Chapter 831, Jiu Zhou

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

In the City of Heavens W35 on the Cloud River Battlefield in Jiu Zhou. It was the only City of Heavens in a radius of 30,000 kilometres around this area, so the Divine Trade Association in this place was naturally bustling with noise.

 

Countless cultivators would leave and enter this city every day. In the spacious streets, people were seen rubbing past each other. The business of the Divine Trade Association was also booming as they earned a lot of money every day.

 

It had been a month since the Fight for Supremacy ended. Many people had ascended to the Real Lake Realm, and it was time for the new batch of Cloud River Realm Masters to gain a footing. The more powerful ones were trying to increase their heritages to get ready for the next round of the Fight for Supremacy while those who had just arrived in the Cloud River Battlefield were working hard to increase their powers to catch up to their Seniors.

 

In the cultivation environment of Jiu Zhou, there were the Spirit Creek Battlefield and the Cloud River Battlefield which were precious lands for nurturing cultivators. Over the generations, countless brilliant cultivators were born, pushing their Seniors to work harder to increase their powers. It was a long tradition.

 

In the Divine Trade Association, there were long queues in all four directions around the Divine Opportunity Column. While waiting, some of them were heard whispering to each other.

 

Although it had been a month since the Fight for Supremacy ended, it was still the talk of the town.

 

Lu Ye, who was the winner this time, had created an unprecedented miracle despite being an Eighth-Order Master. His name would be remembered by the future generations.

 

There were many people who were familiar and unfamiliar with him. Naturally, some ill-intentioned people had dug out his past.

 

His cultivation journey was the history of an arduous fight against Thousand Demon Ridge. Wherever he went, he would create conflicts and upheavals. As such, he was known to be the Annihilator of Sects and one of the Three Banes of Spirit Creek.

 

“By the way, we haven’t heard anything about Lu Yi Ye in a long time,” someone said suddenly.

 

“What’s wrong? Do you miss him?”

 

“No, no, no. However, someone like him is bound to be a Star and be remembered by future generations. There’s nothing wrong with keeping tabs on what’s going on with him.”

 

“He’s the winner of the Fight for Supremacy who has acquired 20 Golden Amulets. He’s likely to be cultivating his power in seclusion now. Perhaps he has even ascended to the Real Lake Realm.”

 

“That’s such a shame. The Cloud River Battlefield will be less interesting without Lu Yi Ye.”

 

“It’s the best outcome that a jinx like him is gone. Now that he’s no longer on the Cloud River Battlefield, there will be stronger cultivators to teach him a lesson.”

 

“Anyway, he can increase his power rapidly. I’m envious of him.”

 

“He’s had quite a number of opportunities. If we had come across so many opportunities as well, our powers would’ve increased just as quickly.”

 

“It’s easier said than done. It’s not easy to come across opportunities. It’s because opportunities are so rare that… Wait a minute. What’s going on?”

 

All of them stopped talking abruptly. The cultivators waiting in line looked at the Divine Opportunity Column in shock.

 

The nearby cultivators couldn’t help but step backwards.

 

That was because the Divine Opportunity Column in this place, which had never been anomalous, suddenly radiated a dazzling glow. While the cultivators looked at it in shock, a complicated pattern radiated from the column. The pattern wandered around the column before filling the Void in front of it.

 

A moment later, an oval, ten-metre-tall door that could let four people pass through shoulder-to-shoulder came into their sight.

 

The entire place fell silent. All the cultivators paid close attention to the door in the hall on the first floor.

 

Even a powerful cultivator from the Association was alerted. A thin middle-aged man with a poker face landed in front of the door and examined it.

 

A Manager of the Association, who had seen how the door was formed, came over and reported the incident to him.

 

While listening to him, the middle-aged man looked meditatively at the door. Deep within, he was doubtful.

 

[Why is there a door in front of the Divine Opportunity Column all of a sudden? Where does the door lead to?]

 

Such a strange incident had never happened in the Divine Trade Association before.

 

“I’ll have a look,” the middle-aged man told the Manager. Since he believed he was powerful enough, he decided to find out what was on the other side. But the next moment, he seemed to have crashed into an invisible wall.

 

He couldn’t help but step backwards. Instantly, he realised that only Cloud River Realm Masters could pass through this door. Although the power he exhibited showed that he was only a Cloud River Realm Master, he was actually in the Real Lake Realm. Naturally, he couldn’t move through the door.

 

“Senior, what’s with this door?” asked a cultivator.

 

The middle-aged man had received some messages, so he was going through them. Soon, he arched his brow.

 

The messages showed that such a door didn’t only appear in this particular Divine Trade Association. Similar doors had appeared in many other Divine Trade Associations as well. As for whether it was the same case for the entire Cloud River Battlefield, it couldn’t be confirmed yet since only a short time had passed.

 

That said, it was apparently not a bad thing that a door appeared in the Divine Trade Association.

 

After giving it some thought, the middle-aged man said, “Perhaps it’s an opportunity granted by the Heavens.”

 

As soon as he finished speaking, the cultivators became excited. In fact, not long after the door appeared, some of them had thought of that possibility. They were eager to give it a shot, but they wouldn’t dare make a rash move.

