Starting With 100 Million Lives

After taking a bunch of pills to recover, Jiang Cheng reassessed the Sword Origin.

He found that this Origin no longer had any rejection toward him.

He could roam freely within this special and dangerous Origin, much like he had with the Ice Origin.

However...

"Why haven't I received the recognition of the Sword Origin?"

This guy doesn't even realize that all his over twenty thousand sword swings were essentially attacks.

How could the Sword Origin recognize someone who attacks it every day, and even consider him one of its own?

Nevertheless, after he utilized the Perfect Sword Dao, the Origin grudgingly acknowledged that he was qualified to stand alongside it.

That's why he could now traverse here without obstacles.

Brother Cheng was unaware of this and even unawaresly asked the system.

For such questions outside its scope, the system simply didn't respond.

Thus, Brother Cheng could only sheath his sword and, with the 'regret' of obtaining over twenty thousand Sword Dao Realms, return to the Celestial Dao Sword Sea above.

In his impression, the Celestial Dao Sword Sea seemed vast and boundless.

But this time, when he swam from underwater to the surface, he discovered he was just in a small lake.

The lake was surrounded by mountain ranges, and the scenery was pleasant.

In the distance, one could see pavilions and towers, glittering palaces.

"Is this still Emperor Sword Star?"

He swam to the shore and found that after emerging from the water, although he still couldn't connect with other Origin Rules, he could normally mobilize Immortal Power and Divine Soul.

With a slight perception, he discovered thousands upon thousands of similar lakes nearby, though differing in size.

It seemed the former Celestial Dao Sword Sea had been scattered and divided.

Along the lakeshore, he interestedly observed the surrounding scenery.

"Qiu Yuxuan really knows how to arrange things."

"Put some effort into tidying this place up!"

After flying a little distance, he heard indistinct voices coming from the distant sky.

"Will the Sword Origin really be okay?"

"Should be fine, right?"

"With the Celestial Emperor around, this is not something we should worry about."

"Correct, we don't need to think too much."

"By the way, about the Second-class Star Monarch selection this time, who do you think will pass?"

People above him?

He looked up and could only see a vast expanse of gray mist.

Stretching endlessly, as if covering the entire world.

Even after careful sensing, he couldn't detect anything.

"Strange."

Brother Cheng, being who he is, couldn't tolerate people hanging around above him.

So he flew upwards.

It was during this flight that he discovered something amiss.

As soon as he left the ground, he was met with an attack.

The attack was shapeless and invisible, neither a creature nor a special array restriction, yet it concealed a Sword Dao Realm.

Apparently, another 'specialty' of Emperor Sword Star.

"Interesting."

This Sword Dao Realm was just at the second layer, involving Paradise and the Earth Element Sword Heart.

He didn't even draw his sword, too lazy to use Sword Dao against Sword Dao.

With just a wave of his hand, he easily defeated it.

Because this realm was way too low for him now.

He clearly knew how this Sword Dao formed, what mysteries it held, what characteristics it had, and what flaws...

If he wished, he could dismantle it in a thousand different ways.

Flying straight, he soon encountered another attack after a dozen yards or so.

This time it was at the third layer of Sword Dao Realm.

Similarly sudden, similarly shapeless and invisible.

If one's understanding of Sword Dao was insufficient, one wouldn't even know where the attack was coming from.

But in front of Jiang Cheng, it was no more than moving from kindergarten to first-grade level.

Still without drawing the sword, easily defeated.

At this point, he could hear more and more varied voices.

"This round has 225 experts making it through, with only five making it to the end, it's the final test."

"The competition is too fierce..."

"Absolutely, these over two hundred folks are nearly all in the Daoist Venerable Realm, given that a Second-class Star Monarch of Emperor Sword Star is too enticing."

"Indeed, even if you win this selection, it doesn't mean you'll be chosen."

"Emperor Sword Star can have at most two Second-class Star Monarchs, and it still depends on whom the Emperor Sword Star Lord wishes to pick."

Buzzing discussions filled the air.

These voices came from the high altitudes in every direction, bewildering him even more.

What's going on?

Why does it sound like some kind of competition?

Being someone who enjoys a lively crowd, he continued flying upwards straight.

Soon enough, he encountered an attack again.

This time it was a fourth layer Sword Dao Realm.

Thus, with each upward flight, he encountered wave after wave of attacks.

All these attacks were pure Sword Dao Realms.

At the highest point, they had reached the seventh layer of Sword Dao Realm.

He still waved his sleeve and easily broke through.

Because this seventh layer of Sword Dao Realm was precisely what he had brushed through before...

Subsequently, his upper view suddenly became clear.

In his sight appeared tiered, dense floating stands stretching endlessly.

These stands surrounded a vast deep valley.

And that deep valley was exactly the position he had just flown up from.

The lakes and mountain ranges below were all part of this valley.

Looking down again, he found the valley shrouded in colorful clouds.

No idea what magical special method was used, not even the Divine Soul could easily perceive the scenes within.

Looking at the surrounding stands, innumerable spectators of Immortal beings were seated.

These voices he had heard earlier were precisely from them.

These people had been watching below, although nothing was visible, they were close enough to wait for the results of this round of selection and assessment.

When Brother Cheng suddenly burst out of the valley mist, the whole area erupted into excitement.

"The first one!"

"The first expert to appear through the assessment!"

All eyes focused on him.

"Heavens, so fast?"

"How long has it been? Just three days, and someone has passed the selection?"

Although this Second-class Star Monarch selection assessment only picks the top five, it doesn't designate a headliner.

But the first one to emerge becomes the de facto first in everyone's minds.

"It's said this test has a full seven layers, how could anyone pass so quickly?"

"To endure the test of the seventh layer of Sword Dao Realm, even reaching that level oneself isn't enough without enough time."

What they actually meant was 'pass,' not 'breakthrough.'

To succeed in the test by demonstrating sufficient talent and power, and gaining recognition.

After all, the seventh layer of Sword Dao had thousands of variants.

Even a Sword Cultivator possessing the Eighth Layer of Sword Dao Realm couldn't guarantee conquering the seventh layer assessment.

Because most likely, they would encounter a Sword Heart they hadn't merged with.

They had yet to realize Brother Cheng didn't even draw his sword before directly shattering the test.

Even more clueless that he didn't draw his sword throughout and accomplished it in mere seconds.

Managing to 'pass the test' within three days was already enough to astound everyone.

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