Virtual Universe, Yu Xiang Mountain Primal Secret Realm.
"Ender went to challenge the Tongtian Bridge, I have to go see!"
"Whether you want to Breakthrough to Domain Master depends on the result of you challenging the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge today."
Upon receiving the news that Ender was challenging the Tongtian Bridge, Kriya and Ural were quite nervous, and immediately entered the Tongtian Bridge Plane to watch.
As the two weakest among the Universe Level elders in the Primal Secret Realm, their Laws were at the Tongtian Bridge's eighth level.
If Ender passed the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge, then their chances of securing a Primal Secret Realm spot in the Secret Realm competition 60 years later would be slim!
It should be noted that there are only three Universe Level spots in the Primal Secret Realm, and currently there are five Universe Level members in the Primal Secret Realm.
In the Secret Realm competition 60 years later, the three who rank lower in the Secret Realm competition need to compete with the top three from the Absolute Beginning Secret Realm for the only Primal Secret Realm spot.
In other words, in this Secret Realm competition, the Primal Secret Realm will eliminate two people!
Currently, the strength ranking of the five Universe Level members in the Primal Secret Realm is as follows: the strongest is the monster who passed the tenth level of the Tongtian Bridge—Kedi, and among the elders, the strongest is the Dragon-human Wu Xuewen, who recently passed the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge.
Next are the three who passed the eighth level of the Tongtian Bridge: Ender, Kriya, and Ural.
If Ender passes the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge, then Kriya and Ural will have to consider Breakthrough to Domain Master, avoiding the century-long Secret Realm competition for Universe Level.
"Hmm, Ender went to challenge the Tongtian Bridge, I wonder if he can pass the ninth level."
Upon seeing Guardian Bevin's email, Wu Xuewen, with a beautiful face, two small Dragon horns on her forehead, and a few pale white Dragon scales on her face and hands, had a calm expression.
As the only elder who passed the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge, even if Ender passed the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge, she was confident in defeating him.
In previous Secret Realm competitions, it was not unheard of for someone with eighth-level Law comprehension to defeat someone with ninth-level Law comprehension, let alone when their Law comprehensions were comparable.
Moreover, among the Universe Level members of the Absolute Beginning Secret Realm, no one has yet appeared who has passed the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge. Even if she loses to Kedi and Ender, she still has the strength to retain her Primal Secret Realm spot.
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Absolute Beginning Secret Realm, Devil Mountain.
In the cold cave, the blue-haired, white-robed Kedi sat quietly, a wisp of his consciousness in the Virtual Universe having finished reading Guardian Bevin's email.
"Ender went to challenge the Tongtian Bridge. With his progress speed, he will probably pass the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge."
Kedi secretly thought: "Fortunately, I am two levels ahead of him. I will go challenge the Tongtian Bridge after I complete this Devil Mountain mission."
The Devil Mountain is an Impossible-Level mission, with a death rate of 90%!
Even Kedi had to concentrate fully, unable to be distracted by challenging the Tongtian Bridge.
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Virtual Universe, Yu Xiang Mountain, Absolute Beginning Realm.
After Manle received Guardian Bevin's email, he immediately went to the Tongtian Bridge Plane, preparing to watch the video of Ender challenging the Tongtian Bridge.
The fox-human 'Fei', who was also in the Absolute Beginning Realm, had long given up the idea of comparing herself to Ender, so she did not plan to go watch him challenge the Tongtian Bridge. Her primary goal was to secure her Absolute Beginning Secret Realm spot!
And Nuno, who was undergoing a Cultivate mission, after receiving the email about Ender challenging the Tongtian Bridge, he just silently closed the email and continued with his Cultivate mission.
The gap between him and Ender was already too great to catch up. The number of Tongtian Bridge levels the latter had passed was almost three times his, which made it impossible for him to even think about competing.
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In addition to the Geniuses who were also Universe Level, those powerhouses who received Guardian Bevin's email, if they had time, had already begun to pay attention to the video of Ender challenging the Tongtian Bridge.
Venerables with permission watched in their own palaces, while King-level Immortal without permission entered the Tongtian Bridge Plane to watch the live broadcast in the Central Square of the island.
This was the first time someone among the three Geniuses, who appear once every million epochs, challenged the Tongtian Bridge since the start of the competition. Many powerhouses were paying attention.
Even Guardian Bevin was surprised to see so many King-level Immortal come. It had been a long time since someone had caused such a sensation!
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At the end of the ninth level of the Divine Tree Tongtian Bridge in the endless starry sky, there was still a meteor with a diameter of several kilometers.
The meteor made a sound, "Please choose your opponent, Warrior, Controller, Illusionist..."
"Warrior," Ender said.
