for you, so today should be the first time you're seeing her.

"You barely know her since this is the first you're seeing of her…and you already want for her to marry you? Aren't you being too hasty about this?"

This young lady was Zhong Feng, and she was the direct disciple of the Jihan Sect leader, Meng Yuping. She was also one of the mid Dharma disciples who were here to take part in the Alliance Hunt.

She had loved Mo Yitian for many years.

She loved him so much that she had begged for her master to matchmake them, only to be rejected.

"This is an issue of fate. Hastiness has no bearing on this," Mo Yitian said with a shake of his head.

"I believe in what I feel."

"You…"

Zhong Feng had heard—and also saw—for herself that Mo Yitian had made up his mind. Her face blanched, and she subconsciously turned to look at Luo Qinghan, shooting an icy look at the latter.

At the same time, when Luo Qinghan looked right back at Zhong Feng, the latter sent her a stern look of warning.

"Sect Leader Meng."

At this time, the Tiansong Sect leader responded, "This is the first time this disciple of mine is making sure a request… I can tell that he's truly taken with that disciple from your esteemed sect.

"If it's possible… Sect Leader Meng, do you mind asking your disciple for her opinion?"

Huang Chunqiu pampered Mo Yitian a lot, so it was because of this that he was extremely cooperative when the latter made his request.

Now that Huang Chunqiu had made such a request himself, it was difficult for Meng Yuping to reject it. She immediately called for Luo Qinghan, "Come over for a second, Luo Qinghan."

Meng Yuping was the leader of the Jihan Sect. Luo Qinghan would never dare to defy her orders no matter how unwilling she was to head over.

Under the murderous gaze of Zhong Feng, Luo Qinghan floated over to Meng Yuping's side and greeted her with a bow. "Sect Leader."

Seeing Luo Qinghan step out, Mo Yitian's eyes were gleaming with an unconcealable desire.

"Luo Qinghan, Mo Yitian is a core disciple from the Tiansong Sect and he wishes to marry you… What do you think?"

Meng Yuping stared at Luo Qinghan calmly. She spoke to the latter in a calm and even tone that betrayed no emotion.

"I reject his offer, Sect Leader."

Luo Qinghan had initially planned on clarifying that she had long made up her mind to be celibate for life. But she saw the look that Mo Yitian had levelled at her, and it filled her heart with disgust, so she rejected him curtly.

Her response made Zhong Feng smile, and the latter looked towards her more warmly now.

"This Luo Qinghan… She rejected him?"

"My God! Does she know who she's rejecting? Marrying him—even just to be his concubine—would secure her several lifetimes of training perks. And she rejected him?"

…

The female disciples of the Jihan Sect were whispering among themselves. All of them thought that Luo Qinghan was foolish and did not know to seize an opportunity when it was presented to her.

As for the male disciples, they all let out a sigh of relief.

"She rejected him?"

The group of Dharma disciples from the Tiansong Sect had initially been shocked by the abrupt proposal of marriage. They had recovered somewhat from that scare, only to be shocked yet again when the Jihan Sect disciple standing right in front of them had outright rejected Mo Yitian.

They simply could not understand why the Jihan Sect disciple would reject Mo Yitian's proposal.

Going by the abilities he had demonstrated so far, he was basically set to become a Divine Transformation adept as long as he did not give up halfway… Besides, Mo Yitian was quite the handsome man himself.

A man like this was actually rejected?

Not only that—he was rejected by an ordinary disciple from the Jihan Sect.

"You're awfully calm, Little Junior Brother… If I were you, I'd long have made my way own to slap him the moment he spoke," He Mengxi said with a shake of her head from beside Zhou Donghuang.

He was staring calmly at Luo Qinghan now.

Though his face was calm, there was a strange, imperceptible glint to his eyes.

"You, you're rejecting me? Mo Yitian?"

At the same time, Mo Yitian looked at Luo Qinghan. There was an incredulous look on his face, like he could not believe what he had just heard. "Do you… do you know what kind of person I, Mo Yitian, am?"

"I know you're the top of the younger generation in the Tiansong Sect, and that you will become a Divine Transformation adept in the future."

Luo Qinghan swept her gaze over Mo Yitian, looking rather disgusted. "And what about it? Maybe other women would fight to get married to you, but I, Luo Qinghan, do not care for that.

"Are you satisfied with this answer?"

Luo Qinghan had already become somewhat irritable when she saw Zhou Donghuang. Now that Mo Yitian had pulled such a stunt—and the fact that he was such an eyesore—made her temper boil over.

The group of male disciples from the Jihan Sect Luo Qinghan's response were filled with pride at her statement, and there were wide grins stuck on their faces. The majority of the female disciples, however, seemed rather upset.

Especially Zhong Feng, whose face had twisted yet again after it had calmed into a warm look.

What did Luo Qinghan mean when she said other women would fight to marry him?

This Luo Qinghan, was she saying the rest of them had poor taste?

"This female disciple from the Jihan Sect, she really is quite the personality… I'd thought she would agree to the proposal earlier. After all, the guy's Mo Yitian of the Tiansong Sect," Liu Lang said in shock. He was the son of the Summer Valley Head, Liu Fengao.

"Hahahaha…"

Mo Yitian, who had been shocked still by Luo Qinghan's words, finally recovered from the shock at this moment. He could not help but burst into laughter.

His laughter died down after a while, and he stared at Luo Qinghan. "Interesting, interesting.

"Luo Qinghan, I make this declaration today… Today, you have rejected me, Mo Yitian. But someday, you will still end up marrying me or becoming my concubine. Do you believe me?"

Mo Yitian had been really confident when he made this bold declaration. It was as if there was no woman in this plane that he could not have.

"I don't," said a languid, listless voice. Someone else had answered to Mo Yitian on behalf of Luo Qinghan.

"Who's that?!"

Mo Yitian's face warped in anger. He turned to look angrily at the bunch of people from the Lightning Sword Sect, since that was where the sound came from.

Almost at the same time Mo Yitian threw that question out, a white shadow floated over slowly from amidst the group of people of the Lightning Sword Sect. The person regarded Mo Yitian with a calm look in his eyes.

"Zhou Donghuang?"

When the group of Dharma disciples from the Lightning Sword Sect had chorused with that response, there were a number of people wondering who had been bold enough to provoke Mo Yitian like that.

Was that person not afraid of Mo Yitian taking revenge on them when they moved to the Guiyao planet for the Alliance Hunt?

Now, as they looked at the man stepping out from the crowd, quite a few of the Lightning Sword Sect disciples were staring at him in astonishment. "It's Zhou Donghuang… You don't think he's taken a fancy to Luo Qinghan as well, do you?"

"Finally… He couldn't stand it any longer, could he?"

He Mengxi was smiling brightly, as if amused by the theatrics that were unfolding.

"Zhou Donghuang?'

The group of people from the Tiansong Sect, the Jihan Sect, as well as the Yunyue Sect looked at Zhou Donghuang; even the Lightning Sword Sect Leader, Yu Yucheng was looking at him. Every single one of them were looking at him in shock, and none of them knew what the man was planning to do.

Zhou Donghuang glanced at Mo Yitian, his lips curled into a mocking smirk as he spoke in a bland tone, "Why? You don't sound too pleased."

"You're Zhou Donghuang?"

After he heard the Lightning Sword Sect disciples address the young man dressed in white as such, Mo Yitian's eyes constricted. His gaze, which had been one of fury, had now transformed into one of fear.

"That's Zhou Donghuang?"

"I used to think that Mo Yitian was handsome, but he can't hold a candle to Zhou Donghuang."

"Well, it's as the saying goes: out with the old, in with the new. It's the same principle."

…

The people of the Yunyue Sect were abuzz with chatter, worrying about the worst case scenario.

"Zhou Donghuang, why are you responding to a question I directed at Luo Qinghan?"

It was a reasonable question. Even though Mo Yitian was somewhat frightened by Zhou Donghuang, he was still charged with anger.

In a split second, the collective gaze of everybody from the four great sects fell on Zhou Donghuang. It was as if everyone wanted to know how he would respond to Mo Yitian's question.

Even Luo Qinghan had unknowingly turned to look at Zhou Donghuang in this instant.

Under the watchful gaze of the crowd, Zhou Donghuang stated calmly, "She's my lady.

"Is there something wrong with me answering on behalf of her?"

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"She is my woman."

"So, is there a problem with me answering on her behalf?"

With Zhou Donghuang's question, the entire crowd became silent.

Luo Qinghan looked at Zhou Donghuang with a complicated gaze, then quickly looked away, her expression returning to its normal calm.

Of course, although she seemed calm on the surface, on the inside, her feelings were tumultuous.

She had never expected that despite the ruthlessness which she had treated Zhou Donghuang in the past, he still stood out to protect her at this juncture.

In that instant, even the Dharma adepts of the Yunyue Sect who had wanted to cause trouble were all scared out of their wits by Zhou Donghuang. They had never thought that Zhou Donghuang would respond to Mo Yitian with such an answer.

"Zhou Donghuang… said that Luo Qinghan of the Jihan Sect was his woman?"

From the leader of the Lightning Sword Sect to the four Valley Heads of the inner sect, to even the ordinary Dharma adepts, all of them now looked at Zhou Donghuang differently, their eyes filled with utter shock.

Just now, when Zhou Donghuang had stepped out, they had felt both confused and somewhat surprised… this Luo Qinghan, a disciple of the Jihan Sect, was Zhou Donghuang's woman?

At the same time, the crowd from the Jihan Sect and the Tiansong Sect were all equally shocked.

"You said that she is your woman?"

Mo Yitian would never have imagined, even in his dreams, that Zhou Donghuang would say something like that and declare that Luo Qinghan was his woman.

Before Zhou Donghuang could respond, Mo Yitian turned to look at Luo Qinghan intently, his eyes flashing with a glint, "Luo Qinghan, Zhou Donghuang just said that you are his woman?"

Instantly, all the attention was turned to Luo Qinghan.

As everyone watched on, Luo Qinghan glanced at Mo Yitian, then said calmly and slowly, "I, Luo Qinghan, will either remain unmarried all my entire life… but if I do marry, it will be to nobody else but him, Zhou Donghuang."

In the huge crowd gathered there, besides Luo Qinghan herself, Zhou Donghuang was the only other person who understood the meaning behind what she had just said.

However, to everybody else, what Luo Qinghan had just said was equivalent to saying that she was definitely marrying Zhou Donghuang and nobody else.

Instantly, Mo Yitian's expression turned ugly, then he turned to glare sternly at Yuan Zheng, a murderous glint in his eyes.

Noticing the cold glint in Mo Yitian's gaze, Yuan Zheng's could do nothing but smile sadly. He knew that Senior Mo definitely hated him now. After all, he was the one who had told Mo Yitian about Luo Qinghan but had not told him that Luo Qinghan had already gotten together with someone else.

But Senior Mo had only just found out about that piece of information.

"I originally thought Luo Qinghan was so righteous and above everything, who would have thought that she would clamor for his fame and power so quickly… looks like when she rejected me the last time, it was only because I was not capable or outstanding enough in my martial art skill that she was willing to give herself up to me."

Yuan Zheng looked at Luo Qinghan again, his eyes filled with disdain and condescension, as if he was looking down on Luo Qinghan for pretending to be so righteous in the past.

"Haha…"

Just when the atmosphere had turned cold and awkward, the leader of the Lightning Sword Sect, Yu Yucheng, looked at Zhou Donghuang and smiled broadly, saying, "Zhou Donghuang, I thought that you were always too busy practicing and had no time to think about things like this that concern your life… I did not expect you to have already laid your hands on this beautiful lady from the Jihan Sect.

"Wonderful, wonderful indeed."

Yu Yucheng's words had been intended to give Mo Yitian, the Tiansong Sect disciple, a chance to step down. Mo Yitian recognized his opportunity, and when Yu Yucheng spoke, he took the chance to retreat behind Huang Chunqiu, the leader of the Tiansong Sect, acting as if nothing had happened at all.

However, it was evident to everyone that he did not look too well, as his expression was ugly.

Huang Chunqiu was now awkward too.

After all, what had happened today was surely a result of his disciple, Mo Yitian, thinking too much on his part and acting in a poor fashion. This was clear to all who witnessed it.

Just as Huang Chunqiu was about to change the topic and continue chatting with the leader of the Jihan Sect, Meng Yuping, the group of Dharma adepts from the Yunyue Sect began discussing fearlessly again, as if there was nobody else around.

"My goodness… did that Mo Yitian just go back there just like that?"

"I thought that he would challenge Zhou Donghuang."

"Exactly. Although Luo Qinghan and Zhou Donghuang are already engaged, but they have not gotten married yet… does he not even have the courage to challenge Zhou Donghuang for her? Is this the talented disciple of the Tiansong Sect? The most outstanding new disciple of the new generation of Tiansong Sect?"

"Didn't you hear what Luo Qinghan said? She will either marry Zhou Donghuang, or not marry anyone at all. Clearly, no other man besides Zhou Donghuang will have a chance with her."

"Even if that is the case, he can still challenge Zhou Donghuang to a fight. As long as he defeats Zhou Donghuang, he will gain the respect of everyone after all the embarrassment that he's suffered today… as long as he defeats Zhou Donghuang, he can definitely proudly ask Luo Qinghan, 'Is this the kind of man that you are interested in?'"

"You are talking about defeating Zhou Donghuang… what if he is defeated himself instead? Wouldn't that be even more embarrassing?"

"That's true. Looks like he does not have the confidence that he will be able to defeat Zhou Donghuang."

…

The group of Dharma adepts from the Yunyue Sect had already been excited to watch Mo Yitian and Zhou Donghuang battle from the moment that their sect leader had suggested it. Furthermore, they wanted to see what Zhou Donghuang, the most famous new martial art talent of the younger generation in the Hengliu galaxy, was capable of.

The Tiansong Sect Leader had not heeded the suggestion of their Sect Leader, which had disappointed all of them.

Now that this had happened between Mo Yitian and Zhou Donghuang, they began to realize that it might actually be possible to watch the two of them spar with each other. They began to discuss excitedly, speaking in loud voices as if they were unafraid of Mo Yitian hearing them.

The loud discussion among the Dharma adepts of the Yunyue Sect traveled clearly into the ears of everyone from the Lightning Sword Sect, the Jihan Sect and the Tiansong Sect.

Instantly, Mo Yitian, who had only just retreated, became the center of attention once again.

Now, not only were many disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect and the Jihan Sect murmuring among themselves, even among the Tiansong disciples, many of them looked expectantly towards Mo Yitian.

Mo Yitian felt like he was being forced into a corner at that moment.

Finally, to protect his reputation, and due to his confidence in his abilities, he finally looked at Huang Chunqiu and said, "Teacher, I had long since heard that the Lightning Sword Sect has recently produced an extremely talented new young disciple known as Zhou Donghuang. He was at the mid Dharma stage, but has already mastered the technique of Dharma-body integration.

"Now, he has even reached the late Dharma stage. I wish to spar with him," declared Mo Yitian.

Hearing this, Huang Chunqiu sighed quietly to himself. He was well aware of his disciple's temper. After hearing the loud discussion from the group of Yunyue disciples, he had already known that his disciple would not be able to resist it.

Since Mo Yitian had already issued this challenge, Huang Chunqiu could only look at Yu Yucheng, the Lightning Sword Sect Leader.

He said, "Sect Leader Yu, our disciple Mo Yitian would like to spar with your talented disciple Zhou Donghuang of the Lightning Sword Sect… may I know if that would be convenient for you?"

"You will have to ask Zhou Donghuang himself," answered Yu Yucheng.

At the same time, Yu Yucheng then turned to look at Zhou Donghuang.

Now, Zhou Donghuang had already returned to his original spot beside He Mengxi and Da Zhuang.

At this time, Luo Qinghan had just returned to stand behind a group of Dharma adepts from the Jihan Sect, and some other Jihan disciples now tried to come closer to her.

"Luo Qinghan, do you think Zhou Donghuang will agree to Mo Yitian's challenge?"

"Luo Qinghan, today, Zhou Donghuang could be said to have trampled all over Mo Yitian with your assistance… if he accepts Mo Yitian's challenge and is defeated, all of that will be gone. Furthermore, even if he does not accept it, he will still lose face."

"Luo Qinghan…"

Many Jihan disciples who had not been close to Luo Qinghan now treated her more eagerly after knowing about her relationship with Zhou Donghuang.

Previously, Luo Qinghan had just been another disciple of the Jihan Sect. Although her talent was not bad, there were many talented disciples in the Jihan Sect, and an inner sect disciple would not be any less talented than Luo Qinghan.

But now, Luo Qinghan had the new identity as Zhou Donghuang's fiancée.

Who was Zhou Donghuang?

A talented disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect at the age of twenty-four; he had already reached the mid Dharma stage and mastered the technique of Dharma-body integration… such an achievement was extremely rare in the history of the Hengliu galaxy, and it was previously because of that that Zhou Donghuang was now famous throughout the entire Hengliu galaxy.

Now, from what Mo Yitian had just said, it seemed that Zhou Donghuang had already reached the late Dharma stage at just twenty-six years of age?

Faced with the questioning from so many people, Luo Qinghan only shook her head calmly, saying that she did not know.

Seeing Luo Qinghan refuse to answer, the rest of them now turned their attention to Zhou Donghuang, who was standing within a group of Dharma adepts from the Lightning Sword Sect. Now, Zhou Donghuang had attracted the attention of all the people from all four sects.

"Zhou Donghuang, Mo Yitian of the Tiansong Sect wishes to spar with you… do you accept his challenge?" asked Yu Yucheng, the Lightning Sword Sect Leader.

Just as Yu Yucheng spoke, although Zhou Donghuang did not say a word in response, he rose to the skies, indirectly answering Yu Yucheng.

At the same time that Zhou Donghuang took to the skies, Mo Yitian also flew out and looked at Zhou Donghuang as he said, "Zhou Donghuang, I had long since heard of your extraordinary skills… even in the Tiansong Sect, many people are saying that you are worthy of being compared to me. Now, I want to see if you are really as good as what they say."

"Compared to you?"

Zhou Donghuang finally spoke. At the same time, his gaze turned cold as he stared at Mo Yitian; his lips curled into a sarcastic smile. "Are you worthy?"

"You!!"

Faced with the unmasked derision of Zhou Donghuang, Mo Yitian's expression changed completely, and his eyes turned unfriendly as he screamed, "Zhou Donghuang, you are really arrogant, daring to say that I, Mo Yitian, cannot be compared to you… today, I want to see how powerful you really are!"

When they heard Zhou Donghuang's words, all the people from the four sects were shocked and could easily predict that Mo Yitian would be furious.

"There's a good show for us!" The group of disciples of the Yunyue Sect all looked on excitedly, awaiting the trouble that lay ahead.

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Chapter 269: Three Tries For You

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Mo Yitian was now totally angered by Zhou Donghuang.

In the night starry sky, as the whole crowd watched on, Mo Yitian stood in mid-air, his eyes filled with fury and his face red with anger. His long hair blew in the wind behind him as waves of inner Yuan left his body and finally crystallized into ten-meter-tall Dharma Power.

Mo Yitian's Dharma Power was in the form of a human, but because it was only formed by inner Yuan, the features of the face were not clear and visible. It was still apparent that in the hands of the human Dharma Power, it held a sword. The human Dharma Power floated in mid-air like, proud and firm as it looked around dismissively.

"It's Mo Yitian's Sword God Dharma Power!"

"I had always heard that the Tiansong Sect had the power to allow their Dharma Power to change according to their wishes… now, I can finally see it for myself. Mo Yitian produced this Sword God Dharma Power based on his thoughts, what a remarkable sight!"

…

As Mo Yitian's Dharma Power appeared, besides the Tiansong Sect disciples who were not surprised, the people from the other three sects all looked at Mo Yitian's Dharma Power with alarm.

In the universe, not all skill techniques had to produce just one fixed Dharma Power.

There were many other techniques that one could train in that allowed the adept to produce any Dharma Power that they could think of at that point in time simply based on their thoughts.

Of course, Dharma Power produced in such a manner also had to follow some guidelines. For example, Dharma Power that was too extravagant or unrealistic would cause trouble for the Dharma adept to train it, and thus put them at a disadvantage when using their Dharma Power.

The Sword God Dharma Power that Mo Yitian had just produced was also considered somewhat extravagant, but because his talent and skill in this aspect was not bad, he could still control it as he wished. In the late Dharma stage, he had mastered Dharma-body integration, which allowed him to control Dharma Power as he wished.

When his Dharma Power appeared, Mo Yitian looked at Zhou Donghuang and said seriously, "Zhou Donghuang, I heard that your Dharma Power is in the shape of a massive tiger… today, by the blade of the sword in the hands of my Sword God Dharma Power, I will slaughter your tiger Dharma Power!"

Mo Yitian's tone was low but icy. Clearly, he had been angered by Zhou Donghuang's words.

"Your Dharma Power is indeed flashy, but too bad that's all it is."

Faced with the unfriendly words of Mo Yitian, Zhou Donghuang only glanced at him lightly, and said deliberately and slowly, "Looks like you are not happy with what I said just now… in that case, I'll allow you three hits. After three hits, I will then strike."

As he spoke, Zhou Donghuang's inner Yuan gushed out of his body and formed a ten-meter-tall tiger Dharma Power.

This giant tiger was different from any ordinary tigers. Its body was bigger and stronger, and the lines and contours on its body were defined and perfect. Once it appeared, it attracted the attention of everyone present, stealing the limelight right away from Mo Yitian's Sword God Dharma Power.

"This is the Giant Tiger Dharma Power?"

"My goodness! In front of the Giant Tiger Dharma Power, all the other tiger Dharma Powers that I had seen before can only be considered kittens, even tiger Dharma Powers at the ultimate Dharma stage. I never knew a tiger could be as perfect as this one here!"

"The figure of this Giant Tiger Dharma Power is really perfect… if someone had told me that a Giant Tiger Dharma Power could be so beautiful, attractive and powerful, I would not have believed them!"

…

The Dharma Power that Zhou Donghuang had now produced was no any ordinary Giant Tiger Dharma Power, but the White Tiger Dharma Power which was one of the four great beasts Dharma Powers. Naturally, it could not be compared to any ordinary Giant Tiger Dharma Powers.

Although nobody in the crowd that day managed to recognize that this was actually a White Tiger Dharma Power, but just based on their eyes, they would tell that there were many differences between the White Tiger Dharma Power and an ordinary Giant Tiger Dharma Power. The difference was not just on the surface.

Of course, the most alarming thing to all of them was what Zhou Donghuang had just said to Mo Yitian.

Did Zhou Donghuang just say that he would allow Mo Yitian three hits?

Was he out of his mind?

Mo Yitian was the most powerful man among the new generation of the Tiansong sect. He reached the late Dharma stage before the age of thirty and even managed to master Dharma-body integration.

Now, even Huang Chunqiu, leader of the Tiansong Sect, looked unhappy. If not for his status as the leader of the Tiansong Sect, he would definitely have scolded Zhou Donghuang as an arrogant bastard!

"What arrogance!"

Though Huang Chunqiu, the leader of the Tiansong Sect, managed to hold himself back, the other Dharma adepts of the Tiansong Sect could not resist but to glare angrily at Zhou Donghuang, feeling that this talented disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect was being way too arrogant.

The most powerful man among their younger generation of Tiansong Sect was someone whom the rest could only look up to but not attain the level of, but now he was being looked down upon by this disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect. In that moment, all of them felt as if they had been humiliated.

"Brother Mo, since he gave you three moves, then agree to it!"

"Brother Mo, within three moves, you must defeat him! I want to see if he will really do nothing during your three attacks."

…

The group of Dharma adepts from the Tiansong Sect shouted excitedly at Mo Yitian.

At the same time, the people from the other three sects now regained their senses once again and looked at Zhou Donghuang in a daze. They had never expected Zhou Donghuang to say something like that.

Even the people of the Lightning Sword Sect who had previously witnessed Zhou Donghuang defeat Han Yuzheng, the talented disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect, with just a single blow—they did not believe that Zhou Donghuang could defeat Mo Yitian after allowing Mo Yitian three moves to attack him first.

Within three blows from Mo Yitian, Zhou Donghuang could already be defeated.

"Is Zhou Donghuang being too careless? This Mo Yitian is not like the Han Yuzheng of the Thunder Knife Sect."

Most of the Lightning Sword Sect people, including the leader of the Lightning Sword Sect, Yu Yucheng, now frowned slightly, thinking that Zhou Donghuang was being too careless.

Of course, there were also some people of the Lightning Sword Sect who had full confidence in Zhou Donghuang.

This included the head of the Autumn Valley, He Jin, and the Autumn Valley disciples, He Mengxi, Da Zhuang, and the son of the Spring Valley, Liu Lang.

Although Liu Lang did not know why himself, when Zhou Donghuang lightly said that he would allow Mo Yitian three tries to attack him, Liu Lang suddenly felt that Zhou Donghuang was so much more powerful than Mo Yitian that even if he allowed Mo Yitian three tries, he would still be able to defeat him eventually.

"I have such blind faith in him… looks like his previous performance has already touched me deeply."

As compared to the other Lightning Sword disciples besides He Mengxi and Da Zhuang, Liu Lang could be considered one of the disciples who had had slightly more interactions with Zhou Donghuang. From the beginning when Zhou Donghuang had used forgery to trick the entire Summer Valley, to him defeating Lian Can, then Han Yuzheng, Liu Lang was well aware of how scarily powerful Zhou Donghuang was.

This was why even though Zhou Donghuang had behaved so arrogantly in front of Mo Yitian, Liu Lang felt that his arrogance was justified!

In the Jihan Sect, Zhong Feng, the disciple of Sect Leader Meng Yuping, now tried to get closer to Luo Qinghan and said sarcastically, "Luo Qinghan, is your man being too arrogant? Brother Mo Yitian's ability is not as weak as he thinks; he is probably going to regret this bad decision that he just made."

Faced with the sarcasm of Zhong Feng, Luo Qinghan totally disregarded her, but her eyes landed on Zhou Donghuang instead, her face calm and expressionless.

She was well aware that a year ago, Zhou Donghuang's ability was already stronger than her father.

At that time, her father had already reached the late Dharma stage and had trained in the Deity-level technique. He had mastered Dharma-body integration and was no weaker than Mo Yitian currently… at that time, Zhou Donghuang was only at the mid Dharma stage.

Now, Zhou Donghuang had reached the late Dharma stage, so his power must have increased as well.

"I only just reached the early Dharma stage and barely managed to get on the list to be a part of this event… but he has already reached the late Dharma stage. The gap between me and him is getting bigger and bigger."

Luo Qinghan sighed quietly to herself, but her eyes were filled with a momentary sadness that disappeared as quickly as it had appeared.

"Zhou Donghuang!" Mo Yitian, who had been so angered by Zhou Donghuang's words that he had trembled for a moment, finally tried to suppress his fury as he glared at Zhou Donghuang and said icily, "You will pay a terrible price for this mistake that you made out of sheer arrogance!

"Since you want to be defeated by me within three tries, then I, Mo Yitian, will grant you your wish!"

Suddenly, Mo Yitian's body became faint as his ten-meter-tall Sword God Dharma Power now become even more solid. Clearly, he had integrated his body with his Dharma Power right from the beginning to allow the Dharma Power to become one with his body.

"Mo Yitian looks really furious right now, he began with the integration technique right away!"

"Now, Zhou Donghuang must be regretting what he just said."

"He said he would allow Mo Yitian three tries, which means that until after Mo Yitian's third attack, he cannot attack Mo Yitian at all and can only defend or hide!"

"Why do I have the feeling that he will go back on his word?"

…

As the crowd watched on, the Sword God Dharma Power stepped out of the night sky, and with that single step, he seemed to cover such a huge distance that he now seemed much closer to Zhou Donghuang in distance.

Whoosh!

With the sound of gushing wind, the sword in the hands of the Sword God Dharma Power sliced through the night. With the blow of the sword, inner Yuan as brilliant and vibrant as the sky was released, drawing the attention of everyone as if it could slice through a whole galaxy. The sword raced towards the giant Dharma Power of Zhou Donghuang.

"Zhou Donghuang is definitely also going to integrate his body with the Dharma Power to either take the blow or dodge the sword."

Faced with the sword rushing towards him from Mo Yitian's Sword God Dharma Power, Zhou Donghuang chose not to use the technique of Dharma-body integration. He floated in mid-air, motionless and his face expressionless.

Faced with the onslaught of the sword from the Sword God Dharma Power of Mo Yitian, the White Tiger Dharma Power only lowered its body, and easily dodged the sword. It seemed more like a coincidence, that it happened to get down at that instant.

At least, to the Dharma disciples of the four great sects present, that was what it seemed like.

After Mo Yitian's Sword God Dharma Power had begun its attack, Zhou Donghuang had actually commanded his Dharma Power to lower itself, which allowed it to barely dodge the sword from Mo Yitian's Dharma Power… the next time, if Mo Yitian was prepared, Zhou Donghuang's luck would not be so good.

Even Mo Yitian himself also felt the same way, and said, "Zhou Donghuang, you will not be so lucky the next time."

However, the expressions of the leaders of the four great sects now turned serious…

Their disciples all thought that Zhou Donghuang had achieved that based on luck, but the leaders were all highly skilled themselves and could clearly tell that Zhou Donghuang's Dharma Power had only made its move after Mo Yitian had begun his attack.

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Chapter 270: Zhou Donghuang Strikes

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Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Mo Yitian's body was integrated with the Sword God Dharma Power, and when he struck once again, the Sword God Dharma Power threw the sword in his hands. The sword turned into nine streaks of bright light in the sky, which shot out in all directions and surrounded Zhou Donghuang's White Tiger Dharma Power on all sides.

Seeing this, the disciples of the four main sects in the crowd all felt that Zhou Donghuang could no longer rely on his luck to evade this attack as he had the previous time.

The only way was to integrate his body with the Dharma Power to take this blow from Mo Yitian.

This was only the second attack from Mo Yitian.

According to what Zhou Donghuang had declared at the beginning, Mo Yitian had three tries to attack Zhou Donghuang before he could counter-attack.

However, Zhou Donghuang did not seem to have any intention to integrate his body with his Dharma Power, as he stood motionless at his position. As for the White Tiger Dharma Power, it appeared to become a white flash of light as it circled around Zhou Donghuang's body rapidly like white lightning. The White Tiger Dharma Power destroyed every single one of the swords that were rushing towards it.

This scene stunned the entire crowd.

What kind of Dharma Power was this?

Even without using Dharma-body integration, his Dharma Power was already so powerful?

Was it possible for a late Dharma adept to produce such perfect Dharma Power?

"You have one try left," Zhou Donghuang reminded Mo Yitian lazily and calmly.

The anger in Mo Yitian's eyes and the disdain on his face had since disappeared, only to be replaced by an air of seriousness that seemed as if he was walking on thin ice.

Now, no matter how slow his reaction was, he could already see Zhou Donghuang's power was immense.

Zhou Donghuang had trained his Dharma Power to such an incredible extent that even if Mo Yitian integrated his body with his Dharma Power and surrounded him and attacked him, his attack could not even reach Zhou Donghuang's Dharma Power.

"Zhou Donghuang's massive tiger clearly specializes in speed! I split up my attack so the speed became slower, and it was even more difficult to match up to him.

"Since he insists on not integrating his body with his Dharma Power, being as arrogant as he is… I will get closer to him and then attack his Dharma Power to destroy him once and for all before he even tries to use the integration technique!

"He will have no chance to turn the tables."

Thinking of this, Mo Yitian, who had already become one with the Sword God Dharma Power, now controlled the Sword God Dharma Power and stepped out in the night sky. He was like a massive Sword God that ruled the world, destroying anything that came in its path and leaving a trail of carnage behind it.

Instantly, the Sword God Dharma Power had come right up to the White Tiger Dharma Power, and as it raised its hand, the sword rose in the air and the tip pointed right at the White Tiger Dharma Power.

Whoosh!

As everyone watched on, the Sword God Dharma Power struck out with its sword, straight towards the White Tiger Dharma Power.

And at this moment, even if the White Tiger Dharma Power wanted to dodge the attack, it was already too late, because the Sword God Dharma Power had been so close when it had struck.

Just as everyone thought that Zhou Donghuang now no longer had the chance to use his integration technique in time and the White Tiger Dharma Power would not be able to block this sword…

Boom!!

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

As the loud boom resounded around the entire planet, the huge crowd watched on as the White Tiger Dharma Power suddenly appeared to turn into blazing white flames. These white flames then somehow twisted and turned into a mysterious typhoon, filled with a sense of destruction as if it could swallow everything in the entire universe.

The sword in the hands of the Sword God Dharma Power found itself stuck within the whirlwind of white fire, and the strength that it had summoned suddenly dissipated mysteriously into thin air. The sword was then swallowed whole by the whirlwind.

The thousands of little whirlwinds made quick work of the sword in the hands of the Sword God Dharma Power, swallowing it rapidly, and soon even the hand of the Sword God Dharma Power appeared to darken. Clearly, it had also been sucked into the whirlwind of fire.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, the Sword God Dharma Power controlled by Mo Yitian began to retreat, which allowed it to narrowly escape the danger that it was in.

By now, Mo Yitian had been so scared that he had broken out in cold sweat. He glared at Zhou Donghuang with a face filled with shock.

"What kind of Dharma Power is this!?"

Now, Mo Yitian no longer dared to see Zhou Donghuang's Dharma Power as an ordinary giant tiger. Although the Dharma Power appeared to be like Giant Tiger Dharma Power, it was so mysterious and its speed was so ridiculously fast–and it even had this defense ability to swallow power. It was simply incredible, leaving any opponent shocked and surprised.

At that moment, even the group of people watching on in the crowd were so shocked that they could not help but suck in a deep breath.

When they looked at Zhou Donghuang once again, their eyes were filled with utter shock. This Zhou Donghuang from the Lightning Sword Sect was simply insane! Mo Yitian was the most powerful man among the younger generation of the Tiansong Sect, and he was given three tries to attack Zhou Donghuang, but he could not even defeat him nor come close to him at all. He could not even put Zhou Donghuang at a disadvantage after the three attacks?

"Zhou Donghuang is simply unnatural. He is just a late Dharma adept, but he managed to push Brother Mo into a corner just like that?"

"In the past, I thought that Brother Mo was the man of my dreams… but now, in front of Brother Zhou from the Lightning Sword Sect, Brother Mo really pales in comparison. I have decided, from today on, the man of my dreams shall change from Brother Mo to Brother Zhou. Even if he already has Sister Luo Qinghan, but in this vast universe, it is normal for the powerful to have multiple wives and concubines."

"Brother Donghuang is truly the pride and joy of our Lightning Sword Sect, he is really insanely powerful!"

…

At that point, be it the Tiansong Sect, the Jihan Sect, or the Yunyue Sect, all three Sect Leaders of the three main sects now looked at Yu Yucheng, the leader of the Lightning Sword Sect, with jealousy.

Why didn't their own sects have a disciple like Zhou Donghuang?

The Lightning Sword Sect really struck gold this time!

"Your three tries are up."

Just as the crowd was still dazed, Zhou Donghuang's calm and flat voice rang out once again, attracting the attention of everybody right away. It made those who had been gossiping to each other and talking among themselves immediately stop talking.

A strange calm settled over the night sky.

"Now, it's my turn."

As Zhou Donghuang's voice rang out, his body seemed to move in a flash, and he finally showcased his integration with the Dharma Power. His entire body seemed to fuse with the White Tiger Dharma Power as he controlled the White Tiger and leaped out in the vast starry sky. It seemed as if he could jump from one planet to the next with just a single jump.

