Chapter 2399: The Three Great Saint Sects

Shui Yueli and Ye Bufan were now old acquaintances, and knowing that he knew very little about the situation on Kunlun Continent, she began to explain.

“Among the five states of Kunlun Continent, Tianwu State in the Eastern Region is the strongest, with a total of five Nine Star Sects, occupying forty spots in this Genius Demon Battle.

Tianmang Prefecture in the Southern Region is second in strength, with four Nine Star Sects, occupying thirty spots.

Tiansheng State in the Central Region is in the middle, with three Nine Star Sects, occupying fifteen spots.

You must already know the strength of Tianqiong State, which has two Nine Star Sects, occupying ten spots, and the remaining five spots belong to my Tianluo State.”

“Oh!”

Ye Bufan nodded. From this allocation of spots, he could basically feel how big the strength gap between the various states was.

Whether it was Tianluo State or Tianqiong State, their strength was pitifully weak compared to the other few states.

He then asked, “Is the strongest in Kunlun Continent only the Nine Star Sect?”

“Of course not.”

Shui Yueli said, “The strength division of various Sects is based on the Cultivation Realm of the strongest. Those with the Great Ascension Stage are called Nine Star Sects.

By the same logic, those with Tribulation Transcendence Stage powerhouses are Ten Star Sects, but people don't call them that; they all call them Holy Gates.”

Jiang Fangzhou didn't know much about high-level Cultivators, and asked in surprise, “Tribulation Transcendence Stage? Haven't they already Ascended?”

“Of course not, how could Ascension be that easy?” Shui Yueli explained, “The Tribulation Transcendence Stage, like the previous Cultivation Realms, is divided into four stages: Early Stage, Middle Stage, Late Stage, and Perfection.

Only when one truly reaches Tribulation Transcendence Stage Great Perfection, and the Lightning Tribulation descends due to the Heavenly Dao's induction, can one truly Ascend after overcoming it.”

Jiang Fangzhou clicked his tongue, “So that's how it is, but this is too difficult!”

Shui Yueli said, “The path of Cultivation is inherently Heaven-Defying. To Ascend to the Immortal Realm is naturally even more difficult.

It is precisely for this reason that over so many years, very few Cultivators in Kunlun Continent have been able to Ascend.”

Ye Bufan said, “Since Holy Gates exist, why is the strength division of the various continents based on Nine Star Sects? Do they not have Disciples participating in the Genius Demon Battle?”

“No.”

Shui Yueli said, “The Holy Gates are in a high position and generally do not participate in activities of other Sects, including the Genius Demon Battle.”

Ye Bufan nodded and asked again, “Then which are these Three Great Holy Gates? Which one is stronger?”

He knew very little about Kunlun Realm, so he wanted to gather as much information as possible.

“Among the Three Great Holy Gates, two are in Tianwu State, namely Xuantian Sect and Qingmeng Zhai, and the other, Tai Xu Palace, is in Tianmang Prefecture in the Southern Region.

Outsiders do not know much about the Three Great Holy Gates, only that they all have Tribulation Transcendence Stage powerhouses. As for whose strength is stronger, it is unknown.”

After asking a few more questions, Ye Bufan had asked almost everything he wanted to know, and then said, “Water Fairy, your Cultivation was probably infused by a Senior, and it was just recently, so your Foundation doesn't seem stable yet.”

“Yes, the Grand Elder just sacrificed his Cultivation to successfully infuse me.”

Shui Yueli's Cultivation had just been obtained recently and was unstable. After a great battle, her Aura was very erratic now.

“Come, I'll help you quickly stabilize it.”

Ye Bufan had her sit cross-legged in front of him, then took out golden needles and quickly pricked dozens of major acupoints.

About half an hour later, Shui Yueli reopened her eyes, her face full of excitement.

After this treatment, not only had the remaining injuries completely healed, but the True Qi in her body had also completely stabilized, with no further hidden dangers.

