Chapter 1188: Peak of the Cloud Sea — I am Liu Jinbiao!

Cloud Sea Star Domain, after a century of silence, the Grand Competition between the various branches of the eighth-rank sects was approaching as scheduled. The Grand Competition, held once every thousand years, could be called a grand event of the Cloud Sea Star Domain.

It was not just one eighth-rank sect, but all eighth-rank sects holding it simultaneously. During the Grand Competition, the branches of each sect would come to the Main Sect to undergo a new round of assessment. The winning branches would receive rewards and attention from the Main Sect, and their outstanding Disciples would even be kept by the Main Sect to become Core Disciples and be cultivated further.

As for the losers, their status would often decline over the next thousand years until they were eventually abandoned by the Main Sect, the branch dissolved, and the remaining Disciples scattered to other branches.

Guiyuan Sect had been a bottom-tier sect for countless years. This was their last chance. If things remained as they had been in the past, the Guiyuan Sect would be dissolved by the Main Sect, and its Disciples, including Lü Yanfei and the others, would all be sent to other branches, and the name "Guiyuan Sect" would cease to exist. Afterward, the Main Sect would select new Disciples to reform a new branch to keep the scale unchanged.

They could not accept this, but they dared not refuse. Once they refused, the outcome would be the destruction of the sect. After all, the Guiyuan Sect was merely a branch.

In this cruel manner, the strength of the eighth-rank Star Domain sects was kept constantly climbing. Until one day, when most of the branches under a certain eighth-rank sect had grown to be extremely powerful, that eighth-rank sect could be bestowed the status of a ninth-rank sect by the God Sect.

It is rumored that the Potian Sect and Ghost Sect of the past were all like this.

There were five eighth-rank sects in the eighth-rank Star Domain: the Wuji Sect, Yingfeng Sect, Hongtu Sect, Yingtian Sect, and Jihun Dao.

The Guiyuan Sect and Zidao Sect belonged to the eighth-rank Wuji Sect as branches.

This grand event was not a chaotic battle of all branches, but unfolded according to the rank of the Star Domains, ultimately selecting the strongest side among the branches of each Star Domain from the fourth to seventh rank.

Of course, one could also challenge across ranks. For example, the Zidao Sect from a thousand years ago challenged the strongest sect of the sixth-rank Star Domain. Although they failed, they were honored in defeat and were highly regarded by the eighth-rank Wuji Sect.

Every Grand Competition of the eighth-rank sect branches would be observed by people from the ninth-rank Star Domain. If they took a liking to any Disciple, they would ask for them. Although the eighth-rank sects were helpless in this situation, they could not refuse.

Fortunately and sadly, there were too few people who could be favored by the ninth-rank Star Domain. In these ten thousand years, there had only been three.

After the Grand Competition of the eighth-rank sects, the three strongest branch Disciples would be selected to engage in a real battle with the other four eighth-rank sects. This battle was extremely important. Although each eighth-rank sect could not take action personally, and there was strict supervision from the ninth-rank Star Domain, the competition among the branch members could, from the side, reveal a portion of the strength of each eighth-rank sect.

This portion of strength was displayed for the ninth-rank sects to see. If the winning eighth-rank sect could maintain this for ten thousand years, it would possess partial qualifications to become a ninth-rank Star Domain sect!

Therefore, for such an important competition, each eighth-rank sect often started preparations very early. The three spots for the final eighth-rank Star Domain Grand Competition were almost predetermined. Although they were not brought to the Main Sect, they were given the treatment of Main Sect Core Disciples, and even people from the Main Sect would personally go to teach them.

Since the departure of the Potian Sect, the eighth-rank Star Domain had held seventeen Grand Competitions, with various victories and defeats. But the rise of Jihun Dao ten thousand years ago had made this Grand Competition a victory for them nine times in a row. Now, for this eighteenth Grand Competition since the departure of the Potian Sect, if Jihun Dao won again, then its becoming a ninth-rank sect would be just around the corner.

The thousand-year Cloud Sea grand event was extremely lively and often lasted for several months. Every time this happened, all kinds of markets and trading places would gather in the eighth-rank Star Domain, and naturally, some scammers seeking profit would appear.

Not every scammer could be like a fish in water in such a grand event, but there was one person who had gained huge benefits in this grand event several times in a row. This person, who appeared almost every thousand years, had countless aliases, changing his name every thousand years.

And the deceived sects, out of face, would definitely not speak of being deceived. Even if they investigated secretly, they would often find nothing. Because the branches this person chose were often carefully considered. Those he chose were all like the Guiyuan Sect, at the point of being dissolved and having no hope of winning, a weak sect.

Such sects would be dissolved after the Grand Competition, so how could they go and look for trouble with the scammer? Naturally, it would be left unsettled. Even if they told others about being deceived, even if someone believed them, they would eventually be mocked, so it was better not to say anything.

The Tiangang Sect was a weak sect in the fifth-rank Star Domain, and its Main Sect was the eighth-rank Yingtian Sect. This time during the Grand Competition, the entire Tiangang Sect was filled with gloom. Their state was the same as the Guiyuan Sect, always at the bottom of the Grand Competition. If they failed this time, they would certainly not escape the fate of being dissolved.

