Chapter 761, Heavens’ Will or a Coincidence

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

In Carnage Colosseum, the person ranked first on the Roster of Carnage would be given nine Amulets and a Primus-level Spirit Spout.

 

It was reasonable that a grand event such as the Fight for Supremacy had a greater reward than Carnage Colosseum.

 

Moreover, the reward Lu Ye had acquired in Soaring Dragon Boundary couldn’t be used as a comparison.

 

Under normal circumstances, even if a Cloud River Realm Master finished his mission in a Hidden Realm, he would only get three Golden Amulets or fewer.

 

In comparison, the reward for the Fight for Supremacy was staggering.

 

Since it was an event held every five years, every Cloud River Realm Master had a chance to take part in it once. Some cultivators might even participate twice.

 

Around two months ago, the Heavens revealed that the registration for the Fight for Supremacy had started. Now, only several days were left before the registration ended. If they missed it, regardless of their status or powers, they wouldn’t have a right to participate. They could only wait for next time.

 

“Two months ago…” Lu Ye reckoned that he had just entered Soaring Dragon Boundary at that time, and he was supposed to be practising Tyrant Blade Technique on the island in the centre of the lake in Tyrant Blade Manor.

 

Moreover, after he returned from the Hidden Realm, he went on to stay in the Divine Trade Association for a month to cultivate. Although Hua Ci was aware of the Fight for Supremacy, she didn’t tell him about it as she was worried she would disturb the man.

 

Therefore, it was just now that he found out about the Fight for Supremacy.

 

Fortunately, he didn’t miss the chance as several days were left before the registration ended.

 

“I’ve also heard that the people who are in the top ten don’t only get Golden Amulets as rewards; they’ll also get the Gift of Providence,” Hua Ci added.

 

The Gift of Providence was invisible. Its biggest benefit was to allow a cultivator to be lucky, thus making things go smoothly for him.

 

Lu Ye had repeatedly acquired the Gift of Providence, but he had no idea if it was useful at all. After all, he couldn’t see or touch something as abstract as luck.

 

He would be lucky sometimes, but there were also times when he was unlucky.

 

To an average cultivator, the Gift of Providence was undoubtedly attractive.

 

Since Lu Ye came across this event, it wouldn’t be a bad thing to participate. Regardless of whether the Gift of Providence was useful at all, the Golden Amulets were tangible and valuable.

 

As he thought about his current power now, he reckoned that he was truly lucky.

 

Everyone had been getting prepared for the Fight for Supremacy since two months ago. At that time, he was only a Sixth-Order Master. Although he was fairly powerful, he was too weak against a Ninth-Order Master.

 

It so happened that the Fight for Supremacy was about to start when he was an Eighth-Order Master.

 

Was it the Heavens’ will? Or was it a coincidence?

 

It wasn’t hard to register his name. He could do so through the Divine Opportunity Column.

 

Hua Ci hadn’t registered as well, so she went to the Divine Opportunity Column in the Arcane Glade with Lu Ye and did that.

 

The Heavens seemed to have descended as the information flew through Lu Ye’s mind. Those were the rules regarding the Fight for Supremacy.

 

Upon learning all the rules, he looked away. To him, he only had to do his best since he had the chance to partake in this grand event. He believed he could get a decent result, so there was nothing to worry about.

 

After cleaning up the mess on the table, Lu Ye returned to his house and sat down cross-legged before consuming some Spirit Pills to refine them.

 

If someone else increased his power too rapidly in a short time, it would cause his foundation to destabilise, and it would take him a long time to solve the problem.

 

On the other hand, during Lu Ye’s one-month stay in the Divine Trade Association, he had been cultivating his power while also repeatedly entering the Rift of Illusions to help himself get accustomed to his increased power.

 

The training between life and death was more effective than staying still to cultivate.

 

Therefore, even though his power had increased rapidly, there were no signs of his foundation being unstable. He could fully activate his power, and that was why he could easily kill Xia Liang.

 

It would’ve been useless if he couldn’t make full use of his power.

 

The Fight for Supremacy was a few days away, so he had some time to look into the Source of Soaring Dragon Boundary.

 

His previous inadvertent attempt allowed him to go through the life of Qin Zhao from a unique perspective. He experienced the major events in Qin Zhao’s life and absorbed the essence of his cultivation.

 

That was why he was able to use the Secret Technique named the Divine Whip.

 

Following that experience, he knew that the Source was a treasure trove that was yet to be explored.

 

He did not know it previously, but he was well-prepared this time. He wanted to look for a mark left behind by a cultivator who used a saber.

 

If he could, his mastery of the Way of Blades would improve tremendously.

 

He emptied his mind and soon saw the amazing world full of twinkling Stars in the Source.

 

Since time immemorial, billions of people had once existed in Soaring Dragon Boundary. Almost everyone had left behind their traces, but as time passed, the people of future generations might not remember them anymore, but the world itself would never forget. All the traces were saved in the Source.

