"Divine Sword Sect is the host of this grand competition among the Hundred Sects. Please, Li Sect Master, officiate this grand competition."

The floundering elder spoke to Li Qingxuan with great politeness.

With a wave of his long sleeves, Li Qingxuan summoned a majestic Divine Radiance that sketched out a noble and magnificent Arena in the sky above the square.

Under the envious gaze of the younger generation of Monks, Li Qingxuan declared the start of the competition among the Hundred Sects.

"My Five Elements Sect is willing to wager three Resource Planets and challenges the Soul Sect. I wonder if the Soul Sect Master dares to accept."

An elder clad in a Five Elements Daoist Robe stood up and addressed another elder whose eyes were dark and insidious.

As rulers of the Hundred Sects, they naturally weren't idly watching the younger monks' contests.

Their purpose for being here was to win the stakes of the competition.

In the eyes of these Sect Masters, the grand competition of the Hundred Sects was no different from cockfights and dogfights in the streets; both sides set the stakes, and the victor takes all.

"Hmph, my Soul Sect is not afraid of you. Three Resource Planets, I accept this bet," the Soul Sect Master coldly snorted.

The Divine Radiance of the Five Elements Sect was righteous and upright, while the Divine Radiance of the Soul Sect was sinister and oblique, with both sects historically being irreconcilable.

Having said this, two Disciples standing behind them leapt into the air and landed steadily on the Arena.

"Please enlighten me."

In one second, the two Disciples were exchanging greetings; in the next, they had already drawn their blades against each other.

"Suppress!"

The Five Elements Sect Disciple formed a hand seal with one hand while conjuring a Sky-covering Talisman out of thin air with the other, suppressing the Soul Sect Disciple.

"Kill!"

With a shrill cry, the Soul Sect Disciple instantly transformed into a gust of gloomy wind, rushing towards the talisman with the howls of ghosts and wolves.

"Crack."

The collision between the Soul Sect Disciple and the Sky-covering Talisman instantly turned it into a net of golden threads, tangling him so tightly that no Divine Radiance could escape.

Whenever the windy form taken by the Soul Sect Disciple touched the net of golden threads, part of its Divine Radiance would be scorched off.

Soon, the wind became extremely faint, and the Soul Sect Disciple was forced to reveal his true form.

"I..."

Just as the Soul Sect Disciple was about to concede with a clasped fist, the Five Elements Sect Disciple gave him no chance and furiously clenched both hands.

The net of golden threads rapidly constricted, instantly transforming into a thousand strands of Gang Qi that surrounded the Soul Sect Disciple.

"Swoosh swoosh swoosh..."

The Gang Qi ruthlessly shredded through, and the unprepared Soul Sect Disciple was instantly reduced to a Blood Mist.

His soul dispersed and spirit annihilated!

All Monks were incredibly shocked; this was just the first match of the competition, yet a Sect Disciple had already perished on the Arena.

"My Soul Sect Disciple still admitted defeat, yet you dare to commit murder in public. Give me your life!" the Soul Sect Master roared in outrage on the spot.

He produced a pair of blood-colored claws refined from bones and reached out towards the Five Elements Sect Disciple on the Arena.

The disciple he had sent to this grand competition was his most proud Direct Disciple and had now been dismembered; how could he not be enraged?

"Combat on the Arena is an unpredictable affair. Could it be that the Soul Sect Master cannot accept defeat?" the Five Elements Sect Master stepped in front of the Soul Sect Master and said with a smile that wasn't really a smile.

"You!"

The Soul Sect Master trembled with rage, unable to speak for a long time.

Though the Five Elements Sect Disciple was merciless, the Soul Sect Disciple had not verbally conceded, so even if the Five Elements Sect Disciple killed him, it could only be considered as being outmatched.

Blood was shed in the very first match, making all participating Disciples tense up.

"Five Elements Sect wins!"

Li Qingxuan immediately declared the result of the match.

"Thank you for the three Resource Stars, Soul Sect Master. I shall reluctantly accept this generous offer," said the Five Elements Sect Master with a smug bow to the Soul Sect Master.

"Hmph, today I've truly seen the true faces of you so-called righteous sects," retorted the Soul Sect Master with a cold snort. He casually tossed out the Tokens representing the three Resource Planets and then fell silent.

The duels continued, each Sect Master wagering planets from their own Star Domains for the competition.

After winning two consecutive battles, the disciple from the Five Elements Sect was defeated by a Heavenly Pride disciple from another Sect.

As a result of their disciple's loss, the Five Elements Sect lost three Resource Stars.

However, after having previously won nine Resource Stars, the Five Elements Sect still ended up with a net gain of six planets.

"I didn't expect these sects to send their Heavenly Pride disciples into battle," frowned Li Qingxuan as he watched the disciple from his sect defeated by a single move from the Heavenly Pride.

He had also enlisted a Heavenly Pride, but before the disciple could pass the Sect's assessment, they were killed by a single strike from Bai Yan.

Now, the only ones he could confidently send forth were his Core Disciples.

Yet, each disciple on the Heavenly Pride List was monstrously powerful, beyond the match of even his own Direct Disciples.

"Do not worry, Master, I will go all out to secure a great victory for the Divine Sword Sect!" declared the Divine Sword Sect disciple standing behind Li Qingxuan with a solemn pledge.

He was not only Li Qingxuan's Direct Disciple but also the eldest senior brother within the entire Divine Sword Sect.

"The Frenzy Blade Sect wants to challenge and wager five Resource Planets," Frenzy Blade Sect Master Ba Dao bellowed, with his disciple leaping forth and thunderously landing on the Arena.

Yet what caught everyone's attention was not the weapon chosen by this Frenzy Blade Sect disciple—an unexpected Soft Whip rather than a great blade.

"It's Yu Tianrou, ranked thirty-third on the Heavenly Pride List!"

"Who would have thought the Frenzy Blade Sect also managed to recruit a Heavenly Pride to bolster their ranks!"

...

The other Monks gasped in shock as they recognized the identity of the Frenzy Blade Sect disciple.

Yu Tianrou, once a man, had become androgynous following the cultivation of an extremely yin and soft whip technique.

Any Monk who dared mock his gender had long since been wiped out by his whip.

It wasn't until he climbed the Heavenly Pride List with his Soft Whip in hand that the mockery ended.

The previously victorious Heavenly Pride was ranked only at the sixtieth position, while Yu Tianrou was thirty-third, a massive disparity in combat prowess that rendered the outcome virtually pre-determined.

"Please, enlighten me," Yu Tianrou said while bowing to his opponent, though his voice was piercingly sharp.

"Please, enlighten me," the challenged Heavenly Pride replied, though with evident difficulty, and then lunged forward with his sword extended.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

In an instant, the Heavenly Pride's figure blurred into illusions, splitting from one into two, two into three, and three into countless forms.

By the time he approached Yu Tianrou, he had manifested enough clones to blot out the sky.

The entire Arena, except for where Yu Tianrou stood, was occupied by these clones.

If Bai Yan were to witness this scene, he would undoubtedly be slightly startled, for the Monk's technique bore a remarkable resemblance to his own Cultivation Technique, the All-Swords-to-One.

The only difference, however, was that these clones served only as a distraction and possessed no real Attack Power.

"Your Cultivation Technique is overly illusory. Once seen through, it no longer has any effect," Yu Tianrou said nonchalantly, standing with his hands behind his back.

He remained unmoved as the clones thrust through his body, one after another.

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