Translator: CinderTL
Soon after Chen Jiuxuan finished explaining the general rules, he slowly turned toward the massive pillar of light.
"Open!" Chen Jiuxuan raised his hand and pointed.
In an instant, a golden beam erupted from his fingertip, piercing the sky-piercing pillar of light.
In the next instant,
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Light gates radiating immense energy surged forth from the pillar of light.
Five light gates in total.
"Jiang Ye, Chen Zilu, Chen Haoyue, Chen Feng, Chen Qian!"
"Enter immediately!" Chen Jiuxuan roared.
"Yes, Ancestor!" Chen Haoyue and the others responded in unison.
They transformed into three streams of Flowing Light and plunged into three of the light gates.
"Let's go too," Chen Zilu said.
"Mm," Jiang Ye nodded.
The two transformed into two streams of Flowing Light and soared toward the remaining light gates.
Rumble!
As the five entered, the light gates erupted with violent energy before slamming shut.
It was as if they had been transported to another world.
"Is that really Jiang Ye?"
"The Ancestor is letting Jiang Ye enter the hundred cosmic refinements?"
"Is this some kind of mistake?" The Chen Clan members were stunned.
Even as the foreign clan chief, Jiang Ye was still an outsider.
Allowing an outsider into the hundred cosmic refinements? Such a thing had never happened in the Chen Clan's history.
"Father!"
"Shouldn't this opportunity have been mine?" Chen Jue, Chen Fang's eldest son, asked, his black-armored figure radiating resentment.
He transmitted his words telepathically: "Why would the ancestor give this spot to someone from another clan?"
"Silence!" Chen Fang rebuked. "Dare you question the ancestor's decision? Do you have a death wish?"
"Father, I'm transmitting telepathically. The ancestor can't hear us," Chen Jue retorted through gritted teeth.
"Do you truly believe the ancestor's divine ability can't sense your thoughts?" Chen Fang snapped coldly.
Chen Jue's heart jolted with alarm.
He immediately glanced toward the ancestor's direction and saw Chen Jiuxuan indeed looking his way, his gaze icy and indifferent.
"Father, I was wrong," Chen Jue quickly transmitted. "I shouldn't have questioned the ancestor's decision."
"Enough! Shut your mouth," Chen Fang barked.
Once Chen Jue fell silent, Chen Fang turned to Chen Jiuxuan, his own heart still simmering with resentment.
The spot in the Hundred Cosmic Refinements was originally meant for his eldest son.
But who could have foreseen Jiang Ye's sudden emergence?
Still, there was nothing to be done.
After all, Chen Jue's innate talent paled in comparison to Chen Haoyue, Chen Feng, and Chen Qian.
"Hmph."
"Jiang Ye," Chen Fang sneered inwardly, "I'll see just how capable you are to earn the ancestor's favor."
He dared not disobey the ancestor's command, of course.
But Jiang Ye?
A mere Primitive with a low-tier innate aptitude, who had not only captivated Chen Zilu but also gained the ancestor's special attention?
Though Chen Fang maintained a composed facade, resentment simmered beneath the surface.
After entering the light gate, Jiang Ye felt as if he had been plunged into a temporal vortex, surrounded by swirling, kaleidoscopic colors.
Following a dizzying passage through space-time,
Boom!
Jiang Ye's figure crashed into a void-like space.
"This... is the Hundred Cosmic Refinements?" Jiang Ye surveyed his surroundings.
Nothingness.
Utter emptiness.
Just as doubt began to creep into his mind,
Hundred Cosmic Refinements is about to begin. Matching you with a suitable opponent...
Please wait.
"Matching?" Jiang Ye couldn't help but show a surprised expression.
He had initially assumed that the Hundred Cosmic Refinements would be similar to the Cosmic Divine Path, requiring him to overcome a series of trials.
But now it seemed the two were vastly different.
Just as Jiang Ye was pondering this,
Suddenly,
Match successful.
Boom!
Jiang Ye's consciousness plunged into darkness. He felt as if an invisible force had seized him, propelling him skyward at breakneck speed, as if traversing infinite distances.
Then,
He materialized in a bizarre realm.
Before Jiang Ye could steady himself, a dizzying sensation overwhelmed him—the disorienting effect of being instantly transported to a foreign realm.
Because the distance traversed was so vast, the dizziness was exceptionally intense. An ordinary second or third breakthrough powerhouse would likely be unable to adapt for quite some time.
But Jiang Ye swiftly regained his composure.
"Where am I?" Jiang Ye surveyed his surroundings.
The area was shrouded in twilight.
Above, faint starlight flickered, barely illuminating the colossal shadows of celestial bodies suspended in the sky, radiating an ancient aura.
Arriving at the Other Shore Star constitutes passing the trial.
A subtitle appeared.
Immediately afterward,
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Figures materialized in this strange space, their appearances varied, clearly representing different races and civilizations.
Yet they shared one striking similarity:
Their life auras were identical to Jiang Ye's—Late Stage Fourth Breakthrough!
"Arrive at the Other Shore Star?" Jiang Ye glanced up at the massive, ancient celestial shadow looming in the sky.
A race? Interesting!
Even as Jiang Ye marveled, some had already launched themselves skyward, rocketing toward the celestial body above.
"Go!" Jiang Ye refused to be left behind. With a swift movement, he transformed into a Flowing Light and shot upward.
"There are about fifty trial-takers in total."
"Are these all true lords?" Jiang Ye's eyes flashed as he checked their innate aptitudes via the system panel.
All possessed Dao Bone Aptitude.
"Arrive at the Other Shore Star," Jiang Ye recalled the subtitle. "Does that mean reaching that celestial body is the only way to pass the trial?"
With this thought, Jiang Ye unleashed his full power with a thunderous boom, rocketing skyward like a missile.
Speed regulation: 200%!
Given Jiang Ye's already formidable base speed, doubling it was an astonishing feat.
In an instant, he surged past more than ten competitors.
Just then, an alien powerhouse positioned above Jiang Ye suddenly swung his blade downward.
Whoosh! The blade flashed like lightning, instantly splitting into dozens of luminous arcs, each radiating pressure capable of threatening even Late Stage Fourth Breakthrough cultivators.
This was clearly an ultimate move—a technique from a Late Stage Fourth Breakthrough expert!
The attack was blindingly fast, enveloping Jiang Ye in the blink of an eye.
"Get lost!" Jiang Ye roared, summoning a pitch-black long spear that swept horizontally.
There were no flashy techniques, not even a hint of stellar energy.
Just a simple, unadorned sweep of the spear.
Crash! The spear tore through the air, crushing all the incoming blade arcs with overwhelming force, like a scythe through dry grass.
A simple spear thrust! It shattered the alien powerhouse's ultimate move in an instant.
"You dare attack me with such paltry strength?" Jiang Ye sneered. "You're practically begging for death." With a cold snort, he lunged forward, his spear flashing out like a dragon, leaving a white streak in the void.
Though seemingly plain, the strike carried terrifying, overwhelming power.
"What?! No!" The alien powerhouse's face twisted in horror. He had never imagined he would provoke such a formidable foe.
Before he could even react, the spear loomed larger in his vision.
Pshick!
The long spear pierced his skull, the spear's energy vibrating violently. The Late Stage Fourth Breakthrough alien powerhouse instantly exploded into a cloud of blood mist.
This was divine-grade spear technique!
Against Dao Bone Grade opponents of the same level, even stellar energy was unnecessary.
A single, effortless thrust was all it took to kill them instantly.
(End of the Chapter)
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