Seeing Zhou Donghuang finally showcase his integration with the Dharma Power, Mo Yitian's eyes narrowed sharply as a sense of impeding fear grew in his heart.

Just now, even without integrating his body with the Dharma Power, Zhou Donghuang had already been incredibly powerful.

Now, after Zhou Donghuang had integrated his body with his Dharma Power and took the initiative to attack him, Mo Yitian already had a feeling of impending doom, even though Zhou Donghuang had not come close to him yet.

As much as Mo Yitian wanted to suppress this feeling of doom, he could do nothing about it.

This feeling of defeat felt as if it was carved in his heart.

"Roar…!"

As the White Tiger Dharma Power leaped out, it released a loud roar from its mouth. The roar was deafening to the ears of everyone standing nearby and was strangely low. Compared to the sound made by a normal Giant Tiger Dharma Power, it was even more beastly and filled with the confidence of a king.

At that moment, as everybody in the crowd looked at the White Tiger Dharma Power once again, in that instant, a sense of respect rose deep within their hearts, as they realized that this Dharma Power had surprised them time and again, filling them with amazement.

Boom!!

A loud boom resounded around the entire planet.

As everybody from the four sects watched on, as much as the Sword God Dharma Power controlled by Mo Yitian tried to resist it, it could not block the claws of the White Tiger Dharma Power.

With just a swipe of the claws of the White Tiger, the Sword God Dharma Power dissipated into thin air.

As Mo Yitian's body appeared once again, he was thrown backwards by a powerful force. His face turned red and bloodshot, his body cut an embarrassing figure, as a mouthful of fresh blood spilled from his mouth.

"Now, do you still think… that you are worthy of being compared to me?"

After totally destroying Mo Yitian's Sword God Dharma Power, Zhou Donghuang's body reappeared as the White Tiger Dharma Power turned into inner Yuan that returned to Zhou Donghuang's body as if it had never appeared.

Zhou Donghuang stood there, his flowing white robes looking fresh and untouched.

His eyes landed lazily and calmly on Mo Yitian, who was barely keeping upright, his whole body looking embarrassingly defeated and disheveled.

One hit.

Zhou Donghuang, after giving Mo Yitian three attacks, used just one hit to defeat Mo Yitian!

Until now, the crowd of people from all four sects had felt as if they had been living in a dream.

What they had just witnessed was simply impossible.

Mo Yitian was the most powerful adept among the new generation of disciples of the Tiansong Sect, and even among the entire Hengliu galaxy, he could be considered among the top adepts of the new generation.

Yet he had just been defeated by a single strike from Zhou Donghuang, and Zhou Donghuang had even given him three tries to attack him first.

"His power… has indeed gotten even stronger."

Luo Qinghan stood behind the group of disciples of the Jihan sect, and after glancing quickly at Zhou Donghuang, she then averted her gaze sheepishly. But deep within her heart, she was still greatly unsettled. "Indeed… the gap between the two of us is getting bigger and bigger by the day.

"Will… will I still be able to catch up to him?"

Luo Qinghan felt extremely bitter.

At that point, some female disciples of the Jihan sect surrounding Luo Qinghan looked at her with surprise, their eyes filled with unmistakable envy. "Sister Luo, your boyfriend is simple insane. That was Mo Yitian, the most powerful adept among the new generation of disciples of the Tiansong Sect, and the top among the new generation in the Hengliu galaxy… but he was defeated with just a single strike from your boyfriend!"

Besides the silence from the group of disciples from the Tiansong Sect, the disciples of the other three main sects could not help but discuss excited among themselves.

"Mo Yitian is already twenty-nine years old this year, while Zhou Donghuang is just twenty-six years old… After today's battle, Zhou Donghuang can surely be compared to the leaders among the new generation of those two supernatural powers."

"Among the new generation of adepts from all the main sects of the Alliance, there is nobody who can compare to Zhou Donghuang."

"Looks like in this edition of the Alliance Hunt, if nothing goes wrong, Zhou Donghuang will be able to easily win the entire championship."

…

Now, Zhou Donghuang had shocked everybody from the four main sects of the Alliance, from the upper tier of the sects to the lay disciples.

Even though the group of people from the Tiansong Sect had remained quiet since the start, Zhou Donghuang had just defeated the most powerful man among their new generation in the Tiansong Sect.

"Sect Leader Yu, what kind of luck does the Lightning Sword Sect have? How did you manage to find a new disciple like that!"

The leader of the Yunyue sect, Zhang Yuanhan, looked at Yu Yucheng and sighed heavily. In his eyes, there was an unmistakable look of jealousy.

Although the leaders of the Tiansong Sect, Huang Chunqiu, and the Jihan sect, Meng Yuping, did not say anything, they still looked at Yu Yucheng with a discreet look of envy and jealousy…

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Chapter 271: Luo Qinghan's Thoughts

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The battle between Zhou Donghuang and Mo Yitian had been witnessed only by those of the four main sects.

Although there were many other sects of the Alliance outside of the Guiyao planet, because of the great distance from the planet, they still did not have any idea of what had happened on the Guiyao planet… Otherwise, all of them would surely also be shocked by the power that Zhou Donghuang had just demonstrated.

Zhou Donghuang had given Mo Yitian three tries to attack him, but not only had Mo Yitian failed to gain the upper hand, he had even been defeated with just a single blow from Zhou Donghuang!

"Zhou Donghuang, the talented disciple from the Lightning Sword Sect, is simply too powerful. Among the sects of the Alliance, there may not be anyone else stronger than him among those in the late Dharma stage… even among those in the ultimate Dharma stage, there may not even be anyone who is his match."

Be it the Jihan Sect, the Tiansong Sect or the Yunyue Sect, everybody was thinking the same thing.

The power that Zhou Donghuang had just showcased was already so incredible that it made one shudder.

In fact, everybody felt that based on the power with which Zhou Donghuang had easily defeated Mo Yitian with that day, he could definitely be taken to be the most powerful man in the Alliance below the ultimate Dharma stage!

Because among the many sects of the Alliance, there could be nobody else in the late Dharma stage who would be able to toy around with and defeat Mo Yitian in such an outrageous manner.

Mo Yitian was already among the top adepts in the late Dharma stage among the many sects of the Alliance, and he would definitely be able to be among the top ten in the Alliance Hunt ranking board.

"If Zhou Donghuang's luck is not bad, he is definitely going to win the Alliance Hunt this time."

Now, not only did those from the Lightning Sword Sect think so, even the Jihan Sect, the Tiansong Sect or the Yunyue Sect all felt the same way.

The Alliance Hunt was held on the Guiyao planet to hunt beasts.

Adepts in the early, middle or late Dharma stage were all allowed to kill beasts of a higher level than them, and they held a definite advantage in the Alliance Hunt.

Of course, late Dharma adepts had the biggest advantage in the hunt.

This was because there were many beasts and monsters on the Guiyao planet that were all of different levels of skill and power, and there were even many ultimate Dharma beasts to be found all around.

In such circumstances, even though early and middle Dharma adepts could kill beasts of a higher level than them, faced with an ultimate Dharma beast, these adepts could only run.

In fact, the strongest early Dharma adept in the sects of the Alliance would surely be a dead meat if an ultimate Dharma beast laid its eyes on the poor adept.

In such circumstances, late Dharma adepts who would kill beasts of a higher level held an advantage because they could defeat even the strongest ultimate Dharma beasts on the Guiyao planet.

Although ultimate Dharma adepts had no fear of ultimate Dharma beasts, they could only kill ultimate Dharma beasts to accumulate points, and hence they did not stand as much of a chance as late Dharma adepts.

So to everybody of the four sects, once Zhou Donghuang entered the Guiyao planet, if nothing went wrong—such as having bad luck and not being able to meet any beasts—then all his power would be put to waste.

Although the Guiyao planet was not considered large, it was not small either. Even adepts who had reached the Primordial Soul stage would not be able to traverse half of the planet within just three short months, much less the entire the Guiyao planet.

In the history of the Hengliu galaxy, there had been occasions where there were extremely powerful disciples of the Alliance taking part in the Alliance Hunt, but they only had average results in the end.

In fact, such situations were not uncommon.

Precisely because of this, in the Alliance Hunt, powerful late Dharma adepts could only be said to have the biggest advantage, but that didn't mean they could surely achieve a high rank at the end of the hunt.

…

After the battle between Zhou Donghuang and Mo Yitian, everybody's attention rested on Zhou Donghuang, then eventually turned elsewhere.

After all, they could not keep looking at Zhou Donghuang forever.

This time, they had come here to the Guiyao planet to take part in the Alliance Hunt, and the Alliance Hunt did not restrict disciples from working with each other.

Now, if they could find a good partner or two, that would be favorable for them in the contest.

"Sister Luo." Zhong Feng, the disciple of the leader of the Jihan Sect, Meng Yuping, who had treated Luo Qinghan very poorly all the time, now reappeared beside Luo Qinghan once again. Her face was now filled with a bright smile, looking like an entirely different person from before.

"What do you think of us two pairing up once we enter the Guiyao planet and the Alliance Hunt begins? We will split the beasts that we killed evenly, and split the points evenly."

Zhong Feng's words made the other disciples of the Jihan Sect who had been thinking of pairing up with Luo Qinghan stop in the tracks.

They could not afford to offend Zhong Feng.

Furthermore, if Luo Qinghan decided to work together with Zhong Feng, Zhong Feng would surely not be willing to allow anyone else to join their team.

Even Zhou Donghuang, the talented disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect, would not be willing to bring so many burdens along with him.

To them, be it Luo Qinghan or any of the Dharma adepts in the Jihan Sect, they would be considered a burden if they were to team up with Zhou Donghuang.

"Sister Zhong."

Luo Qinghan naturally understood the reason why Zhong Feng wanted to team up with her. She looked seriously at Zhong Feng, then smiled calmly and asked, "Are you sure you want to team up with me? No regrets?"

"Hm?"

Seeing Luo Qinghan ask such a weighted question, her gaze revealing that there was surely something between the lines, Zhong Feng was taken aback and filled with a sense of foreboding. "Luo Qinghan, since Zhou Donghuang is your man… could it be, this Alliance Hunt, he is not going to team up with you to accumulate points together?"

"Indeed."

Luo Qinghan nodded and answered, "I am not working with him."

With that, the group of Jihan Sect disciples who had wanted to team up with Luo Qinghan heaved a sigh of relief as they looked mockingly at Zhong Feng.

Hearing this, Zhong Feng's expression changed drastically as she replied coldly to Luo Qinghan, "Pretend I never looked for you."

With that, Zhong Feng turned and left right away.

Why had she wanted to team up with Luo Qinghan?

Wasn't it because she had wanted the power of Zhou Donghuang?

Now, Luo Qinghan had already declared that she would not be working with Zhou Donghuang throughout the Alliance Hunt, and Zhong Feng surely would no longer want to team up with Luo Qinghan. If she had teamed up with her, Luo Qinghan would only be a burden to her.

Luo Qinghan was not surprised by Zhong Feng's reaction and only laughed sadly to herself.

After Zhou Donghuang had defeated Mo Yitian, she had realized that the disciples who had treated her coldly in the past, even the leader of the Jihan Sect, Meng Yuping, now looked at her differently.

"Who would have thought… that one day, I, Luo Qinghan, will be treated like this because of a man."

Luo Qinghan was extremely bitter inside.

Since she had entered the Jihan Sect, she had wanted to use her own capabilities and hard work to make a name for herself.

However, she would never have thought that right from the start, she would be linked to Zhou Donghuang, which made everybody of the Jihan Sect treat her differently.

"After this Alliance Hunt, I will leave the Jihan Sect… I'll leave the Hengliu galaxy as well, to somewhere that even Father and Granny do not know about."

In that moment, Luo Qinghan had already made a firm decision in her mind.

She had always been a very headstrong person. Although she could definitely grow with the support of Zhou Donghuang, she still rejected such a notion.

She did not want to rely entirely on a man for support, that was not what she wanted!

She did not wish to become a flower vase.

…

Zhou Donghuang was naturally unaware of Luo Qinghan's thoughts.

However, he was well aware of Luo Qinghan's headstrong character after that occasion where Luo Qinghan and Luo Wuchen had visited him at the Lightning Sword Sect.

Standing among the disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect, Zhou Donghuang's eyes landed once again on Luo Qinghan. "This is not the way to go… I must think of something to give her a better technique.

"It is always better for adepts to convert to a better technique as early as possible."

Ever since he had found out that Luo Qinghan had indeed refused to convert to the "Technique of Everlasting Youth," the Deity-level technique that he had given the Luo family chief, Zhou Donghuang had been anxious.

He did not wish for Luo Qinghan's strong nature to affect her future.

However, he also knew that based on her personality, even if he took a knife to her neck, he would not be able to force her to do something that she did not wish to do.

"I must think of something else…" said Zhou Donghuang to himself.

"Little Brother, why do I get the feeling… that girl from the Jihan Sect seems to dislike you? What is going on?"

He Mengxi always had startling intuition. She had been observing Luo Qinghan from the start, but had realized that when Luo Qinghan looked at Zhou Donghuang, her eyes were not filled with love, but rather with a sense of distance.

"Didn't you say that she was your woman?

"Also… she said just now that in her life, she would either not marry anyone at all, or if she were to marry someone, it would be you."

He Mengxi was confused, as she did not understand what was going on at all.

What stage had her little brother and Luo Qinghan progressed to? Why did they not seem like a pair of lovers at all? In fact, they appeared to be more of strangers.

Faced with the questions from He Mengxi, Zhou Donghuang only smiled slightly and did not reply.

Seeing this, He Mengxi also did not probe further, as she was well aware that her little brother clearly did not want to elaborate more.

"Third Sister."

Zhou Donghuang turned to He Mengxi and said, "In this Alliance Hunt, I do not intend to team up with you and Da Zhuang, I want to go around myself."

For this Alliance Hunt, Zhou Donghuang had already made other plans, and did not intend to team up with He Mengxi and Da Zhuang.

"No worries, it is even better if you do not come with us."

He Mengxi said, "If you team up with us, we're afraid we will not even get the chance to do anything.

"Don't worry, the two of us will be fine together, you go yourself."

As she spoke, He Mengxi almost seemed to look down upon Zhou Donghuang, the man whom everybody else had dreamed of teaming up with.

"Even if the two of you are together, you must be careful… based on your power, even if you are alone, it will be easy for you to defeat late Dharma monsters. But ultimate Dharma beasts will be almost impossible to kill unless the two of you work together," Zhou Donghuang reminded.

"If you meet an ultimate Dharma beast that the two of you are not able to handle even together, then you had better run."

He was not sure if the Guiyao planet had such beasts, so Zhou Donghuang had to remind the two of them.

By this time, more and more people had arrived at the Guiyao planet.

The next day was the official commencement of the Alliance Hunt.

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Chapter 272: Alliance Hunt Begins!

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The Alliance of the Hengliu galaxy was made up of 52 sects.

The Lightning Sword Sect, the Jihan Sect, the Tiansong Sect and the Yunyue Sect were just four out of the 52 premier sects in the Alliance, and they made up less than ten percent of the entire Alliance.

The sect leaders and high ranking elders of the four sects all did not mention the battle between Zhou Donghuang and Mo Yitian when they were interacting with the sect leaders and elders from the other 48 sects. As a result, the other 48 sects did not know how powerful Zhou Donghuang currently was… their understanding of Zhou Donghuang still remained at the point where he had defeated Han Yuzheng, the talented disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect, with just a single blow in the past.

As a member of the Alliance, the Thunder Knife Sect was present as well at the Alliance Hunt.

Han Yuzheng had come as well.

From the looks of it, Han Yuzheng seemed to have matured since the last time where he had visited the Lightning Sword Sect.

When he saw the group of people from the Lightning Sword Sect, his eyes landed on Zhou Donghuang, his eyes filled with a murderous glint.

However, noticing the animosity in his eyes, Zhou Donghuang only casually glanced at Han Yuzheng, then did not pay him any attention at all.

Seeing this, Han Yuzheng was even more furious.

He felt as if he had been looked down upon once again!

"This Zhou Donghuang… does he really think that just because he's mastered Dharma-body integration, he is the most powerful man in this universe? Does he not know that I am already a late Dharma adept?"

However, although he felt extremely displeased, Han Yuzheng was still well aware that since he had reached the late Dharma stage, it was possible that Zhou Donghuang had reached the same stage as well.

After all, Zhou Donghuang was no less talented than he was.

"Ladies and gentlemen."

The 52 sects of the Alliance had nominated three people to host this Alliance Hunt. These three were the most prominent and the most experienced among the Alliance.

"I believe we do not have to explain more about the Guiyao planet. As for the rules of the Alliance Hunt, I'm sure you have informed all your disciples about them.

"Now, we will check the formations that have been put in place on the Guiyao planet to make sure that there are no Primordial Soul and above adepts or beasts within the planet. After that, our hunt may begin."

After one of the three hosts had spoken, the three of them immediately flew out in three different directions, like comets streaking through the night sky, straight towards the Guiyao planet.

To the group of Lightning Sword Sect disciples, including Zhou Donghuang, they had been expecting the hosts to do this.

A long time ago, the Alliance had turned the Guiyao planet into a training arena for disciples of all sects in the Alliance and had set up many formations within the planet… of course, the Alliance still lacked the power to set up a defense or attack formation that covered the entire Guiyao planet, but could only set up smaller formations around the planet… if there were any men or beasts at the Primordial Soul stage or above on the planet, the formations would sense them.

If any person or beast tried to enter the Guiyao planet, the formations would also be destroyed.

Now, the three hosts of the Alliance Hunt had left to check if the formations surrounding the Guiyao planet had been destroyed… once they found out that the formations had been damaged, it would mean that a person at the Primordial Soul stage or above had entered the Guiyao planet. The seniors of the different sects would then have to head into the Guiyao planet to find the intruder.

If it was someone from outside the Alliance who did not know better or a beast that had trespassed onto the planet, that could be forgiven.

However, if it was someone from one of the sects in the Alliance, that would mean that the person was most likely trying to help others from his sect cheat. In this case, based on the rules of the Alliance Hunt, the intruder would have to be killed!

Of course, if one of the sects of the Alliance had bribed some person or beast to enter the Guiyao planet, once this was discovered, everyone would be punished by death!

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Zhou Donghuang saw three bright sparks appear on the surface of the Guiyao planet, then turn into three bright shimmering streaks of light that flashed through the night sky like comets, disappearing in the distance.

Noticing Zhou Donghuang's quizzical gaze, He Mengxi explained, "Those three elders entered the Guiyao planet and touched the formation… any beings at the Primordial Soul stage or above would produce such an effect if they enter the formation. Hence, once they can confirm that there are no persons or beasts at the Primordial Soul stage or above on the planet, we can officially begin the Alliance Hunt… During the hunt, there will always be people from the different sects of the Alliance outside the planet, and if anybody at the Primordial Soul stage tries to enter the planet, this will happen.

"Those three elders are all Divine Transformation adepts, and their Divine Will is so powerful that it can cover a vast piece of land of the Guiyao planet… within half a day, they will be able to check the entire planet," said He Mengxi.

"Mm," nodded Zhou Donghuang.

At this point, Da Zhuang, who had been standing at the side, could not help but frown and ask, "Sister, those three elders went in, but what if they themselves cheat? If there are Primordial Soul adepts of their own sects inside the planet, can they make an agreement not to expose each other?"

Once the words left Da Zhuang's mouth, both Zhou Donghuang and He Mengxi looked at him in surprise.

"Da Zhuang, this brain of yours… when did it become so scheming?"

He Mengxi expressed Zhou Donghuang's shock. "I can't believe you even thought of that."

"Hehe," laughed Da Zhuang quietly.

He Mengxi continued, "Actually, you do not have to worry about this at all. Because at every Alliance Hunt, for the three hosts who entered the Guiyao planet to check, no matter the score that any disciples of their sects have achieved in the end, as long as anyone suspects foul play, they can challenge it. If you win, you will exchange points with the other person.

"For example, if it was our Lightning Sword Sect who sent someone in to check, and Little Brother emerged as the champion of the Alliance Hunt… if anybody from the other sects suspected anything, they could challenge him. If they managed to win the challenge, they could become the champion immediately. And if Little Brother loses, he will have to take the points of the other person and exchange positions with the person who had challenged him.

"So, this task of searching and checking the Guiyao planet before the hunt begins is a difficult task with no benefits… this time, it just happened to be their turn. Otherwise, who would volunteer to do this?"

After hearing He Mengxi's explanation, Da Zhuang understood everything and was no longer worried.

He had asked this because he had been worried that someone would do something to Zhou Donghuang's disadvantage. Because to him, in this Alliance Hunt, if nobody cheated, his little brother would definitely emerge as champion… he was absolutely confident in his little brother!

Just as He Mengxi had said, within half a day, those three elders had emerged once again.

However, they did not bring anyone else out with them.

Clearly, there were no intruders on the planet.

"We can begin."

After the three hosts had returned, they looked at each of the sect leaders in the Alliance, and one of them stepped forward and declared, "Now, I seek the assistance of the sect leaders to allow your Dharma adepts to enter the Guiyao planet in an orderly manner."

"After three months, which is ninety days from now, everybody must return. By then, we will only wait for a day.

"Those who do not come out within a day, no matter how many brains they bring out, will not receive any points at all."

The three hosts came from three different sects of the 52 sects of the Alliance and were considered among the senior elders of the three sects. Any of them was at least in the mid Divine Transformation stage… precisely because of this, they did not spend too long before they managed to search the entire Guiyao planet. Based on their superior level of skill and their corresponding Divine Will, they were able to accomplish this easily.

With that, the 52 Sect Leaders of the Alliance got to work.

The Dharma adepts of each of the 52 sects were directed to enter the Guiyao planet.

Each sect had forty people, so in total, the 52 sects had more than two thousand people.

A group of two thousand people gathered together seemed like a huge crowd, but once they were dispersed within the Guiyao planet, it was not considered much.

As for Zhou Donghuang, he entered the Guiyao planet together with He Mengxi, Da Zhuang, and the rest of the Dharma adepts of the Lightning Sword Sect.

Because the whole group of them were only at the Dharma stage, when they were sent to the Guiyao planet, they did not cause any disturbances in the formation set up surrounding the planet… they were like fish that leaped out of the surface of the ocean, then sinking back into the vast ocean, as if nothing had happened at all.

"Zhou Donghuang, why don't you give me a lift?"

The Spring Valley disciple and the only son of the Spring Valley Head, Liu Lang, came up to Zhou Donghuang with a wide smile plastered on his face. "It does not have to be too long… just a few days, how about that?"

To him, as long as he stuck close to Zhou Donghuang, it would not only be safer for him, but more efficient as well.

Of course, he was just an early Dharma adept, while Zhou Donghuang would surely be targeting late Dharma beasts and above, so he could not possibly gain points through him.

The rules of the Alliance Hunt stated that if an early Dharma adept killed a beast in the late Dharma stage or above, besides bringing the head of the beast back, the adept would also have to display the power necessary to kill such a beast in front of everyone… for that, a group of people would follow him into the Guiyao planet to witness him kill a beast of that level.

Only after that could he gain any points.

This was the case for mid Dharma adepts as well.

You could take a beast that someone else killed, but it could only be a beast of one level above your own skill level.

To gain the points from a beast two levels above yours? You would have to display that you were capable of killing it by yourself.

After all, an early Dharma adept would gain a thousand points by killing a late Dharma beast, and ten thousand points by killing an ultimate Dharma beast.

In such circumstances, if Zhou Donghuang killed an ultimate Dharma beast and gave the head of the beast to Liu Lang, he would be able to easily gain ten thousand points, and who would be able to compete with him?

This was clearly against the initial intentions of the Alliance Hunt.

To kill a beast just one skill level above yours, the rules were not as strict, because for the disciples of the various sects in the Alliance who were able to take part in the Alliance Hunt, they would most probably have the power to kill a beast one level above theirs…

Even the weakest adepts in the Alliance Hunt, if they used all their might, would probably be able to kill a beast one skill level above their own, but it would be extremely exhausting.

Such as Liu Lang, he had the confidence to kill a middle Dharma adept, but it would take huge effort from him.

If Zhou Donghuang helped him to kill the beast, wouldn't it be a simple favor for a friend?

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Chapter 273: The "Secret" of the Guiyao Planet

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After listening to Liu Lang, Zhou Donghuang did nothing but sweep a mild glance over the man. He ignored Liu Lang after that, focusing solely on making his way to the Guiyao planet.

Much like a flash of lightning, he disappeared from the sight of the Lightning Sword Sect in the blink of an eye.

"Liu Lang, do you take my little junior brother for a fool? Did you think he would bring a wretch like you with him?" He Mengxi mocked him when Liu Lang looked away in embarrassment.

But Liu Lang was not at all angry. He stared blankly at He Mengxi. "Senior Sister Mengxi, both of our fathers are one of the four Valley Heads of the internal sects. It's not a stretch to say that our fates are intertwined. Or else—"

Before Liu Lang could finish speaking, he was interrupted by He Mengxi, "If you're trying to make me bring you along, then you can save it."

Under Liu Lang's bitter gaze, He Mengxi called out loudly for Da Zhuang, and the pair quickly made their way to the Guiyao planet.

The Guiyao planet was a rather curious one.

The beasts on the planet were basically unable to move up to the Primordial Soul stage.

There was also this other issue: the beasts were not sentient, let alone able to speak like people were. This applied to all of the beasts, whether they were Connate beasts, Primal Core beasts, or even Dharma beasts.

This had something to do with the environment of the Guiyao planet.

And it was precisely because of this that the behavior of the beasts on the Guiyao planet was still dominated by the instincts of a wild animal, even if they were just Dharma beasts. They knew no fear, nor did they know how to flee.

As long they set their sights on something, they would bite and cling onto it like a rabid dog.

In such situations, a lot of people would die on the Guiyao planet during the Alliance Hunt, being killed in their prime years.

It was important to note that the people who were selected to participate in the Alliance Hunt were essentially the cream of the crop from their own sects. As long as they were not taken out prematurely, their potential was limitless.

That being said, not a single person has ever dropped out of the Alliance Hunt.

There were so many people who were qualified to take part in the Alliance Hunt—where one fell, another one would be there to take his place.

This was because the Alliance Hunt brought as many boons as they did risks. There was a chance they could change their future if they played their cards right.

The types of awards handed out after the Alliance Hunt were extremely attractive, but these were only the surface-level ones. As long as you could rank rather well during the Alliance Hunt, you would catch the eyes of the sect. In your days to come, you would definitely stand to benefit from an increase in the cultivation of your talents.

The Alliance Hunt was more like a stage for the disciples from all the allied sects to prove themselves.

"This Guiyao planet… It's rather strange."

When Zhou Donghuang stepped onto the Guiyao planet, the Spirit energy that filled the entire planet was actually at a normal level and not too overwhelming.

However, after an hour, he realized that the Spirit energy on the Guiyao planet had started to activate. Your inner Yuan would be disrupted upon inhalation of the Spirit energy. There would be a sharp, prickling pain filling your veins, and your organs would seize.

"Generally speaking, the Spirit energy on a planet would not behave like this for no reason… Unless there was some sort of force disturbing the Spirit energy on this planet," Zhou Donghuang commented quietly.

Zhou Donghuang had come across similar situations in the thousand-year-long life he once led, and the cause for this was always different each time.

For some planets, disruption in Spirit energy was caused by a powerful adept forcing open the cave house in its birth. The disruption served as a warning to the residents of the planet, about the cave house being forced open.

Another possible reason was that the spawn of a demon had been born into the world. This sort of demon would definitely terrorize the people if left unrestrained.

There was also the case where a disturbance was caused by the birth of a rare treasure. This sort of rare treasure was different from a regular spirit weapon; they contained a frightening power within them.

…

"However, it is difficult to find the source of the disruption in Spirit energy. Although I've managed to tap into my Divine Will now, it's still too weak. Unless I've been near the source of this disturbance, it'll be difficult to locate it."

Although he had accumulated a lot of experience from his past life, his Divine Will was too weak now, so there was little Zhou Donghuang could actually do.

"Guess I'll finish what I set out to do for now."

In this hour or so, Zhou Donghuang had entered the Guiyao planet and crossed paths with a few beasts, but he had not made a single move yet. Right from the very beginning, he had been more focused on analyzing the Spirit energy on the Guiyao planet.

As of now, he knew that it was difficult to properly trace the source of the Spirit energy disturbance, so he decided to redirect his energy towards the Alliance Hunt.

"I'll start with you."

In an instant, his attention was directed towards the patch of forest pooled under his feet. He could see a lake in the forest, and there was a beast—about as big as a small hill—lying in the lake.

This was a large wolf. Its entire body was covered in black fur, save for the patch of white on the crown of its head. It was lying by the lake, as if in slumber.

And at this moment, Zhou Donghuang realized that there were quite a few beasts loitering in the vicinity of the beast, but not a single one dared to approach.

Zhou Donghuang was fully aware that although there were no traces of sentience on the Guiyao planet, they still had some concept of territorial consciousness at the very least.

Territorial consciousness, this was something that even an untrained beast would know.

"Ultimate Dharma stage?"

Zhou Donghuang floated forward through the air. When he was floating above the surface of the lake, his Divine Will swept out. In an instant, it reached out to detect the level of training for the huge, black wolf that was lying lazily by the lake.

An ultimate Dharma beast.

This was the single strongest beast within Guiyao planet.

"Awoo—"

Although the wolf had no Divine Will of its own, it picked up on Zhou Donghuang's Divine Will detecting it. Its eyes blinked open instantly, gleaming something magnificent.

Along with that came the clear howl of a wolf. There was a ferocious power that filled its body all of a sudden. Where had the slumbering wolf gone?

The moment it saw Zhou Donghuang, it leapt into the air and immediately charged towards the man with the intent to kill. There was bloodlust swimming in its eyes and a cold glint from its sharp claws as if it wanted to tear Zhou Donghuang to shreds!

Through all of that, Dharma Power about 100-meters tall manifested. It was clear that the manifestation of Dharma Power was an exact replica of the beast: its jaw split open and it looked like it could swallow an entire mountain!

"Awoo—!"

"Awoo—!"

Both the actual body of the wolf and the Dharma manifestation released howls in unison. Both of them, but especially so for the Dharma wolf, let out howls so loud it caused ripples in the surface of the calm lake.

The trees, flowers, and grass in the surrounding area also swayed with the impact of the howl.

"Die."

In the face of the ferocious wolf, the ultimate Dharma beast, Zhou Donghuang remained rooted in the air with a calm look on his face. His gaze only froze over when the beast approached him.

In the next instant, his Divine Will lashed out and directly into the wolf's consciousness.

The wolf had no Divine Will of its own, so it could not defend itself against the attack. As the hulking body started becoming sluggish, the 100-meter-tall Dharma manifestation that had once been sturdy slowly started deteriorating.

At the same time, Zhou Donghuang's own manifestation—a White Tiger about thirty-meters tall—appeared briefly.

It appeared "briefly" because, just as quickly as it had appeared, the manifestation vanished.

Of course, it did not actually vanish; it had solidified into a white blade in Zhou Donghuang's hand. The moment the blade manifested, Zhou Donghuang brandished it and swung.

Whoosh!!

The sword struck out with a whistle. The wolf had been caught off-guard, taken back by the disturbance Zhou Donghuang had caused when he lashed out with his Divine Will. Without enough time to defend itself, the wolf was decapitated by a swing of his blade.

Blood spurted out from the cut, and the Dharma Power disappeared from the wolf's body. The head lay apart from the body.

And just like that, a beast so overwhelming strong—an ultimate Dharma beast that had taken up its own territory on the Guiyao planet—died.

Zhou Donghuang raised a hand and had the wolf's head flung into the space ring he had prepared beforehand. As for the body, he had originally planned to loot anything that was of value from the corpse, such as parts that could be used to make medicine or weapons… But then he realized that the essence of all the most valuable parts of the body had been sucked away by the Spirit energy of the planet the moment the wolf died.

There was no further value to the corpse once it had been sucked dry of its life essence.

On top of that, the body of the giant wolf had completely shriveled up after a few breaths.

"If I hadn't collected its head in time… It'd probably have turned to dust like the rest of its body," Zhou Donghuang remarked quietly.

"The Spirit energy on the Guiyao planet can actually absorb the life essence of these dead beasts?

Zhou Donghuang's eyes constricted after he realized this. "It seems like this is 90% of the reason why the Spirit energy on the Guiyao planet is so abnormal."

Zhou Donghuang now had a grasp of the situation at hand, and he knew more or less what to do.

"It's just too bad that my Divine Will isn't good now… If I had the Divine Will from my past life when I was at the Immortal stage, I would be able to detect the place that the life energy was being sucked to, even if it the ended up merging into this planet's Spirit energy."

The moment the beast died, its life essence would be completely drained from its corpse.

Then there was the peculiarity of the inner Spirit energy of the Guiyao planet.

Zhou Donghuang had a lot of guesses, so all he needed was to be able to verify his conjectures.

"Moving on."

After killing the huge wolf, Zhou Donghuang had moved on right ahead to finding the beasts who had been circling the wolf's territory, fearful of moving too close. Those were all just mid Dharma beasts, so it barely took him any time before he had those killed.

After killing those beasts, he did not move to collect their heads. This was because they were only mid Dharma beasts, so there was no way for him to integrate them into himself even if he killed them.

"Just as I'd thought."

At this moment, Zhou Donghuang had confirmed his guess.

This planet was the way it was because it was spawning a demon, and this demon was causing a disruption in the flow of Spirit energy with its absorption of Spirit energy. Even the absorption of the beasts' life essence was all to provide the demon with life force.

"This Guiyao planet has probably been around for a long time, right?

"And that demon still hasn't spawned?"

Despite all the knowledge he had accumulated from his experiences in his past life, Zhou Donghuang could not help the chill that ran down his spine at this point. The longer it took for the demon to spawn, the more abnormal it was.

It was possible that it would be sentient.

"A demon spawned by this planet, especially one spawned through such a process of absorbing, over years, the Spirit energy and life essence of the dead beasts on the surface of this planet… The spawning of this demon will be a momentous one!

"If it's got a bad temper, blood will fill the entire Hengliu galaxy!"

Zhou Donghuang's face had hardened at this moment.

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Chapter 274: Dharma Power Control

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Just how long had the issue of a disturbance in Spirit energy persisted on the Guiyao planet?

This was something Zhou Donghuang was not too sure of.

The only thing he knew for sure was that this situation had already been a thing on the Guiyao planet long before the Alliance Hunt had been a thing. "If the issue of a disturbance in Spirit energy on the Guiyao planet, as well as the disappearance of life essence from the dead beasts, were both for the benefit of a demon…

"That demon that has been growing to this day will undoubtedly be peerless the moment it's spawned!"

Zhou Donghuang knew full well that even if the Spirit energy on the Guiyao planet could not compare to the amount from the countless planets in the Hengliu galaxy, the demon would have grown to a frightening level after years of accumulating the Spirit energy.

At the very least, adepts below the Separating Divinity stage would not be able to stop it.

Meanwhile in the Hengliu galaxy, even the stronger of the two Transcendental Forces was only a late Divine Transformation adept…

This was all information Zhou Donghuang had obtained from He Mengxi.

"In my past life, I don't remember Third Senior Sister mentioning a demon wreaking havoc in the Hengliu galaxy… So it seems I can be sure that the demon of the Guiyao planet had not been born before Third Senior Sister had left the Hengliu galaxy after the destruction of the Lightning Sword Sect."

At this point, Zhou Donghuang let out a sigh of relief. At the same time, he was also curious: just where in the Guiyao planet was this demon hidden?

