35: Chapter 35: Ninth to Fourth Place – Major Opportunities Appear

The tenth place, the "Eye of the Void Key," had just appeared, and the Cultivation World had not yet recovered before the ninth place lit up right after.

This time, it was not a keyhole, but a scroll of a star sea. Stars were born and died, worlds rose and fell, and civilizations reincarnated, dazzling anyone who looked at it. As the scroll retracted, two lines of gilded Dao patterns appeared—

[ Ninth Place: Coordinates to the core Legacy Secret Realm of the lost civilization "Tiangong Realm"; the coordinates are encrypted and scattered across three tokens: the divine artisan hammer of heaven (damaged), the Creation Divine Furnace (replica), and the Myriad Laws Dao Disk (fragment). Once collected, they must be decrypted at the Star-Gazing Platform of the Tianji Pavilion in the Central Province during a specific celestial phenomenon. This civilization reigned supreme through the "Hundred Crafts" path, including Artifact Refining, Alchemy, Formation, and Puppet making. The Secret Realm contains the highest Legacy and lost blueprints. Only those with exceptional talent in the Hundred Crafts and a pure Heart-Nature may enter. ]

"Tiangong Realm? That Holy Land of craftsmen?"

"Three tokens, even the damaged pieces are treasures!"

"Tianji Pavilion is about to become the eye of the storm."

All Artifact Refiners, Alchemists, and Formation Masters had reddened eyes. To them, this Legacy was more valuable than any Cultivation Technique.

In the Central Province, at the peak of the Tianji Pavilion, several elders wore grave expressions. The leader held a star compass and said in a deep voice: "The golden list is putting our Tianji Pavilion on the fire. Pass the order: Seal the Star-Gazing Platform, activate the Zhou Tian Star Array, and simultaneously search with all our might for the whereabouts of the three tokens."

The eighth place followed immediately. The image was eerie: a sea of blood churned, ten thousand souls wailed, yet deep within the blood sea, a white lotus rotated quietly, inappropriately pure.

[ Eighth Place: Nether Blood Sea · Reincarnation White Lotus; located deep within the Nine Nether Underworld, at the core of the blood sea. Every ten thousand years, a trace of the purest Reincarnation vitality is nurtured within the extreme yin and filth, transforming into this lotus. Its petals can be used to refine Divine Pills that bring the dead back to life, its lotus root can create a Reincarnation Spirit Body, and its seeds contain fragments of the Reincarnation Law. However, the blood sea is guarded by ancient battle souls, Nether Ghost Kings, and Asuras; none but those with great Divine Ability can approach. ]

"Reincarnation White Lotus! Bringing the dead back to life!"

"Eighth place, this thing is something only those old monsters in the Underworld would dare to snatch."

"A Reincarnation Spirit Body, comparable to a top-tier Dao Body."

Countless old fellows whose Lifespan was nearing its end and whose Physical Body was decaying felt their breathing grow heavy upon seeing this.

For the seventh place, the image changed to the phantom of an ancient tree rooted in the Void Realm, its branches and leaves piercing through the past and future. Three fruits hung from the tree.

[ Seventh Place: World Tree (Projection) Fruit; contains the Origin power of a world. Consuming it can significantly increase cultivation, complete the Dao foundation, and even awaken a special Physique related to the world. The approximate ripening areas for the three fruits: the East Sea space-time rift (to ripen within a hundred years), a lost Small World in the Northern Territory (status unknown), and near the Ancestral Altar of the Southern Wilderness (strictly guarded by the Yao Race). ]

"World Tree! The legendary tree from the beginning of creation!"

"Seventh place, this thing could probably let someone reach the Soul Transformation stage directly, right?"

"Three fruits, three locations, people are bound to die at all of them."

Those stuck at a Bottleneck or with a damaged Dao foundation felt their hearts almost stop upon seeing this news.

The sixth place was a giant bronze gate, forged entirely from an unknown divine metal. Ferocious Battle Intent and an overbearing aura leaked from the cracks in the door.

