Open up and break into another world

The central area of the Dao Discussion Banquet was where the main members of the Dao Discussion Palace and the experts from the thirty-six sacred grounds were located.

Among them was the Purple Moon Sacred Ground, which had risen to prominence after the decline of the Wild Desolation Sect.

One after another, the super-powerful figures from the sacred grounds rose to offer toasts to the first main seat.

"Palace Master Po Tian, I didn't expect to see you at this Dao Discussion Banquet. I'm truly honored!"

"Palace Master Po Tian, ten thousand years ago, after listening to your explanation of the Heavenly Dao, I was fortunate enough to have an epiphany and break through to the Dao Lord level… I will never forget Palace Master's kindness in imparting the Dao!"

"General Jingyu, thank you for your help in the Ancient Demon Pit back then!"

"Brother Zhan Wuwei, I have a direct descendant who is currently receiving your guidance in the 'Divine Kingdom'! Please help me teach him harshly, and don't hold back!"

"Hold back?" Zhan Wuwei chuckled in a boisterous manner. "Qingxu, you old thief, when have you ever seen me hold back when teaching disciples?"

The elegant Daoist named Qingxu's expression faltered slightly. He suddenly felt how foolish it was to specifically remind Zhan Wuwei not to hold back.

"However…" Zhan Wuwei grinned hideously, "Since you, Qingxu, old thief, specifically came over to say this, rest assured, I will definitely take special care of your descendant, Heh heh heh…"

"Uh…" Dao Lord Qingxu couldn't help but mourn for his descendant.

However, immediately afterward, a fierce look appeared in Dao Lord Qingxu's eyes: "Jade must be carved to become a useful object! If you want to achieve great things in the future, what does it matter to suffer a little now!"

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The top experts in the first main seat were chatting and laughing heartily, sharing the interesting and strange things they had encountered.

Whenever they opened their mouths, it was about what they did tens of thousands of years ago, or what they did hundreds of thousands of years ago… Time, in the eyes of these top experts, seemed to be just a number without much meaning.

"Palace Master!" Zhan Wuwei looked at Palace Master Po Tian with incomparable fervor. "After the banquet, can I ask Palace Master for some pointers?"

The attention of those in the first main seat was immediately drawn over—Zhan Wuwei was going to challenge Palace Master Po Tian!

"Very well!" Palace Master Po Tian smiled. "It's been tens of thousands of years since I last made a move, my body is starting to rust! At that time, you and Jingyu can come at me together!"

Zhan Wuwei and General Jingyu were both existences at the Dao Lord level who could be considered invincible; the two of them joining forces could already barely pose a threat to a demigod.

"That's for the best!" Zhan Wuwei's eyes burned with fierce fighting spirit.

"Palace Master," Elder Xuanqing said with a smile at this time, "You really came at the right time to attend this Dao Discussion Banquet!"

"Oh?" Palace Master Po Tian's eyes, which swirled with boundless Heavenly Dao secret patterns, seemed to brighten slightly. "Judging from your tone, is there some extraordinary genius at this Dao Discussion Banquet?"

"There are a few!" Elder Xuanqing stroked his beard and smiled.

"A 'few'!?" Palace Master Po Tian was even more surprised.

You should know that if a "remarkable genius" appeared at a Dao Discussion Banquet, which was held once every fifty years, it would already be very remarkable!

Several of them had emerged at once?—That was incredible!

What Palace Master Po Tian and other top experts were most gratified about was the emergence of such remarkable geniuses among the younger generation of the human race—these geniuses were the future of the human race!

"I won't keep you in suspense!" Elder Xuanqing directly pointed out some amazing geniuses to Palace Master Po Tian.

"Lotus Flower Sacred Ground, Yun Fan, only forty years old, and already a Fourth-Step Dao Lord! His talent can be called 'once in a thousand years'!"

A forty-year-old Fourth-Step Dao Lord!—This meant that he would almost certainly reach the Dao Venerable realm in the future; he might even have hope of achieving the Dao Lord level.

"Yes, not bad!" Palace Master Po Tian couldn't help but nod in praise. "It's very good to see such a once-in-a-thousand-year genius at a Dao Discussion Banquet, which is held once every fifty years!"