Judging solely by the current situation: From the big sects of the Hengliu galaxy Alliance, the Divine Transformation adepts had searched the Guiyao planet before the start of the hunt in an attempt to see if there existed either martial adepts or beasts above the Primordial Soul stage. However, none of them had ever found anything.

It was obvious that the demon had been hidden well.

"With how I am now, I don't think it's a practical move to try to discover where the demon is while the hunt is on… I should focus on the Alliance Hunt for now, then make my next move after I have the Sky Sun fruit in my hands. I'll see if I can find the demon after the Alliance Hunt ends."

Zhou Donghuang made up his mind in a split second.

Although he did not think that his current abilities could match up to the demon, it was obvious that it had not fully formed yet. This was because a fully formed demon would be strong the moment it was born into the world. If a strong enough person did not kill or deal with the demon, there was a ninety percent chance a lot of damage would be dealt.

If Zhou Donghuang could find the demon before it was fully formed, he would be safe even if he stood right in front of it. Unless, of course, he forcibly interrupted the spawning process and discarded the bulk of his skills.

The spawning ground was generally no good place to be.

This was also one reason why Zhou Donghuang was so disturbed.

However, Zhou Donghuang did not forget that he was still a part of the Alliance Hunt at this moment. As such, he continued roaming the Guiyao planet after he made his mind up, killing beast after beast.

Before, he did not collect the heads of the mid Dharma beasts after he had killed them. After that, he moved on to killing other mid Dharma and early Dharma beasts, collecting their heads and storing them in the other two space rings.

In one of the rings, he stored only the heads of the early Dharma beast. In the other he used it to store those of the late Dharma beasts.

He could not accumulate points from these two types of beasts even if he brought them along, but he could gift them to other people before he left.

If he could run into He Mengxi and Da Zhuang before he left, he could still hand the heads of the mid Dharma beasts over to them to boost their loot… He had even thought of saving the heads of the early Dharma beasts so he could hand them over to Luo Qinghan if they crossed paths on the Guiyao planet.

Of course, he knew that there was no way Luo Qinghan would accept them.

As such, he had no intention to reveal his true identity to Luo Qinghan when they met.

He could keep his identity a secret.

"Never would have thought that I'd be having girl problems… That girl, though, she really is stubborn."

Whether it was the choice she had made earlier or the way she refused to acknowledge him now, Zhou Donghuang remained calm through it all.

He was no longer as willful now as he was before—he had once knocked on Luo Qinghan's door to look for the lady. With regards to her, he had resigned himself to fate. Otherwise, he would definitely have kept a close eye on Luo Qinghan the moment they entered the Guiyao planet. He would have kept tabs on her and where she went; he would follow to protect her and even help her hunt beasts.

Earlier, he had hastily stuck up for her when the Tiansong Sect disciple, Mo Yitian had proposed, but he had not intervened to rescue Luo Qinghan.

There were some things he could let slide, as long as he was there to witness it.

But if he were, there was no way he could stand still.

On the way here, there were no beasts that could stand against Zhou Donghuang, no matter what kind of beast they were.

The early Dharma beasts, he took down with a single blow.

The mid Dharma beasts, he took down with a single blow.

The late Dharma beasts, he took down with a single blow.

The ultimate Dharma beasts, too… Even those, he took down with a single blow.

There was no challenge.

There was no pressure.

The Zhou Donghuang of today was capable of making a clean sweep of the entire Guiyao planet just with his White Tiger Dharma Power alone… In the Hengliu galaxy, a martial adept was considered to be a rare talent with potential if they could master the Dharmic possession technique while they were still at the Dharma stage.

The Zhou Donghuang of today was capable of mastering not just the Dharmic possession technique, but also the more advanced techniques of the Dharma stage used to control Dharma Power.

Dharma Power Control.

It was a technique used to command Dharma Power, to command it like an arm, as your heart wished.

With a spell from him, the Dharma Power could be used for more than just simple possession. It was not a stretch to say that the power could morph to take any shape.

Just as it had been on his journey so far: with one spell of his, the Dharma Power condensed into a blade. This was a sort of Dharma Power Control in itself.

His Dharma Power now could be used to take the shape of a weapon, and it was a tall order to have it take the shape of anything else.

In this boundless universe where resources are plentiful, in the vast galaxies, adepts who could master the technique of Dharmic possession while they were at the Dharma stage were considered average… Only those who could master the technique of Dharma Power Control while they were at the Dharma stage could be considered geniuses.

Of course, in a galaxy like the Hengliu galaxy, there has not been an adept that had mastered the Dharma Power Control technique throughout the course of its history.

"Hm?"

On his way here, Zhou Donghuang had lost count of the number of beasts he had slaughtered. He killed indiscriminately: as long as he saw one, he would kill it regardless of its level of training and keep its head.

Those corpses which contained precious materials were stored in another space ring. He planned on having his third senior sister, He Mengxi deal with this, exchanging them for spirit stones at the trading plaza in the Lightning Sword Sect after they had both returned.

But even then, he still could not be bothered to loot from the corpses of a bunch of average beasts.

In the end, he only collected from the beasts who were at the Dharma stage and that contained rare materials.

Sometime after, his space ring was not enough to contain the loot. He trashed the corpses of a few of the regular beasts that he had collected earlier on and used the ring to store only the bodies of the beasts that were at the Dharma stage.

At this time, only one of the three months set aside for the Alliance Hunt had passed.

In this one month, Zhou Donghuang had crossed paths with tens of people from the different allied sects. That said, he was the one who spotted them most of the time, and they did not notice him.

There were but a handful of people who noticed him: two early Dharma adepts and one mid Dharma adept. The three of them did not dare to provoke him upon seeing him. Although they were not entirely certain of his level of training, they knew, at the very least, that their level of training was lower than his.

"Hm?"

On this day, Zhou Donghuang stepped into the air, moving out from a crowd of mountains. His Divine Will that had been enveloping the surrounding area had picked up on two people hiding behind a peak.

At that moment, Zhou Donghuang stared at their Dharma Power for a good while.

In the end, the two people had no intention of stepping out, so he turned to leave.

However, in the moment he turned, the two people who had been stock-still finally shifted. They stepped out, one after the other. In the blink of an eye, they had caught up to Zhou Donghuang. The pair intercepted Zhou Donghuang—one of them stood in front of him, and the other behind him.

These were two young men who seemed to be around 30 years old. Of course, they were probably older than this in reality.

However, they were definitely no older than 50.

This was because the disciples from the sects of the alliance that were taking part in this hunt could not be older than 50, and this was just the requirement for the ultimate Dharma disciples… For disciples of a lower level of training, the age limit was enforced even more strictly.

Before the Alliance Hunt started, mid Divine Transformation adepts from three sects of the alliance had entered the Guiyao planet for an expedition. A group of people who were taking part in the alliance hunt, which included Zhou Donghuang, had also passed the alliance's age detection.

Their age was verified through the age of their bones.

This method of detection had a margin of error of fewer than three months.

"Were you hesitant to step out earlier because you wanted to check if I had a partner with me?" At the sight of the pair rushing out to stop him even though they had been hiding away just a while before, Zhou Donghuang asked mildly with a slight squint of his eyes.

"Indeed, you really did spot us."

The young man blocking his way looked him straight in the eye. "You're right… Now, you're choosing to cooperate by handing over the space ring you used to store the heads of the beasts. Or do you want for us to beat you up before you hand over the ring?"

Before Zhou Donghuang could even respond, the young man standing behind him spoke first, "Young lad, the both of us are ultimate Dharma adepts… So I'd suggest you not take any chances."

Zhou Donghuang laughed.

The young man who was blocking his way furrowed his eyebrows when he saw the other man laugh.

"Young lad, what are you laughing at? Don't try to bluff your way through this by acting like an idiot!"

Zhou Donghuang's smile vanished. At the same time, he looked at the young man with a profound gaze, then asked mildly, "Will the both of you choose to hand over your space rings now, or will you wait for me to beat you up before you hand over your rings?"

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Chapter 275: Secret Divine Will Technique

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The two men who had been blocking Zhou Donghuang from the back and front could not help but freeze when they heard his words.

Not long after, there was a disdainful sneer on their faces.

The young man standing in front of Zhou Donghuang looked him up and down. "It seems like you're also an ultimate Dharma adept, young lad, otherwise there's no way you'd be this calm even after knowing the two of us are ultimate Dharma adepts.

"I can tell you're confident in your abilities.

"It's just such a pity that you ran into us. It's fate that you're so unlucky."

The moment the young man spoke, a 100-meter-tall image manifested. It was clear that this was the Dharma Power of the young man and, judging by the sync of his body and the Dharma hammer, this did not seem to be too far from Dharmic possession.

Whoosh!

At the same time, the young man behind Zhou Donghuang manifested his own weapon: a 100-meter-tall blade.

This Dharma blade was also quite in sync with the young man's body. Evidently, this was not too far off from Dharmic possession either.

"With our abilities, young lad, even ultimate Dharma adepts who have mastered the technique of Dharmic possession might find it difficult to go up against us… And as for the ultimate Dharma adepts from the big sects that have mastered that technique, we know who they are."

At this time, the young man who had summoned the huge hammer said with a condescending smirk on his face, "But you're not one of those people."

"So I'd advise you to hand over your ring to us with no fuss, if you want to be spared of the pain!" The young man reminded him.

In the face of the reminder, Zhou Donghuang did nothing but look at him calmly. He said in a sluggish tone, "Looking at the both of you like this makes me want to fight as well."

The moment he said that, a white tiger created from Dharma Power manifested.

There was one thing, though. This 30-meter-tall White Tiger Dharma Power was normally rather sturdy, like a small hill.

But now that it was standing in front of two 100-meter-tall Dharma Powers, the 30-meter-tall White Tiger Dharma Power seemed rather unsightly. It seemed like a small, white cat that a stiff breeze could knock over.

The young men had been shocked at first when they saw the Dharma Power that Zhou Donghuang had manifested. Soon after, they looked at each other and could not help but burst into laughter. The pair laughed, condescending and loud.

"Hahahahaha… Young lad, we waited this long, only for you to be a late Dharma adept?"

"You're only a late Dharma adept, and you have to gall to mug us? How funny! You're probably still asleep and think you're dreaming, right?"

After they realized that Zhou Donghuang was only a late Dharma adept, the two young men were laughing so hard their stomachs were almost cramping.

Zhou Donghuang was not the least bit irate in the face of their mockery and laughter. With a twist of his body, he seemed to have merged into a single entity with the white tiger. The entity then lunged for the young man who was standing in front of him.

"Roar—"

The white tiger's jaw opened wide to release a loud roar. The sound reverberated; this was indeed a powerful beast.

"You're rather talented, mastering the Dharmic possession technique at the late Dharma stage… It's just such a waste that I can crush you with just my level of training and overall abilities, even if I haven't mastered the Dharmic possession technique!"

The young man who had manifested the huge hammer smirked condescendingly at Zhou Donghuang as he watched the latter demonstrate his Dharmic possession technique, charging towards him.

Although he had not mastered the technique, his level of training was one notch higher than Zhou Donghuang's was. As such, his inner Yuan was twice as dense, and he was far stronger than Zhou Donghuang was.

This was the sort of opponent he could tackle with just one move if they insisted on coming at him hard!

Crash!!

With a condescending smirk, the young man brandished his huge hammer all of a sudden. He swung it down on the white tiger's head. "There's just too big a gap between our levels of training. Even if you've trained your Dharma Power to be much more perfect than mine, it is all in vain.

"Your biggest mistake was taking the initiative to strike against me first.

"You want to do things this way? Fine, we'll do things your way!"

In that moment, the young man brandished his hammer and made to swing it down, thinking that he had the upper hand.

His partner had thought the same thing.

But in this split second, Zhou Donghuang, who had seemed to become one with the white tiger he had manifested, steeled his gaze. In the next instance, his Divine Will struck out and immediately invaded the young man's mind.

In that split second, the young man's face had become devoid of emotions, and the light in his eyes had gone out. At the same time, the huge hammer that had seemed so threatening was left suspending strangely in the air. It then became gradually less solid, as if it could disappear any second.

"Hm?"

Just then, the other young man who had summoned the huge blade was watching this unfold before his eyes. Understanding seemed to flicker in his eyes, but Zhou Donghuang had already taken control of the white tiger and moved directly to strike at the huge hammer that had become less solid.

"Woah—"

By the time the young man's dull eyes brightened again, he had already sustained severe injuries. His inner Yuan had rejected him, and he coughed up a mouthful of crimson red blood. At the same time, his entire body was shaky, and he struggled to maintain his balance.

"How… how is this possible?!"

The young man who had lost his fighting spirit hastily regained his focus. As he looked at Zhou Donghuang, who was steering the white tiger towards his partner, his eyes were filled with horror and wonder. "Just now… just what exactly happened?"

All he felt before this was something like lighting striking his brain. Everything turned to white in a split second, and he was forced into a trance.

By the time he had regained his consciousness, he found that his Dharma Power had been destroyed. He also realized that he had sustained grave injuries, and that he had lost his will to fight back!

"What happened?"

"How did Huang Dong lose?"

The other young man felt chills going down his spine when he came face to face with the threatening Zhou Donghuang.

Although he did not fully understand what he had seen earlier, it was also because of this that he thought the young man dressed in white was extremely strange. How else could he have injured Huang Dong, who was about as strong as he was, so gravely and so easily?

"Be careful! I have to be careful!"

In the face of the threatening Zhou Donghuang, the other young man silently reminded himself to be careful over and over again. He then took control of his giant blade and brandished it towards Zhou Donghuang, who had seemed to become one with the white tiger.

But in this moment, Zhou Donghuang's eyes gleamed yet again.

In the next instant, this young man had fallen unconscious as well.

The giant blade seemed to turn illusory shortly after, as if it would disappear any second.

Boom!!

Though the huge blade was 100-meters tall, it had no more power to sustain itself and was strong only on the outside. With a swing of the white tiger's paw, the blade was destroyed, and the young man was sent following his partner's footsteps.

"Oof—"

After this young man regained his consciousness, he found that he had sustained serious injuries, and he could not help but cough up a mouthful of blood.

"Hand over the space rings and I'll spare your lives," Zhou Donghuang said in a calm tone with a calm gaze, hovering in the air after he had retracted his white tiger.

The two young men were still looking at each other now, and when they did, they could see the shock and incredulity reflected in each other's gazes. They stared at Zhou Donghuang as if they had seen a ghost. "What the hell are you?!"

"What was that move you used?!"

Although the young man dressed in white who was standing in front of them was a late Dharma adept, the two of them did not dare belittle him anymore. In fact, they were genuinely fearful of him.

Some kind of joke this was!

Regardless of it all, the both of them were still ultimate Dharma adepts. Yet just like this, they were severely wounded. They did not even have the chance to strike.

If their opponent were not merciful, they would have been dead a long time ago.

"Let's be clear about one thing… I can still get your space rings even if I kill you."

Zhou Donghuang did not deign to respond to the both of them. His mild tone had frozen over in a split second.

Had these two men threatened him with death earlier on, they would have been dead by now.

Upon hearing Zhou Donghuang's words, the both space ring from the one already on their hand, and then waived the recognition for the rings before handing them over to Zhou Donghuang.

A good space ring came equipped with a spell to recognize its owner by their blood.

After the recognition feature was set up, no one else could access the ring to retrieve the items stored in it. This held true even if the owner had lost the ring, as long as they were still alive.

Of course, if the owner of the ring were dead, the ring would become an item without an owner. Whoever dripped their blood on it would become the new owner.

Drip drop! Drip drop!

After he set up the recognition and verified the spoils, Zhou Donghuang looked at the two young men again, his eyes gleaming. The two of them seemed like they wanted to say something, but they stopped themselves from doing so.

In the next moment, his Divine Will invaded their consciousness again.

This time, the two of them lost consciousness for a longer period of time before coming back into consciousness.

When the gleam returned to their eyes and they regained consciousness, they looked at each other in shock. "Weren't we hiding at the back? How did we end up here?"

"I don't know… When did we get here?"

The two of them had seemed to lose their memories.

In this instant, Zhou Donghuang had already taken his leave, leaving the pair and moving far into the distance.

Earlier on, he had used his Divine Will to put to good use a secret Divine Will technique he had gleaned from an ancient relic in his past life. This technique was used to wipe about 15 minutes' worth of memory from a person's mind.

Of course, there were a lot of restrictions to this as well.

The individual's Divine Will had to be one stage of training higher than their opponent before the technique could be used against them.

If they were a Divine Transformation adept, they could use this secret technique to wipe 15 minutes' worth of memory from a Primordial Soul adept.

Zhou Donghuang's level of training was lower than the both of them, but his current Divine Will was good enough to be used to wipe their memory since neither of them had channeled their Divine Will as of now.

He had wiped their memory because he did not want anyone knowing that he had channeled Divine Will at the Dharma stage.

This was something that would detriment him if the news got out.

Today, those two men did not know that he had used his Divine Will, because they were not aware of its existence… But once the two of the left and spoke of this matter to one of their elders, their elders would definitely be able to confirm that the both of them had been influenced by Divine Will.

"The both of you had only tried to steal from me and did not intend to kill me… So I'll spare your lives, too."

And this was also the reason why Zhou Donghuang had chosen to wipe the last 15 minutes from their memory after he got what he wanted, instead of killing them.

The two people, who were still in a daze after losing 15 minutes, would never know that they had just rubbed shoulders with the Grim Reaper.

Had they made an attempt on Zhou Donghuang's life, there was no doubt that they would have died there and then!

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Chapter 276: Twin Beasts

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After the Alliance Hunt started and the disciples from the various allied sects made their way to the Guiyao planet, the majority of them were focused on killing the beasts and collecting their heads.

There was also a portion of the disciples who robbed others of their spoils. Those who were luckier had only been robbed. The unlucky ones were killed right away.

And it was because of this that the beasts were not the only things they had to deal with on the Guiyao planet; they also had to deal with the threat that their fellow disciples posed.

The ranking for the hunt was decided based on a point system.

However, although the robberies were occurring, they only happened amongst disciples of the same level of training. This was because they could only obtain spoils that were useful to themselves if they robbed someone of the same level of training.

Take for example the ultimate Dharma disciples. It was useless for them to be robbing late Dharma disciples and stealing the heads of late Dharma beasts. This was unless their opponent happened to have the head of an ultimate Dharma beast.

As for the majority of the late Dharma disciples who had been robbed by ultimate Dharma disciples, they would cooperate and hand over all the heads of the ultimate Dharma beasts they had collected to them. This way, they could still keep the heads of the late Dharma beasts and accumulate some points.

Of course, there were also some ultimate Dharma disciples who had thoroughly plundered disciples who were of a lower level of training. They had kept the heads beasts they could not use so that they could hand them off to fellow disciples from their own sects if they happened to meet.

But there were few disciples who were of a high level of training who would kill disciples of lower levels of training. This was because they would be sentenced to death if caught.

It was a free-for-all for disciples of the same levels of training. They were allowed to take each other out, and this was something the Alliance Hunt had implicitly allowed.

In this boundless universe, martial training was a god-defying concept in itself. Whether it was people or the heavens they were going against, the sects of the alliance all hoped for their own disciples to be able to experience and understand the strife and danger of the human psyche.

All the prizes that came with the hunt were but secondary to the true meaning of it, which lay in the experience it granted its participants.

"How boring."

The other disciples put their all into killing the beasts, and quite a few of them sustained injuries when they were careless. Zhou Donghuang, on the other hand, dealt with them as if they were but small fry, even if the beasts were at the ultimate Dharma stage.

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He used the Divine Soul Shaper to channel his Divine Will at the Dharma stage. Once he did so, any life form below the Primordial Soul stage that had channeled any Divine Will would be disrupted by his. Some would even be so affected that they would lose consciousness.

And just that trick of temporarily forcing them out of their consciousness was enough for Zhou Donghuang to go in for the kill.

"I wouldn't be here participating in this Alliance Hunt if not for the Sky Sun Fruit."

Zhou Donghuang did not forget his purpose for joining this hunt.

Of course, there was something else weighing on his mind now:

There was a demon here, somewhere in the Guiyao planet, that was causing a disruption in the Spirit energy. The demon was also greedily absorbing the life essence of the dead beasts. Before this Alliance Hunt ended, he had to find out where that demon was spawning.

It was safe to assume that that place was not a good place.

The only thing was that he knew it was difficult to locate the place with how feeble and pathetic his Divine Will currently was. It was easier for him to reach the sky.

It was important to note that, throughout the history of the Alliance Hunt, mid Divine Transformation adepts have entered the Guiyao planet in search of the demon. However, not a single one of them had managed to find where the demon was spawning.

Of course, if Zhou Donghuang had the Divine Knowledge of the Divine Transformation stage, then he could be certain that he could find the demon within a few days.

The spawning grounds of a demon like this was often cloaked with an invisibility spell. It was difficult for the average person to deal with that spell, but Zhou Donghuang could see through the spell as long as he could find it.

Even if he was but a Dharma adept now, he could see through the spell as long as it was right in front of him.

"Onward."

Though this bored him to no end, Zhou Donghuang had to persevere and work hard to find Dharma beast after Dharma beast to kill and loot their heads, all for the first prize: the Sky Sun fruit.

He did not bother himself with going out of his way to chase after beasts who were of other levels of training.

Those that happened to be in his path, he killed.

Just like now.

A late Dharma beast was flying over from the far distance. It was still quite a ways from Zhou Donghuang and thus had not noticed the man, but he had already spotted the beast.

Even then, Zhou Donghuang could not be bothered to strike at it.

To him, a late Dharma disciple, he could only accumulate ten points from killing a late Dharma beast. An ultimate Dharma beast, on the other hand, awarded him 100 points.

It took ten late Dharma beasts to accumulate him as many points as one ultimate Dharma beast could.

He had no plans to chase after the late Dharma beast; his time was better spent searching for other ultimate Dharma beasts that might be hiding in the vicinity.

"Hm?"

All of a sudden, as if he detected something, Zhou Donghuang's ears twitched as he stood in the lush forest.

Boom!!

Rumble!!

…

With his astounding sense of hearing, he picked up on waves of sound that were coming from ahead of him.

"Is that the sound of beasts fighting amongst themselves, or is that a disciple fighting against a beast?"

Zhou Donghuang could hear it: it was the sound of two forces striking against one another.

"No!"

As he flew towards the source of the sound, he could hear even more clearly. "It's three forces exchanging blows… More accurately, it's two on one."

With a twist of his body, he moved towards the sound rapidly.

Very quickly, he arrived at the source of the sound. In the deepest parts of the forest was a waterfall. In front of the waterfall was an area that seemed devoid of other beasts.

Zhou Donghuang had come across quite a few spots like this one on his way here, and they were all territories of ultimate Dharma beasts.

Usually, when ultimate Dharma beasts did not leave to hunt for food, they would be resting in their territory.

Boom!!

A large sound rang out. A young man had manifested Dharma Power about 60-meters tall, and he was sent flying harshly into the waterfall by a 100-meter tall Dharma Power manifested by the beast.

The young man was skin and bones. He was a handsome man whose eyes twinkled.

In this moment, the fine clothes covering his body had been torn to shreds.

And the perpetrators of this were the two beasts that were steadily inching towards him. The beasts seemed to be identical, and each of them had a 100-meter-tall manifestation of Dharma Power near them.

Judging by the Dharma Power of the beasts, they seemed to be at the Ultimate Dharma stage.

As for the young man, his Dharma Power was only 60-meters tall because he had an ultimate Dharma spirit weapon with him that could double the inner Yuan of a Dharma adept!

Ultimate Dharma spirit weapons were mostly used as an adornment to directly increase the individual's inner Yuan and allow them to demonstrate stronger Dharma Power.

In this young man's case, his Dharma spirit weapon was the very conspicuous jade bangle on his right wrist.

"They've already mastered the Dharmic possession technique… If it's just one ultimate Dharma beast, he can deal with it. He can definitely kill the beast if he has enough time. But two ultimate Dharma beasts—and it's obvious that they are twins with strong chemistry—their powers are not simply stacking upon each other's when they combine them!"

Zhou Donghuang could tell that the pair of beasts in front of him now was a pair of twin beasts.

Not every pair of beasts that looked similar were twin beasts.

But here was the real problem: At first glance, they looked alike, but that was not all. All the details trailing up and down their bodies were identical, and this was something that was impossible even for beasts of the same species. As such, the only explanation left was that they were twin beasts.

"Roar—"

"Roar—"

The two beasts had bodies similar to cheetahs. The fur covering their bodies was covered in leopard spots, but they had sharp tusks in their mouths and a stature like a small hill. It was obvious that they were not just ordinary cheetahs.

Their Dharma Powers manifested in a shape similar to their physical bodies, just many times larger. It was as if there were huge mountains beside each other, and it made for an imposing sight.

"Hm?"

The young man had already been preparing to retreat but all of a sudden, his eyes gleamed and he seemed to have caught sight of Zhou Donghuang standing in the far distance, face as calm as ever.

Although Zhou Donghuang looked to be young, his composure made it easy to guess that he was not the least bit afraid of those two beasts.

At the very least, Zhou Donghuang was like him; he had the ability to escape from the two beasts.

The young man was only injured now because he wanted to test his luck and see for himself if the rumors were true. He wanted to see if he could take the two beasts down if he had the chance… Only to find out that the two beasts were absolutely flawless when they teamed up, and there were no openings he could take advantage of.

Even if he had found an opening to exploit, he ended up sustaining heavy injuries.

He took in a deep breath, then turned to look at Zhou Donghuang. He called out to him in a high-pitched voice, "My lord, what do you say we take these two beasts down together? We'll split the spoils—half each!"

To this, Zhou Donghuang only looked back at him with a mild gaze. He did not respond to the young man's suggestion.

In the next second, under the shocked gaze of the young man, Zhou Donghuang moved to kill the two beasts.

After seeing him charge forward alone, the young man could not help but smirk. "Do you have a death wish?"

From his perspective, he thought that Zhou Donghuang had only charged forward alone instead of choosing to work with him because he had wanted the spoils all for himself.

The greedy bastard.

He could escape anytime he wanted, so the young man was confident that he could flee even with the injuries he had sustained. As such, when Zhou Donghuang had dragged the beasts' attention onto himself, he was in no particular hurry to escape.

He seemed to be gloating at Zhou Donghuang, who had landed himself in trouble and was looking rather desperate.

Only for his jaw to drop at the scene that would unfold next:

At the same time both beasts lunged for the young man dressed in white, their bodies paused strangely for a moment, and their Dharma Power seemed to become less solid and a lot milder, as if they would disappear at any instant.

At this moment, the 30-meter-tall white tiger pounced forward and struck at the Dharma Power of both beasts. After they disappeared, it struck out again quickly with its paw, smacking both beasts down.

Rumble! Rumble!

Both beasts were left lying on the ground, fresh blood flowing freely from their mouths and their breaths shallow.

"What happened?"

The scene that had unfolded before his eyes left the young man stunned. He had no idea at all what had happened. Why did the two beasts freeze all of a sudden?

"Some sort of luck that was."

The young man snapped back into focus. He thought that the other man must have gotten really lucky; perhaps some disease of theirs happened to act up in that moment.

Zhou Donghuang moved towards the two beasts, and it seemed as if he was going to collect both of their heads. When the young man saw that, he blanched. He shot out like lightning towards Zhou Donghuang. "It's first come, first served, my lord… Although you managed to injure them, that was due in part to the fact that I had already depleted quite a bit of their inner Yuan.

"You have to hand one of the two heads to me."

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"If you want a part of the spoils, come get it yourself."

With a swing of his hand, Zhou Donghuang casually lopped off the heads of both beasts. He then had the body stored separately, and he looked at the young man mildly.

The two beasts might have exchanged blows with the young earlier, but they had been holding back against him. They had practically depleted close to none of their energy and were still very much at their peak.

He had killed both beasts on his own, and now the young man wanted a share from him?

Was there free lunch in this world?

Although the gaze he tossed at the other man had been mild, there was a threat underlining it.

"You…"

Ultimately, the young man did not lift a hand, because he knew that there was no way he would win even if he tried to lay a hand on Zhou Donghuang.

He was a late Dharma adept like his opponent, and his opponent had already mastered the Dharmic possession technique.

On the other hand, he had only begun to grasp that technique not too long before the start of the Alliance Hunt. Even at his best, the young man feared that he was no match for his opponent, much less the state he was in now.

The young man sucked in a deep breath before speaking with a forced chuckle, "My lord, I am Zhong Chengcai, son of the Yuanyin Order's Vice-Leader, Zhong Wuyan. I'm not sure how I should address you or what sect you're from."

"Why? Are you asking for my name and history so you have a target for revenge?" Zhou Donghuang retorted with a mild gaze.

"Absolutely not."

Zhong Chengcai tried his best to suppress the anger that was building up in him. With much difficulty, he forced a smile on his face. "I would have been in deep trouble if not for your assistance today… I just wish to find out more about my savior."

Zhou Donghuang fixed Zhong Chengcai with a firm gaze. His gaze was a sharp one, as if he could see through everything. "Whether or not you're being sincere, or if you actually want to seek revenge, I, Zhou Donghuang, will take it in stride.

"I will probably still be in the Lightning Sword Sect in the next two years to come. If it is revenge you seek, you can look for me there."

As soon as he said that, Zhou Donghuang made to leave immediately without waiting for the other man to respond. He was like a white shooting star, disappearing from the sky in a flash.

"He's that Zhou Donghuang from the Lightning Sword Sect?!"

Zhong Chengcai's eyes constricted and he called out subconsciously, "He… He's already at the late Dharma stage?"

The genius disciple from the Lightning Sword Sect, Zhou Donghuang, was already a mid Dharma adept when he was only 24 years old. He had mastered the Dharmic possession technique and easily defeated the one they referred to as a once-in-a-century genius disciple, Han Yuzheng, from the Thunder Knife Sect.

This piece of news was something Zhong Chengcai had heard of long ago.

The only thing was that he had never expected, not even in his wildest dreams, was for the very same Zhou Donghuang to have already moved to the late Dharma stage within two years. He was only 26 years old this year, no?

"A late Dharma adept who's 26 years old… This is quite the rare sight, even if you pit him against the two Transcendental Forces, right?" Zhong Chengcai remarked silently.

At the same time, he was secretly breaking out into a cold sweat. "It's a good thing I didn't come off too strong earlier. But… I won't let this matter rest.

"Zhou Donghuang, you better watch out… Otherwise, I'll have you die a graveless death!"

There was something terrifyingly cold about Zhong Chengcai's gaze, and he looked so vicious it seemed like he was about to devour Zhou Donghuang.

From the moment he found out who Zhou Donghuang was, he knew that there was no way he could march up to the Lightning Sword Sect to seek revenge. Even an idiot could tell that the sect would definitely be shielding Zhou Donghuang.

A martial arts talent like Zhou Donghuang, even if he did not come from an esteemed family, he was still not someone to be messed with, even if Zhong Chengcai was with the Yuanyin Order.

Even if his father was the leader of the Yuanyin Order, there was no way that would be allowed.

At the very least, he and his father would not dare pull any stunts in broad daylight.

…

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, it had already been two months since the Alliance Hunt had commenced.

In another month, the disciples from the allied sects who were currently on the Guiyao planet would have to take their leave soon.

The two months they spent on the Guiyao planet had been a trivial task for the more competent of the disciples.

For the ultimate Dharma disciples from the big sects of the alliance, spending time here was akin to taking a vacation. Even without having mastered the Dharmic possession technique, they could breeze through the killing off a bunch of ultimate Dharma beasts on the Guiyao planet solely by relying on their spirit weapons.

It was near impossible for them to accumulate enough points to place in the first few ranks. As such, their mission upon entering the planet was focused more on helping the weaker disciples of their sect accumulate more points.

As of now, the ultimate Dharma adepts of the various sects were more or less all following a specific early or mid Dharma disciple from their sects. Either that, or they were trailing behind several people at once.

There were some late Dharma disciples who had ultimate Dharma disciples they were on good terms with, and the latter had wanted to help the former. This was more or less a one-on-one sort of help.

All in all, the Alliance Hunt hinged somewhat on whether there were people willing to help without expecting anything in return, as much as it did on the personal strength of an individual.

That said, even if someone did decide to help another person kill a beast, the beast had to be one they could kill off on their own. If not, that would not count towards their own results, and they would be punished by having their results forfeited.

This was why an ultimate Dharma disciple could only kill off a mid Dharma beast at most, even if he wanted to help an early Dharma disciple.

"Luo Qinghan, we really are bound by fate."

Yuan Zheng had never expected that he would run into Luo Qinghan here, not when the Guiyao planet was so big. For a moment, his eyes were practically green.

As for Luo Qinghan, she could not help the twitch in her eye when she saw him, but she quickly calmed her expression.

Even if Yuan Zheng was now at the Dharma stage and had obtained from the Tiansong Sect the right to participate in the Alliance Hunt, it did not necessarily mean that he was stronger than she was.

After she calmed her expression, she swept a cold glance over the man. She did not acknowledge him, choosing to continue on her own path as she ignored him.

"Luo Qinghan, I heard from a few of the Jihan Sect disciples on my way here that there's an ultimate Dharma disciple from your sect who wants to help you accumulate points, but you rejected him?" Yuan Zheng chased after Luo Qinghan and asked with a smile.

But Luo Qinghan paid him no mind.

Indeed.

Earlier on, they were preparing to enter the Guiyao planet to participate in the Alliance Hunt. There were quite a number of ultimate Dharma disciples from the Jihan Sect who had made it clear to her that if she wanted, they were willing to help her accumulate points by taking out the beasts without anything in return.

However, Luo Qinghan had turned that down.

She knew very well that those ultimate Dharma disciples were not being sincere when they said they would do it without expecting anything in return.

They had only offered to help her so they could get to know Zhou Donghuang through her, or even curry favor with him.

With the results that Zhou Donghuang had demonstrated today, there was little doubt that he would become a huge figure in the Hengliu galaxy as long as he did not give up halfway through!

An existence like his was destined to rise to the top as long as he persisted, and it was the dream of many to rub shoulders with him before he blew up.

"I cannot owe him any more favors."

After rejecting the bunch of ultimate Dharma disciples from the Jihan Sect, Luo Qinghan had but this one thought in her head.

Yuan Zheng's smile slowly faded from his face when he realized that Luo Qinghan was ignoring him. He remarked callously, "Luo Qinghan, what are you doing pretending to be all high and mighty when we're already at this point?

"At the start while we were still on the Tianxuan planet, you acted as if you were some saint. You had no wants and you could not be bothered with me. But now, you're all over that Zhou Donghuang.

"You've only been accepted into the Jihan Sect for a few years. Even if you knew him, how long could you have possibly known him for? Have you known him for longer than you have known me?

"Can you truly say that you're not only so chummy with him because his martial talent and future achievements have caught your eye?"

Luo Qinghan had been keeping her back to Yuan Zheng. At this point in his rant, her face fell completely, and she stopped in her tracks.

"One more word out of you, Yuan Zheng… Don't blame me for what I'll do next!" Luo Qinghan said somberly. Her hands were curled into tight fists, and her eyes were gleaming with fury.

"Alright, then…"

Yuan Zheng, on the other hand, chuckled at her words. "Just as well, I wanted to see for myself just how strong you are now.

"I'll be honest—I was quite surprised to see that you could take part in the Alliance Hunt."

Almost right before Luo Qinghan turned, Yuan Zheng tossed a black bead that he had concealed in his palms. The bead was flicked high up into the sky, and the horizon was aglow with resplendent fireworks.

