I'm a body cultivator, so it's normal for me to destroy a star with one punch, right?

The "holy war" at the Holy King's Palace did not affect the holding of the [Sword Dao Tournament].

For these participants, as long as "His Highness the Holy Son" is alright... after all, the rewards of the [Sword Dao Tournament] still need to be redeemed by this "His Highness the Holy Son"!
The venue for the Sword Dao Tournament is located outside the Holy King's Palace.

There is a huge square here.

The square was a makeshift "arena".

The arena is about a kilometer long and wide, and is surrounded by array formations to prevent the "aftershocks of the battle" from spreading and affecting the "spectators".

The open space around the arena was so large that it could accommodate tens of thousands of people watching at the same time.

of course.

This rare "grand event" attracted a large number of geniuses from the Eastern Region's [Quasi-Saint Ranking], and the number of people who came to "watch the competition" was more than tens of thousands.

Therefore, the Holy King's Mansion specially used array restrictions to project a total of more than a dozen "sky screens" in the four locations of the Holy King's City (east, south, west, and north) and outside the Holy King's Mansion. The "sky screens" were like a blue water curtain. As the array restrictions around the arena were activated, the battle scene was projected onto the various sky screens in real time.

[Fantasy Version Live Stream]

The people of Holy King City can see the real-time "updates" of the [Sword Dao Tournament] simply by looking up!
This was all arranged by those three "foreign inspectors".

Overall, the arrangements and ideas were quite good. Now that the three alien inspectors are dead, the [Sword Dao Tournament] is being held in the name of Chen Ze, the Holy Son, so it can't be canceled, can it?

The participants are all geniuses from all over the Eastern Region. Some "sword cultivators" from remote areas even started their journey a year ago... If it is really canceled, will Chen Ze's reputation be ruined?
"pity."

"It's a Swordsmanship Tournament, not a Kendo Tournament. If it's a competition of swordsmanship, we might be able to select a few promising talents to inherit my mantle."

Chen Ze sighed and said, "Once the Holy King's Mansion is repaired, I will definitely hold another Sword Dao Tournament."

The two had arrived outside the Holy King's Palace.

However, they did not show themselves; instead, they hid among the clouds in the sky.

The battle below was simple and brutal.

Two swordsmen stepped onto the stage, and after only a few seconds of fighting, one of them was sent flying. He then stood up, clasped his hands in a fist and bowed, saying, "Thank you, Brother Huangfu, for showing mercy."

The victor was a young man. He nodded slightly in acceptance of the greeting, then turned and jumped off the stage.

Someone announced, "The sixth son of the Beishan Commandery, Huangfu Qiming Sheng!"

heaven.

Chen Ze said, "Huangfu Qiming... this kid is quite famous in our Eastern Region. He is ranked among the top thirty on the Eastern Region's Quasi-Saint Ranking, and he is only a hundred years old, making him the youngest on the Quasi-Saint Ranking. He has an extremely strong talent for swordsmanship and is expected to inherit his father's position as ruler in the future."

The various prefectures and kingdoms in the Eastern Regions established their states through military force.

Naturally, whoever is the strongest will become the ruler.

When Huangfu Qiming achieves the rank of half-saint in the future, he will naturally be able to inherit the position of the king. At that time, his father will probably have to "respond to the summons" to the Central Region Imperial Domain again.

Jiang He said, "Brother Chen, as the saying goes, 'the mountains are high and the emperor is far away.' The old rulers of various prefectures and kingdoms are all at the half-saint level. Why not just refuse to accept the summons?"

"The World Emperor of the Central Region wouldn't come here personally to arrest someone, would he?"

Chen Ze smiled bitterly and said, "Even my father, who is a Saint Realm expert, dared not refuse the summons, but he has been in seclusion for a hundred years. How much more so would those Half-Saints?"

"If they dare to refuse the summons and defy the Emperor's will, I'm afraid the heavenly soldiers of the imperial city will descend immediately and annihilate their ten clans!"

"However, that old fellow Huangfu Qi is quite something... He was not well-known back then and never made it onto the Quasi-Saint Ranking, yet he became a Half-Saint without a trace. He has only been the ruler of the country for a few decades, and I never expected that he would cultivate to the mid-level Half-Saint realm."

