Elimination Mechanism

The disciples of the Tianchen Sect within this Spacetime Realm were all at the Divine Venerable level, and the number of powerful ones was countless.

Moreover, there were clearly experts who surpassed the Divine Venerable Realm.

Just now, a major accomplishment Divine Venerable who had reached perfection in three realms was suppressed in an instant by an irresistible force.

If he hadn’t been clever and begged for mercy in time, he probably would have lost his life.

“Damn it, this place is just like the real thing.”

“Did we really come to this Tianchen Sect through some means?”

“Hey, someone among you should know about this Tianchen Sect, right?”

“Don’t you claim to be branches of the major sects of the Upper Realm?”

Some disciples from so-called Upper Realm major sect branches were questioned by a native Demonic Dao sect.

However, even if these forces supported by the major sects of the Upper Realm knew the secrets here, it was unlikely they would tell everyone.

So they all chose to remain silent or deny it.

But in reality, they didn’t know much.

Looking at those who had received legacies from the Tianchen Sect’s experts, they had also reached the entrance of the ninth level.

“Let’s go.”

“To enter the ninth level, you have to defeat one hundred guardians.”

“If you pass, you can enter the ninth level.”

“If you fail, you can only search for opportunities on the eighth level,” Jiang Yao said to Su Muyu and the others.

After speaking, they walked in without any hesitation.

This trial was all about ability; hesitation was useless.

As for Yan Yun and the others who had entered first, besides Xiao Leng, Yan Yun and Yan Lingyun had already reached over the fiftieth level.

Truly worthy of being both grandmother and granddaughter as well as master and disciple, their speeds were almost the same.

By the time they reached the fiftieth level, the pressure had clearly increased significantly.

For example, on Yan Yun’s side, although the opponents were only at the Spirit Transformation Realm, their strength had risen a lot.

What could originally be resolved within ten moves now required up to twenty.

According to this rate of increase, after the sixtieth or seventieth level, guardians who had cultivated the previous realms to perfection would likely appear.

“Ah! They’re getting stronger and stronger.”

“Are you sure the test for this ninth level is of appropriate difficulty?”

“I’ve only just reached the sixtieth level, and I’m already feeling the strain.”

“By the time I reach the seventieth level, I’m afraid I’ll have to fight for forty or fifty rounds to finish.”

“It’s too tiring.”

“If only I could use my magical treasures,” Yan Yun sighed heavily.

But obviously, using magical treasures was not allowed in this place.

Weapons were all condensed from magical power.

Whatever weapon one wanted to use, it could be created with a single thought.

Those cultivators who hadn’t found the entrance to the ninth level began to search in the gardens of the Tianchen Sect, where many medicinal herbs that didn’t exist in the lower realm were planted.

Some were lucky and arrived at the Tianchen Sect’s medicine garden.

Others arrived at the Pill Pavilion and obtained pills that could increase a Divine Venerable Realm cultivator’s cultivation, or even life-extending pills.

As long as they used their brains, they could obtain many good things in the Tianchen Spacetime Realm.

The ninth level, after all, was an opportunity for only a few.

However, when the number of cultivators entering the Tianchen Treasury reached a considerable figure, a strange change occurred.

The originally peaceful Tianchen Sect was suddenly shrouded in black clouds, and terrifying auras came from afar, arriving at the Tianchen Sect.

The Tianchen Sect’s sect-protecting grand array activated on its own, enveloping the entire sect.

“What’s going on now?”

“What a terrifying aura.”

The outside cultivators all looked around in fear.

Then, a series of loud voices echoed within the Tianchen Sect.

“Tianchen Sect, hand over the Immortal Scripture, and we will immediately withdraw.”

“If not, today will be the day your sect is annihilated.”

Gigantic figures appeared all around, looking somewhat like Divine Venerable Dharma Idols, but their auras were in no way comparable.

It was terrifying; a casual release of a wisp of their aura could probably kill a large number of Divine Venerables.

These experts came with ill intentions, but the Tianchen Sect was no coward.

Within the Tianchen Sect, equally powerful Dharma Idols emerged.

“Hmph! Our Tianchen Sect has stood in the Xuanyuan Realm for tens of thousands of years, how could we fear your threats?”

“If you want to fight, then fight!”

“If you want something, then find it yourself,” an expert of the Tianchen Sect shouted angrily.

And so, a great battle began so abruptly.

After the battle began, the Tianchen Sect’s sect-protecting grand array was fiercely attacked by the enemy.

After the formation was broken, a large number of cultivators swarmed into the Tianchen Sect from all directions like locusts, fighting with the disciples of the Tianchen Sect.

An outside Divine Venerable didn’t even have time to react before his head was chopped off by an enemy cultivator.

“This, isn’t this too sudden?”

This Divine Venerable died in a state of confusion.

“This should be the danger of the eighth level.”

“We need to protect ourselves amidst the enemy’s attacks.”

“We must not clash with them head-on,” the Alliance Master of the Righteous Dao Alliance shouted.

With his shout, many people came to their senses and quickly retreated.