"Hm?"

Luo Qinghan noticed the fireworks going off above her head at the same time she turned. Her face shifted a little. "Are you calling for the disciples from the Tiansong Sect to come?"

Without any hesitation, Luo Qinghan turned to leave.

She was already uncertain if she could take on Yuan Zheng just as he was.

He would definitely not be a match for her if another Tiansong Sect disciple joined the fray!

"Where are you rushing off to, Luo Qinghan?"

Yuan Zheng laughed blandly. With a twist of his body, he stepped in front of Luo Qinghan to prevent her from moving forward anymore.

At the sight of this, Luo Qinghan had no choice but to retrieve a similar black bead from her space ring. She wanted to launch this one into the sky.

Since Yuan Zheng wanted to call the closest Tiansong Sect disciples to him, then she had no choice but to do the same and call for the closest Jihan Sect disciples to come to her.

The disciples of all the allied sects had their assigned signal flares.

But Yuan Zheng was one step ahead of her; he stopped her from getting her way. "Luo Qinghan, don't you dare call for people right in front of me."

As her face twitched yet again, she had no choice but to brandish her spirit weapon to exchange blows with Yuan Zheng. After she hit at him enough for him to retreat a little, she would have a window to launch the signal flare.

The only problem with this plan was that Yuan Zheng was not actually weaker than her. The two of them were rather well-matched in strength, so she would not have the chance to launch her signal flare.

Judging by his strength, Yuan Zheng would be able to wound and defeat her the moment she was distracted with launching the signal flare.

Once she was wounded, she would become a slab of fish on Yuan Zheng's chopping block.

That was something she absolutely refused to watch happen.

As such, she could only resist as best as she could.

"Luo Qinghan, I didn't launch the signal flare to call for people to help me defeat you… If it's just you, I'm more than strong enough to deal with you."

Yuan Zheng chuckled darkly, "I launched the signal flare to call for Senior Brother Mo… Senior Brother Mo, he's not too far from here.

"Tsk, tsk… I really am looking forward to sending you tumbling into his embrace and letting him own you. I wonder how he'd thank me for helping him get back at Zhou Donghuang for the humiliation he was subjected to.

"With him backing me, my future in the Tiansong Sect will be a smooth sailing one!"

Yuan Zheng believed that the heavens had been looking out for him when they had him cross paths with Luo Qinghan, allowing him to redeem himself.

It was important to note that he had indirectly embarrassed Mo Yitian, the top of the younger generation in the Tiansong Sect. This was something other man had despised him for.

Two days ago, when Mo Yitian met him, the former had thrown him a cold glance.

It was not difficult to imagine that Mo Yitian might have killed him if not for the fact that they were both under the same sect.

But today, he had finally found the opportunity to repair his relationship with Mo Yitian.

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Chapter 278: The Legendary Dharma Adept

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

"A flare signal?"

The flare signal that went off not far away startled Zhou Donghuang, who was currently passing through the forest and caused him to pause. "But it's not the flare signal of the Lightning Sword Sect. It's probably from another sect."

"No matter which sect's flare signal appears, it will definitely gather the people nearby who belong to that sect…"

"Among them, the ultimate Dharma stage may even exist."

"Killing beasts, even killing a Dharma stage beast, can only give us one beast head at a time… But if we plunder the ultimate Dharma stage Alliance disciples, we can get many Dharma stage beast heads instead!"

At this thought, Zhou Donghuang's eyes lit up. He then proceeded to fly in the direction of the place from which the flare signal had risen in order to rob them.

In the Alliance Hunt, the Alliance disciples were allowed to plunder spoils from each other.

The Alliance Hunt, which was a way to train the various sect disciples, was naturally a simulation of the cruel world in which the weak were prey to the strong; the various sect disciples lost the protection of their sects the moment they walked out.

In the history of the Hengliu galaxy, numerous Alliance disciples vanished without a trace after leaving their respective sects.

The vast universe and the boundless galaxy was filled with too much uncertainty.

Sometimes if a person died, others would not know how they died. Even if someone wanted to take revenge for them, they would not even know where to begin.

"Hm?"

After arriving at his destination and hiding behind a large pine tree, Zhou Donghuang's eyes narrowed into slits and flashed coldly when he saw the person in front of him.

"You guys can disperse. Having Junior Brother Yuan Zheng and me here is enough."

Before the Alliance Hunt began, the person who had been defeated by Zhou Donghuang, the top person in the younger generation of the Tiansong Sect, Mo Yitian, was dismissing wave after wave of Tiansong Sect disciples who approached them.

Of course, each wave of Tiansong Sect disciples did not comprise of many people. It was either one person or at most two.

"Yes, Senior Brother Mo."

The Tiansong Sect disciples abided by Mo Yitian's instructions and left one after another.

"Junior Sister Luo, that man of yours, Zhou Donghuang, is incredibly skillful."

Accompanied by Yuan Zheng, Mo Yitian slowly approached Luo Qinghan with a dazzling smile on his face. "I can't believe he defeated me, Mo Yitian, in front of so many people. He humiliated me completely.

"Tell me… If I take you for myself today, what expression will he show when he finds out?"

Mo Yitian's smile became brighter and brighter.

"I would rather die than let you have your way."

Luo Qinghan's gaze turned cold. She had already made up her mind and was planning to set her Dharma Power aflame and destroy herself.

Dharma adepts could set their Dharma Power aflame and self-immolate.

Of course, this was different from the Primordial Soul Self-Detonation of martial adepts above the Primordial Soul Stage. Burning herself could only destroy oneself and not others, whereas Primordial Soul Self-Detonation would affect everyone in the vicinity.

If one went too close, they would definitely die, even if they were of the same level of practice!

"Junior Sister Luo, even in front me, you want to set your Dharma Power aflame?"

Mo Yitian smiled disdainfully when he saw Luo Qinghan's Dharma Power surface on her body and saw that her breathing was becoming agitated. Following this, Mo Yitian's Sword God Dharma Power appeared on his body. With one jab of the sword, sword energy flowed bit by bit and surrounded Luo Qinghan's Dharma Power, which had just appeared around her body. It restrained it and suppressed it.

In the blink of an eye, Luo Qinghan's Dharma Power was unexpectedly pushed back into her body.

"Pft—"

The moment her Dharma Power was forcibly suppressed, Luo Qinghan's pretty face turned deathly pale. Her small, cherry-like lips opened, and she spurted out a mouthful of blood. Like a red rose blossoming in the air, it was stunning.

"Senior Brother Mo?"

However, just then, another two figures appeared. They were two other Tiansong Sect disciples. Upon witnessing the scene before them, they both went slightly blank.

Naturally, they recognized Luo Qinghan. She was none other than the female disciple of the Ultimate Frost Sect, who Senior Brother Mo had asked to marry but was rejected. At the same time, she was also the fiancée of the Lightning Sword Sect disciple, Zhou Donghuang.

At this exact moment, a chill ran through their hearts.

Based on what they were seeing right now, their Senior Brother Mo was intending to lay his hand on Luo Qinghan in revenge for Luo Qinghan and Zhou Donghuang having humiliated him!

"You guys probably know… what to say after leaving this place, right?" Mo Yitian asked as he glanced meaningfully at the two Tiansong Sect disciples who had just appeared.

"We know, we know."

The two of them nodded like chicks pecking at grains. Their Senior Brother Mo was not merely the top dog of the Tiansong Sect's younger generation, but also the direct disciple of the Tiansong Sect Leader. Likewise, as Tiansong Sect disciples, how could they dare to provoke him?

Just when the two Tiansong Sect disciples were about to turn around and leave.

"Tsk, tsk…"

Along with that sound, a white figure flew towards them from afar. To their surprise, it was a tall and well-built young man dressed in clothing that was more white than snow. He had a devil mask on his face.

Mo Yitian's pupils shrank rapidly when he saw the slightly familiar figure. Instinctively, he asked, "You're… Zhou Donghuang?"

At this moment, Luo Qinghan, who was just about to take out a sharp weapon from the space ring to kill herself, also stopped what she was doing. She was in a daze as she looked at the white figure that had suddenly appeared.

Although the white robe that the person was wearing was different from what Zhou Donghuang had formerly worn, the person's build and the aura of refinement that emanated invisibly from him were exactly the same as that of Zhou Donghuang.

Mo Yitian was not the only one who felt that the person was none other than Zhou Donghuang. Even Luo Qinghan felt that he was Zhou Donghuang. "Is it him?"

"Zhou Donghuang?!"

Yuan Zheng stood behind Mo Yitian. When he saw the sudden appearance of this young man dressed in white and wearing a devil mask, his expression changed completely. If this person really was Zhou Donghuang, Mo Yitian would not be the only one who would be done for. He was afraid that he himself would be doomed as well.

"What do we do? What do we do?"

"Run away?"

The moment they changed their mind, there was no hesitation at all. Yuan Zheng's body swayed, and he flitted away into the distance in an attempt to escape.

"Hmph!"

Following this slightly muffled and hoarse sneer, in the next moment, Luo Qinghan, Mo Yitian, and the other two Tiansong Sect disciples saw the robe of the youth dressed in white and wearing a devil mask, shake. Dharma Power showed itself.

To their astonishment, this was Flying Beast Dharma Power. It appeared to be aflame from head to toe. Upon its appearance, it went after Yuan Zheng, who had not gotten far after escaping shortly before this. Its wings, which were as sharp as knives, directly sent Yuan Zheng's head flying into the air.

This scene came too quickly, before Luo Qinghan and the two Tiansong Sect disciples could even react.

On the other hand, Mo Yitian had regained his bearings but did not take action in time to save Yuan Zheng for another reason. "So, you're not Zhou Donghuang."

After Mo Yitian saw the person's three-meter-tall Flying Beast Dharma Power and heaved a sigh of relief, his eyes turned slightly stern as he looked at him. "Who exactly are you? Why are you hiding?"

"I'm enforcing justice on behalf of heaven!"

The person clearly did not intend to waste words with Mo Yitian. Once he had said those simple words, his body moved, and he vaulted himself towards Mo Yitian in an attempt to kill him.

"Hmph!"

When he saw the person move quickly towards him, Mo Yitian let out a disdainful sneer. "If you were Zhou Donghuang, I would definitely die here… unfortunately, you're not. We're both late Dharma stage adepts. Do you think I would fear you?"

The moment Mo Yitian finished his sentence, the Sword God Dharma Power on his body swelled up. It only stopped when it reached six meters. Clearly, he had used an ultimate Dharma heavenly spirit weapon.

However, at the same time, the Flying Beast Dharma Power that returned to the white-robed youth wearing a devil mask, also rapidly grew to six meters. In terms of physical size, it evenly matched Mo Yitian's Sword God Dharma Power.

It was obvious that he had also used an ultimate Dharma heavenly spirit weapon.

"If you haven't grasped the Dharma-body integration technique, you will definitely die today!" Mo Yitian suddenly shouted.

In the next moment, his entire body merged thoroughly with the Sword God Dharma Power. The Sword God Dharma Power had surrendered itself to his control. He swung his sword and attacked in the white-robed youth.

"Dharma-body integration?"

The slightly hoarse and low voice of the white-robed youth rang out. It carried an overtone of disdain. "He only grasped Dharma-body integration in the late Dharma stage, and he doesn't find that embarrassing to spread around?

"I'll give you a taste of what Dharma Power Control is."

The white-robed youth had just ended his sentence when the Flying Beast Dharma Power appearing on his body fluctuated. Unexpectedly, it transformed into a Dharma Power that was exactly the same as Mo Yitian's Sword God Dharma Power.

After that, it attacked Mo Yitian.

"This…"

The scene caused surprise to appear all over Luo Qinghan's pretty face. As a result, the two Tiansong Sect disciples looked at the situation before them as if they had seen a ghost. "Good lord… it's Dharma Power Control! The legendary Dharma Power Control!"

According to legend, Dharma Power Control was a method that defied the laws of nature, which Dharma adepts could only master if they refined their Dharma Power to the extreme.

No one had ever heard of such a character appearing in the history of the Hengliu galaxy.

"No—"

The miserable cries that were filled with indignation shocked Luo Qinghan and the other two Tiansong Sect disciples and made their hearts shiver. When they subconsciously turned their gazes in that direction, they happened to see the Sword God Dharma Power, which was controlled by the white-robed youth behind them, abruptly turn into a massive sword the moment it went near Mo Yitian's actual Sword God Dharma Power. The sword swung across and not only destroyed his opponent's Sword God Dharma Power but also sliced his opponent across his middle!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

…

After the massive sword had chopped Mo Yitian in two, like a flare bursting in the sky, it transformed into sword rain that filled the sky. It covered Mo Yitian's mutilated corpse and instantly turned it into blood droplets across the sky.

The top dog of the Tiansong Sect's younger generation had been killed and eliminated.

"Ss—"

The two Tiansong Sect disciples collectively drew in a cold breath. Their scalps went numb, and they looked at the white-robed youth standing where Mo Yitian had died, their faces deathly pale.

They both knew that they were done for if he wanted to kill them!

"Still not going to get lost?"

After the white-robed youth with a devil mask on his face looked at the two Tiansong Sect disciples and said these words, the latter fled into the distance as if relieved of a burden. While fleeing, they thanked their lucky stars that they were able to keep their lives.

"Who exactly is that person? I can't believe he managed to grasp the final technique of Dharma adepts, Dharma Power Control, in the late Dharma stage."

"There's no way he's one of the Alliance disciples… he can't possibly be part of the Hengliu galaxy! Even in the two Transcendental Forces, it's impossible for Dharma adepts who have mastered Dharma Power Control to appear in the Hengliu galaxy."

"I think so too. I don't think such a legendary Dharma adept has ever appeared in the history of the Hengliu galax

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"Sir, thank you for saving my life."

Luo Qinghan thanked him gratefully. She had initially thought that she was definitely done for. But she did not expect the white-robed youth before her to appear like a savior of the world in her moment of greatest despair, and save her.

Of course, at this moment, there was slight disappointment in the depths of her heart.

In the beginning, when she saw him appear with a familiar build, she thought for a time that he was Zhou Donghuang.

It was only when he showed his Dharma Power that she was sure he was not Zhou Donghuang, although his build was identical to Zhou Donghuang's and his style of dress was also a white robe just like Zhou Donghuang's.

Zhou Donghuang's Dharma Power was a giant tiger, whereas the Dharma Power of the white-robed youth before her was a flying beast burning uniformly from head to toe.

The two of them had Dharma Powers that had absolutely nothing in common with each other.

Despite the fact that this white-robed youth had already refined his Dharma Power to its peak and could fully exhibit the legendary Dharma Power Control technique of morphing at one's will… When the Dharma Power showed itself initially, it had to be a genuine Dharma Power. It could not possibly be a morphed Dharma Power the moment it appeared.

Therefore, she could completely eliminate the possibility that Zhou Donghuang had transformed his own Dharma Power into the appearance of a Flying Beast Dharma Power.

Unless Zhou Donghuang had condensed two types of Dharma Power in his body…

But was that possible?

Every Dharma Power was born out of the foundation of a Golden Essence. If someone had two types of Dharma Power, that also meant that he had previously condensed two Golden Essences.

A Primal Core adept with two Primal Cores?

Did such a person exist in this world?

"If the person who saved me today was him… I would probably be very touched. I think might even go so far as to disregard everything else and be willing to try going out with him?"

Luo Qinghan sighed internally.

It was a pity that it was not him.

Upon seeing the person who had appeared when she was on the brink of death, and in the moment she thought that he was Zhou Donghuang, she thought for a moment that her past persistence was laughable.

Of course, it was just for a moment.

After confirming that he was not Zhou Donghuang, Luo Qinghan's heart, that had melted slightly earlier, froze once again.

"Hm."

The white-robed youth wearing a devil mask nodded at Luo Qinghan. "Are you also an Alliance disciple in the Hengliu galaxy here to participate in the Alliance Hunt this time?"

"Yes."

Luo Qinghan nodded her head in response. At the same time, she said internally to herself, "As expected."

Sure enough, this white-robed youth, who had grasped the legendary Dharma Power Control, was not from the Hengliu galaxy. He was in all probability from a larger and more flourishing galaxy and had entered the Guiyao planet by mistake.

It seemed that the Hengliu galaxy had never had a Dharma adept who had grasped Dharma Power Control.

"You can say that we have affinity since I saved you today… I'll help you from now on."

The voice of the white-robed youth remained low and hoarse.

"I'm already unable to repay you for saving my life. How could I dare to trouble you further?"

Luo Qinghan gracefully turned him down.

"The fact that you and I could meet is also a sign of fate… On the basis of our affinity, I intend to see the matter through this time and persist until the end," the white-robed youth insisted.

"I'm very grateful, Sir."

Having sensed how resolutely determined he was, Luo Qinghan also realized that it would be pointless for her to refuse him again. While thanking him profusely, she asked, "My name is Luo Qinghan, but how should I address you?"

"Zhuge Haotian," the white-robed youth said.

"So you're Sir Zhuge."

Luo Qinghan bowed slightly with her hands held in front, by way of salutation.

Of course, the white-robed youth who called himself 'Zhuge Haotian' was actually Zhou Donghuang.

Zhou Donghuang had arrived a long time ago. He had hidden himself in the shadows and watched the situation unfold. It was only after he saw Mo Yitian attack Luo Qinghan and saw the two Tiansong Sect disciples arrive, that he appeared to intervene.

Of course, he had specifically worn a devil mask when he showed himself.

As for the robe he was wearing, he had not deliberately changed it as he would always change into a white robe every few days. He had more than a thousand pieces of white clothing inside his space ring, each with a different design.

His mother Lin Lan had prepared all of these things for him before he left Ziyun.

Since entering the Guiyao planet this time, he had already worn at least ten suits of white clothing.

As for the devil mask, there were two reasons he had worn it.

One of the reasons was to avoid implicating Luo Qinghan.

In the event he appeared as himself and killed Mo Yitian and the other people from the Tiansong Sect, no one would know that he had killed Mo Yitian and the others. However, those Tiansong Sect disciples who had left before that knew about Mo Yitian's unpleasant encounter with Luo Qinghan and his intention to attack her.

It would be very difficult for him to kill all of those Tiansong Sect disciples.

Furthermore, if any of them got away, they would definitely report to the Tiansong Sect Leader after getting out. They would inform him of Mo Yitian's previous encounter with Luo Qinghan. On top of that, the fact that Luo Qinghan was completely unscathed would definitely bring her trouble.

So, he had chosen to show himself as a stranger. He had also deliberately let two Tiansong Sect disciples go with the intention that they would notify the Sect Leader after the conclusion of the Alliance Hunt.

As for the situation now, the two of them were completely powerless at the moment even if they wanted to notify the Sect Leader.

This was because before the Alliance Hunt ended, the formation that covered the Guiyao planet would restrain the Alliance disciples inside from leaving. This was also to prevent the Alliance disciples from giving up halfway. At the same time, it cut off any communication between the Alliance disciples and the outside world.

Since the purpose of the Alliance Hunt was to train the Alliance disciples from various sects, of course it had to simulate an absolute danger zone.

The other reason Zhou Donghuang had worn the devil mask was to help Luo Qinghan and to go so far as to impart high-level techniques to Luo Qinghan… Given Luo Qinghan's temperament, he truly did not know how to persuade her and had no choice but to use this method.

She was not willing to accept the techniques given to her by Zhou Donghuang, but that did not mean that the was not willing to accept the techniques given to her by Zhuge Haotian.

As regards the name "Zhuge Haotian," Zhou Donghuang had come up with it using the names of his biological parents… The name of his biological father was 'Zhou Haotian' while the name of his biological mother was "Zhuge Jing."

With Zhou Donghuang, who had assumed the name Zhuge Haotian, by her side to assist her, things also became much easier for Luo Qinghan thereafter. Every single beast they met on the way was easily killed.

"Sir Zhuge, I only want the heads of beasts at the early Dharma Stage and mid Dharma Stage… As for the corpses of other beasts, you can keep them for yourself," Luo Qinghan said.

However, Zhou Donghuang only kept the corpses of ultimate Dharma beasts. He could not be bothered to keep the corpses of the remaining beasts. Under such circumstances, Luo Qinghan had no choice but to store them away reluctantly.

Of course, she knew that even if she stored the corpses of late Dharma beasts, she had no way of using them to accumulate points.

Because she did not have the ability to defeat late Dharma beasts.

On the other hand, she could defeat and kill mid Dharma beasts albeit with difficulty.

"The resemblance is too strong."

Throughout their journey, Luo Qinghan realized that the physical build of the white-robed youth in front of her looked way too similar to that man's build. It was to the extent that she frequently had the misperception that he was none other than that man.

However, each time she saw the Flying Beast Dharma Power that he displayed, she was jolted awake from a dream: He was not that man.

His name was Zhuge Haotian, not Zhou Donghuang.

Over the course of the entire month, without knowing Zhou Donghuang's true identity, she was constantly with him day and night. No matter how she consciously tried to control herself, when faced with such an outstanding and handsome young man, who also cared for her so meticulously, she could not help but feel a growing affection for him.

Of course, she buried this growing affection deep in her heart.

From beginning to end, she kept in mind that even if she, Luo Qinghan, wanted to look for a man, it could only be that man in this lifetime.

It was impossible for her to get together with any other man.

No matter how outstanding he was, even if he was more outstanding than that man, it would be the same.

"We will have to go our separate ways tomorrow."

Zhou Donghuang looked at Luo Qinghan and sighed. His voice remained low and hoarse. "As for me, I also plan to leave the Guiyao planet after you guys leave. I may even leave this Hengliu galaxy."

Although she had mentally prepared herself for this long ago, Luo Qinghan could not stop her heart from trembling slightly upon hearing Zhou Donghuang's words. A hint of reluctance flashed in the depths of her eyes before vanishing.

"Will we… meet again?"

Luo Qinghan also sighed.

"Perhaps."

Zhou Donghuang smiled. Following this, he shot out a space ring in an instant. "Before we part, I have a present for you… My only request is that you feed it a drop of your blood and become its owner after we part and examine the things inside."

"Sir Zhuge, you've helped me way too much… I can't accept this present no matter what."

Luo Qinghan shook her head insistently.

Over the past month, the deeper her interactions with him, the clearer it became to her how frightening the youth before her was.

The time spent by the youth before her in giving her pointers was far less than ten percent of the time spent by her maternal grandmother in doing the same. But it was much more helpful to her than the pointers given by her maternal grandmother. It had a profound and long-lasting impact that made her feel somewhat enlightened.

She had already guessed that this Sir Zhuge in front of her probably had a very powerful background, to the point where he could even stand at the apex of the boundless universe.

"This present… may be an opportunity for us to meet in the future. Are you sure that you won't accept it?"

Zhou Donghuang glanced meaningfully at Luo Qinghan. His deep gaze caused Luo Qinghan's heart to tremble. She felt even more hesitant… Should she accept it or not?

If she did not accept it, she may never meet the person before her again.

If she accepted it, there was hope that they would meet again.

In the end, another white figure flashed across Luo Qinghan's mind. His handsome face also flashed across her mind, causing her gaze to become incomparably resolute. "Sir Zhuge, I still can't accept this."

At this moment, Luo Qinghan had not noticed the hint of relief that appeared in the depths of the eyes of the white-robed youth before her who went by the name of Zhuge Haotian.

"Since you won't accept it, I'll let it fall to the earth and wait for its destined owner."

Zhou Donghuang flicked his fingers and sent the space ring floating in front of Luo Qinghan. Immediately following this, his Flying Beast Dharma Power appeared again with a sway of his body. As if his entire body had transformed into a flying beast, he flapped his wings and flew off as fast as lightning. He vanished from Luo Qinghan's sight in the blink of an eye.

There was a distracted look in Luo Qinghan's eyes as she watched the space ring in front of her fall slowly as it lost the inner Yuan which it relied on. Then, she sighed and ultimately reached out her hand to receive the ring with reluctance on her face.

"I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you… If I see you in the future, I will keep you at arm's length too. Someone else has already left his mark on my body for the rest of my life.

"I will either get together with him… or end up all alone."

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Chapter 280: Zhou Donghuang's Plan

"What a stubborn girl… But since I have set things up this way, I think she will have no choice but to accept it even if she doesn't want to."

After parting with Luo Qinghan, the white-robed youth took off the devil mask on his face, revealing an exceedingly handsome face that had an extraordinary aura. He was none other than Zhou Donghuang.

Tomorrow was the day that the Guiyao planet's Overhead Formation would open. It was the day that the Alliance disciples from various sects who had participated in the Alliance Hunt would leave the Guiyao planet, hand over the heads of the hunted beasts and calculate their results. To avoid exposing his identity, as a matter of course, he had to part with Luo Qinghan one day in advance.

"Although she will accept the space ring I left for her, given her personality, I think she won't touch the things inside… Fortunately, I predicted this early on and left a message inside so that she has no choice but to accept what I give her."

While mumbling, Zhou Donghuang had confidence written all over his face. Thereafter, he found a remote place and took off the white robe that he had worn for a month.

For the past month, he had not changed the robe he was wearing precisely because he wanted to avoid exposing his identity in front of Luo Qinghan.

Otherwise, he would have changed so many times that he would have lost count.

Although as a martial adept, he was immune to the heat and the cold, and the robe he was wearing would have almost no sweat and grime on it, and many martial adepts went so far as to wear the same clothes for many years… He had lived on earth for some time after all. While on earth, he had showered and changed his clothes daily. By force of habit, after leaving earth in his past life, he had to change his clothes after a few days at most.

His mother, Lin Lan had noticed this and therefore, she had prepared many robes for him before he left Ziyun.

Not long after Zhou Donghuang left, Luo Qinghan found a secluded place to take over as the owner of the space ring that Zhou Donghuang had given her.

Of course, in her eyes, this space ring had been given to her by "Zhuge Haotian" whom she had just met a month ago and who wore a devil mask on his face. Now, as she was getting the space ring to recognize her as its owner, she was also worried that something bad would happen to the space ring in the future.

She had already decided that she would not touch whatever Zhuge Haotian had left for her regardless of what it was. She would return it to him if there was a chance in the future. Then, she would turn around and leave. She would not get involved with him any further and dispel any hopes he had.

It was impossible for the two of them to end up together.

Over the past month, it was not difficult for her to sense that his concern for her had far exceeded the concern that someone would show a person he had just met. She would discount it if he had known her in the past, but the problem was that they had not been acquainted with each other before this.

So, even if she was not narcissistic, she could not help but speculate that he had most likely fallen in love with her.

She was indebted to him and did not want him to be caught in between.

"This is…"

Although Luo Qinghan could sense that the items he had left for her were not ordinary, she inadvertently glanced inside the space ring and was shocked nonetheless. Numerous high-quality spirit stones were piled together like a small mountain.

In addition, there were also core drug bottles arranged neatly one after another. She did not even have to open the core drug bottles to be able to guess that the core drugs inside were extraordinary.

Apart from this, there was also a stack of paper and a piece of paper placed independently at the side.

Inhaling deeply, Luo Qinghan took out the piece of paper placed at the side only to realize that it was a letter he had left for her, although she did not know when he had done so. "I, Zhuge Haotian, appeared in Hengliu galaxy's Guiyao planet, all because a clan elder capable of predicting the future had peered into my future.

He said that he had seen a life-or-death ordeal in my future and that I would need a benefactor to smooth the crisis over.

As for the identity of the benefactor, he only said 11 words… Hengliu galaxy, Guiyao planet, a hero saves a damsel in distress.

In the beginning, I did not understand what this meant. It was only later, when I suddenly saw a flare signal on the Guiyao planet and headed in that direction out of curiosity, and saw that you were at risk of death, that I knew you were the benefactor I was meant to find during my trip to the Hengliu galaxy.

The core drugs and spirit stones in this space ring, and the training styles too, are all things that I've left behind for you… You don't have to feel indebted to me, because I'm giving you these things only to save myself. In the future, I will have to look to you to save my life."

Apart from these words, the remaining words were introductions to the core drugs in the various core drug bottles.

"So that's why…"

Luo Qinghan smiled bitterly. Now, she finally understood why Zhuge Haotian had showed her that much care and concern. So it was all because of a sentence from his clairvoyant clan elder. Furthermore, he firmly believed that she was the benefactor who would save his life in the future.

"I can't believe I even thought that he liked me. It turns out I was just thinking too much."

At that thought, Luo Qinghan could not help but feel a bit embarrassed. She subconsciously laughed mockingly at herself.

Drawing in a breath, Luo Qinghan picked up the stack of paper inside the space ring. To her surprise, the training style he had left for her was recorded on the paper… Initially, she had found it manageable, although she felt that this training style was better than the current one she was practicing.

But when she flipped further, she could not help but suck in a breath of cold air. "This… This is actually a Deity-level training style?!"

In the past, when Zhou Donghuang had gone to the Luo family to ask for her hand in marriage, the dowry that he had given her father, the Immortal training style, the "Thousand-Star Sword Technique" had already stunned her indescribably. She did not expect someone from a planet as backwards as Ziyun to have a training style of nearly the highest level.

And now, the training style known as the Thousand-Star Sword Technique that was in her possession, was surprisingly a Deity-level training style. As long as the person practicing it was not too lacking in innate talent and did not die prematurely halfway, they could continue practicing it into the Deity's Tribulation Stage.

The Deity's Tribulation Stage represented the peak of all martial adepts.

After entering the Deity's Tribulation Stage, one would have to face the Deity's Tribulation. If they could overcome it, they would levitate heavenwards to the legendary Divine Realm. If they could not overcome it, their bodies would die, and their souls would disappear. They would perish in the universe.

"The Deity-level training style is the most powerful training style in the universe. Usually, only the forces standing at the top of the universe would have such legacies… Who exactly is that white-robed youth called Zhuge Haotian? How could he have casually left a training style of such level to me?"

If Luo Qinghan had previously doubted the veracity of Zhuge Haotian's message, then now, after confirming that this training style known as the "Thousand-Star Sword Technique" was a Deity-level training style, all her prior doubts had completely vanished into thin air.

Under circumstances where he may be rejected, would anyone hand her a Deity-level training style to court her and to please her?

Furthermore, he was completely unaware of her character.

It was important to know that giving away a Deity-level training style was no different from throwing out the water in one's pail. It was forever lost.

After interacting with someone for the short span of a month, no one would dare say that they knew a person's moral character through and through.

"Who exactly is he? Just because of an uncertain 'prophecy,' he actually came to the Guiyao planet and even gave me a Deity-level training style?

"It goes to show that the clairvoyant clan elder he spoke about definitely uttered accurate prophecies… otherwise, there's no way he would set his heart on it."

Luo Qinghan was caught in a dilemma.

In the beginning, she had already decided that she would not take anything from him at all. But she did not expect him to leave this message for her, as if forcing her to accept all this… if she did not accept it, she may not be able to save him from a life-or-death situation in the future.

"Well… Perhaps prophecies really exist. Otherwise, why would he give me the Deity-level training style? I'll accept everything he has given me. In the future, if he really needs my help, I will definitely do my best. I will not hesitate to go through water and fire!"

Luo Qinghan clearly knew what the Deity-level training style given by him meant for her. It was a gargantuan opportunity that could change her fate.

At this precise moment, an incomparably loud and clear voice reverberated throughout the entire Guiyao planet:

"After 22 hours, the formation will open and all of you will be able to come out then… A reminder to all of you that you must come out before the 46-hour mark. If you stay inside for more than 46 hours, your results for the Alliance Hunt this time will be canceled!"

This voice was amplified and broadcasted through the Chain Formation covering the Guiyao planet. It simultaneously spread to the ears of all the Alliance disciples in the Guiyao planet.

Immediately, the numerous Alliance disciples knew that they did not have much time left. They had to make full use of the remaining 40 hours or more. They had to try their best to kill a few more beasts and behead them so as to accumulate points for the Alliance Hunt this time.

Everyone heard this voice, be it Zhou Donghuang or Luo Qinghan.

Zhou Donghuang wandered about at will. He attacked when he encountered ultimate Dharma beasts. As for the remaining beasts, he could not even be bothered to make a move as long as they did not actively provoke him.

"If I don't meet Third Senior Sister and Da Zhuang in the remaining 46 hours, the mid Dharma Stage beast heads that I collected previously will definitely be of no use too…"

If he did not meet He Mengxi and Da Zhuang before leaving the Guiyao planet, he would not be able to hand over his space ring to the two of them after leaving either. This was prohibited by the rules of the Alliance Hunt.

This was because he had to hand over the spoils of the hunt first thing after going out.

Furthermore, he would be isolated and prohibited from having any contact with the people who had just came out. He could only interact with those who had similarly handed over the spoils of the hunt.

The sole reason for this rule was to prevent the disciples from any one sect from passing their small number of spoils all to one person in order to help him succeed.

Meanwhile.

In the remaining time, Luo Qinghan went to a secluded place and took out the Deity-level training style and started diligently memorizing it. She intended to commit the entire thing to her memory before leaving, and thereafter destroy the stack of paper on which it was recorded.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for her to feel at peace.

After all, this was a Deity-level training style!

She did not feel safe at all when it was in her possession in the form of paper. She even felt repressed and stifled.

…

Forty hours passed by in the blink of an eye.

Just then, among the Alliance disciples from the various sects who were participating in the Alliance Hunt on the Guiyao planet, some of them started to walk out too. Many of them felt that it would be difficult to achieve greater results in the remaining four to six hours, even if they continued to hunt down beasts.

Since that was the case, they would rather leave slightly ahead of time.

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Chapter 281: He Mengxi's Goal, The Sky Sun Fruit!

"There's only an hour left… I should leave."

It was an hour before the final deadline, but Zhou Donghuang had yet to meet either He Mengxi or Da Zhuang. It immediately dawned on him that there was nearly no possibility of him meeting the two of them in the following hour.

Perhaps the two of them had already gone out by now.

At the thought, he had no intention of continuing to stay here.

Whoosh!

In a flash, Zhou Donghuang's body seemed to turn into lightning that rapidly flew out of the Guiyao planet. In the blink of an eye, he burst out of the formation.

Just then, with all eyes centered on him, he was segregated to another area.

"Those who just came out, stand over here… Then, report your name and the sect you're from. Hand over the space ring for our safekeeping."

All the people who had exited had to hand in the space ring; that was where they stored their beast heads.

Before setting off, the Lightning Sword Sect Leader had distributed one space ring to 40 disciples each, including Zhou Donghuang. All of them were space rings that had to receive blood in order to recognize their owners.

Zhou Donghuang and the others were now handing in their space rings collectively. The people who had taken their space rings were also unable to open the space rings for the time being.

"Zhou Donghuang, disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect."

Zhou Donghuang stood together with the other people. A middle-aged man was collecting their space rings and recording their information. When it was his turn, the crowd of people around him immediately paid full attention to him the moment he opened his mouth.

"He's Zhou Donghuang?"

In the Alliance, there was a total of 52 sects. Among the Alliance disciples of various sects who had come here to participate in the Alliance Hunt, other than the disciples from the four sects—the Lightning Sword Sect, the Tiansong Sect, the Yunyue Sect and the Jihan Sect—the disciples from the remaining sects did not know who Zhou Donghuang was.

It was precisely because of this that Zhou Donghuang's appearance earlier did not cause any commotion.

Now, when they heard him report his name and sect, the gazes of everyone around him immediately landed on him collectively. This even included the person in charge of registering him.

"He looks so young… This Zhou Donghuang is about 26 years old now, right?"

"Yes. Two years ago, he became famous throughout the major sects of the Alliance. I think his name even spread throughout the two Transcendental Forces in our Hengliu galaxy… a 24-year-old mid Dharma adept who has grasped Dharma Power Control.

