Longevity: From Being Pushed By The Witch

Compared to the dazzling brilliance of Su Ling's talisman, Li Pu's battles with those silver-armored cultivators were more elegant and graceful.

Especially with his full head of gray hair, not only did it not show any signs of fatigue, but it also exuded a unique sense of vicissitude and transcendence.

Ji Boying also practiced swordsmanship, so...

Regarding Li Pu's performance in the secret realm, apart from the superficial sensory perception, there was a deeper level of understanding.

Perhaps it was because the combat power of those silver-armored cultivators was not very high, Li Pu at this moment appeared extremely casual.

Every time he handed over his sword, he only carried the most basic sword aura and sword intent. Apart from that, he did not unleash his sword momentum or sword domain, let alone integrate the principles of swordsmanship.

"It is said that there are three assessments in this successor competition. Unexpectedly, the first one is the Sky Emperor's Battle Arena..."

An open-air battlefield?

This name...

After hearing the whispered discussion of the guardian next to him, Ji Boying couldn't help but recall the scene of playing and fighting with Xiao Ning'er and Ye Qingqing on the flying boat.

Although fighting in the open air was a different experience, Ji Boying still preferred to unleash his fists and feet in a room.

Embroidered bed, long table, Eight Immortals chair;

Bedpost, pink wall, Purple Orchid Pavilion;

As long as his mind didn't slip, there were many different ways to fight!

No matter which one, it was a completely new experience!

"Yeah, the Sky Emperor's Battle Arena is a highly restored Five Continent battlefield based on the Sky Emperor's personal experience after the descent of the Celestial Clan. It is used to assess the comprehensive strength of the five successors!"

The Sky Emperor's Battle Arena is based on the Sky Emperor's personal experience?

Ji Boying raised an eyebrow, and when he looked at the gaze of the Mirror Flower and Water Moon again, he involuntarily became more serious.

He thought it would be like the Ten Thousand Dao Tower, just a direct challenge, with densely packed silver-armored cultivators only there to test the limits of the person being assessed.

After all...

How could a real battlefield have such a scene of one against ten thousand that only appeared in movies and grass-cutting games?

Take the scene of the previous demonic invasion of the Eastern Continent, it was far less severe than the current situation!

Even though he was surrounded by thousands of cultivators at Qiandao Lake, most of those demonic cultivators were only at the Foundation Building stage, and there weren't many at the Gold Core stage.

At that time, Ji Boying already had the physique of a Yuan Martial Realm, so dealing with some Foundation Building stage Karamees was as easy as cutting vegetables.

But he never expected...

The scene in front of him, surrounded by densely packed silver-armored cultivators, turned out to be a true reflection of the past!

Is this the purgatory when the Celestial Clan descended?

In that instant, Ji Boying seemed to suddenly understand why the land of the Five Continents would fall into endless darkness lasting hundreds of years every thousand years before the birth of the Sky Emperor...

Just as Ji Boying's thoughts were wandering, there were slight changes in two of the Mirror Flower and Water Moon.

It turned out that the densely packed silver-armored cultivators gradually decreased, and in their place, there were rustling golden-armored cultivators!

At this moment, the faint whispers came again...

"Soul Formation level [Divine Officials] have appeared on the battlefields of Luan Tian and Du Chengwu!"

"Hiss—Less than fifteen minutes into the assessment, there are already [Divine Officials] of the Celestial Clan?"

"They truly are the two most favored successors by the headquarters! They passed the first level of assessment in less than fifteen minutes!"

"Yes! With such speed, they have already surpassed the former Palace Lord; who knows where their limits lie and how many levels they can reach..."

"At least the fifth level! Maybe they even have a chance to directly pass the fifth level!"

"Tsk tsk... the fifth level. They have been cultivating for less than three hundred years, while I have been cultivating for over seven hundred years and can't even enter the second level..."