"Don't worry, there are even more talented ones!" Elder Xuanqing smiled and pointed in another direction. "Purple Moon Sacred Ground, Qin Ke! Also a Fourth-Step Dao Lord, but his age is only… thirty-two!"

"Another 'once-in-a-thousand-year' level genius!" Palace Master Po Tian couldn't help but sigh, "It seems that the fortune of our human race is very prosperous during this period!"

When fortune was prosperous, more geniuses were born; when fortune declined, fewer geniuses were born.

"It's not over yet!" Elder Xuanqing smiled mysteriously.

Palace Master Po Tian was even more surprised: "There's another 'once-in-a-thousand-year' level genius!?"

"No more," Elder Xuanqing said.

"I knew it…" Palace Master Po Tian shook his head and smiled with slight disappointment, "It's already very rare to have two 'once-in-a-thousand-year' level geniuses appear at the same time! I even hoped for more—haha, I'm too greedy!"

"No, Palace Master, you're not greedy at all!" Elder Xuanqing said with a teasing smile, "There's another genius, although not at the 'once-in-a-thousand-year' level; but it's… at the 'once-in-ten-thousand-years' level!!!"

Once in ten thousand years!?

Once in ten thousand years wasn't really saying that it only appeared once every ten thousand years, but rather it represented a level—the "once-in-ten-thousand-years" level meant that they were almost certain to achieve Dao Lord!

"Where is that genius?" At the thought that the race would likely have another Dao Lord, even Palace Master Po Tian couldn't help but get excited.

There were only so many Dao Lord-level experts in the entire human race. Each birth was worth celebrating.

If a demigod-level expert was born, it would be even more worthy of celebration by the entire human race!

"Still in the Purple Moon Sacred Ground!" Elder Xuanqing said in an unbelievable tone.

"Which one?" Palace Master Po Tian's mental power instantly covered the entire Purple Moon Sacred Ground.

With his demigod-level mental power, no one could detect it.

"That Fifth-Step Dao Lord carrying a long sword!" Elder Xuanqing said.

"Oh?" Palace Master Po Tian stared at this Fifth-Step Dao Lord for a few moments in surprise, "Such a young aura, he shouldn't be thirty years old yet, right?"

"Twenty-eight years old!"

"A twenty-eight-year-old Fifth-Step Dao Lord… then it won't be difficult for him to reach the Dao Venerable level before he's forty! With such talent, he's even more terrifying than an ordinary 'once-in-ten-thousand-years' level genius; as long as he doesn't degenerate, he'll almost certainly achieve Dao Lord!" Palace Master Po Tian's expression was slightly solemn, "What's his name?"

Elder Xuanqing replied, "Lin Chen!"

Palace Master Po Tian nodded slightly and said, "Such a genius will definitely be targeted by alien races. Send someone to protect him secretly until he has the power to protect himself!"

"It's already been sent out!"

If a once-in-ten-thousand-years genius was assassinated by an alien race, it would really make the entire human race feel heartache for ten thousand years!

Elder Xuanqing added, "The geniuses that have emerged at this Dao Discussion Banquet are really exaggerated! In addition to Lin Chen, Qin Ke, and Yun Fan, there are also a dozen 'once-in-a-hundred-years' geniuses!"

"A dozen?" Palace Master Po Tian was even more surprised.

Normally, at most one or two 'once-in-a-hundred-years' level geniuses would appear at a Dao Discussion Banquet; sometimes, not even one would appear. But at this Dao Discussion Banquet, not only had a 'once-in-ten-thousand-years' level and two 'once-in-a-thousand-years' level geniuses appeared, but there were also a dozen 'once-in-a-hundred-years' level geniuses.

"During this period, the fortune of our human race is really prosperous!" Palace Master Po Tian couldn't help but sigh once again.

Prosperous fortune was usually a great thing.

Elder Xuanqing briefly introduced these dozen or so 'once-in-a-hundred-years' level geniuses.

At the end, Elder Xuanqing added, "There's another genius that I'm a little undecided about, and I don't know which level to classify him into."

"There's even someone you're undecided about?" Palace Master Po Tian smiled, "Where is he? Let me take a look!"

"The one sitting alone in the corner over there!" Elder Xuanqing said, "However, you definitely know the force he comes from—the Wild Desolation Sect!"