"Two years have now passed. He must be even more powerful now. I'm afraid that no one can match up to him in the Hengliu galaxy among those beneath the late Dharma adepts."

…

The people around him whispered amongst themselves.

However, in this group of more than ten people, there was one person who knew Zhou Donghuang. He was a Yunyue Sect disciple. When he heard the person beside him say that it was difficult for Zhou Donghuang to find his match among those beneath the late Dharma stage, he could not help but interrupt immediately, "You guys must not know this yet. Zhou Donghuang has already entered the late Dharma stage."

The moment these words left his mouth, it naturally created a significant stir.

Zhou Donghuang was publicly acknowledged to be a martial prodigy that came by once in a hundred years. Had he already entered the late Dharma stage after merely two years?

"This speed of practice… is way too unbelievable, isn't it?"

"It was shocking enough that he entered the mid Dharma stage at the age of 24… At 26, he has entered the late Dharma stage?"

…

It was not only the Alliance disciples from various sects present who were shocked. Even the top-level figures of the various sects in charge of collecting space rings from the sect disciples were shocked. All of them looked at Zhou Donghuang with stunned expressions.

As for the Yunyue Sect disciple, he seemed to be very satisfied with the situation. He dropped an explosive bomb once again.

"One other thing. You guys may not know yet… the top dog of the Tiansong Sect's younger generation, a late Dharma adept who has already grasped Dharma-body integration, Mo Yitian, previously had a friendly match with Zhou Donghuang the day before this Alliance Hunt."

After successfully gaining everyone's attention, he went on to say, "Zhou Donghuang gave Mo Yitian the benefit of making three moves. But Mo Yitian did not manage to hurt Zhou Donghuang at all… After the three moves, Zhou Donghuang defeated Mo Yitian in one move!"

Gasp!

…

It was no surprise at all that the words of the Yunyue Sect disciple caused the people present to suck in cold air one after another. When the crowd looked at Zhou Donghuang again, the shock on their faces intensified.

They knew who Mo Yitian was. He was the top man in the younger generation of the Tiansong Sect. He was very well-known among all the sects in the Alliance.

However, how could a person like him have suffered utter defeat at the hands of the Lightning Sword Sect disciple, Zhou Donghuang?

"I'm probably allowed to leave now, right?" Zhou Donghuang asked under the dumbstruck gazes of the crowd. He was looking at the middle-aged man in front of him who had recorded his name and sect and who had collected his space ring.

"Huh? Yes… yes."

The middle-aged man hastily extricated himself from his state of shock and regained his bearings and frantically nodded. Zhou Donghuang then left.

The moment Zhou Donghuang left, the crowd of people immediately began to see him off with their eyes.

"I really didn't expect that Mo Yitian had previously been utterly defeated by him… the news of his death spread just 44 hours ago. He's truly unlucky. Before arriving at the Guiyao planet, he had been abused while he was alive. After arriving at the Guiyao planet, he was directly obliterated," one of the top-level figures of a sect shook his head and spoke. He was responsible for recording the names of the people exiting and collecting their space rings.

The moment the words left his mouth, the pupils of a group of Alliance disciples who had just came out, shrank rapidly. "Mo Yitian… is dead?"

"Good gracious! Mo Yitian was a late Dharma adept. What's more, he had grasped Dharma-body Integration. With the use of ultimate spirit weapons, killing ultimate Dharma beasts was no feat for him… But he actually died inside?"

"Could he have been ambushed and killed by a few ultimate Dharma beasts?"

"Even Mo Yitian died inside. Shouldn't I be kneeling down and kowtowing to thank Heaven for being merciful and letting me come out alive?"

…

"Junior Brother Donghuang is back!"

After catching sight of Yu Yucheng in the distance, Zhou Donghuang approached him. At the moment, most of the Lightning Sword Sect disciples had already returned. When the Lightning Sword Sect saw him, their eyes lit up collectively.

As expected, Zhou Donghuang's return attracted the attention of everyone in the Lightning Sword Sect.

Just as Zhou Donghuang had guessed, all of them had left in advance, including He Mengxi and Da Zhuang.

"Sect Leader."

After joining the Lightning Sword Sect disciples, Zhou Donghuang first greeted Yu Yucheng.

Yu Yucheng looked at him with a smile. "Zhou Donghuang, your results this time were probably quite good, right?"

"You can say it's not bad."

Zhou Donghuang nodded. His expression was calm and completely neutral.

Seeing Zhou Donghuang's expression, Yu Yucheng's heart jolted. He silently guessed, "Could it be… that Zhou Donghuang had bad luck inside and encountered few ultimate Dharma beasts?"

Admittedly, one's ability was important in the Alliance Hunt. But luck was also crucial.

After passing by Yu Yucheng, Zhou Donghuang then greeted the Autumn Valley Head, He Jin. After that, he nodded his head at the other three Valley Heads who were looking at him before going off to find He Mengxi and Da Zhuang.

"Little Junior Brother, why did you come out so late? Was your luck that bad?" He Mengxi subconsciously thought this.

She felt that if he had good luck, one more day or one less day would not make much of a difference to the span of three months.

Given the ability of her little junior brother, if not for his bad luck, there was no way he would have waited until now to leave.

After hearing Zhou Donghuang say "not bad," even the head of the Lightning Sword Sect, Yu Yucheng, had guessed that Zhou Donghuang's luck had been bad and that he had killed very few ultimate Dharma State beasts. A large part of the reason why was because Zhou Donghuang had left so late.

Hearing He Mengxi's words, Zhou Donghuang smiled bitterly. "It was all because I wanted to wait and see if I could meet you and Da Zhuang on the very last day. But I didn't expect you guys to leave first."

"To see if you could meet us?"

He Mengxi was confused.

"I also killed many mid Dharma beasts by accident. I kept their heads and wanted to give them to you… but I didn't expect you guys to leave before me," Zhou Donghuang said.

Unexpectedly, after hearing Zhou Donghuang's words, He Mengxi said with nonchalance written all over her face, "Aren't they just mid Dharma beast heads? That's nothing. One head can only accumulate ten points anyway. Only ten heads can match up to one late Dharma beast head."

"Judging from Third Senior Sister's words, your results were quite good this time."

Zhou Donghuang smiled and asked, "Third Senior Sister, how many beasts did you guys kill this time?"

"Allow us to keep that a secret from you."

He Mengxi chuckled and continued, "Da Zhuang and I have agreed to concentrate all our spoils on me alone. It probably won't be an issue for me to attain first place… When that happens, we'll definitely be able to get the Sky Sun Fruit that you want."

He Mengxi's words caused Zhou Donghuang's heart to tremble. He could not help but feel a bit touched.

"You guys didn't have to do that."

Zhou Donghuang smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Frankly, my results were not bad, either."

He knew that Da Zhuang definitely would not get any points this time. Now that he had given all his spoils to He Mengxi and they had handed over their space rings, it was definitely impossible for them to re-allocate their spoils even if they wanted to.

"Da Zhuang and I often went our separate ways to search for beasts and hunt them down. We had fairly good luck too."

He Mengxi smiled and said, "Your results alone definitely can't compare to us two. After gathering our spoils together, unless someone has particularly good luck… There would be no doubt at all."

At the Alliance Hunt, everyone wanted to rank as high as possible on the scoreboard.

So, apart from the small number of ultimate Dharma adepts, the remaining people could not possibly give someone else all their spoils even if they hunted beasts together on the Guiyao planet.

Situations like that of He Mengxi and Da Zhuang were extremely rare.

It had to be borne in mind that one's final ranking in the Alliance Hunt was extremely important to everyone. Even if they did not obtain any rewards at the time, they could still have priority to buy some precious core drugs at the Alliance Headquarters later if their results were not too bad. Those core drugs were also limited per beast head collected.

No matter how many points a person accumulated in the Alliance Hunt, he could buy only a bottle or a pill of some precious core drugs at the Alliance Headquarters.

It was precisely because of this that even among ultimate Dharma adepts, few people would give away all their spoils.

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Chapter 282: Vermilion Bird Dharma Power

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Suddenly, as if she had remembered something, He Mengxi said to Zhou Donghuang with a grave expression on her face, "By the way, Little Junior Brother… Twenty-two days ago, two Tiansong Sect disciples were the first to leave among the various sect disciples who participated in the Alliance Hunt. After making their exit, they brought us some news…

"Mo Yitian is dead!"

While listening to He Mengxi's earlier words, Zhou Donghuang had already guessed what she was going to say later. After all, Mo Yitian had died by his hands.

"There was another early Dharma Tiansong disciple who was killed together with Mo Yitian," He Mengxi said.

"Those two Tiansong disciples said that the killer's build and style of dress were both very similar to yours. He was also dressed in a piece of white clothing, but he wore a devil mask… if that person had not shown his Dharma Power, they would have thought that he was you."

At this, He Mengxi's gaze turned slightly strange as she looked at Zhou Donghuang. "They said that his Dharma Power was a Flying Beast Dharma Power that seemed to be covered in flames from head to toe. On top of that, he has grasped Dharma Power Control!"

Dharma Power Control.

It seemed that such an existence had never appeared in the history of the Hengliu galaxy.

However, in the present age of the Hengliu galaxy, although she did not know about other people, she knew three people who had grasped Dharma Power Control… one of them was none other than her little junior brother, Zhou Donghuang. As for the other two, they were herself and Da Zhuang.

While the training styles which she and Da Zhuang had switched to were different, they were both Deity-level training styles. After undergoing the change and after refining their Dharma Powers slightly, their Dharma Powers were nearly polished to perfection, and they could execute the legendary Dharma Power Control.

Of course, until now, forget about Dharma Power Control, she and Da Zhuang did not even dare to execute Dharma-body Integration in front of others.

The moment they showed the technique, people would definitely suspect that they had obtained incredible training styles. This would bring them calamity.

After all, many people in the Lightning Sword Sect knew what their abilities had been like in the past.

"Little Junior Brother, if not for the fact that your Dharma Power was different from that person's Dharma Power… I wouldn't be able to help myself from suspecting that that person was you," He Mengxi said softly.

Zhou Donghuang smiled faintly and did not respond. He knew that his third senior sister would definitely suspect him.

After all, when he had killed Mo Yitian, he had used his Vermilion Bird Dharma Power, which he had never shown in front of anyone. His Vermilion Bird Dharma Power had only broken through to the late Dharma Stage not long before the Alliance Hunt… So far, three out of his four divine beast Dharma Powers had all entered the late Dharma Stage.

His Black Turtle Dharma Power was the only one that had yet to breakthrough.

Once his Black Turtle Dharma Power had broken through, he could then start aiming for the ultimate Dharma Stage.

Before that, even if he wanted to aim for the ultimate Dharma Stage, he would be strong in will but weak in power. Because he could only advance further after all his four divine beast Dharma Powers had entered the late Dharma Stage… this was no different from when he had been in the Primal Core Stage.

"What's the response of the Tiansong Sect thus far?" Zhou Donghuang asked.

As this matter concerned Luo Qinghan, he could not help but ask.

"The Tiansong Sect Leader flew into a great rage on the spot. He was about to lead his men to the Guiyao planet to search for the person who had killed his disciple… Because everyone, whether it was him or the heads of the other sects, suspected that the killer was not from our Hengliu galaxy, but had appeared on the Guiyao planet by mistake. Because his level of practice had not reached the Primordial Soul Stage, none of the three mid Divine Transformation elders before him had discovered any trace of him," He Mengxi said.

"However, because the Alliance Hunt had not officially ended, the three mid Divine Transformation elders did not allow the head of the Tiansong Sect to enter at the time… they allowed him to enter only after the Alliance Hunt ended. However, before that, they had already sent many people and scattered them across the entire Guiyao planet. If anyone wanted to take advantage of the situation and leave, those highly-ranked members of the various sects would take action and capture that person.

"This was also to prevent Mo Yitian's murderer from leaving.

"This time, Mo Yitian is suspected of having been killed by a martial adept outside the Alliance. As the executives of the Alliance, the three seniors take this very seriously.

"Right now, we have the Lightning Sword Sect disciples here. The Sect Leader, my father and the rest are also in charge of monitoring this area. If anyone tries to seize the opportunity to leave, they will take action to intercept that person."

At this, He Mengxi glanced at the head of the Lightning Sword Sect and her father. Following her line of sight, she also swept her gaze across the other three Valley Heads of the four inner valleys.

"Senior Sister, could it be someone from one of the sects in the Alliance who took up his cudgels because he saw injustice being done?"

Da Zhuang rubbed the back of his head and asked.

"That's impossible!"

He Mengxi shook her head. "If someone from one of the sects in the Alliance did it, that person could not have killed Mo Yitian even if they could save Luo Qinghan… Everyone in the Alliance knows that Mo Yitian is the favorite of the Tiansong Sect Leader, Huang Chunqiu. Killing Mo Yitian is no different from killing his son!

"No one would be willing to be the target of the Tiansong Sect Leader's anger.

"Furthermore, even if he belonged to one of the sects in the Alliance, there's no way he would've let the other two Tiansong Sect disciples go after killing Mo Yitian and the other Tiansong Sect disciple… As the victim, Luo Qinghan may keep his identity a secret, but it's impossible that those two Tiansong Sect disciples would do the same.

"Most importantly… That person has grasped Dharma Power Control!

"In the history of the Hengliu galaxy, there has never been a Dharma adept who has grasped Dharma Power Control… Of course, that excludes us."

When she reached her last sentence, He Mengxi pressed her voice down very low once again. Her voice was as soft as a mosquito's. Only the two people leaning close to He Mengxi, Zhou Donghuang and Da Zhuang, could hear her.

"Summing up all of the above, we can conclude… that that person probably came from outside the Hengliu galaxy. On top of that, he may have a powerful background."

When she got to this point, He Mengxi's eyes narrowed slightly. "Those three elders have already greeted the Tiansong Sect Leader, Huang Chunqiu… If that person was just a non-affiliated practitioner, it wouldn't matter. But if he had a powerful background, even if he killed Mo Yitian, the Tiansong Sect wouldn't be allowed to take revenge.

"The Alliance wouldn't allow the Tiansong Sect to take revenge."

He Mengxi glanced at Zhou Donghuang. "Not every Dharma adept who knows the technique Dharma Power Control has had an 'extraordinary encounter' like you did… If people like this are not non-affiliated practitioners, they must have powerful backers. It may be a powerful sect or a powerful family.

"The Tiansong Sect can't afford to offend such an existence, nor can the Alliance… I'm afraid that even the two Transcendental Forces, the most powerful in the Hengliu galaxy, can't afford to offend them either.

"If such an existence wanted to destroy the Tiansong Sect and even the Alliance, there would be no difficulty in doing that at all!"

Zhou Donghuang did not expect to trigger this series of effects in wearing the mask and attacking with the use of the Vermilion Bird Dharma Power… However, judging from the current situation, the dust had settled completely.

As for what would happen to Luo Qinghan subsequently, he was not worried.

Luo Qinghan herself was a victim.

Also, before separating from Luo Qinghan, he had already told her what to say after leaving. The head of the Tiansong Sect would not be able to take his anger out on her in any way.

…

"Sect Leader Yu!"

A middle-aged man dressed in gray traveled from afar as fast as lightning. In the blink of an eye, he came before the head of the Lightning Sword Sect, Yu Yucheng. "The three assistant Alliance Leaders have given a command for all sects to leave behind two Primordial Soul adepts to monitor the situation here. If anyone tries to leave the Guiyao planet, they must capture that person but not hurt them.

As for the Sect Leaders and the various Dharma disciples of the sects, they are to head southwards for the announcement of the final results and rankings of the Alliance Hunt.

Sect Leader Yu, please make the arrangements… I still have to inform the other Sect Leaders. I'll take my leave first."

The gray-robed middle-aged man came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

And after he left, Yu Yucheng immediately gave the command for the Summer Valley Head and the Winter Valley Head to stand guard here. He took the Spring Valley Head, the Autumn Valley Head and a group of Dharma disciples southwards to join the various Sect Leaders and Dharma disciples, where they would announce the final results and rankings of the Alliance Hunt.

"Little Junior Brother, what I said was correct, right? Once it's time, someone will notify us to go over."

He Mengxi smiled and looked at Zhou Donghuang.

Long before the gray-robed middle-aged man had appeared, when the Alliance Hunt was nearly ending, and the various sect disciples were still scattered across the Guiyao planet, Zhou Donghuang could not help but feel perplexed. How were the various sect disciples even going to take out their spoils for the announcement of the final results and rankings for the Alliance Hunt?

At the time, He Mengxi said that someone would notify them to go over.

Now, someone had indeed come.

When the three of them—Zhou Donghuang, He Mengxi and Da Zhuang—followed the troop of Lightning Sword Sect disciples southwards, in no time, they saw the crowd gathered in the distance. It was a grand sight of at least hundreds of people.

Furthermore, the number of people was continuously increasing.

By the time Zhou Donghuang and the other Lightning Sword Sect disciples reached the crowd, there were already more than a thousand people.

"Tiansong Sect Leader!"

Zhou Donghuang casually swept his eyes across his surroundings. Very soon after, he caught sight of the Tiansong Sect Leader, Huang Chunqiu standing not too far away. He was leading a group of people from the Tiansong Sect. Standing in the distance, the benign expression that was usually on his face now appeared gloomy beyond compare.

In the group of people from the Tiansong Sect he saw the two people whom he had deliberately let off a year ago on the Guiyao planet.

"Sect Leader, the people from the Jihan Sect are here!"

Just when Zhou Donghuang's gaze had landed on the crowd of people from the Tiansong Sect, one of the Tiansong Sect disciples gazed into the distant sky and cried out in surprise to Sect Leader Huang Chunqiu.

Hearing this, Huang Chunqiu's gaze immediately shot out like lightning.

At this moment, Zhou Donghuang also saw a row of people from the Jihan Sect. They were heading over here in a grand fashion, led by the Jihan Sect Leader, Meng Yuping. Luo Qinghan, who used to be at the very back of the group of people from the Jihan Sect was now trailing right behind Meng Yuping.

"Luo Qinghan!"

Huang Chunqiu vaulted into the sky as if he had transformed into a flash of lightning. In the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of the group from the Jihan Sect. He blocked Meng Yuping's path and stared at Luo Qinghan behind her with an electrifying gaze.

"Who exactly was the one who killed my disciple Mo Yitian?" Huang Chunqiu asked in a low voice.

"Sect Leader Huang, don't forget… Who was the real victim in front of your disciple, Mo Yitian!"

Although Meng Yuping and Huang Chunqiu had known each other for a long time and had some friendly ties with one another, it made her very angry when one of her Jihan Sect disciples was nearly disgraced in this incident. Her words were laced with an unfriendly tone. She no longer cared about her friendly ties with Huang Chunqiu.

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Chapter 283: What a pity that it's not you

When the two disciples of the Tiansong Sect had come out, they had not shared what Mo Yitian had done. They had merely said that Mo Yitian had allowed them to leave and that other than Mo Yitian and Yuan Zheng, there was also Luo Qinghan, a disciple of the Jihan Sect, present.

However, after one analyzed the words of the other disciples of the Tiansong Sect, who had been previously asked to leave by Mo Yitian a few days ago, the situation of the past was not hard to imagine.

Mo Yitian and Yuan Zheng must have had had an issue with Luo Qinghan.

As for the details, a few of the disciples of the Tiansong Sect were aware of them but did not dare to share.

As for the person who had tried to obliterate Mo Yitian and Yuan Zheng, he was a young man who was dressed in white and had worn a mask to conceal his identity. This was definitely someone who wanted to be a hero and come to Luo Qinghan's rescue and had thus acted out of rage to save Luo Qinghan.

The entire situation could be summed up as Luo Qinghan being a victim.

If one wanted to be blunt, it could be said that even if Mo Yitian and Yuan Zheng were to die, it would be their own fault.

However, the disciples of the Tiansong Sect did not dare to run their mouths. Because of this, the Sect Leader, Huang Chunqiu, had insisted that his disciple, Mo Yitian, had at most only discussed Dharma Power training with Luo Qinghan and could not have had any evil intentions in mind.

Yet, everyone knew that he was covering up for Mo Yitian.

"Sect Leader Meng, I was too hasty."

Huang Chunqiu had, of course, recognized that he had been too biased against Luo Qinghan in this matter and immediately softened his stance. He spoke in a conciliatory tone, "Sect Leader Meng, I would like to ask your sect disciple, Luo Qinghan, some questions regarding the attempted murder of my disciple, Mo Yitian… I wonder if that would be convenient?"

Seeing as Huang Chunqiu was conciliatory, Meng Yuping knew that she had to give him some face as well. In any case, they had a cordial relationship before. Meng Yuping thus quickly found Luo Qinghan to ask for her opinion. "Luo Qinghan, share what you know with me and do not hide or omit any details."

In reality, while Sect Leader Meng was on the way to find Luo Qinghan, she had already heard of the matter and knew of what Mo Yitian had planned to do.

At that moment, many disciples of the Jihan Sect had been extremely enraged about the matter. However, as the Sect Leader of the Jihan Sect, she had to contain her anger but secretly scolded and cursed at Mo Yitian in her head.

Because of this, once the Sect Leader of the Tiansong Sect, Huang Chunqiu, had spoken hastily, she had put aside their good relations and retaliated fiercely!

"Yes, Sect Leader."

Luo Qinghan acknowledged Sect Leader Meng and turned neutrally to glance at Huang Chunqiu. "Sect Leader Huang, I met your disciple, Yuan Zheng, on the Guiyao planet a month ago. He…"

Seeing as Luo Qinghan seemed to be ready to share all details of the matter, Huang Chunqiu's face changed as he had already been made aware of the issues of the past through his own disciples of the Tiansong Sect. He immediately interrupted Luo Qinghan and said, "I don't require the details of the matter.

"I only require information on the attempted murder of my disciple, Mo Yitian, and the nature of his murderer."

Was this a joke?

At this point, those who were present include those of several sects in the Alliance. If Luo Qinghan really shared on what his disciple, Mo Yitian had done, his disciple would be doomed as he would definitely be criticized by all.

"Hmph!"

After guessing the true intentions of Huang Chunqiu, the Sect Leader of the Jihan Sect, Sect Leader Meng could not help but scoff aloud. However, being respectful of their previous relations, Sect Leader Meng did not directly expose Sect Leader Huang but instead spoke to Luo Qinghan. "Luo Qinghan, just share on what you know about the murderer."

"Yes, Sect Leader."

Luo Qinghan acknowledged her Sect Leader's words again. This time, Huang Chunqiu glanced at Sect Leader Meng with a deeply grateful and regretful look before looking at Luo Qinghan again.

Now, those who were present included three mid Divine Transformation adepts from the Alliance. These were the three Deputy Alliance Leaders, and their attention also landed on Luo Qinghan… After all, they were all aware of the matter of Mo Yitian, a disciple of the Tiansong Sect and Sect Leader Huang, who had been murdered.

At this point, their curiosity was aroused as well as to what kind of person the murderer had been.

"I am not familiar with the murderer."

Luo Qinghan seemed to ignore the heavy glance that Huang Chunqiu had cast upon her and spoke neutrally despite his clear bias. She spoke in a clear and unhurried way, "After he killed Mo Yitian and saved me, he asked me why so many people had appeared on the Guiyao planet."

After hearing that the person in question had saved Luo Qinghan, Huang Chunqiu furrowed his brows. Wasn't this implicitly saying that his disciple, Mo Yitian, had had evil intentions against her?

Nevertheless, Luo Qinghan had already spoken, and the words could not be recalled. He could only cast a warning glance in the direction of Luo Qinghan.

Luo Qinghan maintained her steady composure and continued speaking as if she had not seen Huang Chunqiu's change in expression. "I told him the reason. Afterward, he wanted to help me kill beasts in the hunt to accumulate more points. However, I rejected his proposal.

"Seeing as I had rejected him, he did not leave but instead insisted on following me."

At this point, many people nodded to themselves secretly.

Seeing as Luo Qinghan was an immense beauty, for many males, if they had saved such a girl, they would not have let her go so easily.

After all, as heroes, it would be easier for them to curry favor with her.

"I directly asked him if he had any romantic interest for me, and he admitted that he was interested in me. Afterward, I told him that I was already engaged.

Luo Qinghan ended her story calmly by saying. "He felt awkward and left afterward."

"That's it?"

Huang Chunqiu furrowed his brows.

"That's all."

"Did he remove his mask? Did he reveal his identity?"

"Before he could share further on himself, I had already rejected him."

Towards Luo Qinghan's response, Huang Chunqiu was rendered speechless as he could not find any fault with it.

However, he could still question Luo Qinghan further on why she had not stopped the murderer and asked for him to reveal his face or his identity before letting him leave.

One had to know that in this entire matter, Luo Qinghan had been the primary victim after all.

"Sect Leader Huang."

At this point, Sect Leader Meng, who had asked for Luo Qinghan to speak, glanced at Huang Chunqiu. "With what Luo Qinghan had shared, this mysterious figure should probably still be on the Guiyao planet.

"I think… You can make use of the fact that the Alliance Hunt is still ongoing to pay the planet a visit. Perhaps you would be able to find him.

"Seeing as there are many disciples of the other sects still around on the Guiyao planet, it would be hard for him to disappear… However, once the Alliance Hunt ends, without the presence of others who will be able to help you surround the planet, it will be harder to catch him."

At this point, Meng Yuping's gaze had become more intense as well.

Hearing this, Huang Chunqiu's face changed. Other than leaving behind a group of Dharma stage disciples, he brought a few of the high-level disciples of the Tiansong Sect and flew hurriedly into the skies towards the Guiyao planet and prepared to enter.

"Elder Qingshan, Elder Ti Luo, and I will explore the Guiyao planet to see if we can help the sect to identify this mysterious man… You can stay here!"

Among the three of the mid Divine Transformation elders, one spoke up.

He then left with the remaining elder towards the Guiyao planet at the speed of lightning that far surpassed that of Huang Chunqiu's group.

Where the people of the Thunder Sword Sect were, He Mengxi whispered quietly under her breath to Zhou Donghuang. "Those two elders must have entered the Guiyao planet for reasons other than helping out the people of the Tiansong Sect… They must fear that if they find who they are looking for, they will kill him.

"If the person were to be of significant status and were to die here, it would not only cause trouble for the Tiansong Sect but also for the Alliance!

"As Deputy Alliance Leaders, they would not allow that to happen.

"The honor of the sects in the Alliance is shared and linked. If the Tiansong Sect were to be doomed, other sects, including our Thunder Sword Sect, would follow suit and be troubled as well."

He Mengxi's words were indeed valid and hit the nail on the head.

Zhou Donghuang nodded. However, his gaze landed on Luo Qinghan, and this gaze was one of extreme bafflement… Luo Qinghan had not handled the situation and Huang Chunqiu the way that he had expected her to.

According to his predictions, Luo Qinghan could have said that Zhuge Haotian had followed her insistently and helped her kill beasts along the way, allowing her to gain many extra points in this Alliance Hunt.

As for those points, they would still be useful for her even though she had received help.

As long as the external helper was below the Divine Transformation stage, aid rendered did not flout the rules of the Alliance Hunt.

Furthermore, no one could ascertain whether the beasts were injured by an external party but still ultimately killed at the hands of Luo Qinghan.

This would be very hard to verify.

Because of this, no one would object to extra points being allocated to Luo Qinghan.

However, he had not expected for Luo Qinghan to change her story when facing Huang Chunqiu. "I can't believe this… surely she is not planning to give up this opportunity to be one of the top scorers of the Alliance Hunt?"

Zhou Donghuang was clear that since Luo Qinghan had spoken those words, it would no longer be convenient for her to present the brains of the beasts that he had helped her kill. This was because the sheer amount of it would be suspicious, and there would definitely be dissenters who suspected the true identity of the person who had helped her.

In that case, her story would then be nitpicked and questioned as well.

Similarly, because of this, Zhou Donghuang had taught Luo Qinghan to mention that person's name in front of Huang Chunqiu, and highlight that the person in question was from the big Zhuge family from another galaxy. Furthermore, he taught her to say that the family had other Immortal adepts… The Zhuge family that he was talking about was actually real and was the family of his biological mother, Zhuge Jing, and there were indeed Immortals within the family.

If Luo Qinghan mentioned this, other than the Tiansong Sect Leader, even the three mid Divine Transformation adepts who were in charge of this year's Alliance Hunt would not dare to try and visit the Guiyao planet to hunt such a significant person down.

"What a stubborn girl… Could it be that she feels like she would owe me a favor if she used the beasts that I killed to accumulate points for herself? Furthermore, would she not be willing to owe me anything?"

At this point, thinking about this matter, Zhou Donghuang felt frustrated.

Zhou Donghuang glanced at Luo Qinghan, and Luo Qinghan naturally could sense this. However, she merely glanced quickly back at Zhou Donghuang before looking away, and she sighed internally to herself in her heart, "What a pity that it wasn't you…"

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Chapter 284: Baili Feiyang

"If he were to know that I did not follow his instructions after I came out and transferred my points to others… He would definitely think that he had wasted his time instructing me…"

Luo Qinghan glanced meaningfully at Zhou Donghuang yet again. It was a similar body type, and the white clothes were almost identical as well. Looking at Zhou Donghuang made her think of yet another figure dressed in white. If she imagined Zhou Donghuang wearing a face mask, he would look almost like the former figure.

Of course, she believed that Zhou Donghuang and Zhuge Haotian were two different people.

Zhou Donghuang's Dharma Power was the Giant Tiger Dharma Power.

Zhuge Haotian's Dharma Power was the Flying Beast Dharma Power.

These two Dharma Powers were extremely different in many ways and did not overlap.

"I hope if he found out what I did, he would understand why… Not only do I not want to continue owing him, but I also do not want to ruin his reputation," Luo Qinghan mused to herself internally.

…

Seeing as two of the mid Divine Transformation adepts of the Alliance Hunt, as well as Huang Chunqiu and the people of the Tiansong Sect had left, the remaining mid Divine Transformation adepts caught the attention of the bystanders by speaking up.

"I think that almost everyone from the 52 sects of the Alliance is here.

"Next up, for all disciples, once you hear me call your sect's name, come up before me and take out all the brains of the beasts you have killed and stored in your space rings. This presentation will allow us to tabulate your points and create the rankings.

"For the beasts within the Guiyao planet, within three months of its death, the brain will still have a lingering amount of active Spirit energy… After three months, the Spirit energy remaining within the brain will completely disappear.

"In this case, if anyone tries to cheat and present any brains from their space ring that do not contain any hint of Spirit energy, that means that they smuggled this brain into their space ring before the Alliance Hunt commenced. This is considered cheating, and you will be disqualified from the rankings and point tabulation."

After speaking, the elder's gaze turned to the middle-aged man who was standing beside him.

"Let's start."

The disciples were all aware of the strict rules of the Alliance, and thus no one dared to try any silly attempts to cheat.

After hearing the elder speak, no one was shocked that they had expected such penalties for cheating.

"Yes, Deputy Alliance Leader."

This middle-aged man was clearly the person in charge of tabulating scores for this season of the Alliance Hunt. His gaze quickly and first landed on the group of people from the sect nearest to him. With a clear voice, he called out, "Now, Dharma adepts of the Colored Glass Sect, please step forward."

Among the 52 elite sects of the Alliance, the Colored Glass Sect was one of the top sects within the Hengliu galaxy.

This time, out of the 40 Dharma adepts from the Colored Glass Sect that had been nominated, there were only 30 who had emerged from the Guiyao planet. Out of the remaining ten, about eight or nine of them had been killed on the Guiyao planet… As for the survivors, they were probably stuck behind for some reason or another. Nevertheless, they would all be disqualified from the Alliance Hunt, and their points would not be counted.

Once the disciples of the Colored Glass Sect headed forward, someone took the space rings from them and allowed them to present the brains from within. Afterwards, another person was in charge of recording their achievements and awarding scores.

"6812 points!"

The attention of the people from the other sects was previously directed towards the massive group of Colored Glass Sect disciples, but now it landed on one disciple in particular. One of the elders of the Alliance Hunt, who was in charge of recording down the scores, could not help but exclaim out loud, "Truly a stunning disciple of the younger generation of the Colored Glass Sect, what great results!"

6812 points?

After hearing this announcement by the elder, the surrounding disciples of the other sects also shouted out, "What a high score! Is that the result gained by the Colored Glass Sect's disciple, Ximen Wanwan?"

"She is really the most skilled out of the younger generation of disciples in the Colored Glass Sect… In the sect, only Ximen Wanwan could earn this title!"

"It's amazing that this girl, Ximen Wanwan, not only managed to prove herself in the Colored Glass Sect and gained the recognition of being the most talented among the younger generation of the sect but also managed to receive such outstanding results in this round of the Alliance Hunt! If I recall correctly, in the previous hunt, the best results out of the disciples of the Colored Glass Sect was only about 5000 points!"

"Such results will definitely be among the top 30 of this season's Alliance Hunt!"

"If tabulated within the last Alliance Hunt, it would have been among the top 30 as well!"

…

As the disciples of the various sects exclaimed out loud, He Mengxi also introduced this particular disciple to Zhou Donghuang. "Ximen Wanwan is the daughter of the Colored Glass Sect Leader and is one of the most exemplary disciples within the Hengliu galaxy… If I compare my past self to her, I would be incomparable!

"Even after I've adjusted my style of training, my personal scores still cannot exceed hers."

He Mengxi appeared to be somewhat disheartened.

"Senior, didn't we talk about this before? The Alliance Hunt does not only measure ability but is also dependent on luck. She must have been luckier than you this time around."

Before Zhou Donghuang could speak, Da Zhuang had already spoken up first to comfort He Mengxi. After changing to the Fiery Thunder Training Regimen, Da Zhuang's brain had also become much more active than before. He was no longer slow and could think at the speed of an average person.

Of course, as compared to others, who had gained more Spirit energy from their training, he was still not on par.

About half a minute later, the results for the disciples of the Colored Glass Sect had all been tabulated and recorded. At this point, the middle-aged man who was in charge of the overall rankings spoke up again and called for a sect close to him to step forward.

For this sect's Dharma adepts, the top scorer only had a score of 5600 points. Although that was above average, however, it seemed inadequate after the reveal of Ximen Wanwan's high score on behalf of the Colored Glass Sect. Few people took note of the scores of the disciples of this sect as they were not extraordinary.

Instead, the crowd anticipated the results of uncalled sects.

"I wonder how many sects have to go up before any other disciple can get a higher score than Ximen Wanwan of the Colored Glass Sect."

Many people were anticipating the next high score.

Half a minute later, the third sect was called forward for the tabulation of scores. There was one person who had a score that came close to that of Ximen Wanwan. However, he missed her score by a hundred or so points. Nevertheless, although it was still lower, these points could still easily land this disciple into the top 30.

"It's time for the Red Leaves Sect!"

Once the fourth sect's disciples were called up, the crowd's attention was captured. All their gazes slowly landed onto a particular disciple out of the 30 disciples of the Red Leaves Sect, who had stepped forward.

This was a young man of an average build, and his hair was extremely messy. He was wearing robes that were old and tattered, and he seemed slightly unkempt. However, most of the crowd glanced at him with looks of admiration.

"That's the top disciple of the younger generation of the Red Leaves Sect, Baili Feiyang."

He Mengxi casually introduced this figure to Zhou Donghuang. "If one were to say that Ximen Wanwan is seen as mystical and someone to admire in the Tiansong Sect, well… He is ranked even higher than that in the eyes of all the youngsters of the Alliance. He is definitely seen as someone better than Ximen Wanwan and Mo Yitian.