But if they saw any Tianchen Sect disciples killed and the treasures they left behind, the cultivators who had entered the eighth level of the treasury would not miss the opportunity.

The battle of the experts around them was earth-shattering, changing the color of the sky and clouds.

There was simply no safe place.

Some clever cultivators took advantage of the chaos and rushed into some of the important areas of the Tianchen Sect to seize the things inside.

Cultivators who could reach the Divine Venerable level were no fools.

Although they were unclear about the current situation, they could roughly judge that they needed to hold on until this great battle ended, and perhaps then they could get out.

They hid in the main hall where the entrance to the ninth level was located.

“I never thought the Tianchen Sect would have even preserved a fragment of the time when our families attacked them.”

“No, I must find the entrance to the ninth level quickly, otherwise, when the Tianchen Sect is destroyed, I’m afraid we will be teleported out,” among these cultivators, there were also some with unknown identities.

“Pavilion Master, what should we do next?”

In a hidden location, several people were standing, led by a female cultivator.

Judging by their address and their reaction, they were most likely from the Qianjin Pavilion.

“We are here to seize treasures.”

“Plunder as many treasures as possible, and do not get involved in their fight.”

“Avoid them if you can, and if you can’t, show them our Qianjin Pavilion’s token.”

“The beings in this space are all real; they can recognize our Qianjin Pavilion’s identity,” the leading female cultivator gestured.

The Tianchen Sect’s defenses soon collapsed completely, and sorrowful and indignant voices came from all around.

It seemed that some of the Tianchen Sect’s experts had fallen.

“Disciples of the Tianchen Sect, retreat to the Tianchen Mystic Realm,” an old voice shouted.

The disciples of the Tianchen Sect immediately fled towards the main hall that Yan Yun and the others had entered.

“Tianchen Mystic Realm?”

“That should be the ninth level of the Tianchen Sect.”

“Let’s go.”

All the cultivators who had entered the eighth level immediately followed the main group and flew towards the entrance of the Tianchen Mystic Realm.

But at this time, the cultivators who entered the ninth level did not enter the space they were in, but rather seemed to have opened a spatial gate and arrived in another world.

“What’s going on?”

“Where is this?”

They were falling, landing on the ground.

By the time they reacted, they were already standing on the edge of the chasm where the Tianchen Treasury was located.

The cultivators who were still waiting on the edge of the chasm were startled to see their elders suddenly falling from the sky.

After all, many had seen them jump into the crack, so how did they suddenly fall from the sky?

“This? What’s going on, how did we all come out?”

The people who came out were completely bewildered.

But at this time, Daoist Taixuan appeared.

“Don’t be confused.”

“The time for the eighth level is up.”

“From the moment the first person enters the eighth level, it’s at most one hour.”

“If you don’t find the entrance to the ninth level within an hour, you will be teleported out due to the shattering of spacetime,” Daoist Taixuan said with a disappointed look, and at the same time glanced around.

With his words, many of the surrounding experts also began to feel regretful.

“Damn it, if I had known this earlier, I wouldn’t have gone looking for the opportunity of the ninth level.”

“Taking the opportunity of the eighth level would have been enough.”

“Indeed, what a waste of such a great opportunity.”

Although the experts of the Righteous Dao Alliance and the Demonic Dao Alliance were also cursing, they soon discovered that they still had the things they had obtained from the eighth level.

They had brought all these things out.

“The eighth level is indeed all real,” Yuan Mie said with some reluctance.

He then glanced around again.

“Take a count and see how many people haven’t come out.”

“For those who haven’t come out, confirm if they are dead.”

“If they’re not dead, confirm if they have entered the ninth level,” Yuan Mie ordered.

The Righteous Dao Alliance also immediately began to investigate.

But don’t think that it’s over just like that.

When the others inevitably come out from here, what if their cultivation is not high?

Couldn’t they just snatch their things?

So the experts on both sides became vigilant.

Currently, from both the righteous and demonic paths, there were about a hundred or so cultivators still braving the trial before the ninth level.

But those who failed were not immediately teleported out.

When they came out, everything outside had returned to its original state, because this spacetime had been reset, so they could search the eighth level again.

As for Yan Yun, she had already reached the ninetieth level.

The opponents starting from the ninetieth level were very strange.

“Someone else has broken into the ninetieth level.”

“The last person to break into the ninetieth level was a poison-using woman a thousand years ago.”

A lifelike young man with a jade crown smiled and greeted Yan Yun.

This greeting immediately made Yan Yun vigilant, because the other party actually had self-awareness.

“You? Are you a person or a ghost?” Yan Yun questioned.

The young man chuckled.

“You could say I’m a ghost, or rather a lingering will I left here.”

“Starting from the ninetieth level, every guardian is a remnant of an outstanding disciple of our Tianchen Sect.”

“We possess all the abilities we had in our lifetime.”

“Of course, because your cultivation is too low, our cultivation has also been suppressed to the Spirit Transformation Realm,” the young man explained.

This was another miraculous method, but Yan Yun also understood that from this level on, it was the real challenge, not the feeling of fighting puppets like before.