571: Chapter 571, 187 Contributions!

His heart was full of anticipation for the promotion of the moyuan spirit weapon.

Afterward, Qin Yan opened his panel to check his gains from this period of time.

[Qi Refining: Sixth-Rank Early Stage (Five Elements Primordial Scripture Level 1, 53%)]

[Body Tempering: Fifth Grade Peak (Indestructible Blood Demon Scripture Level 2, 35%)]

[Total Blood Qi: 580,000 Cal]

[Qi Refining: 360,000 Cal]

[Body Tempering: 220,000 Cal]

[spirit: 195 Hz]

[Spear Dao: Sixth Stage Spear Intent]

[Spear Intent: Fourth Grade Destructions End Spear Intent (100%)]

[Third Grade Nirvana Spear Intent (100%)]

[spirit weapon: moyuan spirit weapon]

[Alchemy Dao: Fifth-Rank Alchemist (17%)]

[Physique: Indestructible Blood Demon Body (Minor Achievement)]

[Martial Skill: Blood Puppet Creation, Five Elements Martial Arts General Outline — Ice Flame Spear Technique (Major Achievement)]

[Origin Divine Ability: Blood Curse, Demonic Utterance Heavenly Edict (Demonic Path · Blood Curse Advanced · Seal), Five-Colored Spiritual Light]

[Skill Points: 0 points]

"My Body Tempering has finally broken through to the Fifth Grade Peak."

A sense of satisfaction welled up in Qin Yan's heart.

With this Body Tempering Breakthrough, his blood qi had increased by another 55,000 Cal.

This also brought his total blood qi directly up to 580,000 Cal!

With a base blood qi of 580,000 Cal, if it were further multiplied by his series of buffs—1.9x from the spirit weapon, 1x from Blood Burst, 3.2x from Nirvana Spear Intent, and another 1x from Blood Burst, totaling a 6.1x increase—his total blood qi could reach over 3.5 million Cal!

3.5 million Cal, what a terrifying number!

Qin Yan took a deep breath and looked at the Martial Skill section at the bottom of the panel.

Under his persistent training during this period, his Ice Flame Spear Technique had finally reached the Major Achievement stage!

From Entry to Minor Achievement, and from Minor Achievement to Major Achievement, he had put in countless days and nights of hard practice, shedding countless drops of sweat.

Now, with the effect of this tiangang - exquisite grade Martial Skill, his explosive power would be even more terrifying!

The Major Achievement stage of the Ice Flame Spear Technique provided an amplification far exceeding that of Minor Achievement, enough to take his combat strength up another level.

"However, Qi Refining is still at the Sixth-Rank Early Stage; this is a bit difficult to break through."

Qin Yan's gaze fell on the Qi Refining section, his brows furrowing slightly.

Even after refining thirty Sixth-Rank metal-attribute Spirit Pills, he still hadn't broken through.

At this moment, the Golden Element Wondrous Tree inside his body had only grown to nearly four zhang tall.

At four zhang tall, there was still a full zhang's distance from the Perfection height of five zhang.

This one zhang required more resources than the previous total combined.

However, Qin Yan had long since estimated this.

The path of martial arts becomes more difficult the further one goes; that wasn't just a saying!

The jump from Fifth Grade to Sixth-Rank is a hurdle, and from Sixth-Rank Early Stage to Middle Stage is an even bigger one.

If the Sixth-Rank were so easy to break through, those children of the noble families in the Taixuan Holy Land would have all reached the Sixth-Rank Peak by now.

"The road ahead is long and difficult."

Qin Yan sighed, closed the panel, stood up, left his courtyard, and headed toward the Holy Land square.

Today was once again the day of the once-a-month End-of-Month Assessment.

...

By the time Qin Yan arrived at the square, the vast majority of Disciples had already arrived.

Thirty thousand people were gathered on the square, a dense black mass, and the noise of voices was deafening.

