Xuanwu War Sovereign

On the arena stage, the outcome was already clear to any discerning eye.

After half an incense stick of time, the youth in yellow robes conceded, his face ashen.

Zhang Xuan’s figure materialized from the Void, silent and without a trace, as if he had simply stepped out of empty air.

Qin Feng glanced at the other arenas, his interest waning. ’I might as well use this time to get familiar with the Fire of Hope I just finished refining.’

Qin Feng returned to his seat in the Houwu District and closed his eyes to cultivate.

The Primordial Level True Power within him had a quality that far surpassed the limits of ordinary True Power, flowing gently like a silver star river.

Two Spirit Veins had replaced some of his meridians. The crimson Fire Element Spirit Vein resembled a Red Dragon, looking incredibly potent.

Qin Feng circulated the Five Mountains Divine Secret Technique. As this Spirit Vein condensed, the faint shape of a crimson Flame Divine Mountain appeared within it.

His Earth Element Spiritual Vein had only recently been condensed. Within it, a faint, yellowish-brown image of the Earth God Mountain was absorbing vast amounts of Earth Spirit Qi as it took shape.

Qin Feng found that as he cultivated the Five Mountains Divine Secret Technique, his Primordial True Power grew even more condensed and heavy.

In the invisible cycle of the Five Elements, Fire generates Earth, and Earth generates Gold. All Qin Feng had to do now was find a Gold Element Spiritual Object to bring his Gold Element Spiritual Vein to Perfection.

As for the remaining Spiritual Objects for the Water and Wood elements, Qin Feng wasn’t worried in the slightest.

Within Chaos Heaven were several types of Spiritual Springs, perfect for condensing his Water Spiritual Vein. There were also numerous top-tier Spiritual Roots. As long as Qin Feng wished it, forming his Wood Element Spiritual Vein would be a simple matter.

’If I can achieve the Unity of the Five Elements and fully master the Five Sacred Mountains... at that point...’ Qin Feng’s eyes flickered open, a flash of heat in them gone in an instant. ’My power would probably increase by more than tenfold.’

Nearby, Elder Nanfeng, Elder North Wind, Elder Qingfeng, and Elder Spirit Wind glanced at the cultivating Qin Feng, their eyes filled with nothing short of amazement.

The four of them looked both astonished and embarrassed.

They recalled how they had once declared with utter certainty that the ten new students would, at best, make it to the second round. Yet the performances of Ji Huang’Er, Qian Kai, and especially Qin Feng had far surpassed their expectations.

Qin Feng had even made it to the seventh round.

The four of them had a thousand things they wanted to say, but all that came out were sighs of admiration.

Elsewhere, in the academy section of the stands, many students from All Stars Academy watched Qin Feng with complicated expressions. Whether they felt respect or had once held enmity toward him, all eyes were on him now, their gazes mixed with complex emotions.

No one could have imagined that the black-robed youth’s performance would be this stunning.

With his Cultivation at the Condensing Vein Realm, he had cut through one top expert of the Sea of Reincarnation Realm after another as if they were vegetables, advancing into the top twelve.

And everyone knew that Qin Feng had been at All Stars Academy for less than a year.

While Qin Feng was deep in his Cultivation, four hours passed. The sixth round of the tournament drew to a close, and the results were announced to an eagerly waiting crowd.

Twelve people advanced to the seventh round. Among them were Shenxiu, Ding Li, Ye Ding, Chu Sa, Wang Dao Yi, Ling Shuanghua, Zhang Xuan, and Qin Feng.

In the sixth round, five of the thirteen contenders from All Stars Academy had been eliminated.

The ranks of the Nine Great Empires had shrunk once more, with a full seven contenders eliminated. Only four remained: the Eight Desolate Emperor, Emperor Baiyun, the Cloud Water Emperor, and Emperor Ziying.

Among the twelve who remained, Qin Feng stood out conspicuously.

Soon, the matchups for the next round were decided.

Several Elders in Sun, Moon, and Star Robes posted the list of matchups on a large red board on the stage.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Countless gazes, sharp as swords, fell upon the red board.

Qin Feng scanned the board. The first line read:

Shenxiu versus Emperor Ziying.

Second line: Ding Li versus Chu Sa.

Third line: Ye Ding versus the Cloud Water Emperor.

Fourth line: Qin Feng versus Ling Shuanghua.

Fifth line: Zhang Xuan versus Emperor Baiyun.

Sixth line: Wang Dao Yi versus the Eight Desolate Emperor.