As his voice fell, a piece of stone broke off from the meteor and transformed into a blue-clothed man with a mask on his face, wearing blue claw-like weapons and arm shields.
"In less than forty years, you've come again," the blue-clothed man said in an old voice, "I hope you can defeat me this time."
"Hmm," Ender nodded lightly.
"Haha," the blue-clothed man laughed, "Then let's begin."
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The two moved simultaneously, their figures constantly flickering, black and blue afterimages appearing more and more, claw shadows appearing and disappearing, and crisp "clang clang" metal collision sounds continuously ringing out.
After attacking for several seconds, Ender unleashed Instant Shadow Illusion Body, his figure moving like a ghost, instantly splitting into more than ten figures at close range.
Annihilation Two!
Beast God Strike!
A huge claw shadow appeared. Wherever the claw tip passed, it was as if the dark space was torn apart, or as if a huge, fierce monster was swinging its claw to strike!
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Tongtian Bridge Plane, Central Square of the island.
"What is this?!"
"He actually has such talent!"
"How is this possible?! How could he..."
Seeing Ender and the blue-clothed guardian fighting fiercely in the huge light screen above the square, the expressions of several King-level Immortal changed slightly, feeling extremely unbelievable!
Because they discovered a trace of unique Artistic Conception in Ender's claw technique, and these King-level Immortal who followed the Beast God Path could discover that this Artistic Conception came from the Beast God!
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"So many high-level executives of Virtual Universe Company think highly of him, so that's why!"
"How old is he? His talent in the Beast God Path is actually so high!"
"No wonder many people believe his achievements will be no lower than Kedi's. His talent in the Beast God Path is truly good. That fellow Ling Tu is really lucky!"
One Universe Venerable after another, after seeing Ender's performance in their own palaces, praised his talent in the Beast God Path endlessly.
Many Universe Venerables also believed that Ender's future achievements would not be lower than Kedi's, and might even surpass Kedi.
And Jiu Mengluo, the Genius from Huge Axe Dojo, among the three Geniuses who appeared once every million epochs, was clearly the oldest one, yet his talent was subtly becoming the worst one.
Such a result made the powerhouses of Huge Axe Dojo very unhappy, but they were helpless, after all, from the performance of the same period, his talent was indeed not as good as others!
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The blue-clothed man, moving and flying on the Tongtian Bridge, his face changed drastically, and his old voice revealed shock, "How could this be!" The huge claw shadow struck down, as if being stared at by an incomparably fierce monster, causing him to feel an unparalleled pressure, and his figure paused!
Bang!
As if a monster was swinging its claw, the huge claw shadow struck the blue-clothed man, instantly shattering his body and turning it into a stone that returned to the meteor at the end.
At the same time, the meteor at the end of the Tongtian Bridge disappeared, revealing the bridge surface of the tenth level of the Tongtian Bridge behind it.
"Passed the ninth level!" Looking at the tenth level bridge surface of the Tongtian Bridge in the endless starry sky, Ender's heart surged, "Now only the tenth level remains!"
Having passed the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge, he was one step closer to resurrecting his elder brother. Only by passing the tenth level of the Tongtian Bridge could he complete the trial of his teacher, Ice Summit Master.
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"He passed! Ender passed the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge."
"With such high talent, passing is normal."
"Indeed, his claw technique is powerful."
The numerous King-level Immortal in the Tongtian Bridge Plane, seeing Ender pass the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge, even those who did not follow the Beast God Path discovered some clues: his claw technique had a unique Artistic Conception!
"Ender passed the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge!"
Manle, who was mixed among a group of Immortals, had been cautious before, but now he no longer had that mindset; instead, he had a brave and forward-moving spirit!
He had previously passed the fourth level of the Tongtian Bridge, but failed due to a slightly inferior secret technique. After a period of diligent Cultivation, he had a high probability of passing it.
"I can't let them leave me too far behind. I must secure my Absolute Beginning Secret Realm spot!" Manle thought to himself, "Before the Secret Realm competition arrives, I will strive to pass the fifth level of the Tongtian Bridge!"
Manle had a good relationship with Ender and Kedi, but among the three, his Law comprehension was the worst, and by a significant margin.
Being inferior in Law comprehension was something that couldn't be helped, after all, his talent couldn't compare to the latter two.
But the difference in Secret Realm status was too great, which made him feel embarrassed, so he wanted to work hard to secure his Absolute Beginning Secret Realm spot!
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"I'll challenge the tenth level!"
Ender turned into a stream of light and flew towards the end of the tenth level of the Tongtian Bridge.
Tongtian Bridge levels 7-9 are in space.
And levels 10-12 are inside a planet, with the bridge surface extending from the planetary core, magma layer, all the way to the surface layer.