"Before he crossed to the late Dharma stage, he had already mastered the method of Dharma-body integration and is one of the few ingenious talents to ever emerge from the Red Leaves Sect.

"This year, he just turned 30 years old."

With such an over-the-top introduction by He Mengxi, Zhou Donghuang could not help but follow her gaze and look at Baili Feiyang with a look of admiration.

This was not because he was shocked at Baili Feiyang's results. He was more surprised that these results could have come about even though Baili Feiyang lived in such a backward galaxy, such as the Hengliu galaxy.

If such a figure was able to train in a galaxy that had abundant resources, his results would definitely be even more impressive at this point.

"8130 points!"

Once Baili Feiyang's results were announced, it naturally caused a stir among the entire crowd. Be it Dharma disciples of the Thunder Sword Sect or the others, everyone was shocked, and their eyes widened. "My goodness! More than 8000 points?"

"In the previous Alliance Hunt, the top scorer also only gained about 8000 points! Although he has a few hundred more points, the gap should still be taken into account."

"Baili Feiyang is truly the elite disciple of the Red Leaves Sect!"

…

Towards the shouts by the audience, Baili Feiyang maintained a calm expression and was indifferent towards the looks of admiration that the audience gave him as he stepped down.

"Little brother, this Baili Feiyang's composure and personality are rather similar to yours… Like you, he always has on a stoic and stern expression."

Towards He Mengxi's words, Zhou Donghuang was somewhat speechless.

Once the results of the Red Leaves Sect's disciple, Baili Feiyang's results were released, the entire crowd was extremely shocked. Other than the disciples, even the Sect Leaders of the various sects were shocked as well. This was an outstanding result that was considered excellent even when compared to past results of previous Alliance Hunts.

At this point, the Thunder Sword Sect Leader glanced at Zhou Donghuang with a dark look and sighed.

It was very obvious that, due to Zhou Donghuang's previous state, he had assumed that Zhou Donghuang did not perform well and would not receive a score that would exceed Baili Feiyang's.

However, if Zhou Donghuang and Baili Feiyang fought a fair battle, he believed that Zhou Donghuang would not be weaker than Baili Feiyang… Besides, even Baili Feiyang could not defeat Mo Yitian so easily, just like Zhou Donghuang had.

"Baili Feiyang is really one of the most talented youngsters of the entire Alliance… Looking at his results, it is clear that he had good luck during the hunt on the Guiyao planet as well… As long as other talented individuals did not have as much good luck, he will definitely be the top scorer for this season!"

A random disciple from an unspecified sect shouted out his commentary of the events, and this comment was overheard by a few sharp-eared disciples of the Thunder Sword Sect.

"The most talented of the young generation?"

"With our Thunder Sword Sect's Zhou Donghuang, Baili Feiyang will still lose in terms of skill and power!"

"Exactly! Our Zhou Donghuang could easily defeat Mo Yitian and destroy him… Baili Feiyang is indeed talented, but could he possibly have defeated Mo Yitian like Zhou Donghuang did?"

The disciples among the Thunder Sword Sect whispered among themselves, and they clearly did not believe a word that the other disciple had said.

At this point, some of the Dharma disciples of the Yunyue Sect, who were nearby, also added to the commentary. "Although Baili Feiyang and the rest of them are rather impressive, he is no longer considered to be the most talented member of the younger generation… The most talented of the younger generation is Zhou Donghuang! He is a disciple of the Thunder Sword Sect, and he is truly unbeatable!"

"Yes… He managed to avoid getting hurt even after allowing Mo Yitian three attempts to attack him first. And yet, he managed to defeat Mo Yitian after only one move."

"Who else in the Alliance and of the Late Dharma stage would be able to do such a thing? Especially for disciples who are younger than 30 years old?"

"Be it those who are below 30 or even below 35, no one else could possibly do such a thing!"

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Chapter 285: Unlucky

The disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect and the Yunyue Sect continued their animated discussion and spoke freely. For those who were unfamiliar with the context of the situation, they would have assumed that these praises were a favor to Zhou Donghuang and intended for public notice.

Nevertheless, needless to say, such loud gossip of such an exciting topic was definitely useful.

After a while, the people of the elite sects who were present all realized what they were discussing.

"Zhou Donghuang?"

Towards this disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect, most were familiar with his name,

This was especially so for the Thunder Knife Sect Leader, who was present today, as well as the Dharma disciples of the Thunder Knife Sect, who had followed their Sect Leader to visit the Lightning Sword Sect in the past. They all had a basic understanding of Zhou Donghuang.

Of course, this understanding they had was also limited to the past.

Now, they were not updated on Zhou Donghuang at all.

Of course, they had vaguely assumed that within the short period of two years, Zhou Donghuang had indeed improved, but such improvements could not be too significant.

"He gave Mo Yitian three chances to attack, and he did not even manage to touch him once! However, after the three strikes, he managed to kill Mo Yitian in one strike!"

Among the crowd of Thunder Knife Sect disciples, after hearing that the Lightning Sword Sect and Yunyue Sect were discussing the topic of Zhou Donghuang, they had first assumed they were still comparable. Among these disciples, there was also Han Yuzheng, who had planned to compare scores with Zhou Donghuang. At this point, they were all baffled and wide-eyed.

Han Yuzheng had been a part of the group that the Thunder Knife Sect Leader had brought to the Lightning Sword Sect. He was known as one of the rare geniuses out of the group of Dharma disciples within the last hundred years of the Tielao planet. He was supposed to have crushed the Lightning Sword Sect on behalf of the Thunder Knife Sect.

At that point, the Thunder Knife Sect Leader had indeed intended to use Han Yuzheng to show off to the Lightning Sword Sect.

The Thunder Knife Sect had never dreamt that the Lightning Sword Sect would have a young disciple comparable in age to Han Yuzheng, who was far more skilled and talented even though they were both at the mid Dharma stage.

That time, the disciples of the Thunder Knife Sec had been arrogant and intense when they had set out but had returned pitifully and shamed.

Two years had passed, and Han Yuzheng had managed to enter the late Dharma stage. He had also improved his Dharma Power and managed to master Dharma-body integration. He was confident that he would not lose if he met Zhou Donghuang yet again.

However, he had not heard of the juicy piece of gossip that the disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect and Yunyue Sect were delivering.

At first, many did not believe this piece of information.

However, with the confirmation of the Jihan Sect Leader and his disciples as well as the lack of refutation by the Tiansong Sect disciples, including Han Yuzheng, it was hard to not believe this matter.

"I had originally assumed that this time, I could prove my worth. It seems as though that's impossible now."

Han Yuzheng had on a bitter expression, and his gaze became clouded as well.

What was the point of him training hard for the last two years and training his Dharma Power without holding back? The whole point had been for him to salvage his reputation for when he next met Zhou Donghuang.

He had not even managed to do so before such juicy news had been spread.

Mo Yitian, who was known as the top adept of the Tiansong Sect's younger generation, was a late Dharma adept who had managed to master the Dharma-body integration… Even with his training, if he had to face Mo Yitian, Han Yuzheng would tie with him at best.

Furthermore, Mo Yitian had entered the late Dharma stage earlier than him and had mastered the Dharma-body integration earlier than him as well.

Even such a person had been badly defeated by Zhou Donghuang.

With such a commotion, Zhou Donghuang once again became the center of attention among the crowd.

At first, some people did not respect Zhou Donghuang and even floated to the skies to take a good long look at him from a distance, as if they wanted to see what this famous disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect and the Hengliu galaxy looked like.

Of course, the past doings of Zhou Donghuang were nothing compared to the present shocking news.

"If this is true… This Zhou Donghuang may very well be the most talented youngster out of all our elite sects of the Alliance!"

"If that is true… Other than him being the strongest within the Alliance itself, even those of the two Transcendental Forces may be unable to win him over. There are few stronger people… or it could even be said that there are none."

"As of now, the strongest of the younger generation has always been assumed to be the Tiansong Sect's Mo Yitian. Even Ximen Wanwan of the Colored Glass Sect can only be second in line behind him… The first level also includes a few others, including Baili Feiyang of the Red Leaves Sect. However, even someone like Baili Feiyang would probably not challenge Mo Yitian to strike him with three attacks and would definitely not be able to use a single attack to defeat him!"

"A new talent is possibly going to rise up among the Alliance disciples from the Hengliu galaxy…"

…

Upon hearing the words that were being whispered from ear to ear, Luo Qinghan, who was standing within a crowd of people, gazed into the distance and could not help but feel a flash of sadness.

He was like a jewel gleaming in the night, mysterious and alluring.

As for her, she was like a piece of broken stone hiding in the corner, ignored by all.

She was far too different from him as if they were from two different worlds.

"One day… I will eventually catch up to you."

Suddenly, Luo Qinghan remembered that Deity's Tribulation practice method, the Thousand-Star Sword Technique, that Zhuge Haotian had left behind for her in the past. The glossiness and emptiness in her eyes were suddenly replaced by a look of deep confidence.

"That fellow is Zhou Donghuang from the Lightning Sword Sect?"

Now, even the highest-ranking in status present now had on a brightened look and was gazing into the distance at Zhou Donghuang. This was the mid Divine Transformation elder and one of the Deputy Alliance Leaders.

It was clear that he was interested in Zhou Donghuang.

Afterwards, the elder turned to look at the middle-aged man standing a short distance away, who was in charge of recording scores and tabulating the rankings and spoke to him. After hearing the elder's words, the middle-aged man's eyes lit up, and he nodded profusely.

"Can the disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect step forward for the tabulation of scores?"

Once the middle-aged man spoke, his voice was dripping with essential core and was clear and ringing, echoing in the ears of all present.

The crowd was deathly quiet in an instant. After regaining their composure, their eyes all lit up.

Even the Red Leaves Sect disciple, Baili Feiyang, who had just received his scores, finally showed some interest on his previously neutral face, and his eyes shone with curiosity.

He was also curious as to how many points Zhou Donghuang, whom the crowd had perceived to be better than him, had managed to achieve.

Of course, everyone else was interested in this as well. The disciples from the Thunder Knife Sect were especially excited. On the other hand, the Lightning Sword Sect Leader was unable to excite himself at all, and he had on an extremely bitter smile on his face.

He had assumed that Zhou Donghuang was extremely unlucky and did not manage to kill many beasts on the Guiyao planet.

In the end, he could only grit his teeth and lead his sect disciples to the front.

The crowd immediately parted themselves to create a path for the Lightning Sword Sect disciples to step forward, and no one blocked their path. All of their eyes shone with curiosity and anticipation.

It was clear that they all wanted to know how the perceived strongest youngster of the Alliance, Zhou Donghuang, had fared in the Alliance Hunt.

Not long after the disciples of the Autumn Leaves Sect had stepped down, a sly young man dressed in luxurious cotton and holding a folding fan came over to where Baili Feiyang was. "Baili Feiyang, at this point, you should have been the center of attention… However, this attention has been snatched away by that Zhou Donghuang of the Lightning Sword Sect.

"How many points do you think he scored?"

The young man smiled craftily.

"We shall see," Baili Feiyang replied coolly.

"You seem rather calm."

The young man shook his head and smiled. "This time, my points will probably be a little higher than yours… If his exceeds mine in this hunt, then you would not even be in second place anymore."

Baili Feiyang seemed disturbed by these words, and he looked at this young man in shock. "Hu Jingshan, it seems your luck has been good this time."

He questioned himself internally whether his luck had been good. He had not thought that the other party's luck would be comparable.

Hu Jingshan was a disciple of the Taichong Gate and was seen to be the most talented among their young disciples. Among the Alliance, he was on par with Baili Feiyang in terms of many factors, including age and talent.

"Zhou Donghuang…"

As the Lightning Sword Sect Leader Yu Yucheng brought his disciples forward, among the crowd which had created a path for them, a young man was glaring stonily at Zhou Donghuang, who was walking with the rest of the disciples.

Sensing an unfriendly gaze landing upon him, Zhou Donghuang turned and immediately recognized the owner of this gaze. "It's him!"

Towards this person, he had a vague impression.

He had first met this person on the Guiyao planet when they were facing a pair of ultimate Dharma stage twin beasts. With the person being useless, he eventually had to take action to kill both beasts and had kept their brains.

Before leaving, this person had asked if they could share the rewards, but he had ignored him.

The man had not contributed at all and yet wanted to share the rewards?

What a joke!

"Damn it!"

Seeing as Zhou Donghuang was merely staring back coolly, he retracted his hostile gaze. This disciple was Zhong Chengcai of the Yuanyin Order, and his facial expression soured further as he felt humiliated… This Zhou Donghuang had dared to ignore him!

At this moment, under the watchful gaze of the crowd, the people of the Lightning Sword Sect finally reached the front of the group.

Once they reached the front, a few of the Sect Leaders who were standing in the first row immediately greeted the Lightning Sword Sect Leader, Yu Yucheng. "Sect Leader Yu, your Lightning Sword Sect's luck is really rather excellent! With a disciple such as Zhou Donghuang… This time, the top scorer of the Alliance Hunt will surely be him!"

"Sect Leader Yu, congratulations in advance!"

"Sect Leader Yu, your sect really came prepared this time!"

…

Towards the passionate praises of the various Sect Leaders, Yu Yucheng had on a bittersweet expression. "I'm afraid we are about to disappoint all of you… Our Lightning Sword Sect's Zhou Donghuang did not really have much luck when he entered the Guiyao planet this time."

Once Yu Yucheng had spoken, the other sect leaders froze. However, unmistakable joy flashed through their eyes even as they spoke reassuringly, "Ah… That's rather unfortunate."

"Sect Leader Yu, even if Zhou Donghuang is unable to enter the top ten scorers of this hunt, it does not mean much… The Alliance Hunt does not only evaluate talent but also includes one's luck."

"Sect Leader Yu, the rankings of the Alliance Hunt cannot diminish Zhou Donghuang's good reputation."

…

Although the other sect leaders offered words of consolation, internally, they were actually rejoicing.

What was the use of the Lightning Sword Sect having such a talented and outstanding disciple?

If his luck was not good, he would still be unable to prove himself at the Alliance Hunt in the end!

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Chapter 286: Baili Feiyang Has Lost!

"Zhou Donghuang was unlucky this time?"

Furthermore, these words had been personally uttered by the Lightning Sword Sect Leader to the other Sect Leaders?

These words were passed from ear to ear, and almost everyone present was made aware of this matter. "It seems as though this time, it will be hard for Zhou Donghuang to be among the top scorers of the Alliance Hunt."

"I originally assumed that his score would exceed Baili Feiyang's and surprise everyone… Well, it seems we have overestimated him."

"What a pity, what a pity… He has such shocking talents, and yet he will not be able to gain any benefits for himself in the hunt this time."

"It seems as though Baili Feiyang still has a chance of being the top scorer in the hunt this time, then!"

…

Many people seemed disappointed and sighed at the news.

As for Hu Jingshan, who was standing beside Baili Feiyang, his face first had on a look of confusion before he smiled and spoke to Baili Feiyang, "It seems that it will still be possible for you to be second this time!"

This time, Baili Feiyang chose to ignore these mocking words.

"Luo Qinghan, it seems as though this time, your man won't have many points… He may even lose to me!"

A disciple of the Jihan Sect, the Sect Leader Meng Yuping's daughter, Zhong Feng, had somehow materialized by Luo Qinghan's side and was spouting some infuriating nonsense with a gloating smile on her face.

Previously, Zhong Feng had been extremely jealous when Mo Yitian of the Tiansong Sect had declared that it was love at first sight after meeting Luo Qinghan, as she had liked Mo Yitian for a long time.

Now, Mo Yitian had died due to his attempt to get close to Luo Qinghan, so she hated Luo Qinghan further. She felt that Mo Yitian would have dated and married her instead if he had not died early… Now that Mo Yitian was dead, all her hopes and dreams were dashed.

In such a situation, when she thought about the fact that Luo Qinghan was Zhou Donghuang's woman, she began to feel an overwhelming sense of jealousy.

Under such circumstances, she finally had a chance to hurt Luo Qinghan while she was down and would naturally not miss this chance.

However, Luo Qinghan ignored Zhong Feng and did not respond at all, no matter how Zhong Feng glared at her with a look of absolute hatred.

"His luck was not good?"

Now, even the most authoritative figure there, the Deputy Alliance Leader and the mid Divine Transformation elder, had on a look of disappointment on his face after hearing the words of Lightning Sword Sect Leader Yu Yucheng.

As for the middle-aged man who had intended to count up Zhou Donghuang's results first, he chose not to speak and instead instructed the staff under him to follow the line-up order and start tabulating the scores.

Zhou Donghuang stood with He Mengxi and Da Zhuang towards the back.

As the results were being tabulated, the disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect all received average results that were not that noticeable. The attention of the crowd slowly waned, and they did not really focus on the sect's disciples as they were no longer interested in Zhou Donghuang's scores.

Since his luck was bad, it could be inferred that he did not accumulate many points. He would then probably be defeated by Baili Feiyang of the Red Leaves Sect and even by Ximen Wanwan of the Colored Glass Sect!

His own disciples had gone up only to receive average results, and his sect was losing the interest of the crowd. This, along with hearing the repeated condolences of the neighboring Sect Leaders, caused Yu Yucheng to squeeze out a smile, but he felt extraordinarily bitter and frustrated inside.

When they had left for the Alliance Hunt, spirits were high, and they had been extremely confident.

Now, they looked extremely pitiful.

"So what if Zhou Donghuang doesn't have any significant results in this Alliance Hunt? His powers and his talent are definitely unbeatable and rare among his entire generation!"

As he thought to this point, Yu Yucheng was at least able to console himself to some extent.

"Little brother, I'll go first."

It was Zhou Donghuang, Da Zhuang, and He Mengxi's turn. He Mengxi first stepped forward. At the same time, she glanced lightly at the crowd, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

Today, the Lightning Sword Sect would still capture the spotlight no matter what, even if her younger brother's luck was not good, and he had not gained many points.

He Mengxi stepped forward, and Zhou Donghuang did not stop her, smiling instead as a gesture of acknowledgment. At the same time, those disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect, who had already received their results, turned to give Zhou Donghuang a meaningful glance and smiled bitterly to themselves as they looked away.

They had initially assumed that this time, Zhou Donghuang would bring much honor and glory to the Lightning Sword Sect during this Alliance Hunt. However, due to his bad luck, this was probably impossible for them.

From the start to the end, Zhou Donghuang's face did not betray any emotion.

Nevertheless, they believed the words spoken by the Sect Leader and had assumed that the lack of Zhou Donghuang's comment meant that it was the truth.

Well, if they had been in Zhou Donghuang's shoes, even if they had received poor results due to bad luck, they would also choose not to refute their Sect Leader's words and would instead accept the results.

"Zhou Donghuang, so what if you stole my two ultimate Dharma beasts? In the end, it's not like you received an outstanding score!"

The disciple of the Yuanyin Order, Zhong Chengcai, now smiled mockingly at Zhou Donghuang, and his eyes were filled with murderous rage and glee. "Don't let me find an opportunity to fight you… Or else, I'll definitely send you to your grave!

"Although I may not be of equal standing as you, I still have people supporting me who could kill you with one slap!"

The previous matter, as well as Zhou Donghuang's repeated incidents of ignoring him, had led to the anger boiling within Zhong Chengcai. He now had murderous intent floating in his mind.

As of now, about 80 to 90 percent of the crowd was now no longer focused on the Lightning Sword Sect's disciples.

To them, since Zhou Donghuang did not have good results, then the others would definitely not fare any better.

Even the Sect Leader, Yu Yucheng, had not said anything when He Mengxi stepped forward before Zhou Donghuang to count up her points.

To him, He Mengxi had indeed improved in terms of skill. Nevertheless, it would still be difficult for her to be one of the top scorers of the Alliance Hunt.

Perhaps, all the points she had received would not even be half of that of Ximen Wanwan from the Colored Glass Sect.

Even if her luck had been good, she probably could not match up to Ximen Wanwan.

As He Mengxi slowly took out the beasts' brains one by one from her space ring and allowed the person before her to count them, Yu Yucheng sighed to himself and turned his gaze to the Autumn Valley Head, He Jin. "Valley Head He… How many points do you think your daughter will earn this time around?"

"I'm not sure."

He Jin shook his head. "I questioned her just now, but she only gave me a mysterious smile and did not reveal anything."

"She was tight-lipped about it?"

Yu Yucheng froze and could not help but smile. "It seems as though this girl has managed to exceed her expectations in this Alliance Hunt… In that case, I wonder if her points will exceed 4000."

Having 4000 points was a rather decent result, and it was enough to land one among the first few hundred scorers.

"We just need to wait a while to find out!"

He Jin was waiting patiently.

After a while, an excited shout was heard where He Mengxi was, and the entire crowd's attention was captured again.

The shout had come from the person who was helping He Mengxi remove the brains from her space ring and tabulating the scores. "She's already at 7000 points!"

"What!?"

"Seven… 7000 points???"

"Her points have exceeded that of Ximen Wanwan… who is she!?"

…

Once there was the exclamation of 7000 points, the disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect, who had heard the shout, all turned and looked intensely at the man who was yelling. Once they had identified him, their gaze then turned to the figure of a girl who was standing before him.

"It's not Zhou Donghuang!"

"Who is she? 7000 points? When did we have such a talented female disciple in the Lightning Sword Sect!?"

"The Lightning Sword Sect has really been hiding some talented individuals… First, there was Zhou Donghuang, now there's this new female disciple!"

…

Many gazes were now all solely focused on He Mengxi.

As the daughter of the Autumn Valley Head, everyone within the sect was familiar with her. However, within the Alliance, few people actually recognized her… Furthermore, now that He Mengxi's back was facing the crowd, even those who may have recognized her face would now be puzzled at her identity unless they were very close to her.

"7000 points?"

The Lightning Sword Sect Leader, Yu Yucheng, was extremely numb with shock and froze. He was just asking He Mengxi's father for his expectations of his daughter as well as hoping that He Mengxi would at least accumulate 4000 points… But now, He Mengxi's points had reached 7000 and counting!

Seven thousand.

What kind of joke was this?

Even when placed within the last Alliance Hunt, such a score would easily land He Mengxi among the top 20.

If this hunt's results were spectacular, she would still be within the top 30 scorers.

Most importantly, the brains of the beasts stored in He Mengxi's space ring were not finished being counted, and she was still taking out more from the ring. He Mengxi continuously pulled out more brains, and the man who had shouted earlier out continued to count, "7500… 8000!"

Once it was revealed that He Mengxi's points had exceeded 8000, those at the back also could not help but look up. "Who is that? Is that really not Zhou Donghuang?"

"Looking at her back, she seems rather familiar… But it can't be her, right?"

"Since when did the Lightning Sword Sect have such a talented disciple?"

…

Yu Yucheng was now gaping like a fish, almost as if he no longer had any control over his mouth.

Although He Jin had been somewhat prepared for a surprise and felt that his daughter would have done well, he was only prepared to be satisfied at best. Once he heard that his daughter had exceeded 8000 points, his eyes shone with excitement and happiness. This was his daughter they were talking about!

Such a daughter really made him proud.

"It's 8138… It has exceeded Baili Feiyang's score!"

Once He Mengxi's score had exceeded 8000, many people were curious as to whether she would be able to exceed Baili Feiyang's score, which was currently the highest.

Now, her results had indeed exceeded Baili Feiyang's!

The talented disciple of the Red Leaves Sect, Baili Feiyang, was known as one of the most talented youngsters of his generation. But he was now defeated by an unknown and random female disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect!

It was true that the Alliance Hunt required not only skill but also good luck.

If one had high scores and could defeat Baili Feiyang, it did not mean that they were extremely talented, one may also say that they had good luck… However, even with good luck, without a certain level of skill, attaining such results would be impossible, too!

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Chapter 287: Zhou Donghuang's rewards

"It's at 8500!"

"It's at 9000 now! My goodness! It's exceeding expectations now!"

"Will it exceed 10000?"

"The last time someone exceeded 10000 points in the Alliance Hunt was at least a few hundred years ago!"

"That was someone who the Qi Dynasty of the Hengliu galaxy sent undercover, and the motive of such an act was to gain the Sky Sun fruit! That person was not from the Alliance. If you want to discuss members of the Alliance who had received more than 10000 points in the Alliance Hunt, we have to dig deep into history as there has been no recent occurrences."

…

Once He Mengxi's score exceeded 9000, not only were all the present disciples shocked, even the various Sect Leaders were all baffled as well.

At this moment, the Deputy Alliance Leader, the old man at the mid Divine Transformation stage, was now completely focused on He Mengxi. This was perhaps because he had heard that Zhou Donghuang was probably not going to do well as well as the fact that the rest of the Lightning Sword Sect disciples only had average performances.

"My goodness! She has not finished retrieving all the brains from her space ring… How many beasts did she manage to kill?"

"Did she really kill them all single-handedly? This is insane!"

"Who is she!?"

…

As more and more people turned their attention to He Mengxi, someone eventually recognized her. "She's the daughter of the Autumn Valley Head, He Jin, of the Lightning Sword Sect. Her name is He Mengxi!"

"He Mengxi? Ah, no wonder her back looked so familiar, it really is her… I did not expect her to accumulate so many points based on her level of training. Even if she was extremely lucky, that's still a lot of luck!"

"She can't have possibly attained such results based on good luck alone!"

"Having good luck is one thing… She must have a considerable level of talent as well."

"Perhaps someone else shared their rewards with her?"

…

The entire crowd was in chaos. Everyone was commenting and gossiping about the matter and causing a huge ruckus.

"Hehe… Baili Feiyang, looks like you can't even be second this time, just like how I may no longer be able to be the top scorer."

Hu Jingshan stood beside Bali Feiyang and shook his head while sighing aloud. "I've also heard of He Mengxi before. She is not really considered one of the top disciples out of the younger generation in the Lightning Sword Sect, though. She's only average at best, but she managed to kill so many beasts this time!

"If she accumulated all those points solely on her own, then I applaud her," Baili Feiyang said.

He Jingshan shook his head again. "That's practically impossible… Even if we had such good luck, we would get about 9000 points at most. As for exceeding 10000 points, that is no longer a question of luck. Furthermore, we only had three months. Unless you headed for a place where a huge number of ultimate Dharma beasts were gathered, it would be difficult even for people like us to gain more than 10000 points within a mere three months."

"Mm."

Baili Feiyang nodded his head, surprisingly agreeing with Hu Jingshan.

"Her points have surpassed 10000!"

Very quickly, He Mengxi's points had crossed the 10000 mark. At this moment, the atmosphere of the entire crowd did not continue to hype up. Instead, the crowd began to quieten down. "This cannot be her own work! It must be that other people in the Lightning Sword Sect helped her out and shared some of their rewards, sacrificing themselves in the process."

"I think so too."

"I really can't imagine who would be so generous… are they planning to give up their rights to purchase rare herbs and medicine from the Alliance?"

"Men in love are indeed fools… I wonder which fool was stupid enough to give up his right to buy rare herbs and other rare items from the Alliance all for the sake of a woman."

…

Now, including all the Sect Leaders, there was practically no one who believed that He Mengxi had accumulated all her points on her own.

Even the Lightning Sword Sect Leader, Yu Yucheng, as well as her own father, He Jin, did not believe this.

"10825 points."

This was He Mengxi's final results; it was incredibly awe-inspiring. More than one person immediately inferred that there had to have been more than one person who gave up their own brains to He Mengxi.

"Girl."

At this point, the elder who was the Deputy Alliance Leader glanced at He Mengxi as well.

"How many people shared their spoils with you?

"Don't worry, even if you share this truth with me, your points will remain intact. I am merely curious.

"When… did the disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect become so united? I'm afraid that in doing so, some people will lose their chance to buy rare herbs and other items from the Alliance in the future."

The more the elder spoke, the more grave his gaze towards He Mengxi became.

At this point, everyone in the crowd looked at He Mengxi curiously as well. This crowd included the disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect, as they had also assumed that some disciples within them had shared their brains with He Mengxi.

"One person."

Without any hesitation, once the elder had voiced out his queries, He Mengxi answered extremely candidly. "This is a combination of Da Zhuang and my points… My own points would only add up to about six to seven thousand points."

Such a reply scared a lot of people once He Mengxi had voiced them aloud.

Many assumed that a group of people had helped her accumulate her points. However, after hearing her reply, they realized that this was merely an accumulation of two peoples' points!

Furthermore, her original points had reached six to seven thousand?

This would also exceed the score of Ximen Wanwan from the Colored Glass Sect!

"I see."

He Jin finally understood the entire situation. He gradually realized that the points had included those of Da Zhuang, which was why it had reached such an usually high score.

At this point, Da Zhuang stepped up and said, "In my space ring, there are still the brains of two beasts at the late Dharma stage. From that, I can still accumulate 2000 points.

"Senior told me that these 2000 points are enough for me to gain the right to buy rare items from the Alliance if nothing out of the ordinary occurs."

Once Da Zhuang spoke, he smiled, and it was hard for anyone to doubt the truth of his words.

Within the Alliance, if one wanted to gain the right to buy rare items from the Alliance, then the points wouldn't matter. What mattered was one's ranking… Only those who ranked in the top 1000 of the Alliance Hunt could receive this right.

Most of the time, the top 1000 scorers of the Alliance Hunt would at least have 1500 to 2000 points.

In the past hundreds of years, there hadn't been a 1000th place disciple who had scored more than 2000 points.

Because of this, He Mengxi had left 2000 points for Da Zhuang.

These points would almost certainly guarantee Da Zhuang a place in the top 1000 of the Alliance Hunt.

Due to the fact that only the top 1000 scorers could gain the right to buy rare items from the Alliance, even the ultimate Dharma adepts from the various sects wouldn't easily give up the brains they had attained from the Hunt in bulk.

This was because they also wished to be one of the top 1000 scorers.

Although it was easy for them to kill beasts at the ultimate Dharma stage, even with their speed and ability to hunt down such beasts, killing one beast at the ultimate Dharma stage would only give them ten points. They thus needed to kill a considerable number of beasts.

Within three months, unless one's luck was excellent, they would only be able to kill around 200 beasts of the ultimate Dharma stage and would have to squeeze into the top 1000 scorers.

The ultimate Dharma adepts were all thus extremely careful of their own kills and would not easily give away the points they had, not even to disciples of their own sect.

"You still have 2000 points?"

The old man froze for a second and stared fiercely at Da Zhuang. "Does this mean that you actually had around the same points as He Mengxi? Your original points tally was more than 6000 as well?"

"Yes, that is correct."

Da Zhuang continued to nod his head and smiled breezily.

Da Zhuang's candidness made it hard for one to doubt him. Because of this, many people were shocked as they realized that there were two disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect with an extremely outstanding performance in this year's Alliance Hunt.

"Haha…"

At this point, the Lightning Sword Sect Leader, Yu Yucheng, laughed out loud and glanced at He Jin. "Valley Head He, this time, your Autumn Valley has managed to earn much glory for our Lightning Sword Sect!

"Good, this is very good!"

Yu Yucheng smiled brightly. His spirits had previously been dampened by Zhou Donghuang's lack of luck. Now, they were lifted again.

"Are they really all disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect?"

Yu Yucheng's words caused many to glance at He Jin in shock.

Of course, although many believed Da Zhuang's words and acknowledged that He Mengxi and Da Zhuang had been rather spectacular and lucky this time around, there were also many who felt that Da Zhuang's words were suspicious. They doubted that two random disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect could truly receive such miraculous scores.

Nevertheless, their opinions would not change anything as the scores were already set in stone.

He Mengxi's points had exceeded 10000, and she would still be the top scorer of the Hunt.

Under the watchful gaze of the crowd, Da Zhuang activated his own space ring and took out two brains of beasts at the late Dharma stage, successfully claiming his 2000 points.

Seeing this, most of the disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect looked on wistfully and jealously. "I knew long ago that Da Zhuang and He Mengxi were working as a duo… I didn't think that their luck would be so good! If I had known, I would have followed them!"

They all felt that, be it He Mengxi or Da Zhuang, their ability to accumulate so many points was solely based on immense luck.

After Da Zhuang, it was finally Zhou Donghuang's turn to step forward.

Originally, most people had lost interest in Zhou Donghuang. However, with the shock of seeing He Mengxi and Da Zhuang accumulate such a high number of points, others had renewed interest and continued to watch the point tabulation as Zhou Donghuang's turn came.

"Although Zhou Donghuang is indeed strong, with bad luck, he may not even be able to defeat that fool from the Lightning Sword Sect, Da Zhuang."

"I agree."

…

Even the Lightning Sword Sect Leader, Yu Yucheng, was focusing on his other disciples' outstanding performance and was not genuinely caring about Zhou Donghuang. Nevertheless, he paid attention to the scene before him.

Under the attention of the crowd, Zhou Donghuang took out his space ring and began to retrieve the brains of the beasts he had killed on the Guiyao planet.

A considerable number of brains were pulled out from within.

The first few brains that he took out were all brains of beasts at the late Dharma stage.

"What…"

As for the person who was in charge of the records, after tabulating the number of brains of beasts at the late Dharma stage, he became a little baffled. "For the brains of the beasts from the late Dharma stage alone… If one were to count for 10 points, he has already accumulated over 3400 points?"

For the disciples of the late Dharma stage, killing beasts of the late Dharma stage on the Guiyao planet was akin to Alliance disciples at the ultimate Dharma stage killing beasts of the ultimate Dharma stage.

Because of this, as most disciples of the late Dharma stage intended to mainly kill beasts of the ultimate Dharma stage, if they managed to gain about 1000 points from killing beasts of the late Dharma stage, that would already be considered rather impressive.

After all, they were not like the disciples of the ultimate Dharma stage, who solely killed beasts at the ultimate Dharma stage.

However, he had not known that these were only late Dharma stage beasts that had been convenient for Zhou Donghuang to kill. He had not bothered to travel beyond the area he was in to chase after beasts at the late Dharma stage.

Otherwise, from the brains of the beasts at the late Dharma stage alone, he would definitely have accumulated more than 3000 points.

Among the group of late Dharma beasts that he had killed, most had been killed while he was with Luo Qinghan. He was not worried that Luo Qinghan would recognize that he was Zhuge Haotian as there were only a few species of beasts on the Guiyao planet.

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Chapter 288: 40000 points!

Zhou Donghuang, a late Dharma adept of the Lightning Sword Sect, had managed to accumulate over 3000 points just by killing beasts at the late Dharma stage in this year's Alliance Hunt.

What kind of joke was this?

In the history of the entire Alliance Hunt, there had never been any late Dharma adept who had managed to kill more than 300 beasts of his own stage!

"In the history of the Alliance, even for nominated ultimate Dharma adepts, it was rare to hear of someone killing more than 300 ultimate Dharma beasts… Don't forget, the Hunt only lasts for 3 months," someone said aloud.

"Disciples of the late Dharma stage would first try to kill ultimate Dharma beasts… Could it be that Zhou Donghuang had bad luck and only managed to meet a few ultimate Dharma beasts, and was thus forced to mass kill late Dharma beasts?"

"Well, if that's the case, it would provide a good explanation for this situation."

"It seems as though Zhou Donghuang's luck was really rather terrible, and he only met many late Dharma beasts but few ultimate Dharma beasts."

…

Now, a majority of the crowd felt that Zhou Donghuang had chosen to kill many late Dharma beasts due to this reason.

They assumed that Zhou Donghuang had bad luck and only met with very few ultimate Dharma beasts and instead had only come across late Dharma beasts.

"What a pity!"

Even disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect felt pity for him. "With Zhou Donghuang's talents, unless his luck was truly bad, this would not have been the result that we expected."