Qin Feng’s eyes landed on the fourth line, and his expression turned subtle. He knew a little about Ling Shuanghua. She was the current Pavilion Master of Heaven’s Edge Sea Pavilion. Back during the Starlight Spiritual Tide, she had even sent two of her subordinates, Baiyun and Yun Mo, to invite him.

However, the woman clearly had ill intentions and simply wanted to exploit him. Fortunately, because Yun Mo had thrown a fit, Qin Feng ended up rejecting the invitation from Heaven’s Edge Sea Pavilion.

That incident also created a rift between Qin Feng and the two women, Baiyun and Yun Mo.

Still, it was undeniable that for her to become the Pavilion Master of Heaven’s Edge Sea Pavilion, she had to be extraordinary.

Just then, Qin Feng looked up. The seventh round had already begun on the stages.

On the first stage, a golden light flashed. A handsome, slender youth with a jade-like face appeared. He had long, kind eyebrows, and wore silver-white Battle Armor. In his hand, he held a string of Buddhist Beads that gave off the scent of sandalwood incense.

He was exquisitely handsome, with fair skin and a shimmering cinnabar dot between his eyebrows. Clad in his white Battle Armor, he stood on the stage with the stillness of a statue, so calm that not even a speck of dust was stirred.

’A Silver Level Battle Armor?’ Down below, Qin Feng’s expression tightened as he focused on Shenxiu. He had rarely seen Shenxiu in action, but he knew the man was incredibly strong and one of the favorites to win the entire competition.

His opponent was a young woman in purple robes. She held a purple longsword, still in its scabbard, and emanated a vast, domineering power.

This was Emperor Ziying, the Empress of the Purple Flower Empire, one of the Nine Great Empires. Legend had it that at the moment of her birth, a bolt of purple lightning struck the earth as the heavens roared with thunder.

A Great Power once proclaimed her to be the reincarnation of the Zi Guang Thunder God.

An Unparalleled Great Power from the Star Sect once offered to take her as a Direct Disciple, but the ancestor of the Purple Flower Empire refused.

The ancestor of the Purple Flower Empire came out of seclusion personally to take her as his own Direct Disciple and teach her himself.

In the Purple Flower Empire, this Emperor Ziying’s status was significantly higher than even that of the current Ziying Emperor.

On the stage, feeling the tyrannical auras erupting from the two combatants, Qin Feng’s expression changed. ’These two are far stronger than the likes of Long Zhan or Qu Jiuyou.’

Qin Feng’s gaze shifted to the second stage. There, a figure in a black robe holding the Black Killing Banner emanated a vicious aura as he faced a handsome youth with a grim expression.

The handsome youth was Chu Sa. With his fiery red hair, tall frame, and strangely charming face, he hailed from the Yunlong Commandery Kingdom. It was said that its Royal Family possessed the bloodline of an Ancient Red Dragon.

Qin Feng could sense a faint draconic pressure emanating from Chu Sa.

’The Red Dragon is a type of Fire Dragon, one of the Ancient True Spirits,’ Qin Feng mused. ’Chu Sa must have awakened a portion of the Red Dragon Blood. I wonder to what extent his Red Dragon Bloodline has been awakened.’

In Qin Feng’s experience, families possessing a True Spirit Bloodline were not unheard of, but actually awakening it was exceedingly rare.

However, if one could awaken their entire bloodline, undergo a complete atavistic transformation, and achieve a True Spirit Body, it represented an alternative path to immortality.

Ye Ding was walking a similar path. By using Kunpeng Essence Blood, he was cultivating the True Form of the Kunpeng, aiming to one day achieve the Kunpeng True Body.

If he ever succeeded in forming the Kunpeng True Body, he would be even more powerful than some Demon Gods.

On the third stage to the right, Ye Ding and the white-robed Cloud Water Emperor had already begun their match.

The Cloud Water Emperor was incredibly strong, having cultivated his Empire’s secret techniques: the Primordial Element Sword Scripture, the Mixed Element Palm, and the Mixed Cave Void Scripture.

The Cloud Water Emperor’s mastery over Space Power was profound.

Qin Feng had studied the True Inheritance of the Mixed Cave Void Scripture. It was different from Qu Ao’s Daluo Void Dao, which focused on achieving perfect perception of Void Power.

The Mixed Cave Void Scripture, on the other hand, emphasized the application of Void Power. At its peak, it could create a Mixed Cave Void, banishing an enemy into the depths of an other-dimensional void with a single blow.