So, when Ender entered the tenth level of the Tongtian Bridge, the surrounding scenery instantly changed, and he arrived in the core of a planet.
Below the Tongtian Bridge, the yellow metal vibrated slightly, and at the same time, a rumbling sound was emitted: "Choose your opponent, Warrior, Controller, or Illusionist. Defeat him to pass the tenth level."
"Warrior," Ender said.
Rumble...
The yellow metal vibrated, and countless earthy yellow lights flew out from all over the ground, rapidly gathering in mid-air.
In an instant, they transformed into a yellow-clothed man wearing a mask, with yellow claw-like weapons and arm shields on his hands. He looked at Ender and said in a low voice, "To have reached the tenth level of the Tongtian Bridge at Universe Level, impressive!"
Facing the yellow-clothed man's praise, Ender nodded lightly and said, "Make your move, let me see the strength of the tenth level."
The yellow-clothed man's voice was low, "Very well, let me show you the difference between the ninth and tenth levels!"
Whoosh!
The yellow-clothed man's figure flickered, like a yellow Z-shaped lightning bolt, instantly appearing behind Ender, and only then did a claw shadow slash past!
"The difference is so huge!"
Amidst his sigh, a huge claw shadow struck down in front of Ender. This was the Annihilation Two attack he unleashed, while his body was torn apart by the yellow-clothed man's claw shadow!
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"It's over. The gap between the ninth and tenth levels is too great."
"He's only been in the Primal Secret Realm for less than a hundred years of actual Cultivate time, and he's already passed the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge. What a Prodigy!"
"Three such Prodigies have been born within these past hundred thousand years!"
On the Central Square of the island in the Tongtian Bridge Plane, some Immortals left directly, while others chatted with each other.
A white light flashed, and Ender also arrived at this Central Square. At this moment, Manle's voice rang out, "Ender!"
"Manle," Ender smiled, "You were also watching me challenge the Tongtian Bridge?"
"You're a monster, just like that guy Kedi," Manle walked over, "You guys make us 'ordinary people' of this generation very uncomfortable. The gap between us and you is getting wider and wider."
Ender smiled and said, "It seems you've been hit hard. If you don't Cultivate harder, you might fall into the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm in the next Secret Realm competition."
"You, you really know how to rub it in!" Manle grinned, putting his arm around Ender's shoulder with his height advantage, saying, "I'm telling you, this matter can't be resolved without ten pots of fine wine!"
"Ten pots?" Ender laughed, "I'll give you ten jars instead!"
"Ten jars?!" Manle was slightly surprised, "Good heavens! When did you become so generous!"
The three of them had gathered twice in the public area of Yu Xiang Mountain, drinking only one or two pots of wine each time, and the price varied depending on the wine.
However, they also knew that the wine they drank would not exceed ten Mixed Yuan units in value, a price range acceptable given their status.
"I just completed a Cultivate mission and bought thirty jars of good-tasting wine in the mission world," Ender finished, then added, "Hmm, it has a unique flavor."
"Thirty jars of fine wine, what's its name?" As soon as he heard it tasted good, Manle couldn't help but ask, "What's the taste profile like?"
"It's called cloud mist wine. Its texture is like smoke and mist, very gentle," Ender recalled, "As for the flavor profile... hard to say."
"Ten jars for you, ten jars for me, and ten jars for Kedi, it's settled!" Manle waved his hand, deciding the distribution of the thirty jars of cloud mist wine.
"Those ten jars for Kedi are easy to handle. He and I are in the same Secret Realm, but you..." Ender shook his head gently, "The Absolute Beginning Secret Realm is quite far from the Primal Secret Realm."
Manle said boldly, "That's easy. I'll spend some points and have someone help deliver it."
"You're amazing!" Ender shook his head helplessly, "To drink ten jars of wine, you'll spend several Mixed Yuan units on shipping."
"It's all because you, you stirred up this craving for wine!" Manle pouted, "Next time a Virtual Universe Company staff member comes to you, remember to give them those ten jars of wine."
"No problem," Ender thought for a moment and said, "How about I pay for the shipping? I'll have a large sum of points credited to my account soon."
"No need," Manle shook his head, then smiled, "If that cloud mist wine isn't good quality, you can treat us next time we gather."
"Alright," Ender nodded.
"Okay, I need to go back and Cultivate," Manle released his hand, feigning helplessness, "With you two monster friends, I have to work twice as hard."
With that, he waved his hand, turned, took two steps, and disappeared as a white light.
After watching Manle disappear, Ender smiled, shook his head, and also disappeared as a white light.
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Several months later, the f-class spaceship arrived in the Wuchen Time and Space of the Primal Secret Realm. After bidding farewell to Marquis Lixiao, Ender entered the f-class spaceship in Wuchen Time and Space and returned to his manor on Wu Chen Continent...