Qin Yan quickly spotted Huang Jiuli among the crowd of Disciples—her red robe was exceptionally conspicuous in the crowd, as scorching as a flame. Huang Jiuli also saw Qin Yan.

Huang Jiuli walked toward Qin Yan, her steps light and her red robe fluttering.

"Your strength has broken through."

She came before Qin Yan, her phoenix eyes sweeping over him. Feeling the increasingly powerful aura from him, she couldn't help but speak.

"No wonder your contribution points are rising so quickly."

In this half-month, Qin Yan's contribution points had soared from 0 all the way to 197. Although it was still the lowest in the team, it was already quite considerable.

"You are also more unfathomable than you were a while ago."

Qin Yan looked at Huang Jiuli and spoke.

He could clearly feel that the aura on her had become more overbearing and hotter.

That aura was like a volcano about to erupt, containing power that could destroy heaven and earth.

Hearing this, Huang Jiuli lifted her head proudly, a triumphant smile tugging at the corners of her mouth: "I'm the same as you now. I just climbed the Heavenly Ladder again and successfully cleared it."

Her Cultivation Technique and Realm had both broken through recently.

She had originally been only one step away from clearing the Heavenly Ladder, and with this Breakthrough, she directly crossed that threshold!

The 999-layered Heavenly Ladder—she had finally reached the top.

"Congratulations."

Qin Yan praised her sincerely.

He and Huang Jiuli were teammates now; the stronger she was, the happier he would be.

A strong teammate meant the team's strength was greater, meaning the hope of entering the top ten was greater.

Afterward, the two continued to chat for a while.

Qin Yan asked Huang Jiuli for information regarding the other two people in the team.

He only knew there were five people in the team—himself, Huang Jiuli, Yin Li, and two other names: Lu Qingshan and Yun Wuyue.

But he knew nothing about their backgrounds or their strength.

"Those two are both North Courtyard Disciples."

Huang Jiuli spoke.

Qin Yan was slightly stunned upon hearing this. North Courtyard Disciples?

He had thought they were from the West Courtyard, but he hadn't expected them to be from the North Courtyard.

"The families those two belong to are both famous great families within Taixuan City, with True Emperor Old Ancestors presiding over them."

Huang Jiuli said, "Their families and Yin Li's Family are allies, and they've known each other since childhood. Yin Li was the one who arranged this team-up."

Qin Yan nodded with envy upon hearing this.

Having a Family is truly good!

Teaming up with prodigies, first-hand information, unlimited resources, protection from the strong... he had none of these things.

Everything he had was built up bit by bit through his own hard work.

Soon, the Heavenly Ladder challenge ended, and the challenge matches began.

High in the sky, the golden Heavenly Ladder slowly dissipated, turning into specks of golden light that scattered down.

Golden thrones condensed out of thin air, flying and arranging themselves in the sky, quickly forming a massive golden pyramid structure.

Unlike in the past, where there were only seven people on the strongest thrones, there were now eight—Huang Jiuli had been added!

She sat at the very top, her red robe exceptionally dazzling in the golden light.

The others also sized up Huang Jiuli.

Before she had cleared the Heavenly Ladder, they had already remembered this favored daughter of the Phoenix Divine Mountain, silently regarding her as a future competitor.

After all, many Saints and Saintesses of past generations had also failed to clear the Heavenly Ladder.

There were plenty of examples of those who later obtained other opportunities and caught up from behind.

However, although those people hadn't cleared the ladder, at their worst, they were all Special Grade Disciples!

There were no exceptions.

Therefore, many of the Special Grade Disciples below were also their future competitors!

The challenge matches began.

Golden Fighting Arenas rose one by one, and the Disciples began to challenge each other.

Qin Yan sat on his throne, watching the challenge matches below, his heart as calm as water.

No one dared to challenge him anymore.

After his multiple displays of power, his strength had already gained the recognition of all the Disciples.