"The strongest warriors from all the prefectures and kingdoms are here today, but only he has made a move."

"When he left, he secretly told me that he was going to send two princes to my Holy King's Mansion, hoping that they could enter the Crimson Blood Army for training... As for the other one, Huangfu Qi, it seems that he is going to be sent to Tianmen Pass."

The ruler of Beishan Commandery was named Huangfu Qi.

His actions today are a statement.

Jiang He pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Chen, didn't you say before that five former rulers of the Beishan Kingdom have been summoned to the Central Region Imperial City? Isn't Huangfu Qi afraid that the Realm Emperor might kill his ancestors in a fit of rage?"

"Hahahaha!"

Chen Ze chuckled a few times and said, "I asked him this question before, but Huangfu Qi said that if his ancestors knew that he did this, even if he died... he would be gratified."

After watching the match for a while, the two returned to the Holy King's Palace.

Chen Ze arranged a new villa for Jiang He and also sent over a large amount of "treasure".

With the death of the three "Inspectors," all the resources they controlled fell into Chen Ze's hands, making him instantly wealthy. Coupled with the birthday gifts he received for his "800th" birthday, Chen Ze was truly rich and powerful!
Jianghe naturally welcomes anything that comes his way, including "treasure".

He refined everything he could, increasing his physical strength by dozens of dragon powers. He then bestowed the rest upon the Flying Eagle Half-Saint and the Black Bear Half-Saint.

"correct."

Jiang He flipped his hand and took out half of Wu Ti's corpse, giving half to each of the Flying Eagle Half-Saint and the Black Bear Half-Saint, saying, "You two will have to do some work and help me refine the essence blood."

The two demigods each took half of the corpse and respectfully withdrew.

Jianghe extracted the milk from the Earth's core and drank a bowl of it.

"Ding!"

"Refine the spiritual object, Strength +100 Dragon".

Then he took out "Heavenly Wind Water Pearl" and drank a few mouthfuls.

His power surged rapidly, and his blood and qi, growing too fast, gushed out from his acupoints and pores, transforming into clusters of blood-like mist all over his body.

"Son!"

The little demon came over.

She swayed her four tails and offered a storage ring, inside which were a series of treasure bottles filled with a large amount of demonic beast essence blood.

In addition, there are a large number of "demon cores".

"So much demonic beast essence blood?"

Jiang He scanned the area with his spiritual power and asked in surprise, "You've already refined all those demon beast corpses?"

The little demon said, "How could I possibly have this ability on my own? I can only extract a few dozen drops of the essence blood from those great demons of the Fish-Dragon Realm every day... It's all thanks to Xiao Jin's help. He is a descendant of a true dragon and has many methods, which is why we were able to finish the extraction so quickly."

"Oh?"

Jiang He didn't expect that this "proud" little golden dragon would actually lend a hand. He accepted all the "demon beast essence blood" and gave the "demon beast inner cores" to the little demon, saying, "Take these inner cores and share them with the little golden dragon. Refine them as soon as possible to improve your cultivation level."

"Thank you, sir."

The little demon accepted the demon beast's inner core, swayed her body to Jiang He's side, and said in a charming and coquettish voice, "Young master, would you like this little demon to serve you?"

Jiang He said, "Go down first, and come back to serve me tonight."

After the little demon left, Jiang He resumed refining the "demon blood essence".

Previously, when he refined the essence blood of demonic beasts, he did it drop by drop... There was no other way, because the essence blood of demonic beasts was too scarce at that time. A drop of the essence blood of a demonic beast at the Celestial Realm was worth almost 1 million in Great Xia currency, and even more for the Celestial Phenomenon Realm!

of course.

The effect is also very good.

A single drop of the essence blood of a demon beast in the Celestial Realm can increase a person's basic physical strength by approximately 3000-5000 kg.

A single drop of the essence blood of a celestial beast can increase physical strength by 20000-30000 kg.

As for the effects of the essence blood of the demon beasts in the Fish-Dragon Realm, to be honest, Jiang He has not yet refined it.