"Brother Donghuang is really too unlucky to have only met with mostly beasts of the late Dharma stage."

…

Just as the disciples of the Lightning Sword Sect were feeling pity for Zhou Donghuang, others were rejoicing secretly at his plight. "What's the point of being strong? If he has no luck, he is still unable to accumulate many points."

Among these people was the disciple of the Yuanyin Order, Zhong Chengcai, but many others were people who were unfamiliar with Zhou Donghuang.

All these people had one similarity, which was that they tended to be jealous of those who were better than them, and it did not matter who these individuals were.

The more talented others were, the more jealous they were.

For these people, as they tended to waste time feeling jealous, it affected their training, and this toxic cycle meant that they seldom ended up succeeding in their personal ventures.

Jealousy was indeed a monster, after all.

"Hu Jingshan, do you think that someone's luck could be so horrible that they would meet up to 300 late Dharma beasts but not be able to even meet a few beasts of the ultimate Dharma stage?"

Baili Feiyang rarely spoke first, but this time, he chose to speak up first and seek Hu Jingshan's opinion.

"I think this is rather impossible."

Hu Jingshan shook his head as he looked at Zhou Donghuang's back; his eyes shone. "I feel like this Zhou Donghuang is about to give everyone a huge surprise. I have a very strong gut feeling about this," Hu Jingshan said.

On the other hand…

Towards the assumptions of the crowd, Zhou Donghuang, the person in question, did not offer any explanation and instead continued to mind his own business and pull beasts out of the space ring in his hand.

Now, he began to take out the brains of beasts that were of the ultimate Dharma stage.

At the start, everyone, including the people of the Lightning Sword Sect, all assumed that Zhou Donghuang would not be able to take out many brains of beasts of the ultimate Dharma stage.

However, as time passed, they were stunned yet again.

This was because, within a short period, Zhou Donghuang had managed to take out over 100 brains of beasts of the ultimate Dharma stage!

Possessing brains of over a hundred beasts of the ultimate Dharma stage, what did this even mean?

According to the rules of the Alliance Hunt, for Alliance disciples of the late Dharma stage, killing one beast of the ultimate Dharma stage and presenting its brain would allow one to gain 100 points.

100 brains of beasts of the ultimate Dharma stage meant that a late Dharma disciple would be able to accumulate a total of 10000 points!

"As I predicted."

Seeing this, Hu Jingshan smiled. "My instinct was indeed right… What a fright! Having hundreds of brains of beasts of the ultimate Dharma stage as well over 300 brains of beasts of the late Dharma stage… that's really a sight to behold!"

"There's more…"

Baili Feiyang reminded him at this point.

Indeed, Zhou Donghuang was not done retrieving all the brains in his space ring.

Now, Zhou Donghuang was still slowly retrieving brains from within his space ring, and they were all brains of beasts from the ultimate Dharma stage.

Because of this, those people who were initially shocked now tensed up completely, and their breathing had almost stopped. They watched Zhou Donghuang without a word to see exactly how many beasts of the ultimate Dharma stage he had managed to kill.

"128…"

"136…"

"152…"

…

Now, many people were counting along as Zhou Donghuang continued to retrieve the brains that he had attained from the Guiyao planet, which were all brains of beasts at the ultimate Dharma stage.

"There's 200 now."

Once the 200th brain appeared before the crowd, everyone felt as if their hearts had been harshly stabbed.

Was this Zhou Donghuang crazy? Would this go on forever?

With the brains that he had already pulled out, his total score would already be around 23000 points!

Even so, he was still continuing to retrieve more brains!

"How… How can this be?"

Now, even Luo Qinghan was staring with a look of utter confusion at Zhou Donghuang's back.

At this moment, in her brain, a raspy voice sounded out. "For disciples at the late Dharma stage, even if they possess ultimate Dharma spirit weapons and intend to fully focus on killing beasts at the ultimate Dharma stage, they will at least have to train their Dharma Power and master the art of Dharma Power Control.

These words were spoken to her by the young man dressed in white, Zhuge Haotian, and they had been deeply ingrained in her head.

During the process of the Alliance Hunt, the ability to kill a beast at the ultimate Dharma stage within seconds was only possible for the rare few who had managed to master Dharma-body integration against ultimate Dharma beasts. With the use of an ultimate Dharma spirit weapon, these people could then easily kill the ultimate Dharma beasts of the Guiyao planet within seconds.

However, for those ultimate Dharma adepts who had not managed to master the Dharma-body integration technique, even if they possessed ultimate Dharma spirit weapons, they would not be able to kill ultimate Dharma beasts so easily.

Now, Zhou Donghuang had taken out so many brains of late Dharma beasts as well as brains of ultimate Dharma beasts, which proved a singular point thoroughly: he definitely managed to train his Dharma Power to the stage of Dharma Power Control!

Unless he could kill an ultimate Dharma beast within seconds, it would have been impossible for him to kill so many ultimate Dharma beasts within the short period of the Alliance Hunt.

For late Dharma adepts among the Alliance, even those who had trained their Dharma Power to the Dharma-body integration stage, killing an ultimate Dharma beast would still require much effort. They would also need time to heal and rest afterwards, and it would be hard for them to consecutively kill several ultimate Dharma beasts even if they came across others.

"300."

Once Zhou Donghuang had retrieved his 300th brain of an ultimate Dharma beast from the space ring, everyone became numb with shock. Even the Alliance Deputy Leader, the old man in the mid-Divine Transformation stage, also had on a face of utter confusion and shock.

His emotions had never been so intense in the last few years.

He could not even remember when was the last time he had been so shocked by something.

And yet, today, a young man from the Lightning Sword Sect had caused his heart much unrest.

"That is all."

Finally, Zhou Donghuang pulled out his 368th brain of a beast of the ultimate Dharma stage from the space ring, and this total tally had even exceeded that of the brains of the late Dharma beasts!

"Is that all?"

Seeing as Zhou Donghuang had finally finished with his movements, everyone felt a wave of fatigue rush over them as if they had just completed a fierce battle, causing their bodies to feel drained.

"Is this Zhou Donghuang even human?"

"I think his total points have crossed 40000!"

"40000 points… In the history of the Alliance Hunt, I don't think anyone has even exceeded 20000 points, let alone 40000 points!"

"How could he have accumulated so many points?"

"Unless… Unless he had already managed to train his Dharma Power to the legendary step of Dharma Power Control!"

…

Many people began to suspect that Zhou Donghuang had indeed mastered the legendary stage of Dharma Power for Dharma adepts, Dharma Power Control. This was the only reasonable explanation for his performance.

"Zhou Donghuang…"

The Lightning Sword Sect Leader, Yu Yucheng, looked at Zhou Donghuang. His body was still trembling from the shock, as this result was wilder than he could have ever imagined.

Previously, he had assumed that due to his bad luck, Zhou Donghuang would not attain many points in the Hunt.

However, instead, he had received an unbelievable score!

40000 points.

Was Zhou Donghuang even mortal?

Yu Yucheng could imagine, once word of today's results was leaked, the people of the various elite sects of the Alliance and people of the two Transcendental Forces of the Hengliu galaxy would get a huge shock!

"Sect Leader Yu, didn't you say that your Lightning Sword Sect disciple, Zhou Donghuang, had had bad luck in the Alliance Hunt? You were lying to us!"

At this point, several of the other Sect Leaders who had been consoling Zhou Donghuang before now glared exasperatedly at him. "Sect Leader Yu, you are really rather cunning, we spent so much effort consoling you, and yet you were lying to us all along and playing us like fools."

"Sect Leader Yu, this isn't over yet. You owe us an explanation for this!"

…

Towards the indignation of the various Sect Leaders, Yu Yucheng replied with an expression of bitterness and frustration. "I was also under the impression that Zhou Donghuang's luck was not good and that he would have a poor performance."

He had also felt cheated by Zhou Donghuang.

With such an impressive performance, why couldn't he have shown more positive emotions when he had left? His poker face had caused such confusion that even Sect Leader Yu had been fooled as well!

"I'm sure that he has managed to master Dharma Power Control!" beside Baili Feiyang, Hu Jingshan exclaimed out loud confidently.

Baili Feiyang nodded his head as well. "If he managed to kill all those beasts by himself, he couldn't have done so without using Dharma Power Control."

At this point, the Alliance Deputy Leader, the old man of the mid Divine Transformation stage, appeared before Zhou Donghuang within an instant and glanced kindly at Zhou Donghuang. "Zhou Donghuang, have you trained your Dharma Power to the stage of Dharma Power Control?"

"Mhm."

Zhou Donghuang lightly nodded as he knew that there was no use denying this fact now. Well, he had never planned to deny this fact in the first place.

After all, it was true that he had indeed managed to master the technique of Dharma Power Control.

Even He Mengxi and Da Zhuang had managed to master Dharma Power Control after they had shifted to the Deity's Tribulation style of training, the Thousand-Star Sword Technique and the Fiery Thunder Training Regimen. It was just that they were not as skilled at using it as he was.

If not, they too would have attained more outstanding results than they already did in the Alliance Hunt.

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Chapter 289: Poaching

A guess was one thing.

The truth was something else entirely.

Upon seeing Zhou Donghuang reply to the old man's question, not only did the old man's eyes widen in shock, but the other people present also drew in a sharp breath. At that moment, it seemed as if time had slowed to a pause.

"In the history of the Hengliu galaxy, even for those two Transcendental Forces, I don't think there has been any Dharma adept who has mastered Dharma Power Control.

"As far as I know, there were many Dharma adepts in the Hengliu galaxy that desperately tried to perfect their Dharma Power and worked hard to master the technique of Dharma Power Control… However, until the end of their lives, they were still unable to master the technique and could only progress to the Primordial Soul stage even after they had suppressed their progress for so many years. Otherwise, their lives would surely have ended!"

"I heard about that too, in fact, in the history of our Qingyun Guild, there were two ancestors who did precisely that… one of them was unlucky and only tried to advance to the Primordial Soul stage one year before his life was due to end, but in the end, he failed to reach the Primordial Soul stage and passed away.

"I thought that it was only in those galaxies that were filled with resources for training that a Dharma adept could master Dharma Power Control… I never would have thought that someone like that would appear in our Hengliu galaxy!"

"Zhou Donghuang, the Lightning Sword Sect disciple, has indeed made history in our Hengliu galaxy!"

…

At that point, the different disciples of the many Alliance sects were all amazed and excited that they were able to witness a piece of history.

Of course, there were also many disciples who sighed silently to themselves, as they felt that it was a real shame to be born into the same generation as Zhou Donghuang. They would surely find themselves inferior to Zhou Donghuang.

"This Zhou Donghuang… he really managed to master the technique of Dharma Power Control!"

In the far distance, Zhong Chengcai, a disciple of the Yuanyin Order, narrowed his eyes. He had never expected that Zhou Donghuang would be able to master Dharma Power Control.

However, after thinking about it again, as he thought about how Zhou Donghuang quickly and easily killed two ultimate Dharma demons that day, perhaps that was no coincidence?

Zhong Chengcai had always thought that those two demons had suffered from some disease that cropped up suddenly, and that allowed Zhou Donghuang to take advantage of their momentary weakness… but now, it looked like Zhou Donghuang had in fact managed to kill the two ultimate Dharma demons using his own strength.

"Is the Dharma Power Control technique really so powerful?"

Zhong Chengcai glared at Zhou Donghuang in a state of shock. He was already regretting having offended Zhou Donghuang.

"What should I do? I've already offended him twice… even if he did not take offense the first time, but from how I looked at him just now, he will definitely bear a grudge against me.

"In the future, when he gets even stronger, he will definitely kill me when he thinks of what happened.

"No way! I can't just do nothing and wait for my death!

"When I get back, I must get Father to think of a way to kill him before he gets even stronger than now… once he gains even more power, even Father, or even the entire Yuanyin Order, will not be able to contain him!"

At that moment, Zhong Chengcai made a determined decision.

If Zhou Donghuang knew what Zhong Chengcai was thinking, he would have thought that he was in a state of paranoia, worrying about nothing.

"He… has he really mastered Dharma Power Control?"

Luo Qinghan stood among the group of disciples from the Jihan Sect. In that instant, she could sense the looks of envy from many other Jihan Sect disciples. It was not hard to guess why they were looking at her with such envy; they were definitely jealous that she had a man like Zhou Donghuang.

Faced with this, she felt both helpless and bitter. "I… when can I catch up to you?"

When Luo Qinghan had received the Deity-level "Thousand-Star Sword Technique," she thought that she would finally have a chance to catch up to Zhou Donghuang… but now, she could not help but doubt that. Did she really have the opportunity to catch up to someone like Zhou Donghuang?

Zhou Donghuang was clearly no less capable than that Zhuge Haotian.

Although she still did not know who that Zhuge Haotian was, through the last words that he had left her, it was not hard to guess that he was from a strong, prominent family that was most probably among the premiere star clans in the entire universe.

Otherwise, how could he just produce a Deity-level technique to give to her for her practice?

"Zhou Donghuang was sent to that lousy Ziyun planet by his birth father… my father guessed before that his biological father must have been someone of some background. However, now that I look at it, his real background would surely be no less than Zhuge Haotian. Otherwise, how could he reach such a level at such a young age and even master Dharma Power Control?"

Now, in the eyes of Luo Qinghan, Zhou Donghuang was already on the same level as Zhuge Haotian.

And Zhuge Haotian was someone that she would most likely be unable to catch up to in terms of skill, even if she converted to practicing the Deity-level, Thousand-Star Sword Technique.

"Maybe… it will never be meant to be between him and me…" sighed Luo Qinghan quietly.

"Zhou Donghuang."

As the crowd watched on, the Deputy Alliance Leader, a mid Primordial Soul elder, looked at Zhou Donghuang and said in a friendly manner, "Besides being the Deputy Alliance Leader, I am also the Distinguished Elder of the Guiyuan sect, He Qingshan."

As he spoke, his eyes flashed as he got straight to the point. "Zhou Donghuang, I know that you are currently a disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect. But as the saying goes, water flows downwards, while men will always climb higher. If you agree to join our Guiyuan Sect, I will surely take you as my own disciple, and I can promise you that the whole Guiyuan Sect and I will surely do all we can to groom you!"

When the leader of the Lightning Sword Sect, Yu Yucheng, saw He Qingshan introduce himself eagerly to Zhou Donghuang, he had already known that something was not right.

Before he could react, He Qingshan had already tried to poach Zhou Donghuang from his sect.

Instantly, his expression darkened as he looked at He Qingshan with disapproval. "Brother He, what you are doing? Zhou Donghuang is a disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect and a member of the Alliance… what you are doing surely goes against the rules of the Alliance, does it not?"

The Alliance of the Hengliu galaxy was made up of the 52 top sects of the Hengliu galaxy, and the Alliance had its own internal rules to allow the various sects to remain on good terms with each other. In order to achieve that, sects were not allowed to poach disciples from other sects

But now, He Qingshan, the Deputy Alliance Leader, was breaking this rule!

Faced with the disapproval of Yu Yucheng, He Qingshan was calm as he replied flatly, "Leader Yu, in normal circumstances, poaching disciples would surely harm the relationship between different sects of the Alliance… but in special situations, there is no need to heed such rules that limit us.

"Zhou Donghuang is just twenty-six years old, but he is already a late Dharma adept and has even perfected his Dharma Power to such an extent that he has mastered the technique of Dharma Power Control… based on his current level of achievement, there is nobody else in the entire history of Hengliu galaxy that can compare to him now.

"Someone like this, even the Qi Dynasty of the Guangling Academy would want to have him.

"Today, I made this promise to him to ensure that he remains with us in the Alliance… otherwise, would you want to lose him to the Qi Dynasty or the Guangling Academy?"

Seeing Yu Yucheng open his mouth as if he was about to respond, He Qingshan quickly continued and said, "I know that you want to say that your Lightning Sword Sect can also provide anything that the Guiyuan Sect can give… But don't forget that your Lightning Sword Sect has only been around for so many years; your history can hardly be considered half of ours in the Guiyuan Sect.

"If we were to talk about history, the Lightning Sword Sect surely can't compare to the Guiyuan Sect, would you disagree with that?

"Furthermore, what the Guiyuan Sect can provide to Zhou Donghuang, your Lightning Sword Sect may not be able to do the same."

He Qingshan's words left Yu Yucheng speechless, as he could not respond. What He Qingshan said was indeed the truth.

The Guiyuan Sect was one of the oldest sects that were still surviving in the Hengliu galaxy to date. They had a long and illustrious history, almost comparable to the Transcendental Forces of the Qi Dynasty and the Guangling Academy in the Hengliu galaxy.

The Lightning Sword Sect was only established sometime after.

If one were to compare history, the Lightning Sword Sect was definitely nothing compared to the Guiyuan Sect.

Seeing Yu Yucheng unable to respond, He Qingshan then looked at Zhou Donghuang again and wanted to continue his pitch to convince him…

However, before he could speak again, the leader of the Yunyue Sect had already spoken up. "Zhou Donghuang, based on history, our Yunyue Sect is comparable to the Guiyuan Sect… as long as you agree to become a disciple of our Yunyue Sect, whatever the Guiyuan Sect can give you, our Yunyue Sect can also give to you and more!"

Once the Yunyue Sect Leader had said this, there were immediately other Sect Leaders who also chimed in, each trying to poach Zhou Donghuang from the Lightning Sword Sect, trying to convince him to join their respective sects instead.

These sects were all as old as the Guiyuan sect and had long histories.

When the Yunyue Sect Leader had spoken, He Qingshan's expression had already turned sour. Now that so many other Sect Leaders had also started speaking, his expression turned sour… however, he could not say anything to refute them, because these sects were indeed as established as his Guiyuan Sect.

In fact, some of them had even longer histories than the Guiyuan Sect.

"Zhou Donghuang!"

Then, even the leader of the Jihan Sect, Meng Yuping, also stood up to join in the fun. She looked at Zhou Donghuang with a warm smile on her face and said, "Our Jihan Sect has a long history as well and is as established as any other sect… if you join our Jihan Sect, we can give you anything that any other sect can offer you.

"On top of that, you can even be together with Luo Qinghan here and be a couple."

As Meng Yuping spoke, the Yunyue Sect Leader had a bitter smile on his face. Hearing Meng Yuping's words, he could not help but give her a thumbs up. "Leader Meng, you're really something else! Looks like nobody else here can compete with you today."

When He Qingshan and the rest of the Sect Leaders, who had tried to recruit Zhou Donghuang, looked on with confusion, the Yunyue Sect Leader quickly explained the relationship between Zhou Donghuang and Luo Qinghan, and their expressions changed totally immediately.

They would never have expected that the Jihan Sect would have an advantage like this!

Hearing the words of Meng Yuping, Zhou Donghuang looked at Luo Qinghan, but saw that she was also looking at him and shaking her head slightly.

"Luo Qinghan!"

When Meng Yuping saw Luo Qinghan's little action, her face darkened immediately as her gaze turned serious.

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Chapter 290: Huang Chunqiu's Thoughts

"Sect Leader Meng."

Zhou Donghuang turned towards Meng Yuping, who was staring at Luo Qinghan with a darkened expression, and said with a faint smile, "From the very beginning, the reason why I joined the Lightning Sword Sect and not the Jihan Sect together with Qinghan was because the Autumn Valley Head my benefactor.

"Just like my initial decision… Today, I will still choose to continue staying in the Lightning Sword Sect."

Although Zhou Donghuang's voice was calm, his determined tone gave off a reassuring feel, as if one could not help but believe his words.

Upon hearing his words, Meng Yuping's expression finally lightened up.

She had already been wondering: If Zhou Donghuang had such a relationship with Luo Qinghan, why did he not join the Jihan Sect with her?

While it was known that the Jihan Sect had more female disciples, they accepted male disciples too.

After hearing from Zhou Donghuang, Meng Yuping finally understood the reason.

"Haha…"

The Lightning Sword Sect Leader, Yu Yucheng, who had been waiting for Zhou Donghuang to announce his decision, could not help but laugh heartily after hearing his words. He gazed excitedly at Zhou Donghuang and said, "Zhou Donghuang, don't worry. Since you chose to stay in our Lightning Sword Sect, the Lightning Sword Sect will definitely not let you down!"

The Lightning Sword Sect Leader, Yu Yucheng, knew very clearly that even if Zhou Donghuang were to leave and join another sect, the Lightning Sword Sect would be powerless to stop him. They would be unable to do anything and could do nothing to change his mind.

Now, upon hearing that Zhou Donghuang had chosen to stay in the Lightning Sword Sect, he was unable to suppress his excitement.

"Thank you, Sect Leader."

Even though Zhou Donghuang had never thought of leaving the Lightning Sword Sect for any other sects in the Hengliu galaxy, he was still grateful that the other sects tried to poach him from the Lightning Sword Sect. This had made him appear even more precious and valuable and made the Lightning Sword Sect Leader make such a promise to him.

He could almost foresee that in the future if he required any help, the Lightning Sword Sect Leader would definitely do his utmost to help him achieve his needs.

In fact, this was also Zhou Donghuang's aim.

If not, he could easily accumulate 40000 points' worth of beast heads to easily clinch the first place of the Alliance Hunt. By presenting the 40000 points' worth of beast heads, his aim was to announce to everyone that he, Zhou Donghuang, was this outstanding. Throughout contemporary Hengliu galaxy and even in its history, nobody could surpass him!

By showing everyone his value, only then he could receive more in return.

Not only in the world of martial arts that they lived in, but it was also the same in the world of ordinary people on Earth… anyone who was skilled would often be poached by head-hunting companies and go join another rival company with a higher salary.

At this point, his situation was similar to that.

At the same time, the sects that tried to recruit Zhou Donghuang could only temporarily give up on that idea after seeing Zhou Donghuang express his stand. One by one, they began to look towards Yu Yucheng. They congratulated him as the Sect Leader and the whole Lightning Sword Sect for having a disciple as extraordinary as Zhou Donghuang.

In their hearts, they had already started thinking of ways to see if they could secretly recruit Zhou Donghuang to join their sects.

To them, as long as human nature existed, so would human desire.

As Zhou Donghuang accumulated a total of 40000 points in the Alliance Hunt, although many other remarkable disciples went after him to present their haul, all of them were overshadowed by him…

Not only did they pale in comparison to Zhou Donghuang's accumulated points, but they were also overshadowed by He Mengxi's points as well.

"This Alliance Hunt has become the Lightning Sword Sect's one-man show," the people of the various sects whispered to one another in a bitter tone.

Even so, they were unable to do anything. What else could they do but bemoan the luck of the Lightning Sword Sect in getting a disciple as outstanding as Zhou Donghuang?

In the process, the talented disciples of the various sects who initially wanted to compete with Zhou Donghuang completely gave up on the idea. This included the Thunder Knife Sect's disciple, Han Yuzheng, who wanted to seek revenge, and some other Alliance disciples who were unhappy when others said that Zhou Donghuang was stronger than them.

The difference was just too significant.

It was so out of reach that they felt hopeless.

Throughout the long history of the Hengliu galaxy, there had never been someone like Zhou Donghuang. They did not think they could surpass the countless brilliant young men recorded in the history of the Hengliu galaxy.

When the accumulated points of all the disciples had been tallied, it also meant that the Alliance Hunt had officially ended.

"I only have a portion of the reward for the Alliance Hunt… the rest of the reward is in the hands of the two other Deputy Alliance Leaders."

He Qingshan, the Deputy Alliance Leader, and the Distinguished Elder of the Guiyuan Sect, tabulated the scores on the ranking board, then announced to all the disciples of the different sects present. Throughout the entire process, his eyes were gleaming brightly as his gaze landed on Zhou Donghuang.

Zhou Donghuang was the well-deserved champion of this Alliance Hunt.

As for the second position, it was clinched by another disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect, He Mengxi, who also accumulated more than 10000 points.

After the Alliance Hunt ended, the different sects of the Alliance waited for two days. Finally, the two Deputy Alliance Leaders, who had accompanied Tiansong Sect Leader Huang Chunqiu to the Guiyao planet, arrived. These two old men were all at the mid Divine Transformation stage.

Huang Chunqiu and the rest came out with them.

"Didn't find anything?" When those of the other sects saw the same people who had entered the Guiyao planet return without any new additions, they had already guessed.

"We searched the entire Guiyao planet, but could not find anyone."

One of the two Deputy Alliance Leaders who had returned shook his head as he saw He Qingshan look towards him.

"Is the ranking ready?"

Another Deputy Alliance Leader asked He Qingshan.

"It is ready."

He Qingshan nodded and passed the piece of paper to the two of them.

Upon receiving the paper, both of them looked down in unison. They wanted to know who emerged as the champion, how many points they received, and whether the record of 10000 points, which no one had been able to break in the past few hundred years, had been broken.

"Zhou Donghuang?"

Both of them saw Zhou Donghuang's name on the first line, behind the words "first place."

They had heard of Zhou Donghuang and knew that he was the rising star of the Lightning Sword Sect in the last two years.

It was just that they had not expected Zhou Donghuang to emerge as the champion of the Alliance Hunt. At that moment, they only had one thought: Zhou Donghuang's luck is pretty good.

However, when they saw the accumulated points behind his name, they were shocked.

Oh god!

Did they see wrong?

Forty thousand?

More than 40000 points?

Instantly, both of them looked up at He Qingshan and asked in unison, "There is something wrong with Zhou Donghuang's accumulated points, right?"

"There's no mistake. It was indeed over 40000 points."

With regards to their reaction, He Qingshan was not surprised. "Zhou Donghuang produced more than 300 late Dharma beast heads, and another close to 400 ultimate Dharma beast heads… I checked again, and they were all beasts of the Guiyao planet killed within the last three months. There is nothing wrong."

As if he knew what the two of them were about to ask next, He Qingshan answered all their unasked questions.

"More than 300 late Dharma beasts? Almost 400 ultimate Dharma beasts?"

In that instant, not just the two Deputy Alliance Leaders, but even the high ranking elders of the Tiansong Sect led by the leader of the Tiansong Sect, Huang Chunqiu, were all so shocked that their eyes narrowed. They turned to look at the Tiansong Sect disciples standing behind them.

"Sect Leader, Zhou Donghuang has indeed taken out that many beast heads and accumulated over 40000 points."

Another Tiansong Sect disciple who was standing close by said with a bitter smile, "In addition, he has also mastered the technique of Dharma Power Control, a technique that no one in the history of the Hengliu galaxy was able to master."

Upon hearing his words, Huang Chunqiu's pupils immediately dilated as he had already suspected as much. "This Zhou Donghuang has also mastered the technique of Dharma Power Control?"

His disciple, Mo Yitian, had died at the hands of someone who mastered the technique of Dharma Power Control.

That mysterious person, besides wearing a mask, and having a different Dharma Power from Zhou Donghuang, was remarkably similar to him in all aspects… this was what Huang Chunqiu had found out from the two Tiansong disciples who had been present.

"The two of you…"

With a flash of his body, Huang Chunqiu now appeared in front of the two disciples and glared at them, asking them seriously, "Are you certain… that man, when he produced his Dharma Power, it was in the form of a bird and not a tiger?

"You must know that… someone who has mastered the technique of Dharma Power Control can easily control their Dharma Power to transform into any shape a moment after the Dharma Power presents itself.

"Are you sure… that the Bird Dharma Power did not transform from a Tiger Dharma Power?"

Dharma adepts who had mastered Dharma Power Control would be able to transform the shape and figure of their Dharma Power at will, but at the moment that the Dharma Power appeared, it would appear in its original form.

It would not possibly appear in the shape or figure of another Dharma Power.

Hence, Huang Chunqiu had asked the two Tiansong disciples this question.

"Sect Leader, I saw it bright and clear. When the Dharma Power first appeared, it was indeed a Bird Dharma Power, and it seemed to be a part of the person's body. It was definitely the original form of the Dharma Power," confirmed one of the Tiansong disciples.

"Sect Leader, I can also confirm that that person produced a Bird Dharma Power, not a Tiger Dharma Power… I am sure that person is not Zhou Donghuang!"

Without hesitation, the other Tiansong Sect disciple continued with an affirming tone, "His build and clothes were indeed similar to Zhou Donghuang… but, I can confirm his white shirt and Zhou Donghuang's white shirt have different details."

"At first, seeing his similarities with Zhou Donghuang, I had looked at him closer."

After listening to the two Tiansong Sect disciples, Huang Chunqiu could not help but frown…

How was such coincidence possible?

Both had similar builds and liked wearing white shirts; both were at the late Dharma stage and had mastered the technique of Dharma Power Control… but they were not the same person?

One had Tiger Dharma Power, while the other one had Bird Dharma Power.

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Chapter 291: Guangling Academy Elder

"Unless this Zhou Donghuang has the ability to transform the appearance of his Dharma Power before it appears… Otherwise, he could not possibly be that person!"

As Huang Chunqiu thought of this, he looked once again at Zhou Donghuang, his gaze becoming even more severe and intense.

He couldn't believe that such coincidence existed.

"Zhou Donghuang, don't you dare let me find any evidence… otherwise, I, and the Tiansong Sect, will never let you off!" Huang Chunqiu muttered quietly under his breath.

Now, he couldn't be sure that Zhou Donghuang was the person who had murdered his beloved disciple, Mo Yitian. Even if he was convinced that Zhou Donghuang was the murderer, as long as he had no evidence to prove it, he could never do anything to Zhou Donghuang openly.

However, once he managed to prove that Zhou Donghuang had indeed killed Mo Yitian, he and the Tiansong Sect would have a reason to do something to avenge his death.

In fact, everybody else from the other sects would all support him.

Zhou Donghuang was too outstanding, such that he was unnaturally extraordinary.

However, as the saying went, "Once the tree outgrows the forest, the wind must blow it over." The other sects of the Alliance would definitely want to destroy this unnatural talent from the Lightning Sword Sect if they had the chance to.

No sect would wish to have Zhou Donghuang grow even stronger, and the Lightning Sword Sect become even more dominant.

Someone as powerful as Zhou Donghuang, once he grew up and got even stronger, would disrupt the delicate balance between the sects of the Alliance!

If he were to be ambitious, he could even conquer every single one of them and become the third Transcendental Force of the Hengliu galaxy.

By that time, nobody would wish to be conquered and may even face possible annihilation!

Nobody else was aware of what Huang Chunqiu was thinking.

Even the two Tiansong Sect disciples who witnessed the masked Zhou Donghuang kill Mo Yitian that day would never imagine that that person was none other than Zhou Donghuang himself.

Huang Chunqiu did not even dare to imagine the possibility that Zhou Donghuang could have two Dharma Powers, only thinking to the extent that Zhou Donghuang had mastered the technique of transforming the appearance of the Dharma Power before it appeared.

As for the other two Tiansong Sect disciples, they did not dare to think that Zhou Donghuang had two separate Dharma Powers. They also did not think that Zhou Donghuang could possibly have the power to transform the appearance of his Dharma Power.

What if they had all been mistaken?

Nonetheless, even if Huang Chunqiu had such thoughts at that moment, he could definitely not say it out loud right now. Once he said it out loud, nobody would believe his words nor stand on his side.

Unless he was able to produce sufficient solid evidence.

…

The Alliance Hunt, which lasted for three whole months, ended.

Zhou Donghuang received the Sky Sun fruit that he wanted after half a month.

The Sky Sun fruit could be said to be the best prize that the Alliance Hunt could offer. Most times, nobody could even win such a prize.

That day, after confirming that Zhou Donghuang would be able to receive the grand prize of the Sky Sun fruit, practically all the Dharma adepts in the Alliance looked at him with envy.

In fact, many Sect Leaders even hurried to offer high prices to buy the fruit from Zhou Donghuang.

However, all their offers were flatly rejected by Zhou Donghuang.

What a joke!

The Sky Sun fruit was exactly what he desperately needed right then. With the Sky Sun fruit, he would be able to allow the four Dharma Powers in his body to quickly breakthrough to the ultimate Dharma stage and then towards the Primordial Soul stage!

"If my four Supreme Beast Dharma Powers reach the Primordial Soul stage, with their power… even if I am just at the early Primordial Soul stage, I am confident of defeating or even killing any ordinary late Primordial Soul adepts!"

After receiving the Sky Sun fruit from Yu Yucheng, leader of the Lightning Sword Sect, Zhou Donghuang's face appeared calm, but his heart was fluttering with excitement.

"Congratulations, Zhou Donghuang." Yu Yucheng smiled as he congratulated Zhou Donghuang.

"Thank you, Sect Leader."

Zhou Donghuang nodded at Yu Yucheng and prepared to head back to his residence in the Autumn Valley to produce the Sky Sun elixir to fully utilize the Sky Sun fruit as quickly as possible.

Once the Sky Sun elixir was produced, his level of skill would improve drastically within a short, and perhaps he could even distribute one Sky Sun elixir each to Third Senior Sister and Da Zhuang.

"Zhou Donghuang, please hold on."

As Zhou Donghuang bid him farewell and prepared to return to the Autumn Valley, Yu Yucheng stopped him.

"Yes, Sect Leader?" asked Zhou Donghuang.

"Our Lightning Sword Sect recently received a few guests."

Yu Yucheng smiled sadly at Zhou Donghuang as he said, "It would be nothing if they were just any ordinary guests… but they are from the Qi Dynasty and the Guangling Academy."

"Qi Dynasty? Guangling Academy?"

Zhou Donghuang frowned. "Are they here for the Sky Sun fruit?"

"I'm afraid that is not the case… I think they are here because of you instead."

Yu Yucheng shook his head and said, "Of course, if you do not wish to join the Qi Dynasty or the Guangling Academy, they will surely try to gain something from you instead, which would be your Sky Sun fruit."

"Do I have to see them?"

Zhou Donghuang's brows were raised into a slight drown. He did not wish to meet anybody unimportant or irrelevant.

"If you do not meet them, they may head to the Autumn Valley to find you themselves."

Yu Yucheng smiled bitterly. In front of the two Transcendental Forces, even him, as the leader of the Lightning Sword Sect, would have to be cautious and respectful to avoid making any mistakes.

This was inevitable, simply because his level of skill was too low.

If the other party decided to attack him, or anybody else in the Lightning Sword Sect, they could easily find an excuse. After all, the Alliance did not wish to have any conflicts with these two Transcendental Forces.

Although there were many strong adepts among the 52 sects of the Alliance, the organization could simply not bring together all these talents just because of a small conflict to argue with the two Transcendental Forces, much less fight against them.

At the end of the day, if anyone in the highest ranks of the two Transcendental Forces, no matter how young, were to slap Yu Yucheng, he would also not be able to do anything in response.

"In that case, let's meet them."

Zhou Donghuang did not wish to lead the two Transcendental Forces to the Autumn Valley and disrupt the peace there.

Under the guidance of Yu Yucheng, Zhou Donghuang first headed to where the people from the Guangling Academy had been hosted by the Lightning Sword Sect.

The man from the Guangling Academy was a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar, his build strong and muscular, and his facial features upright. His face seemed to always be filled with a smile, giving one the feeling of a gust of Spring wind.

"Elder Dong."

Yu Yucheng first greeted the man with a smile, then began his introduction, "Elder Dong, this gentleman here is Zhou Donghuang from our Lightning Sword Sect."

"Zhou Donghuang, this gentleman here is Elder Dong of the Guangling Academy."

Once Yu Yucheng had finished speaking, Zhou Donghuang only slightly glanced at the man from Guangling Academy, then asked impatiently, "What do you want?"

If he could choose, he would definitely not want to see anyone from the Guangling Academy or the Qi Dynasty because there was no point in meeting them, and it would be a waste of his time.

