Chapter 1903: Encountering Jiang Kui Again
These days, not only were there immortals from the World of Immortals in the chief worlds, but also disciples from numerous factions cultivating immortal dao for the sake of formula dao. Although many failed to progress from immortal dao to formula dao, there were still enough that succeeded to become the core strength of their factions.
Of those, many sensed the ripples of new information from the immortal dao. Their faces were a sight to behold as they digested what the great dao said. Truth be told, they’d noticed themselves that their nascent spirits had grown stronger after they s.h.i.+fted their great dao to immortal dao. The various nascent spirit combat arts in this dao were also far stronger than those that existed in the chief worlds.
However, they’d never thought that the nascent spirits of immortal dao… didn’t need dao palaces??
It was a deep-rooted, fundamental fact of life in the chief worlds that one needed to forge a dao palace to become a supreme. This new hypothesis was a flagrant challenge to tradition.
And of course, the spirit paper continued to add fuel to the flame. After the shocking news of Lu Yun exceeding sequence at thirty levels, it reported that cultivators of immortal dao did not need dao palaces to become supremes!
This revelation truly sent the chief worlds into an uproar. Its effect was no less than that of the empyrean supreme’s tomb manifesting in the realm!
The chief worlds were enormous and its cultivators endless. There were many who struggled as the dregs of society. They had no resources and no potential. Exceeding sequence at thirty levels was the only choice available to them, and thus the limits of their cultivation.
The news wouldn’t elicit such a clamor if they were the only ones of their kind. It so happened that these sorts of people also existed among the heavyweights of the chief worlds.
Only core members of the major factions were worth forcefully making supremes out of sheer wealth. Other than the chosen few, there were also hundreds of millions of mediocre talent fixed at thirty levels of sequence. They toiled and floundered, searching for that hint of hope and opportunity.
As earthshaking as the matter of immortal dao was, no one dared take brash action or attempt anything. In the chief worlds, immortal dao was the third great dao to possess its own world of sequence. These days, however, it expanded aggressively and continuously took over major worlds, igniting fires of war throughout the realm.
So the spirit paper from the World of Immortals had chosen to release this kind of news about dao palaces at this particular moment? It felt like they’d dug a pit for people to jump in headfirst.
Thousands of daos vied with each other in the chief worlds. Never was there a sole great dao in one faction. There were multiple great daos even among the Morans and dragons, it was just that they refused to learn the daos of outsiders.
If immortal dao really did have the potential to turn the cultivators with limited potential into supremes, then the major factions of the chief worlds would certainly induct immortal dao into their ranks.
The more that cultivated immortal dao, the stronger it grew.
The latest addition of hundred million great daos had already strengthened immortal dao many times over. If the denizens of the outside realm truly accepted it and made it their own, then it would become one of the mightiest great daos in the chief worlds.
The current immortal dao possessed both the potential and fortuitous timing.
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After a series of deductions and consolidation of his cultivation realm, Lu Yun appeared on Darkstar with his primary body. Countless gazes immediately snapped to his figure.
“So that person that day was Lu Yun…”
Everyone knew of the farce that was Jiang Lu intercepting a Starcatch merchant vessel, thanks to Lu Yun and Nightmare. No peace could be found within Rising Sunriver these days.
While there were some on the vessel who rivaled Princess Jiang Lu, they hadn’t been willing to provoke Rising Sunriver. But now with the matter out in the open and growing more severe, they didn’t mind kicking the divine nation when it was down.
Lu Yun attracted everyone’s attention when he appeared in Darkstar City with an imposing air. Gossip about him becoming a supreme at thirty levels was still the hottest topic of the day. Many were those who itched to capture and dissect him for a good look.
Due to his purposeful actions, Rising Sunriver was also aware that he could be found in Darkstar City, and that he was one of those who’d exposed Jiang Lu. Thus, they were the first to come for his head.
Light streaked across the sky like an arrow and zipped past his nose, nailing the void next to him.
Lu Yun looked up at the newcomer.???ℯ?e??????. c??
“Long time no see, Jiang Kui.” He blinked to see a young man in long emerald robes.
Jiang Kui was as before, twenty-eight levels of sequence and yet to join the ranks of senior cultivators. His presence was more cutting than before, however, and he brimmed with incomparable killing intent.
“I once thought that you would have a chance to stand among us when you grew into your strength, but to think that you couldn’t wait to exceed sequence as soon as you reached these heights.” Murderous intention glinted in his eyes, as well as a disappointment that ran too deep for words.
Xie Tianxun, Moran Wu, Jiang Kui, and Ao Qin were hailed the four greatest geniuses of the chief worlds. Their talents and potential were far superior to those of others. In fact, some genius senior cultivators of previous generations were quite beneath them in certain regards.
They’d thought that Lu Yun would be the fifth.
But he’d chosen to exceed sequence at thirty levels!
As for talk of immortal dao cultivators not needing dao palaces—that was a complete joke to Jiang Kui.
“You have crippled yourself, so you can die now.” Jiang Kui always used a sword. But now, he took out his personal weapon—a longbow interspersed with black and green. It was fully drawn back, a second arrow of light aimed at Lu Yun.
“Jiang Kui… I am a supreme. Do you think a sequence cultivator can kill a supreme?” Lu Yun snorted with laughter when he saw this.
Sequence cultivators were ants in front of supremes. Never had one killed a supreme before. Even a stunning genius of legend, one who’d accessed several hundred levels of sequence, had died to one palm strike when facing a thirty-one level supreme.
If that genius had ascended beyond sequence, their dao palace would’ve been the palace of a grand supreme. However, someone like that was spoken of only in myths. No one had ever seen one with their own eyes.
Jiang Kui’s arrow arrived while Lu Yun was still talking. The young man lifted his right hand and flicked Jiang Kui’s arrow to pieces.
“I am a supreme and you are a sequence cultivator. There is a world of difference between you and I. Have the Rising Sunriver supremes come,” Lu Yun roared with laughter. “If I don’t kill a few supremes or high supremes, who will believe that immortals do not need dao palaces?”