He took out a bottle of essence blood from the Fish-Dragon Realm.

I held it to my nose and gently sniffed it...

It didn't smell bloody as I had imagined; instead, it had a faint, pleasant fragrance.

Essence blood is formed from the essence of a demon beast, so naturally it won't have any foul odor or other problems.

Take a sip.

"Ding!"

"Refine the essence blood of a demon beast, Strength +30 Dragon Power".

A system notification sounded in his mind. Feeling the increase in his own power, Jiang He secretly estimated, then thought, "I drank a quarter of a bottle in one gulp. If I break it down into drops, there should be thirty or forty drops, right?"

"Can a drop of Fish-Dragon Realm essence blood increase physical strength by about 10 kg?"

That sounds exaggerated.

But you should know...

A single fish-dragon realm monster can probably yield about thirty or forty drops of its essence blood.

Jiang He's last bite was almost the entire amount of food a fish-dragon realm monster could consume.

The little demon delivered eight bottles of essence blood from fish-dragon realm monsters, which was obtained by refining the corpses of nearly 40 fish-dragon realm monsters.

Jiang He drank one sip after another, and in no time he had refined all eight bottles of Fish-Dragon Realm essence blood.

"Ding!"

"Refine the essence blood of a demon beast, Strength +30 Dragon Power".

"Ding!"

"Refine the essence blood of a demon beast, Strength +30 Dragon Power".

"Ding……"

One bottle has four openings.

One breath grants 30 Dragon Power.

Eight bottles contain 960 Dragon Power.

"The effect is alright... It's a pity that in the battle at Wanqu River, most of the demonic beasts were directly destroyed by me. If the demonic beast essence blood extracted from the corpses were intact, the yield would probably be twice as high."

"It seems we'll have to be a little more restrained in future battles."

Next, he turned his attention to the essence blood of those Celestial Phenomenon Realm and Celestial Human Realm demon beasts.

The physical strength enhanced by the essence blood of demonic beasts in the Celestial Realm and Celestial Phenomenon Realm is not as great as that of the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, but the quantity is much greater... In just one night, Jiang He's physical strength increased by another 1000 dragons!
On the second day.

The Flying Eagle Half-Saint and the Black Bear Half-Saint each delivered 25 drops of the Golden Crow Half-Saint's essence blood.

That Golden Crow Half-Saint was already at a high level of cultivation.

The sacred power contained within its essence blood is extremely powerful. Each drop of essence blood is the size of an egg, radiating scorching flames and shining like a gemstone.

"High-level demigod essence blood..."

Jiang He licked his lips, and seeing the Flying Eagle Half-Saint and the Black Bear Half-Saint staring at him expectantly, he quickly put away the 50 drops of Golden Crow essence blood and scolded, "What are you looking at?"

"You two bastards, one of you cultivates the Way of Wind and the other cultivates the Way of Earth. The Golden Crow's essence blood belongs to the element of fire, so giving it to you would be a waste!"

They drove away the two demon race demigods.

Jianghe then began to refine the essence of the Golden Crow.

He swallowed a drop of his semen.

A burning sensation spread throughout my body.

This power was quickly refined, and a clear system notification sounded in his mind—

"Ding!"

"Refine the Holy Blood, Strength +20 Dragon Power".

"........."

Jiang He frowned, clearly dissatisfied.

"The initial-level semi-saint essence blood I refined before could increase the power of 5 dragons with just one drop... The high-level semi-saint essence blood only increases the power of 20 dragons?"

Tucao returns to Tucao.

It still needs to be refined.

It took Jiang He more than an hour to refine 50 drops of essence blood, and his physical strength increased by 1000 dragons.

I stretched my body a bit.

After having Xiao Yao boost his "Reasonable Exercise" stat and reset his daily basic attributes, Jiang He began practicing fist techniques, knife techniques, and sword techniques.

soon.

Three days have passed.

On February 19th, the Swordsmanship Tournament was drawing to a close.

The ten strongest individuals selected based on their battle records were received by Chen Zeshengzi.

