Open up and break into another world

At the very center of the Heaven Offering Realm was an incredibly enormous circular altar. The entire realm's fortune converged at this point; the dense power of fortune even solidified into a mist, permeating the altar's upper reaches.

“What terrifying power of fortune!” Even Xu Ming, who wasn't well-versed in the ways of fortune, could clearly sense the fearsomeness of the fortune here. “If Sisi and Yingying, those naturally blessed with great fortune, were to cultivate here, their cultivation would definitely advance by leaps and bounds!”

The closer Xu Ming flew to the altar, the more intensely he felt the richness of the fortune's power, and the clearer he saw the immensity of this circular altar!

The size of this altar was estimated to be over a hundred million li! Even more astonishing was that the entire altar was a seamless whole, without a single crack; it was as if it had been directly carved from a single giant rock, hundreds of millions of li in size!

The formations on the altar were even more profound and unfathomable. Even Xu Ming felt insignificant before this formation!

“The one who built this altar must be a super existence beyond my imagination!” Xu Ming thought to himself. “Was it built by a Dominator? Or… a Saint?”

Flight was prohibited above the altar.

Xu Ming followed Mu Zifan and landed near the altar; then, they began to ascend the steps.

“Xu Ming!” Mu Zifan transmitted his voice. “You are not from my Heaven Offering Realm, so you don't know what this 'Heaven Offering Altar' signifies! I remind you again, once you enter the Heaven Offering Altar, you must be cautious in your words and actions; once you violate the rules here, death is certain!”

“I know!” Xu Ming certainly felt the strength of the restrictions within this altar; at least, it was not something that Xu Ming's current level could contend with.

Walking inside the altar, Xu Ming and Mu Zifan's group saw a large team of several hundred people.

“Big Brother!” Mu Zifan's expression changed—this team was none other than the team of Mu Ziyun, the First Young Pavilion Master of the Mu Clan Pavilion! All several hundred people in the team were heaven-defying geniuses!

However, they were all just geniuses at the first level of the Heaven-defying realm; not even one at the second level could be seen.

“Oh? Isn't this Third Brother?” Mu Ziyun said with a fake smile. “Long time no see, Third Brother! How is it that, for this Heaven Offering Assembly, you've only brought a few insignificant people, just like always?”

Mu Ziyun was clearly mocking Mu Zifan for having no one under his command!

But to be honest, Mu Zifan only had three heaven-defying geniuses under him: Xu Ming, Bitter Sword Cultivator, and Luo Shui! Compared to the First Young Pavilion Master's large team of geniuses, Mu Zifan's team did seem a bit shabby.

In the past, Mu Zifan would have been filled with shame and anger upon hearing his Big Brother's mockery; but this time, Mu Zifan not only wasn't angry at all, but instead gave his Big Brother a meaningful look!—He was very much looking forward to seeing his Big Brother's expression after seeing Xu Ming's strength!

“Endure for now!” Mu Zifan thought to himself. “The deeper I hide, the greater the shock will be when Xu Ming shines brilliantly later! Father will also value me more!”

Soon after, Mu Zifan ran into the team of the Second Young Pavilion Master, Mu Zinuo.

Mu Zinuo's power was originally not much inferior to Mu Ziyun's.

But this time, because more than twenty heaven-defying geniuses under Mu Zinuo had been killed by Xu Ming; therefore, Mu Zinuo only had about a hundred heaven-defying geniuses left under his command. Compared to Mu Ziyun, the difference seemed very large!

“Third Brother, you've arrived!” In the past, Mu Zinuo had never given Mu Zifan a good look. But now, because of Xu Ming's existence, Mu Zinuo's attitude towards Mu Zifan had changed all of a sudden!

“Second Brother!” Mu Zifan also called out.

“Third Brother, congratulations! At this Heaven Offering Assembly, you are definitely going to shine brilliantly!” Mu Zinuo glanced at Xu Ming, unable to hide the envy in his eyes.

…

After Xu Ming, Mu Zifan, and the others took their seats, many experts continued to arrive at the altar, one after another.

When a gray-robed figure walked into the altar, the five Young Pavilion Masters, including Mu Zifan, actually stood up in unison.

“Hmm?” Xu Ming also subconsciously turned his gaze towards this gray-robed figure.

“He is…?” Xu Ming only glanced at the gray-robed figure, and his gaze was completely drawn in.

Xu Ming felt that this gray-robed figure seemed to be the starting point of all things like space-time and cause-and-effect, and also seemed to be the end point of everything! The operation of the laws of heaven and earth seemed to revolve around him.

After being immersed for a while, Xu Ming came back to his senses and withdrew his gaze.

“Father!” The five Young Pavilion Masters, including Mu Zifan, all saluted the gray-robed figure.

“Mm!” The gray-robed figure nodded slightly, and then sat on the throne symbolizing supreme authority, his voice low and deep: “Everyone, take your seats! The Heaven Offering Assembly is about to begin!”

The Heaven Offering Assembly was the most solemn event in the Heaven Offering Realm, so naturally, there were many formalities.

The people of the Violetlight Sect also participated in the Heaven Offering Assembly, of course. However, their positions were on the other side of the altar; the two sides of the altar were separated from each other, and they couldn't see the situation on the other side at all.

All kinds of boring sacrificial programs lasted for several hours.

After the complex etiquette was over, the fortune of the entire Heaven Offering Altar increased by a hundredfold; the strength of the fortune became even more incredible!

Whoosh!

At this time, an old man in a cyan robe flew out from somewhere in the center of the Heaven Offering Altar. Xu Ming felt a very similar aura on him to the previous gray-robed figure—as if he was the starting point of all things like space-time and cause-and-effect, and also seemed to be the end point of everything!

Mu Zifan secretly transmitted his voice: “This is the Ink Saint, who presides over the 'Heaven Offering Battle'!”

The Heaven Offering Battle was the highlight of every Heaven Offering Assembly, and it was also an opportunity for many heaven-defying geniuses to shine brilliantly!

“Ink Saint?” Xu Ming was shocked. “He is… a Saint?”

“Yes!”

“Then what about your father…?” Xu Ming said.

“My father…?” Mu Zifan had pride in his eyes. “Of course, he is also a Saint!”

Two Saints! ! !

Xu Ming was completely stunned—what kind of place was this Heaven Offering Realm?

You must know that Saints were the most peak existences!

Even in the God Domain, Saints were few and far between; the number of Saints in the entire God Domain was very likely to be in the “single digits”!

And Xu Ming had actually seen two Saints at this Heaven Offering Assembly; if there were no accidents, the Violetlight Sect Master, who hadn't shown his face yet, should also be a Saint!—That was to say, there were at least three Saints in this Heaven Offering Realm!

As for whether there were other hidden Saints, Xu Ming didn't know! But even if there were only three Saints, the power of this Heaven Offering Realm was on the same level as the God Domain!

“Why is this Heaven Offering Realm so powerful?”

To be honest, the power of the Heaven Offering Realm had far exceeded Xu Ming's expectations. Originally, Xu Ming thought that this Heaven Offering Realm was just a place similar to the Boundless Difficult Realm; but now it seemed that it was not so!

All indications showed that the Heaven Offering Realm was comparable to the God Domain!

The fourth update is complete.