"Heh! Do you, a little guardian, have the audacity to compare yourself to them? They are the candidates for the Supreme Palace Inheritance! Unparalleled geniuses in the entire Shang Clan and even the Five Continents!"

"You talk as if you're not a little guardian yourself."

As the two of them continued talking, their conversation gradually shifted from previous revelations to a mild degree of bickering.

Ji Boying couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, intending to listen to the discussions of others to see if he could gather more useful information.

Ever since Luo Qinghan mentioned keywords such as "Year of the Eclipse," "Heavenly Clan," and "Endless Darkness," Ji Boying took the time to study the history of the Five Continents and records about the Heavenly Clan.

However...

Because his daily practice and cultivation were arranged to be full and busy, Ji Boying didn't have much time to carefully examine these materials.

He only knew that the Heavenly Clan was roughly divided into four levels: "Disciples," "Divine Officials," "Bishops," and "Pope."

Among them...

"Disciples" were the weakest and most numerous existence in the Heavenly Clan, like the Silver Winged Armor Cultivators in front of them, with a strength roughly equivalent to the Nascent Soul level.

Hmm, not the Nascent Soul strength of the Ten Thousand Dao Trading Company, but the normal Nascent Soul strength in the Five Continents, based on the performance of Nascent Soul elders in sects.

"Divine Officials," on the other hand, were a relatively common presence in the Heavenly Clan, with a smaller number but significantly stronger, comparable to the Soul Formation level in the Five Continents.

Every time the Heavenly Clan invaded, there would be at least thousands of "Divine Officials" appearing.

What was considered a rare occurrence in the Five Continents was commonplace for the Heavenly Clan.

This was a dimensional reduction.

As for the "Bishops," every time the Heavenly Clan descended, there would be over a hundred "Bishops" appearing. Most of these bishops were in the mid-stage of the Returning Void realm, with only a few possessing the late-stage Returning Void strength, or even peak-level strength.

This was always the case, never changing.

And as for the final level, the "Pope"... the specific strength was unknown, but at the very least, they were experts at the Unity realm.

Since the Heavenly Clan began to descend, the "Pope" has only appeared once.

It was during the second millennium when Lord Qingming presided.

According to the records, after Lord Qingming dealt with about ten bishops who were comparable to the late-stage Returning Void, the "Pope" level Heavenly Clan expert made a move.

As for the details of the battle...

The records only mentioned that the "Pope" directly tore open the sky curtain on the battlefield and opened up a starry battlefield.

The two transcendent powerhouses directly entered the star domain.

The battle lasted less than fifteen minutes, and Lord Qingming and the Pope emerged from the star domain.

After that...

Everyone saw the Heavenly Clan retreat.

As for the outcome of this battle, Lord Qingming didn't say, but judging from the Heavenly Clan's retreat, Lord Qingming definitely didn't lose.

Otherwise, the other party wouldn't have given up so easily.

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Time passed slowly.

The five disciples had all entered the second stage of the assessment and began to face the "Divine Officials" level Heavenly Clan experts.

It was also from this time that Li Pu's swordsmanship changed. It was no longer as carefree and elegant as before, but rather carried a sense of seriousness and concentration. His sword domain and sword momentum even began to bloom.

Of course...

He still held back his strength and didn't integrate his own sword dao principles.

According to the guardians, once the Battle Heaven Battlefield was opened, one could only continuously kill enemies until they were killed themselves, or pass the five levels of assessment and kill all the remaining hundred-plus "Bishop" level experts.

There was no time to catch one's breath in this process.

It wasn't like the Ten Thousand Dao Tower, where the participants had dozens of hours of cultivation and adjustment time after each level.

Once inside, it was only about killing!

It was like a marathon, where not only did one need to conserve their own physical strength and energy at the beginning, but they also needed to handle the rhythm and allocation of each subsequent stage.

If there was a problem at any stage, it would inevitably affect the entire journey.

Just as Ji Boying continued to wander between the battlefields of Su Ling and Li Pu...

Inside the main hall, there was a commotion!