After distributing the rewards to the "top ten," Chen Ze smiled and said, "This Holy Son intends to select nine of you to train at the Heavenly Blade Sect in the Central Region for three years. Are you willing?"

The Heavenly Blade Sect is one of the super powers in the Central Region, with a history of tens of thousands of years. It is said that at its peak, the sect had three Great Saints of the Blade Dao!
That place is the sacred training ground that all "masters of the sword" in the entire Kunlun Realm dream of.

Even now, the Heavenly Blade Sect still has a Saint-level swordsman in charge!
Three years of training there will surely allow one to make great progress in one's "sword way"... If one is lucky enough to be noticed by a master of the Heavenly Sword Sect and taken in as a true disciple, then one will be able to leap over the dragon gate and bring glory to one's ancestors!

As soon as Chen Ze spoke, someone immediately became unhappy and questioned, "Your Highness, didn't you say before that the top ten in this Sword Dao Tournament would all have the opportunity to go to the Heavenly Sword Sect for training? Why are there only nine people?"

"If we have ten people, and only nine are selected, who should be eliminated?"

In an instant, the ten "young swordsmen," the youngest of whom was at least 100 years old, all spoke up...

wrong.

One person remained silent.

It was none other than Huangfu Qiming, the sixth son of the Beishan Commandery!

He is the first place winner of this [Sword Dao Tournament], the youngest of the ten, only 101 years old this year, but his talent is the strongest. He is now in the late stage of the Fish-Dragon Realm and has the strongest strength. Several elders at the peak of the Fish-Dragon Realm are no match for him!

The other nine people believed that Huangfu Qiming was a must-have for the "Heavenly Blade Sect" spot.

Moreover, Huangfu Qiming is arrogant and considers himself the most talented person in the Eastern Region, so he would never bother to speak up about such a matter.

Faced with these people's questions, Chen Ze was not angry. Instead, he said, "I will select nine people from among you, plus one of my friends, making a total of ten. What? Do you have any objections?"

aside.

Jiang He walked out from behind the main hall, holding the World-Slaying Blade, his body radiating sword intent. He said, "Brother Chen... I told you that I wouldn't be able to convince the public if I didn't participate, and I don't like using back channels. You insisted on using your privileges... If you ask me, we should fight a match. Once I've convinced them, they'll naturally have no objections."

Those who can reach the top ten in the [Sword Dao Tournament] are naturally all masters.

Each of them is so arrogant, how could they possibly submit to anyone?
Most importantly, during the previous battle at the Holy King's Mansion, Jiang He appeared before them in the form of [Law of Heaven and Earth] + [Three Heads and Six Arms], and they did not recognize Jiang He in his normal form at this moment.

Several experts looked at Jiang He immediately.

Although they were shocked by the weight of Jiang He's address of "Brother Chen," the sword intent emanating from Jiang He was not even as strong as that of a Celestial Realm cultivator, so how could he convince the crowd?

A bearded swordsman stepped forward, about to issue a challenge, when Huangfu Qiming stepped out and calmly said, "The Heavenly Blade Sect was indeed a holy land of swordsmanship, but after the war a thousand years ago, the real Heavenly Blade Sect has long been destroyed."

"Go if you want."

Say it.

He bowed directly to Chen Ze and then left the main hall.

Chen Ze was taken aback.

Suddenly it dawned on me...

That old bastard Huangfu Qi has reached an agreement with Qin Jiuzhou to send the Sixth Prince to "Tianmen Pass"... Compared to "Tianmen Pass", the current Tiandao Sect is naturally nothing.

Jiang He looked at the bearded swordsman and said, "Does Your Excellency wish to challenge me?"

The bearded swordsman shook his head and retreated.

Since Huangfu Qiming has withdrawn, ten spots are enough. Why should I be the first to step forward?
Besides, this kid calls "Your Highness the Holy Son" "Brother Chen," which clearly indicates he has powerful connections, so there's no need to offend him.

Chen Ze laughed heartily, "Alright, since that's the case, then everyone can rest in my Holy King's Mansion for a day. Tomorrow, I, the Holy Son, will activate the Holy Array and send you all to the Heavenly Blade Sect!" (End of this chapter)