"The branch Grand Competition is in one month, and we all have to be teleported to the eighth-rank Star Domain. Besides my Tiangang Sect, there are three other sects in the fifth-rank Star Domain under the Main Sect. Every time, my Tiangang Sect is at the bottom, and this time… sigh." In the main hall of the Tiangang Sect, three old men sat. At this moment, they were all frowning, their faces revealing helplessness and confusion, as well as a trace of unwillingness.

Once dissolved, although they would be sent to other branches, their status would plummet. They were afraid that they would be mocked by others for their whole lives, and they would not be valued, with shame accompanying them for the rest of their lives.

"The other three sects are all much stronger than my Tiangang Sect. We simply have no hope at all…" one of the old men said bitterly.

"Unless a miracle can occur… otherwise, it is difficult!" Another old man sighed, looking at his surroundings with attachment. He knew that after he left in a month, he was afraid he would never return. The Tiangang Sect could not escape the fate of being dissolved.

The three fell silent, and the entire main hall was shrouded in a repressive atmosphere. Just at this moment, suddenly, a sharp whistling sound came from heaven and earth instantly. This whistling sound was earth-shattering, immediately making the three in the main hall look up sharply.

They saw a Jade Slip break through the Tiangang Sect's protective formation with a bang, and it even pierced through the roof of the main hall, descending directly and floating in the middle of the four.

A powerful aura suddenly erupted from the Jade Slip, immediately filling the entire main hall, and as it spread, it permeated every part of the Tiangang Sect. Vaguely, it even made the continent where the Tiangang Sect was located tremble.

Under this aura, the three old men's expressions changed drastically. They stood up one by one, staring fixedly at the Jade Slip, their minds shaken, rising with fear. This powerful, unimaginable aura made them clearly feel the pervasive Divine Ability of a shattered nirvana.

At the same time, an arrogant voice came from the Jade Slip, echoing in the main hall.

"Zhu Yunming, born on the Tianhai Continent, started cultivating the Dao at seven, entered the Tiangang Sect, reached Core Formation after two hundred years, Nascent Soul after six hundred years… Today, having cultivated the Dao for thousands of years, finally reached the Early Stage of Nirvana Scrutiny, and is the Sect Master of the Tiangang Sect.

Luo Conggang, born on the Tianhai Continent, father is Luo Haitao… cultivated the Dao until now, forcibly elevated with a large amount of Medicinal Pill, stopped at the Early Stage of Nirvana Scrutiny.

Zhou Chen, not from the Tianhai Continent, born on the Zhouwu Continent, entered the Tiangang Sect halfway… cultivated the Dao until now, stagnated at the Yang Solid Realm for seven hundred and thirty-five years!

The three of you, is there half a word of falsehood in what this old man said!"

"Everything Senior said is correct. May I ask who Senior is?" The three were horrified. What the voice said was extremely detailed, and even many things they had already forgotten, the other party knew clearly. Moreover, they were intimidated by the previous shattered nirvana aura. At this moment, their bodies trembled, and they vaguely felt a sense of Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

"I am Liu Jinbiao! My Dao name is Jinbiaozì!"

The three men's expressions became solemn. Although they had never heard this name, the fact that the other party's single Jade Slip contained a shattered nirvana aura and clearly knew everything about them made the three of them even more respectful.

"May I ask why Senior is here…" Zhu Yunming took a deep breath, suppressed the tension in his heart, and bowed low to ask.

"You are facing a great disaster, yet you do not know it. I will speak plainly to you. Three days ago, someone sent your life stories and was willing to pay the price of sixty thousand Origin Crystals to have me take your lives!"

As soon as these words came out, the three's expressions changed drastically.

"But I have no grudges with your Tiangang Sect. Although I urgently need Origin Crystals for Alchemy, I am not willing to do such a thing. But if there is really no other way, I can only take your lives." The voice gradually turned gloomy, merging with the shattered nirvana aura emitted from the Jade Slip, immediately making the three's faces turn pale.

"Senior…"

"Of course, this matter is not what I wish for. If you three can also take out sixty thousand Origin Crystals or items of equal value, then this matter will end here. I will not only not kill you three, but I can also help you so that your Tiangang Sect can avoid the danger of being dissolved!"

"Sixty thousand Origin Crystals…" The three were shocked and full of fear. Although they were suspicious, under that shattered nirvana aura and in front of that detailed personal life story, this suspicion was pale and powerless!

"We don't have that many Origin Crystals…"

"My time is limited. I will only give you half an incense stick of time to consider. If you refuse, today, I am afraid I have no choice but to kill. If you don't have Origin Crystals, you can take items of equal value."

While Liu Jinbiao was displaying his "Divine Ability" here, in the depths of the Cloud Sea fifth-rank Star Domain, there was a Barren Continent. With a bang, as if hit by a great force, the ground trembled and countless Rifts appeared. Immediately after, a white-haired figure rushed out from the underground of this Barren Continent!

Wang Lin's body landed, his face pale, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. But his Divine Sense immediately spread out, locking firmly onto the seven-colored Rift that used to be under this Barren Continent.

This Rift was no longer seven-colored. Under Wang Lin's Divine Sense observation, it immediately closed up and disappeared.

Seeing this, Wang Lin's expression was uncertain. Finally, his gaze fell on the jade bracelet on his wrist. At this moment, this bracelet was no longer emitting blue light but had turned emerald green again.

After a long time, Wang Lin looked up at the Cloud Sea Star Domain and murmured: "Wang Lin has returned!"

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