However, Zhou Donghuang's impatient tone shocked Yu Yucheng. He hurriedly apologized profusely to the man, "Elder Dong, Zhou Donghuang has something important to rush off to at the Autumn Valley, so he is in a bit of a rush… I hope you can forgive him."

The man before him looked like he was just one of the elders of the Guangling Academy. Still, he had another identity—he was the grandson of the current Principal of the Guangling Academy!

The Lightning Sword Sect could not afford to offend someone like that.

"No need," replied Dong Fangyou with a shake of his head. "I was also too impatient just now."

"Zhou Donghuang." Dong Fangyou looked at Zhou Donghuang, his face filled with a kind smile as he said, "I am here today mainly to invite you to enter the Guangling Academy…"

Before Dong Fangyou could finish, Zhou Donghuang had already interrupted him. "Not interested."

The smile on Dong Fangyou's face seemed to falter momentarily, but he continued with a bright smile, "Of course, since you are not willing, I, and the Guangling Academy, will not force you.

"But there is something else…"

Hearing Dong Fangyou's words, Zhou Donghuang already knew that the man was definitely eyeing his Sky Sun fruit. Dong Fangyou immediately proved that Zhou Donghuang's suspicions were correct, as he asked about the Sky Sun fruit.

"Our Guangling Academy is willing to use a Tongshen fruit to exchange for your Sky Sun fruit… I wonder if you are willing to trade with us?" Dong Fangyou asked with a smile.

A Tongshen fruit?

Hearing Dong Fangyou's words, although Zhou Donghuang appeared calm on the surface, he was extremely agitated on the inside. Clearly, he did not expect that the Guangling Academy would use a Tongshen fruit to trade for his Sky Sun fruit.

The value of the Tongshen fruit was no less than the Sky Sun fruit. In fact, to some people, the Tongshen fruit was even more attractive than the Sky Sun fruit.

The Tongshen fruit could guarantee ultimate Dharma adepts a breakthrough to the Primordial Soul stage. It was extremely valuable for ultimate Dharma adepts who were at the end of their lives but who seemed to have no chance in reaching the Primordial Soul stage.

This was the same as a life-prolonging pill for them!

Even in resource-rich galaxies, in any auction, the Tongshen fruit could easily fetch a higher price than the Sky Sun fruit.

Even in resource-rich galaxies, there was no shortage of ultimate Dharma adepts who lacked natural talent and who had no chance of reaching the Primordial Soul stage. The family and friends of these people would try to procure the Tongshen fruit for them.

Just based on price alone and nothing else, the Tongshen fruit was not inferior to the Sky Sun fruit.

It was just a pity that the Tongshen fruit had no value at all to Zhou Donghuang.

Now, even if the Guangling Academy produced ten or even a hundred Tongshen fruits, he would never exchange it for the Sky Sun fruit.

What did he need the most right now?

Time!

The Sky Sun fruit would allow him to save time and reach the Primordial Soul stage earlier than expected.

"No deal."

Zhou Donghuang shook his head.

From Dong Fangyou's expression, he was clearly not surprised by Zhou Donghuang's response.

However, he did not just give up like that, but added, "What if I add another promise?

"An early Divine Transformation adept from the Guangling Academy will make an appearance to fight on your behalf, no matter your opponent and no matter the reason!"

Even after hearing this additional offer, Zhou Donghuang shook his head once again, "Not trading!"

"Mid Primordial Soul."

Dong Fangyou continued, "As long as it does not harm the interests of the Guangling Academy, a mid Divine Transformation adept of the Guangling Academy will fight on your behalf once!"

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Chapter 292: Fourteenth Prince of the Qi Dynasty

As long as it does not harm the interests of the Guangling Academy?

Upon hearing Dong Fangyou's words, even Yu Yucheng, the leader of the Lightning Sword Sect could not help but gasp.

He knew exactly what this meant.

This meant that as long as Zhou Donghuang was willing to exchange his Sky Sun fruit, just one word from him would be enough to make the Guangling Academy send out a mid Divine Transformation adept to kill him, Yu Yucheng!

In fact, to kill any sect leader of the Alliance.

Of course, it would be an assassination.

However, without solid evidence, even if the sects of the Alliance suspected anything, they could not question anyone about the crime.

Yu Yucheng could not help but be amazed by the attractiveness of the Sky Sun fruit.

Hundreds of years ago, the Qi Dynasty had specifically sent out a young lord undercover in one of the sects of the Alliance and won the Sky Sun fruit openly as the champion of the Alliance Hunt.

Now, the Guangling Academy was willing to pay such a high price in exchange for the Sky Sun fruit.

"No deal."

Zhoug Donghuang still shook his head and was not at all swayed by the new offer from Dong Fangyou, the elder from the Guangling Academy.

At this moment, even Yu Yucheng was shocked. He had thought that Zhou Donghuang was going to accept the deal.

After all, the promise for a mid Divine Tansformation adept of the Guangling Academy to fight for him was too valuable, and the offer even included a Tongshen fruit.

In the Lightning Sword Sect, there was only one mid Divine Transformation adept.

Even for sects with profound backgrounds in the Alliance, there were at most two mid Primordial Soul adepts who stayed in the Hengliu galaxy.

As for late Primordial Soul adepts, it was impossible to have any in the sects of the Alliance.

Normally, those with the ability to reach the late Divine Transformation stage in the Hengliu galaxy also had the potential to travel to galaxies with better environments and resources. Most of them would not be willing to stay in any of the sects of the Alliance.

Unlike the two Transcendental Forces of the Hengliu galaxy, even if a late Divine Transformation adept chose to stay there, there would be enough resources for him to use freely.

Of course, even if they were the two Transcendental Forces of the Hengliu galaxy, they were also unable to keep ultimate Divine Transformation adepts.

After all, the Divine Transformation stage was only one stage away from the Separating Divinity stage, and no one was willing to risk staying in the Hengliu galaxy.

What if by staying in Hengliu galaxy, one would never be able to breakthrough?

Was this not equivalent to waiting for death?

"Zhou Donghuang, are you sure you do not want to accept the deal? This is the greatest compromise Guangling Academy can offer, I advise you to consider carefully."

Seeing Zhou Donghuang once again reject the deal, Dong Fangyou thought he wanted to continue bargaining. To cut off Zhou Donghuang's plan, he immediately continued his words.

"Of course, if you have not met with the Qi Dynasty, you should go and meet them first… However, whatever they are willing to offer will never be comparable to the Guangling Academy.

"The Guangling Academy is being very sincere.

"You can pay a visit to the Qi Dynasty first, but if you think that the Guangling Academy's offer is better, you can follow Sect Leader Yu to find me.

"I will wait for you."

With Dong Fangyou's words, it was obvious that the Guangling Academy was extremely confident of the deal they had offered and was not afraid of their competition.

He was sure that Zhou Donghuang only rejected him because he wanted to compare the items offered by the Guangling Academy and the Qi Dynasty.

He would never have imagined that even if he had promised to send a late Divine Transformation adept to fight for Zhou Donghuang, Zhou Donghuang would still have no interest in the offer.

To Zhou Donghuang, the Sky Sun fruit could allow him to reach the Primordial Soul stage in the fastest time possible.

Once he reached the Primordial Soul stage, he would be able to access the treasures that he recalled from the memories of his previous life and get his hands on those treasures which others would have taken.

Now, the thing he lacked the most was time.

With the Sky Sun fruit, not only could he shorten the distance between him and the Primordial Soul stage, it could also shorten the distance between him and the Divine Transformation stage, the Separating Divinity and even the Heavenly stage!

Within the shortest time, he wanted to obtain the peak abilities from his past life and even more!

His birth father and birth mother were waiting for him to save them.

He could not afford to waste a second!

"Sect Leader, let's meet the people from the Qi Dynasty."

At that moment, the thing that Zhou Donghuang wanted to do was to return to the Autumn Valley and refine his Sky Sun fruit into a Sky Sun elixir. The other medicinal herbs required to refine the Sky Sun fruit had already been obtained not long after Zhou Donghuang returned from the Alliance Hunt.

Out of all the medicinal herbs required to refine the Sky Sun elixir, the most important one was the Sky Sun fruit. The other medicinal herbs were precious, but they were not difficult to obtain.

In fact, Zhou Donghuang did not even need to seek help from Sect Leader Yu Yucheng. He simply went to greet the Autumn Valley Head, He Jin, and a few days later, He Jin had prepared all the medicinal herbs and brought them to him.

If not to prevent the people from the Qi Dynasty and the Guangling Academy from disturbing the Autumn Valley, Zhou Donghuang was not at all interested in meeting them.

Under the guidance of Lightning Sect Leader Yu Yucheng, Zhou Donghuang quickly met the people from the Qi Dynasty.

There was a total of two people.

One was a mid-aged gentleman in a sky blue robe, and the other was a young gentleman clad in a flowing robe of silk.

"Fourteenth Prince, this gentlemen is Zhou Donghuang of the Lightning Sword Sect."

Upon meeting the guests from the Qi Dynasty, Yu Yucheng once again introduced, "Zhou Donghuang, this gentleman is the fourteenth prince of the Qi Dynasty, Qi Rui, and this is the Qi Dynasty's official, Chu Wei.

"Mm."

Zhou Donghuang glanced at the both of them and nodded slightly.

"Presumptuous!"

Seeing Zhou Donghuang's cold reaction, the Qi Dynasty official, Chu Wei, who was standing behind the fourteenth prince of the Qi Dynasty, Qi Rui, glared furiously at Zhou Donghuang and yelled, "How dare you not bow down to the fourteenth prince?"

"Why do I have to bow?"

Zhou Donghuang took a quick glance at Chu Wei. "I am not from the Qi Dynasty, why do I have to abide by your meaningless customs?"

"You—!"

Chu Wei was now enraged as he screamed, "Do you really think that you can do anything you want just because you have some talent in the Martial Way? Are you unaware of how powerful the Qi Dynasty is?"

"Official Chu, you are currently in the Lightning Sword Sect'."

Yu Yucheng reminded in an indifferent tone as he glanced slightly at Chu Wei.

Dong Fangyou of the Guangling Academy was the grandson of the current Principal of the Guangling Academy… however, this Chu Wei was only an ordinary official from the Qi Dynasty. He, as the leader of the Lightning Sword Sect, had nothing to be afraid of.

As for the Fourteenth Prince Qi Rui, while he was slightly terrifying, he was nowhere near the level of Dong Fangyou.

Although the Fourteenth Prince was of the royal family, he was considered one of the least talented martial adepts in his generation of Qi Dynasty descendants and usually only played insignificant roles in the Qi Dynasty.

Of course, even if he was not that terrifying, it was still not wise to provoke him on purpose.

"Uncle Chu, Sect Leader Yu is here, you should show him some respect."

Qi Rui slightly glanced at Zhou Donghuang and spoke in a condescending tone, "Zhou Donghuang, your talent is not bad. I represent Qi Dynasty to invite you to join us."

"Not interested."

Zhou Donghuang replied in a calm tone, "If there is no other business, I shall take my leave."

Upon finishing his sentence, Zhou Donghuang turned and walked away.

Just as Qi Rui was about to speak again, Zhou Donghuang continued as he walked out, "Not only am I not interested in going to the Qi Dynasty, I am also not interested in exchanging the Sun Sky fruit for anything… regardless of what Qi Dynasty is able to offer."

With one sentence, Qi Rui became speechless instantly. He could only watch as Zhou Donghuang arrogantly walked away and disappeared in the distance.

"Sect Leader Yu, your Zhou Donghuang of the Lightning Sword Sect is too rude!"

Chu Wei glanced at Yu Yucheng furiously and spoke in a deep voice, "Not only has Zhou Donghuang's actions offended the Fourteenth Prince, he has also offended the Qi Dynasty!"

"Official Chu, Zhou Donghuang is not somebody who you can force to do anything you want."

Although Yu Yucheng felt helpless at the arrogance and fearlessness of Zhou Donghuang, he was not afraid of Chu Wei. He spoke calmly and without emotion, and it was clear that he was protecting Zhou Donghuang.

"Sect Leader Yu."

At that moment, Qi Rui's eyes turned cold and he spoke in a deep voice, "Later, help me pass this message to your so-called elite of the Lightning Sword Sect… in the Hengliu galaxy, an elite who gives up halfway and is unable to grow up is useless!"

Upon hearing his words, Yu Yucheng's face turned pale as his eyes shot out cold rays, "Fourteenth Prince, are you threatening my Lightning Sword Sect disciple?"

"Hmph! Uncle Chu, let's go!"

Qi Rui ignored Yu Yucheng as he called out to Chu Wei and led him out of the door without looking back.

As he watched the backs of the two disappear into the distance, Yu Yucheng's eyes were cold and filled with a murderous glint, but in the end, he still did not do anything.

Killing the two of them was not at all difficult for him. However, the consequences of killing them was not something he or the Lightning Sword Sect could bear.

Although the fourteenth prince of the Qi Dynasty, Qi Rui, did not have a high status, he was still the bloodline of King Qi. If he was to die in the hands of the Lightning Sword Sect, the Qi Dynasty will definitely not show them any mercy!

"Seems like I will have to warn Zhou Donghuang to refrain from going out if there is no important business… and even if he has to go out, he should still tell me beforehand."

Regarding Qi Rui threats, Yu Yucheng dare not take them lightly.

Although Qi Rui did not have a high status in the Qi Dynasty, it was only among the royal family. His one word could still gather countless Qi Dynasty Primordial Soul adepts.

Even Chu Wei, a Qi Dynasty Official, was an ultimate Primordial Soul adept.

Normally, Qi Rui might not be able to give orders to Chu Wei. However, as Zhou Donghuang had also enraged Chu Wei, it was possible that he would be willing to harm Zhou Donghuang.

"Oh no, I have to warn Zhou Donghuang this instant!"

Yu Yucheng grew increasingly worried the more he thought about it. In a moment, he began to swiftly head towards the direction of the Autumn Valley.

As Zhou Donghuang was about to reach the Autumn Valley, Yu Yucheng caught up to him. "Sect Leader?"

"You are not here to tell me about the conditions the Qi Dynasty has offered to exchange for my Sky Sun fruit… right? If you are, there is no need to continue as I will never exchange my Sky Sun fruit for anything."

Zhou Donghuang's tone was extremely strong!

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Chapter 293: Pleasant Surprise

"Zhou Donghuang, please do not be mistaken."

Yu Yucheng smiled at him kindly and said, "The Sky Sun fruit is yours, it's up to you whether you wish to sell or exchange it or not. Nobody can force you to do anything.

"I am here to find you to remind you about something.

"Just now, after you left, the fourteenth prince of the Qi Dynasty, Qi Rui, threatened you right in front of me… in his own words, he said that in the Hengliu galaxy, if a talent were to halt his growth halfway and no longer be able to progress, that man would be useless!"

As he spoke, the smile on Yu Yucheng's face disappeared completely, replaced by a serious expression as he continued, "In the future, before you have enough power to protect yourself well, you should try not to leave the Lightning Sword Sect if you can avoid it.

"Even if you must leave, you must tell the Valley Head about it, and let him follow you out."

Yu Yucheng added, "Later, I will inform the Valley Head about this."

Now, Zhou Donghuang was a precious treasure in the eyes of Yu Yucheng. Based on Zhou Donghuang's natural talent and ability, once he grew up and got even stronger, he would surely be a titan in the Hengliu galaxy. Furthermore, at his young age, he would be in no hurry to leave the Hengliu galaxy for greener pastures even after he reached the Divine Transformation stage.

In the Hengliu galaxy, those who were eager to leave the galaxy to head to other planets and galaxies with better training environments and resources were mostly older Divine Transformation adepts. They were all rushing to break through to the next stage because if they were too slow, that would mean the end of their lives.

"Based on the talent and ability that Zhou Donghuang has displayed to date, if he continues in this manner… even when he reaches the late Divine Transformation stage, his life will probably not even be at the halfway point yet. He will have no need to rush to leave the Hengliu galaxy, and at that point, he can surely lead our Lightning Sword Sect to greater heights. We can become superior to all the other sects of the Alliance, standing alongside the two Transcendental Forces of the galaxy!"

Yu Yucheng had high hopes for Zhou Donghuang.

In fact, the day after the Alliance Hunt had ended, the other sects of the Alliance had tried to poach Zhou Donghuang from the Lightning Sword Sect precisely because they recognized his potential and wanted him to become a part of their sects.

"Thank you for your reminder, Sect Leader."

Although he was well aware that Yu Yucheng was taking such good care of him because of the extraordinary talent and skill that he had displayed, Zhou Donghuang still accepted his goodwill.

Next, Yu Yucheng and Zhou Donghuang returned to the Autumn Valley together.

After returning to the Autumn Valley, Zhou Donghuang returned to his own residence and got busy preparing the Sky Sun elixir.

As for Yu Yucheng, he looked for the Autumn Valley Head, He Jin.

Zhou Donghuang's safety, to a certain extent, concerned the future of the Lightning Sword Sect. There was a reason for him to be as careful and cautious as possible.

Yu Yucheng only left reassured after he had spoken to He Jin about the matter.

"That Elder Dong is probably still waiting for Zhou Donghuang's response."

Yu Yucheng could easily guess the thoughts of the Guangling Academy elder, Dong Fangyou. He was definitely waiting to see if Zhou Donghuang would return and take him up on his offer. After all, he was certain that what the Guangling Academy had offered Zhou Donghuang was surely worth much more than whatever the Qi Dynasty could offer.

"Hmm?"

However, when Dong Fangyou saw Yu Yucheng return alone, he could not help but frown slightly.

Did the Qi Dynasty really offer something even better than what the Guangling Academy had offered Zhou Donghuang?

That was highly unlikely.

"Elder Dong."

Yu Yucheng smiled awkwardly and said, "The Sky Sun fruit, the Guangling Academy will not be able to get it… you can also go back. Of course, if Elder Dong wishes to stay a few days in our Lightning Sword Sect, you will be more than welcome here."

"Did he give the Sky Sun fruit to the Qi Dynasty?" asked Dong Fangyou in a low tone.

"No."

Yu Yucheng shook his head and answered, "Before those from the Qi Dynasty could even offer anything, Zhou Donghuang had already flatly rejected them and left before they could say anything."

Yu Yucheng's words shocked Dong Fangyou. "That boy rejected them even before they could make an offer?"

At that point, he realized that he had misunderstood Zhou Donghuang. He had originally thought that Zhou Donghuang had wanted to compare the offer from both parties before making a decision, but now, it looked like Zhou Donghuang was really unwilling to give up the Sky Sun fruit in his hands.

"Indeed." Yu Yucheng nodded.

"Haha… looks like our Guangling Academy still commands more respect than them, at least he waited to hear what I had to offer."

After confirming with Yu Yucheng, Dong Fangyou laughed and said, "Forget it, since that boy is so unwilling, then our Guangling Academy will not try to force it either.

"Farewell, Sect Leader Yu!"

After hearing that the Qi Dynasty did not even have the chance to make an offer for the Sky Sun fruit, Dong Fangyou seemed extremely happy. It was as if he was not at all disappointed that he had failed to obtain the Sky Sun fruit for the Guangling Academy.

In fact, as he left, he had a smile on his face.

"It has always been said that the Guangling Academy and the Qi Dynasty are like water and fire… today, that has indeed been proven to be the case."

After sending Dong Fangyou out of the door, Yu Yucheng reflected to himself.

…

Qi Rui, the fourteenth prince of the Qi Dynasty, led the Qi Dynasty official, Chu Wei, as they left the Lightning Sword Sect. His expression was still stone cold as he said, "Uncle Chu, I cannot take this lying down… I think, you must be feeling the same way?"

Hearing this, Chu Wei's hawk-like eyes also flashed murderously. "That Zhou Donghuang is indeed behaving very rudely."

"Uncle Chu, I want him dead!"

Qi Rui's eyes were burning with hatred, eager to kill.

Normally, in the royal family of the Qi Dynasty, he was used to being looked down upon by his elder siblings. They had royal blood just like him and were the direct descendants of Emperor Qi. They were more talented in martial arts than him, so it was acceptable for them to look down on him.

But this little disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect, someone of lowly inferior blood, also dared to look down on him like that?

He could not take that lying down!

"Fourteenth Prince."

As compared to Qi Rui's irrational rage, Chu Wei was much calmer as he said, "You should not have said those words in front of Yu Yucheng just now… by saying that, both he and Zhou Donghuang will be prepared.

"Things like this will alert the enemy to the danger instead," explained Chu Wei.

"So what if they are prepared? Can Yu Yucheng possibly stick by Zhou Donghuang's side all the time, such that wherever Zhou Donghuang goes, he will also follow?"

Qi Rui laughed with disdain as he said, "The whole Lightning Sword Sect, including Yu Yucheng, has just two Divine Transformation adepts… even if I threatened Zhou Donghuang in front of Yu Yucheng today, he and the other mid Divine Transformation adept of the Lightning Sword Sect cannot possibly be at Zhou Donghuang's side every single minute to protect him.

"Besides the Divine Transformation adepts, is there anyone else in the Lightning Sword Sect who is your match, Uncle Chu?"

As he spoke, Qi Rui looked at Chu Wei with a confident gaze.

A faint smile appeared on Chu Wei's face. He clearly liked what he had just heard. "Fourteenth Prince is right, they are just a small sect, I was worried about nothing.

"However, I cannot always hang around the Lightning Sword Sect to wait for Zhou Donghuang to walk into my trap… later, when we get back, we will still need you to talk to Seventh Prince to ask him to order the spy that we have in the Lightning Sword Sect to stalk Zhou Donghuang and provide us information about his movements."

The Qi Dynasty had spies in each of the sects of the Alliance, who regularly reported information about the various sects to them.

Now, the seventh prince of the Qi Dynasty was in charge of the spies in the various sects of the Alliance. With just an order from him, the spies in the various sects would act accordingly.

"Sure! I will look for Seventh Brother once we get back!"

QI Rui's eyes flashed excitedly as he nodded eagerly. He looked at Chu Wei and said, "However, as for the act itself, we'll have to trouble you, Uncle Chu."

"No problem!" Chu Wei agreed without a second thought.

…

After spending half a day hard at work, Zhou Donghuang finally produced the Sky Sun elixir, using the Sky Sun fruit.

"Who would've thought… who would've thought… looks like using the Vermilion Bird Dharma Power as fire to produce the elixir really has some special effect, such that five elixirs were produced!"

Zhou Donghuang had decided not to produce the Sky Sun elixir in one batch, but did it in two attempts.

The first attempt, he had used the inner Yuan from the White Tiger Dharma Power to produce the fire used to make the elixir. He thought that the White Tiger Dharma Power was the first to reach the late Dharma stage, and the inner Yuan in it would surely be the purest and most effective.

Using half a Sky Sun fruit as the main herb, mixed with the other ingredients, he managed to produce a total of two Sky Sun elixirs.

This was not surprising to Zhou Donghuang, as it was exactly what he had expected.

The second attempt, he had used the inner Yuan from the Vermilion Bird Dharma Power to produce the elixir. He had done this because he wanted to test a hypothesis that he had, but even if it failed, he would probably produce at least one elixir.

In this universe, some beasts or life forms that naturally had the element of fire were more capable at producing elixirs than humans.

They were often able to produce more effective elixirs than humans.

Precisely because of this reason, Zhou Donghuang had thought of his Vermilion Bird Dharma Power. As one of the four great mythical beasts, the vermilion bird naturally possessed a special kind of fire. Using the fire produced from its Dharma Power to produce elixirs could possibly have a better effect.

With this idea, Zhou Donghuang had split the Sky Sun fruit into two portions and made two batches of Sky Sun elixir.

Once the result was out, it showed that his hypothesis was right.

Using the fire forged from the inner Yuan of the Vermilion Bird to produce elixirs was more effective than using the fires from the inner Yuan of the other Dharma Powers!

In fact, it was not just slightly better in effectiveness.

Zhou Donghuang had produced a total of five elixirs in the second batch when he used the Vermilion Bird Dharma Power.

As compared to the two elixirs that were produced by the White Tiger Dharma Power, this batch had three more elixirs!

A total of seven elixirs were produced.

This meant that if he had used the Vermilion Bird Dharma Power from the beginning, he could have been able to produce more than ten elixirs in the end!

Of course, all of this was in hindsight, so Zhou Donghuang was not hung up about this wasted opportunity. There was no place for regret.

"I did not think that I would be able to produce seven Sky Sun elixirs, what a pleasant surprise… seven Sky Sun elixirs, the medicinal effect is no less than seven whole Sky Sun fruits!"

As for what to do with the Seven Sky Sun elixirs, Zhou Donghuang already had a plan.

One each for He Mengxi and Da Zhuang. They would not benefit from more, because for medicines like this, the first elixir would be the most effective, but the effect would be much less from the second one and so on and so forth.

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Chapter 294: Seventh Prince Qi Feng

"For an average Dharma adept, after using a Sky Sun elixir, it would be enough for them to develop their Dharma Power intensively… As for me, I have four Dharma Powers within me. If I only use one Sky Sun elixir, it would be split among the four Dharma Powers and would thus be insufficient."

Seeing the bottle of core drugs in his hands, which contained seven Sky Sun elixirs, Zhou Donghuang's eyes shone.

"With this, I can now use the shortest time possible to develop the four Dharma Powers within me and they can all cross over into the ultimate Dharma stage!

Under the technique of the Lord of Four Supremes, which Zhou Donghuang utilized to enter the Primordial Soul stage, one had to first push their four spiritual Dharma Powers within their bodies to the ultimate Dharma stage. If one of the Dharma Powers were not at the ultimate Dharma stage, it would then be impossible to cross over to the Primordial Soul stage.

Because of this, since Zhou Donghuang had long dreamt of being a Primordial Soul adept, he thus had to think of ways to allow his four Dharma Powers to cross over to the ultimate Dharma stage within the shortest time possible!

"Da Zhuang."

After eating the drug, Zhou Donghuang paid Da Zhuang a visit and gifted him with two Sky Sun elixirs. "These two core drugs are Sky Sun elixirs and both contain powers that are comparable to that of the Sky Sun fruit."

Even though Da Zhuang may not have been familiar with the Sky Sun elixir, he was certainly familiar with the Sky Sun fruit.

Once he heard Zhou Donghuang's words, he immediately returned the bottle of core drugs containing the two Sky Sun elixirs to Zhou Donghuang. "Little brother, these core drugs are too precious. Use them yourselves. It would be wasted on me."

"There are two Sky Sun elixirs within the bottle. One is for you, and the other is for He Mengxi. Help me give the other elixir to He Mengxi… These core drugs act in the same manner as the Sky Sun fruit. After you consume one, consuming a second will not make much difference."

Zhou Donghuang did not take back the bottle of core drugs from Da Zhuang. "Don't worry, I have more elixirs with me.

"In the near future, for a period of time, I intend to isolate myself and focus solely on my training… If there aren't any urgent matters, please do not disturb me for this time being. Please help me pass on this message to Third Senior Sister as well."

Once he had spoken, Zhou Donghuang then returned to his room to train.

He urgently wanted to allow the four Dharma Powers within him to cross over to the ultimate Dharma stage, which was a prerequisite for him to enter the stage he desired and be a well-rounded ultimate Dharma adept.

Once his four Dharma Powers had crossed over to the ultimate Dharma stage, he would then have the confidence of killing an average Primordial Soul adept. "Once my four Dharma Powers have crossed over to the ultimate Dharma stage, I shall visit the Guiyao planet yet again to see if I can gain more benefits there."

In the past, during the Alliance Hunt, Zhou Donghuang had already discovered that the Guiyao planet was somewhat strange and had suspected that a giant demon was spawning there.

In places where giant demons were born, there would be a great deal of opportunities.

If he had not known about this, it would not matter.

However, since he was aware of this, he would do what was within his nature and make a trip down to explore this possibility.

In his past life, although he did not have many natural talents, the reason why he had managed to stand at the peak of the infinite universe 1000 years later was because he was willing to take risks.

After Zhou Donghuang went into isolation, Da Zhuang went to pay He Mengxi a visit and passed the Sky Sun elixir to her, "Third Senior Sister, little brother said that for the near future, he will be isolating himself for training. If there aren't any urgent matters, do not disturb him."

"I understand."

After receiving the Sky Sun elixir from Da Zhuang and finding out that its effects were comparable to that of the Sky Sun fruit, He Mengxi was immensely shocked. "Training one's core using spirit fruits and having one drug be comparable to that of many… Isn't this the ancient method of Internal Alchemy?

"Little brother… He is even able to use the Sky Sun fruit as his main ingredient to manufacture the Sky Sun elixir? Does he actually have access to this superior method of Internal Alchemy?"

Even though Da Zhuang was unaware of this, it did not mean that He Mengxi was equally ignorant.

"This… could this also be a part of the benefits that little brother had reaped during that incident in his dreamscape?"

He Mengxi could not help but assume.

At the same time, she looked sternly at Da Zhuang. "Da Zhuang, regarding this Sky Sun elixir, do not share this information with anyone else… not even with my father."

It was undeniable that He Mengxi trusted her father immensely. Even so, this matter was important, and the lesser people knew about it, the better.

She could only imagine that if news of her junior disciple having a method to create superior elixirs leaked out, Zhou Donghuang would be the target of many within the Hengliu galaxy as such a method was extremely desired.

It was so extreme to the point where those from other galaxies which possessed enough resources or wealth would even pay the Hengliu galaxy a visit just to find Zhou Donghuang with the intention of stealing the method.

The seriousness of the situation warranted ultimate discreteness on the part of He Mengxi. At the same time, she was a little baffled as to why her junior disciple had been so careless to forget to warn Da Zhuang to keep this matter under wraps.

What He Mengxi was unaware of was that Zhou Donghuang had not bothered to warn Da Zhuang as he had ultimate confidence and trust in Da Zhuang.

…

As one of the two Transcendental Forces within the Hengliu galaxy, the Qi Dynasty was located in a corner of the galaxy, and its dynasty territory included tens of planets.

In total, the Qi Dynasty encompassed 13 planets.

These 13 planets all belonged to the same orbital system of the Hengliu galaxy and were in the same solar cycle.

Among these 13 planets, the biggest one was where the capital of their territory was at.

The direct descendants of the Qi Dynasty as well as the legends were all mostly gathered within the capital… As for the planet where the capital was at, it was named King Qi Planet and had been renamed after the Qi Dynasty had been gradually built up.

The 14th prince, Qi Rui, could be considered a prince and a son of King Qi. However, as his talents and abilities were not as superior compared to the other princes and princesses, he was not really noticed by King Qi.

King Qi had over 20 sons and daughters, and he only focused on those who were more capable and outstanding.

For those who were like Qi Rui, in the eyes of King Qi, they were almost invisible, and this caused him to have a rather average status among the royal lineage of the Qi Dynasty.

These many sons and daughters all came from different mothers.

King Qi had a main queen as well as over ten concubines, and one of these concubines had given birth to Qi Rui.

However, although Qi Rui was only average at best in terms of martial arts and natural talent, he had a biological brother who had the exact same parents as him. Among King Qi's many sons and daughters, this brother of Qi Rui's ranked in the top three in terms of talent and was greatly favored by King Qi.

This biological brother of Qi Rui's was the seventh price, Qi Feng.

Qi Feng was only about 40 years old, but he was already a mid Primordial Soul adept. Other than being greatly favored by King Qi, he was also responsible for gathering news on the various sects within the Alliance of the Hengliu galaxy.

The connections within the Alliance of the Hengliu Galaxy were all controlled by the seventh price, Qi Feng.

Qi Feng looked only to be about 30 years old despite his age, and he looked regal, having bushy and stern eyebrows frame his face. He was someone who commandeered the respect of Qi Rui, the 14th prince, when they met.

"Seventh Brother."

Once Qi Rui had met Qi Feng, he seemed rather speechless. Although the other party was merely a brother of the same father and mother, every time they met, he felt as though he was meeting with his father, King Qi; they gave off the same regal vibes.

Qi Feng seemed to be extremely stern and distant as well.

"Speak."

Qi Feng's tone was extremely formal, and this conversation was similar to that of an elder speaking to a junior rather than two biological brothers having a conversation.

Qi Rui seemed to have already gotten used to this a long while ago, and he did not show any surprise. "Seventh Brother, I've paid you a visit this time to ask you for a favor."

Once he had spoken, seeing as Qi Feng merely stared impassively at him and did not speak, Qi Rui scrambled to continue speaking. "This time, for the Alliance Hunt organized by the Alliance, I was present to monitor the Hunt to verify if anyone managed to win the Sky Sun fruit…"

Due the fact that for the last hundreds of year, there had been no one from the various sects of the Alliance who had managed to win the Sky Sun fruit during the Alliance Hunt, the Qi Dynasty had gone from being extremely cautious of this matter to relaxing their supervision of the Hunt.

If not, they definitely would not have sent someone like the 14th prince, who was viewed as lowly amongst the royal lineage of the Qi Dynasty.

Sending Qi Rui was simply an act of formality.

"This time, someone actually managed to obtain the Sky Sun fruit!"

At the start, the seventh price's face still had on a rather neutral expression. However, once Qi Rui had finished his report, his facial expression changed slightly, and a shocked look appeared in his eyes. "Someone within the sects of the Alliance managed to be the top scorer and surpassed 10000 points in the Alliance Hunt?"

In the Alliance Hunt, one could only obtain the Sky Sun fruit by fulfilling these two criterions.

"That is correct."

Qi Rui nodded his head. "The person in question is a disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect, and he is a late Dharma adept. In this year's Alliance Hunt, he managed to accumulate over 40000 points and successfully obtained the Sky Sun fruit."

Once Qi Rui had uttered these words, Qi Feng immediately shouted aloud without a pause.

"What did you say!? More than 40000 points!?"

He thought he had misheard Qi Rui.

After asking Qi Rui to repeat himself, Qi Feng realized that he had not misunderstood the situation.

Furthermore, he learned more details of this extraordinary matter from Qi Rui. "Zhou Donghuang, a disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect, managed to achieve this feat of accumulating so many points in the Alliance Hunt due to the fact that he managed to train his Dharma Power to the Dharma Power Control stage.

"Hmph!"

Qi Rui scoffed aloud and spoke with a look of indignation. "Those people of the Alliance actually claimed that Zhou Donghuang had made history in the Hengliu galaxy in terms of being a Dharma adept who had mastered the Dharma Power Control!

"In my opinion, in the history of the Qi Dynasty, we definitely would have had a Dharma adept who had also mastered the Dharma Power Control much earlier. It was probably just that there were no records of such a happening."

The more Qi Rui spoke, the more indignant he felt.

On the other hand, Qi Feng did not approve of this at all and he spoke lightly, "The Qi Dynasty has no Dharma adept who has mastered Dharma Power Control in its history at all… Even for the Guangling Academy, which is known to be superior to the Qi Dynasty, has never in its history had a Dharma adept who has mastered the Dharma Power Control as well…"

"A 26-year-old man at the late Dharma stage actually managed to master Dharma Power Control…"

Towards the end of his speech, Qi Feng was practically mumbling to himself. His eyes had also slowly lighted up, and his fists were slowly tightening as he spoke.

If he could somehow create a good relationship with this person…

This would mean that he would have a better shot at ascending the Qi throne in the future!

"Have you invited this extraordinary individual to the Qi Dynasty?" Qi Feng glanced at Qi Rui and asked.

"Yes."

Qi Rui nodded his head. At the same time, an angry look appeared on his face. "He is a rather ignorant man, though, and directly rejected the invitation to join the Qi Dynasty…

"Furthermore, I did not even manage to share the price our Qi Dynasty was willing to pay him as compensation for the Sky Sun fruit. He immediately rejected me and did not give me any face at all!"

"Damn him!"

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