Primordial Star Scripture

When the time for the grand martial arts tournament arrived, the entire Land of Wonders was already boiling with excitement!

Over thirty thousand Heavenly Saints had gathered here, plus a hundred divine gourds that had descended from the skies— this scene was truly astonishing.

Especially for the Heavenly Saints from the thirty-three continents, each and every one of them felt a tremor in their hearts.

This was their second encounter with so many powerful beings since they first entered the Undersea Divine Palace, and this time, all of them were martial artists of the same great realm, the Heavenly Saint Realm.

In the thirty-three continents, a continent that had several hundred or even a thousand Heavenly Saints was considered very powerful, but here, they actually encountered over thirty thousand Heavenly Saints! Find exclusive stories on My Virtual Library Empire

In the thirty-three continents, if a continent had about ten late-stage Heavenly Saint powerhouses, that would be utterly inconceivable. Yet here, there were over a thousand late-stage Heavenly Saints alone!

The addition of the Minor Spirit Realm's Heavenly Saints certainly filled countless Heavenly Saints from the thirty-three continents with awe, admiration, reluctance, and even the thought of challenging them!

And now, as the grand martial arts tournament was about to officially start, everyone would be able to showcase their strengths and see who was the strongest!

In the crowd.

Amidst the boiling fervor.

Ye Chen, however, was somewhat worried.

At this moment, Palace Master Yuan Li, Mu Yao Palace Master, Skyscraper Palace Master were all by Ye Chen's side, and even Heavenly Saint Long Xuan had hurried to this Land of Wonders the day before the start of the tournament.

But Ye Chen had not seen Jiang Yao.

This, of course, made Ye Chen extremely anxious.

Moreover, Ye Chen heard from many Heavenly Saints who had seen Jiang Yao that they hadn't seen her since the third level, and this made Ye Chen even more worried that Jiang Yao had encountered danger.

For a moment, the start of the grand martial arts tournament made it difficult for Ye Chen to stay calm.

Amidst Ye Chen's extreme concern, True God Zhou Lin, who presided over this Land of Wonders, finally declared the grand martial arts tournament officially underway!

The tournament rules dictated that the first hundred Heavenly Saints who arrived at this land as reserves were to accept challenges."

"Others can challenge them, but each person only has one chance to challenge, so you must choose carefully whom you want to challenge. Once chosen, you cannot change it. If you lose, you will have no more opportunities to challenge."

True God Zhou Lin began to explain the rules of the grand martial arts tournament to everyone.

Although these rules had spread through word of mouth over the days, and everyone was aware of them, hearing True God Zhou Lin repeat them still made many people nervous all at once.

An opportunity to cultivate inside a divine gourd for a month with a hundredfold acceleration of time flow—who wouldn't want it?!

Everyone, of course, wanted to compete for it!

"Now, the first hundred who came to this Land of Wonders, I told you before, you who obtained the position of reserves, step forward," True God Zhou Lin said, looking at martial artists like Ye Chen, who were among the first to arrive at the Land of Wonders.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

One figure after another flew forward, stepping out.

These figures, the vast majority of whom were late-stage Heavenly Saint Realm martial artists, with a very few being mid-stage, and early-stage Heavenly Saints like Ye Chen were absolutely rare—there was only Ye Chen!

Seeing Ye Chen, who was only at the beginning of the Heavenly Saint Realm, among the potential candidates, many were shaken.

"This young man, he actually arrived at the Land of Wonders among the first hundred?!"

"He's only at the early stage of being a Heavenly Saint, how could he arrive so fast! Even though I'm at the later stage of Heavenly Saint, I had to proceed with extreme caution through the Undersea Divine Palace, encountering several crises that almost killed me. When I finally arrived here, there were already thousands of people who had come before me. This young man, who's merely at the early stage, came even faster than me?!" An existence at the later stage of Heavenly Saint who hadn't qualified as a backup candidate was shocked.

"This young man must have relied on some special flying treasure to get here so quickly, otherwise it would be impossible!"

"However, even if a flying treasure helped him arrive among the first hundred, it won't assist him in battle. The real competition relies on strength! Even if he is a candidate now, being only at the early stage of Heavenly Saint, he will definitely be defeated by others!" Some were certain.

What those at the later stage of Heavenly Saint didn't know was that Ye Chen was not only among the first hundred to arrive at this Land of Wonders, but he was also the very first person to arrive!

Those Heavenly Saints who knew the truth and had arrived shortly after Ye Chen, especially the first ten to reach the Land of Wonders, watched the situation unfold around Ye Chen with excitement, eager for the drama.

They too were curious about why this young Heavenly Saint arrived before them and wanted to see just what abilities he possessed.

Meanwhile, those in the crowd who knew Ye Chen best, such as Palace Master Yuan Li, Mu Yao Palace Master, Skyscraper Palace Master, and others, started to smile when they saw many were itching to challenge Ye Chen.

They, of course, knew Ye Chen's strength!

"These people want to challenge Ye Chen? Then their one opportunity to challenge will be wasted," Palace Master Yuan Li thought to himself.

As discussions buzzed among the crowd, True God Zhou Lin announced, "To test your judgment, the selection of opponents for the grand competition must be done first, before beginning the contest."

"If a candidate is defeated, the victor automatically takes their place as a candidate and continues to accept challenges from others within the same area."

"Now, the hundred backup candidates, stand under the hundred gourds, representing your challenge areas. The rest of you, choose your opponents from these hundred candidates and decide which area you want to challenge!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As True God Zhou Lin declared the start of the opponent selection and candidates like Ye Chen took their positions under the magical gourds, over thirty thousand Heavenly Saints rushed towards the hundred candidates.

Among them, those flowing towards Ye Chen to pick him as their challenge area were the most numerous!

In the arena, Ye Chen, with the lowest realm and the sole early-stage Heavenly Saint candidate, naturally drew the most attention.

Even though some presumed that Ye Chen must possess strong methods to be among the first hundred to reach this eleventh layer of the Land of Wonders,

among the hundred candidates present, which one wasn't formidable? Which one lacked methods? Which one hadn't passed through countless tests to get here?

Compared to many later-stage Heavenly Saints with renowned reputations in the Minor Spirit Realm, they naturally preferred to challenge the early-stage Heavenly Saint, Ye Chen.

In a moment, out of more than thirty thousand warriors, those who flooded into Ye Chen's challenge area numbered as many as five or six thousand!

In contrast, in the areas of some later-stage Heavenly Saints with big names from the Minor Spirit Realm, there were only a few, or at most a dozen challengers.

In the other ninety-something candidate areas, the most anyone had challenging them was a little over five hundred.

The number of Heavenly Saints choosing to challenge Ye Chen was ten to a hundred times more than those opting to challenge other candidates!

And if it weren't for the overwhelming crowd surging towards Ye Chen, which made it impractical, as even if one defeated Ye Chen, the strength of subsequent replacement candidates might vary too greatly—increasing the risk of victory—probably over twenty thousand of the thirty thousand would choose to challenge Ye Chen!

Even so, there were still quite a few who had to choose other Heavenly Saints' challenge areas, and they lamented in their hearts, "What a pity, the area around that early-stage Heavenly Saint was too crowded. Otherwise, defeating that young early-stage Heavenly Saint would have been an absolute certainty!"