Cultivation: I Have a Skill Level Panel

Gu Yun hovered in mid-air, his robes fluttering. His gaze swept across the crowd, a faint smile on his lips. An invisible, terrifying aura emanated from him, distorting the very space and causing heaven and earth to tremble like a raging flood.

The crowd hovered in the void, sensing that terrifying aura, as deep and vast as an abyssal sea. Their gazes swept over the burly man who had been shredded to dust by the tyrannical Sword Qi, and they couldn’t help but shudder.

’After a display like that, who would dare object?!’

"Se... Senior, this Radiant Sun Glaze Fruit was yours from the start. What’s all this talk about us ’safekeeping’ it?" In mid-air, a young man in a white robe holding a folding fan, who carried a scholarly air, saw which way the wind was blowing and immediately forced a smile.

"Indeed. The moment Senior’s gaze fell upon the Radiant Sun Glaze Fruit, it already had an owner," a man in black robes with long, narrow eyes immediately added, a sharp glint flashing within them.

"Exactly, exactly! The Radiant Sun Glaze Fruit only grew here because it knew Senior would be passing through this place," someone else chimed in.

Clearly, in their desperation to survive, the crowd had cast aside all sense of shame. They showered him with the most extravagant, flowery praise imaginable.

Hearing their words, the smile on Gu Yun’s face deepened.

"In that case, I shall accept this Radiant Sun Glaze Fruit."

"But, why have you all gathered here? Where are you headed, and for what purpose?" Gu Yun then asked.

Immediately, a plain-faced, middle-aged man in a light blue Daoist Robe stepped forward through the void, sending ripples through the air. Cupping his hands in a salute, he spoke respectfully, "Senior, it is like this: a Heaven and Earth Secret Realm has appeared in the Qingyuan Mountain Range on the Great Yuan Border."

"It has attracted many powers, including the Five Elements Sect, the All Living Beings Sect, and the Great Yuan Royal Family. Among them, the Red Moon Divine Palace and even the Celestial Refining Demon Sect have sent their Tongxuan Truth True Monarchs to the scene.

However, rumor has it they still haven’t broken the Secret Realm’s Seal. If we hurry over now, we might make it in time to get a sip of the soup."

’In fact,’ the middle-aged man in the light blue Daoist Robe thought, ’for a Heaven and Earth Secret Realm that could attract a Tongxuan Mastery, forget a sip of the soup—even the tiniest opportunity left in the dregs would probably be of endless benefit to me!’

"Oh? The Qingyuan Mountain Range, a Heaven and Earth Secret Realm?" Gu Yun was slightly taken aback, an inexplicable glint in his eyes. His destination, the Silent Extinction Abyss at the border of Cang Province and the Sea Continent, required him to pass through the Qingyuan Mountain Range on the Great Yuan Border.

"In that case, I thank you for the information. We will meet again if fate decrees it." As soon as his voice faded, Gu Yun’s body transformed into a streak of lightning. As if teleporting, he leaped hundreds of miles away in an instant.

"So fast!"

All the crowd saw was a flash of lightning before his figure vanished over the horizon. They couldn’t help but exclaim in awe.

...

「Meanwhile,」

Deep within the Qingyuan Mountain Range, a violent shockwave suddenly erupted. A majestic, boundless aura soared into the sky like a blazing sun. Even from hundreds of miles away, the intense explosion of energy could be clearly felt.

The terrifying pressure was enough to make Demon Beasts for a thousand miles around tremble in fear. They scattered like lightning, fleeing in a panic toward the outer edge of the Qingyuan Mountain Range. Meanwhile, some True Martial Realm Cultivators who sensed this power stared with grave expressions toward the source of the fluctuations deep within the mountains.

"Bai Buran! Your pathetic All Living Beings Sect is nothing but a pack of rats hiding in the gutter, yet you dare to covet the Holy Origin Secret Realm! Come and meet your death!" In the void, a tall man in a black Daoist Robe with a dignified, square face roared, his body wreathed in the faint, hazy light of the five elements.

In an instant, heaven and earth trembled and the mountains and rivers shattered. A boundless, majestic aura swept through the void, dimming the very sky. A vast sea of Magical Power and Dao Rhythm surged forth.

It rapidly condensed into a giant, sky-blotting hand hundreds of miles wide. Crushing the void as it went, it shot toward a handsome, middle-aged man in the sky. The man was clad in a white Daoist Robe, tall and powerfully built, with striking, dark red pupils.

This man was none other than the one who had plunged the Great Yuan Dynasty into chaos—the Master of All Beings, Bai Buran.

Bai Buran sneered. "Your Five Elements Sect really knows how to make robbery sound so noble. Oh, you’re so righteous, so impressive!"

"A bunch of sanctimonious hypocrites! All you do is point fingers from your moral high ground. I’ll point at your fucking mother!!

Wei Qingming, come and die!"

A terrifying Dao Rhythm swirled around Bai Buran. The Magical Power within him erupted with Heaven-Reaching force, surging into the clouds and piercing the sky.

Then, Bai Buran shattered the space around him, his body moving like a bolt of lightning. He clenched his hand into a fist, gathering a Heaven-Reaching, blood-colored rhythm. He drew his arm back slightly, gathering power, and then punched straight out. In that instant, a crimson Fist Seal hundreds of miles wide, like a colossal Celestial Meteorite, tore through space and slammed violently into the sky-blotting Palm Seal imbued with the five elements!

BANG!

The two incredibly powerful attacks collided violently in the sky, instantly setting off an earth-shattering explosion. Huge swathes of the surrounding space shattered, exposing the pitch-black, abyssal void beneath. Terrifying streams of chaotic energy gushed out like ferocious beasts, striking fear and terror into any who might see it.

BOOM!

Immediately after, a terrifying shockwave swept out in all directions. In that moment, the entire world seemed to become a boundless, churning ocean, shaking violently!

HISS!

The two terrifying attacks devoured and intertwined with each other in mid-air, emitting a brilliant, dazzling light that illuminated every corner between heaven and earth.