She looked at the Young man in front of her, her eyes full of admiration and respect.

“Medical Immortal Ye, thank you for your help!”

“This is nothing. We will still be fighting side by side in the future.”

Ye Bufan smiled, looking at everyone present, “Everyone, hurry back to Cultivate, stabilize your Cultivation, and adjust your state to the best.

Tomorrow morning, we will go to Tiansheng State. This time, we must let them see the strength of my Tianluo State.”

“Don't worry, Ye Dage, those short-sighted fellows underestimated my Tianluo State. This time, we will definitely shock their dog eyes.”

Jiang Fangzhou excitedly shook his fist, and everyone else was also full of confidence.

Although Tianluo State's previous performance was abysmal, they had enough confidence in Ye Bufan, believing that this time they would definitely make the other major states look at them with new eyes.

After everyone left, Ye Bufan also returned to the room prepared for him.

He did not Cultivate here, but chose to return to the Dragon King Palace.

On the eve of the competition, he also wanted to improve his Cultivation as much as possible. Previously, due to the five-colored mystic stone, he did not dare to use all the Spirit Stones in his pocket, but now he no longer had such scruples.

With a thought, countless Spirit Stones appeared on Dragon King Island, forming a small mountain dozens of meters high.

The dense Spiritual Qi spread out, solidifying like substance, making one feel refreshed just by inhaling it.

He had accumulated a lot of Spirit Stones before, and later, he successively killed Qian Wuji and the Elders of the Demonic Sect, gaining quite a lot. Now his Spirit Stones totaled over one hundred million.

Last time, it took hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones to Breakthrough from Body Integration Middle Stage to Late Stage. This time, he wondered how much more it would consume.

Cultivating Chaotic True Qi was good, with infinite marvelous uses, and unrivaled at the same Rank. The only drawback was that the consumption was too great.

Ye Bufan sat cross-legged on the small mountain of Spirit Stones, then began to circulate his True Qi.

As the Chaos Cultivation Technique operated, the surrounding Spiritual Qi immediately rushed towards his body as if finding an outlet, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.

And his body was like a never-stopping high-powered pump, rapidly devouring these Spiritual Qi.

The more he devoured, the denser the Spiritual Qi emitted by the surrounding Spirit Stones became, gradually forming a huge Spiritual Qi vortex centered on his body.

The Spiritual Qi continuously condensed into his body, at an increasingly faster speed, and the mountain-like Spirit Stones shrank at a visible rate until they disappeared.

After an unknown amount of time, a cracking sound came from his mind, a small sound, like an eggshell breaking.

And then his Aura suddenly surged, instantly reaching the Realm of Body Integration Great Perfection.

“Not bad!”

Feeling that he had finally Broken through, Ye Bufan slowly opened his eyes.

He did not directly attempt to Breakthrough to the Void Tempering Stage; he wanted to first check if there were enough Spirit Stones, otherwise, if the Spiritual Qi was insufficient halfway through, all his efforts would be in vain.

Ye Bufan checked his surroundings. He was still sitting on the top of the small mountain, but now the Spirit Stone mountain was already a circle smaller than before.

Preliminary observation showed that about twenty percent of the Spirit Stones had been consumed, which meant that his Breakthrough this time consumed a full twenty million High-Grade Spirit Stones.

“Hiss…”

This made him gasp, even though he had some psychological preparation, he still felt a pang of heartache.

Twenty million Spirit Stones were gone just like that, and this was only a small Realm Breakthrough. If he were to Breakthrough from Body Integration Peak to Void Refining Initial Stage, how much would that require?

According to the current calculation, it would initially be estimated to require two hundred million High-Grade Spirit Stones, or even more.

Cultivation indeed relied on resources. Without resources, Cultivation was just empty talk.

It seemed that the remaining Spirit Stones were not enough for him to attempt to Breakthrough the Body Integration Stage. He could only stop here. He collected all the Spirit Stones and, with a thought, left the Dragon King Palace.