 

Since even someone from the Association had said so, there was no doubt it was true.

 

Usually, such a door would lead to a Hidden Realm, which was a favourite place among the cultivators as they could get some training there. More importantly, they might have a chance to acquire some battle points.

 

Someone had just said that opportunities were rare. Much to their surprise, a door that led to a Hidden Realm appeared the next instant. The opportunity had unexpectedly come to them.

 

An impetuous person couldn’t hold back his eagerness any longer, so he walked away from the crowd and shuffled towards the door. Since the opportunity was hard to come by, he naturally had to seize it.

 

Certainly, the middle-aged man wouldn’t stop him, nor was there such a need to do so. Although he had no idea where the door would lead to or what danger they might encounter, cultivators naturally had to face many obstacles anyway. A cultivator’s journey was never smooth sailing.

 

Therefore, the middle-aged man only said, “We won’t be responsible for whatever danger you come across after passing through the door. Please be careful.”

 

Certainly, no one would heed his warning. After the first cultivator disappeared into the Hidden Realm, even more cultivators swarmed towards the door. They were worried that the benefits would be snatched away by the others if they didn’t take action sooner.

 

Similar incidents happened in all the Divine Trade Associations on the Cloud River Battlefield. The cultivators, who were initially there to purchase something, scrambled to get into the Hidden Realm through the doors.

 

…

 

In the Muddy Sky Temple in the Peerless Continent.

 

“Battle points! These are battle points!” Ying Wuji was heard saying excitedly. That was because he discovered that he had acquired some valuable battle points after killing the Corpse Race members.

 

Upon that realisation, the others were ecstatic as well.

 

Nevertheless, Lu Qing decided to make them wake up to reality. “You’ll need to be able to stay alive to spend those battle points!”

 

Instantly, their enthusiasm and excitement were put out.

 

Presently, they were in a despairing situation. Besides their various degrees of injuries, four out of eight of them were struck with Source Corpse Poison.

 

Only Lu Ye, Lan Zi Yi, Mu Qingyun, and Ju Jia were not affected by the poison for now.

 

If the other four couldn’t leave this place and seek medical treatment from Hua Ci as quickly as they could, they would turn into Corpse Race members sooner or later. The more they activated their powers, the less effective the pills would be, and the sooner the Source Corpse Poison would break out.

 

Once the four of them became Corpse Race members, the rest would be doomed as well. Alas, they were at a dead end.

 

The Golden Corpse King certainly understood that as well, so he hadn’t appeared again since he was fended off by Lu Ye. Even the Silver and Iron Corpse Marshals had stopped harassing them. Only the innumerable Corpse Race members streamed towards them.

 

Just as these eight people from Jiu Zhou thought they were powerless to change their fate, a strange fluctuation of power was felt coming from a nearby place.

 

Surprised, they quickly took a closer look at it.

 

Once again, a ray of light was seen wandering around the Divine Opportunity Column that was 30 metres tall. Even the column itself was trembling violently.

 

[What’s going on?] All of them were both shocked and doubtful.

 

Suddenly, a cracking sound was heard as though a Star had fallen apart. Bolts of light radiated from the Divine Opportunity Column and shot towards different parts of the Muddy Sky Temple. When the lights landed, they never dissipated. Instead, they kept squirming until they formed into oval doors in a short time.

 

Every bolt of light would transform into a door. Since there were thousands of lights, they turned into thousands of doors as well.

 

The doors were on the ground and in the sky. Some rays of light even left the Muddy Sky Temple and landed on the battlefield where the cultivators from the bases and Purple Star Palace were located.

 

In the Muddy Sky Temple, the nearest door to Lu Ye and the others was only 300 metres away.

 

A familiar aura was felt coming from the other side of the door.

 

“That is…” While in a fight, Lu Qing took a look at the door and sensed the familiar aura. Suddenly realising something, he turned to look at Lu Ye, who had remained calm and collected despite their perilous situation. “Jiu Zhou?”

 

Lu Ye continued to destroy his enemies without responding to him.

 

Lu Qing asked again, “Is that Jiu Zhou, Lu Yi Ye? Have you already thought of that?”

 

Only then did Lu Ye reply impassively, “Since the Divine Opportunity Columns have been installed and the Heavens have established a connection here, cultivators from Jiu Zhou can naturally be sent to this place.”

 

Lu Qing was startled for a moment before guffawing. “I see. You’ve been hiding it from all of us, Lu Yi Ye. That’s our trump card. It’s no wonder you’ve been calm and collected. I thought you were not afraid of death!”

 

“I haven’t been hiding anything. It’s just that you’re too foolish!”

 

“Alright, I’m foolish.” Lu Qing wasn’t frustrated at all. Instead, he was overjoyed. Nothing felt more exultant than seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Lu Ye’s mockery wouldn’t cost him an ounce of flesh, so he wouldn’t mind it.

 

“Are helpers coming over soon?” Feng Rulie asked in shock.

 

Although he wasn’t as clever as Lu Qing, he would be considered foolish if he still hadn’t figured out what was going on upon hearing their conversation.

 

The Divine Opportunity Column was right there, and there were many doors that were connected to Jiu Zhou. Apparently, a lot of helpers would be coming over from Jiu Zhou soon.