Open up and break into another world

“Kun Nurturing Chart?”

Xu Ming grabbed the chart and instantly refined it.

His divine sense sank into the Kun Nurturing Chart and discovered that the interior was an endless and vast ocean, comparable to a “domain” of the Divine Phoenix Chaos World. Tens of millions of giant Kun freely roamed within this vast ocean.

“Uh…” Xu Ming’s expression was slightly strange. “I’ve accidentally become a major Kun breeder…”

It must be known that these tens of millions of giant Kun were not simple! Even the weakest True Kun were comparable to a Half-Step World Master!

Xu Ming even suspected that, with his strength and this Kun Nurturing Chart, he could easily sweep across the entire Divine Phoenix Chaos World!

Xu Ming then looked at the sky within the Kun Nurturing Chart.

The entire sky was filled with obscure and profound texts, recording a peak secret skill—the 'Kun Peng Nine Transformations'.

“No need to rush to study this secret skill!” Xu Ming thought to himself.

He didn't know the specific rank of this secret skill yet, and besides, the secret skill wouldn't fly away now that he had it. In this ancient city, Xu Ming should cherish this cultivation environment comparable to a True Universe.

“It’s time to go out!”

Originally, Xu Ming had only come to casually闯(闖) try the 'Tower of Enlightenment', but unexpectedly, he had returned fully loaded.

……

Outside the Tower of Enlightenment.

Because the seventh floor was always lit, the geniuses outside couldn't know the situation of Xu Ming's battle inside.

Suddenly, the light of the Tower of Enlightenment instantly disappeared.

Xu Ming's figure walked out of the Tower of Enlightenment.

“It’s over!”

“Xu Ming has finished challenging the seventh floor of the Tower of Enlightenment!”

“Did Xu Ming win or lose on this seventh floor?”

For the first six floors of the Tower of Enlightenment, the outside world had ways to determine the victory or defeat—the next floor lighting up meant he passed, which meant victory; otherwise, it meant defeat.

However, when challenging the seventh floor, the outside world couldn't determine the victory or defeat. Because… there was no next floor to light up!

One genius after another looked at Xu Ming, but none dared to ask.

Naturally, Xu Ming wouldn't say how well he did on the seventh floor. After all… Xu Ming didn't need to show off his achievements to a group of ants.

That's right, a group of ants.

When Xu Ming first entered the Ancient Battlefield, he might not have regarded them as ants, but barely considered them to be on the same level. However, after entering the ancient city, although these nearly ten thousand geniuses had made rapid progress in strength, breaking through from the "Heavenly Ranking level" to the "Ancient Myriad Things Ranking level"; Xu Ming's strength had improved even more!

Now, in Xu Ming's eyes, these geniuses were just a group of ants!

Thoroughly ants!

Did Xu Ming need to satisfy the curiosity of the ants?

Definitely not!

……

Time flew by like flowing water.

Unconsciously, the ten thousand year period for the geniuses to enter the ancient city had expired.

Boom—

With a bang.

The entire ancient city seemed to instantly lose its vitality, and the flow of time was rapidly freezing—this ancient city was, after all, from the True Universe; maintaining the operation of the ancient city in the Mirage Universe came at a very high price!

After ten thousand years, the ancient city naturally could no longer continue to operate and had to be "sealed" up.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!…

Xu Ming and the other ten thousand figures were all wrapped in a gentle and mysterious force, soaring into the sky and leaving the ancient city.

Above the clouds above the ancient city, ten thousand geniuses gathered again.

The gray-robed figure looked indifferently at these geniuses and said, “The ten thousand year period has expired. According to the rules, the hundred geniuses with the highest points will enter the second round of assessment!”

However, strangely, the arena's battle platform was not a piece of land, but a vast sea.

And the periphery of this arena was also surrounded by an endless ocean.

Xu Ming immediately thought of the scene inside the Kun Nurturing Chart—that was also an endless ocean.

“Could it be… is it related to Kun again?” Xu Ming couldn't help but think.

The other geniuses were also puzzled.

At this time, the gray-robed figure said lightly: “The first round of assessment tested 'talent'; while this second round of assessment tests 'luck'!”

“Luck?” The geniuses were even more puzzled—how to test it?

The gray-robed figure smiled and said: “The endless ocean outside the arena is home to countless 'young Kun'! Each of you can choose a young Kun, and I will randomly throw them somewhere and let them live and die on their own. After ten thousand years, the Kun owned by your hundred people will be gathered in the arena to fight each other. Whoever's Kun can remain in the top ten until the end can advance to the third and final round of assessment!”

“Oh, right!” The gray-robed figure added, “During these ten thousand years, you are not allowed to participate and can only wait here for the outcome.”

Simply put… it's starting with a Kun, and evolution depends entirely on devouring!

The final battle, whoever's Kun can remain in the top ten, wins—this assessment really tests luck! After all, who knows which Kun will be more powerful in the future? It's completely uncontrollable and purely based on luck!

At this time, Jin Fei and other geniuses couldn't help but look at Xu Ming with some sympathy, and thought to themselves: “Why does it feel like this assessment is targeting Xu Ming…”

It was understandable that Jin Fei and the other geniuses would think this way.

Like the previous first round of assessment, Xu Ming was clearly the strongest, but his strength was forcibly suppressed by two hundred times… Although Xu Ming swept the entire field with a slap in the first round of assessment, the other geniuses still felt that Xu Ming was quite unlucky.

Now in the second round of assessment, the geniuses had arrived at the arena.

It must be known that in the second round of assessment, the strength of the geniuses was no longer suppressed; the other geniuses naturally worried that the gray-robed figure would let them enter the arena to fight Xu Ming. In that case… Xu Ming, whose strength was no longer suppressed, could definitely sweep the entire field even more easily. But the result was—the second round of assessment didn't directly test the strength of the geniuses, but instead tested "luck"! In this way, Xu Ming's strength was of no use!

In the eyes of the geniuses—wasn't Xu Ming being targeted?

“Great! If the assessment was of strength, all of us combined probably wouldn't be Xu Ming's opponent! Now that luck is being assessed, Xu Ming doesn't have any advantage at all!”

“Yes! The thing about luck is already somewhat ethereal! -- Although Xu Ming's strength is strong, his Kun may not be that powerful!”

“And, the most important thing is… the final big battle is a big melee of all the Kun we raised! Haha, in that case, we can take this opportunity to join forces to eliminate Xu Ming!”