 

A powerful cultivator who had attained great achievements would leave behind a bright Star. Conversely, the Star for a weak cultivator would be dim.

 

If Lu Ye wanted to gain something, he had to look for the bright Stars.

 

Nevertheless, he was dazzled by the sheer number of luminous Stars.

 

There were many talented people in every generation. In this amazing space, he could see countless dim Stars, but there were also innumerable bright ones.

 

It was difficult for him to choose one.

 

Fortunately, he was well-prepared. He controlled his soul to sense the Stars and the auras they exuded to do the filtering.

 

In the end, he set his eyes on a particular Star.

 

From the Starlight, he could faintly feel a ferocious aura. Although he couldn’t be certain that the Starlight represented a cultivator who used a saber, he knew that the person must be a Combat Cultivator.

 

That was because, in comparison, the Starlight that represented Qin Zhao was more reserved; it wasn’t so savage.

 

As a thought flashed across his mind, he was overwhelmed by the same sensation again. The Starlight magnified in his soul until it covered everything.

 

He heard a baby crying again, so it was apparently a newborn child.

 

This time, he wanted to attempt something new.

 

He had tried to judge the faction of the cultivator through the aura, but at the same time, he wanted to know if he could control the flowing of time in such a setting.

 

At the end of the day, he was making use of the World’s Source to look into the traces left behind by the powerful cultivators, and he was there to go through their past experiences.

 

In that case, he supposedly could choose the periods of time he wanted to experience instead of passively following the growth of the cultivators.

 

If he could achieve it, he would be efficient in doing this because he could exclude the useless scenes and only look at the valuable ones.

 

With that thought in mind, he started giving it a try.

 

Soon, he figured out how to do it. Since he had acquired the World’s Source, it wasn’t hard for him to do such a thing.

 

As a thought flashed across his mind, the crying baby turned into a handsome young man.

 

Unlike Qin Zhao, who was born into a family of businesspeople, the person this time was born in a Sect. It could be said that he had the best cultivation environment, and with the help of the pills and herbs, he had built a solid foundation from a young age.

 

As time passed, the young man grew rapidly in power. Since Lu Ye was attached to him, they fought and experienced life-and-death moments together, which allowed them to grow stronger.

 

Nonetheless, Lu Ye was frustrated that the person this time didn’t use a saber. He was a Combat Cultivator who used a spear. He was always clad in white clothes, and his skills in using a spear were superb. Since he had made a name for himself during his time, he attracted a lot of women, and he had many wives.

 

Not everything could be perfect.

 

Fortunately, even though he used a spear instead of a saber, he was a Combat Cultivator, after all. Although Lu Ye didn’t learn anything to enhance his mastery of the Way of Blades, he got to obtain some insights. Therefore, he had gained something useful as well.

 

Moreover, following this experience, if he had to pick up a spear one day, he could act like he had been cultivating it for years, just like what happened when he used the Divine Whip that Qin Zhao had invented.

 

Unfortunately, this person wasn’t as lucky as Qin Zhao, who died a natural death. On the other hand, this person was besieged by his enemies, and he dealt with them on his own. He was eventually drained of all energy, and he was fewer than 100 years of age when he died, which was a shame.

 

Following his death, Lu Ye’s soul also left the space of this Source.

 

A sense of exhaustion overwhelmed him. Although it wasn’t as severe as the previous time, he was still frail.

 

“How long has it been?” he asked.

 

Yi Yi, who had been cultivating, replied, “It’s been half a day.”

 

Lu Ye nodded gently. Although it had only been half a day on Cloud River Battlefield, he had spent 100 years in the Source. Certainly, he hadn’t gone through that period in full as he had only selected some important moments, but he was sure more than half a day had passed.

 

Now that his soul had returned, he felt as if a lifetime had passed.

 

He didn’t consume Soul Cleansing Water to rejuvenate himself. It was precious, after all. Also, he wasn’t in a hurry, so he reckoned he’d better not waste it.

 

Furthermore, his soul was powerful, so it wasn’t hard for him to restore his Mental Power.

 

During the restoration, he could use the chance to go through his reward this time. It was like killing two birds with one stone.

 

One day later, he was energetic again. He realised that he still had time to look into the Source one more time, so he sank his soul into it and looked for a bright Starlight in the Source.

 

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. While examining himself, Lu Ye felt a calling. Without a reason at all, he came to the realisation that the Fight for Supremacy had started.

 

He got up and opened the door, after which he saw Li Baxian, Feng Yuechan, Hua Ci, and Ju Jia doing the same.

 

They exchanged glances and looked in the Divine Opportunity Column’s direction at the same time.

 

A moment later, they sat down cross-legged around the column.

 

Just then, a loud thud was heard, shocking everyone at the scene. At the same time, all the clouds in the sky above Cloud River Battlefield disappeared in an instant.