[ Sixth Place: War God Hall Entrance (Temporary Manifestation); a Holy Land for ancient Body Cultivators. It contains combat illusions, Body Refining secret techniques, and the imprints of past War Gods. The entrance is elusive. In ten years, it will temporarily open for three days above the Dragon Fall Abyss in the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains of the Eastern Territory. Body Cultivators at the Golden Core Stage or above may attempt to enter. The mortality rate exceeds ninety percent, but passing allows one to obtain the War God Legacy. ]

"War God Hall! The ultimate dream of Body Cultivators!"

"Ten years later, Dragon Fall Abyss in the Eastern Territory!"

"Ninety percent mortality rate? I'm still going!"

The Body Cultivators were fired up; ten years was enough time to prepare.

The fifth place transformed into a miniature Universe embryo, with a strange crystal floating in the center.

[ Fifth Place: Grandmist Dao Crystal (Damaged); contains a trace of Grandmist Violet Qi and Chaos Origin. It can be used to comprehend the Great Dao of creation and the Law of creation, or to refine the prototype of an Innate Spirit Treasure, or fused into oneself to complete the Dao Body. It has a chance to create a pseudo-Innate Dao Body. Currently, one damaged crystal is known to be sealed in the deepest part of the Northern Underworld Xuanming Sea Eye, guarded by the remnant soul of a Black Tortoise. ]

"Grandmist Dao Crystal! Grandmist Violet Qi! The foundation for becoming a Saint!"

"Fifth place, this already involves the level of attaining the Dao."

"The Northern Underworld Xuanming Sea Eye, even a Soul Transformation expert would be throwing their life away by going there."

Those Holy Land masters and reclusive old monsters had their breathing stop. This thing would even tempt the True Immortals of the Upper Realm.

The fourth place had no specific object, but a grand scroll: gods and demons falling, stars shattering, new stars being born, and civilizations reigniting. In the center of the scroll floated an ancient codex.

[ Fourth Place: Era Codex (First Volume); a relic from a "Golden Era" that has already been extinguished, condensed from the rules of the Great Dao. It records the fundamental Dao Law, outlines of civilization ethics, forbidden knowledge, and contract techniques. The holder can accelerate Dao comprehension, avoid Heart Demon, and gain the faint authority to formulate, maintain, and arbitrate rules. However, one must possess a fate capable of bearing the weight of an era, otherwise, one will be backlashed and become a Law Puppet. The codex has self-sealed and scattered into three pages, which have drifted into the turbulent currents of time, the tributaries of the river of fate, and the depths of human dreams. Only those who are "fated and virtuous (powerful)" can sense and collect them. ]

"Era Codex? The essence of an epoch's civilization!"

"Fourth place, this is not an individual Opportunity, it is a Sacred Artifact of civilization."

"Scattered across time, fate, and the human heart? How can one find this?"

The Cultivation World fell into an unprecedented state of bewilderment. This item was different from all previous Opportunities; it represented knowledge, order, and the authority of rules. For those forces wanting to establish sects or create order, this was a priceless treasure.

If the fourth place was like this, what would the top three be? Instant Immortal Ascension? Controlling the world? Transcending this world?

Everyone stared fixedly at the final three areas at the top of the golden list, which were shrouded in the radiance of Chaos.

In the underground cave, Ye Fan finished reading this series of Opportunities, his mind slowly calming down from the initial shock.

The greater the Opportunity, the fiercer the fight, and the muddier the waters. For him, this was both a crisis and an Opportunity.

Especially with the "War God Hall" appearing at the Dragon Fall Abyss in ten years—Lin Feng had come from there, and the Chaos Dao Body was also related to the Dragon Fall Abyss. In ten years, perhaps there would be an unexpected "reunion"?

He touched the guixu fragment in his bosom, then thought of the Eye of the Void Secret Realm in the tenth place, and his own Yin-Yang Dao Body. The path ahead was treacherous, but there was a vague line pointing toward the depths filled with taboos and creation.

"The top three..." Ye Fan said in a low voice, his gaze piercing through the rock layers as if to pierce the mist at the top of the golden list, "Let me see, what exactly is the greatest creation of this world."

As soon as he finished speaking, above the Nine Heavens, the radiance of Chaos shrouding the top three areas exploded with a boom.