I created an extraordinary era

Chapter 695: The Ranking List is Out, and a New Extraordinary Potion is Here!
"Sixteen people have been eliminated so quickly?"

Bibo Pool.

Looking at the number of people on the leaderboard of the Heavenly Road Certificate, Zhou Qiyuan, who had just woken up from his deep reverie, frowned slightly.

There were originally 3193 people, but now there are only 3176 left.

Clearly, all of these people have been eliminated!

Whether it will result in death or abandonment of the trial remains to be seen.

Those undergoing trials within the Heavenly Road can only determine how many are left by observing the number of people on the leaderboard.

"16 people were eliminated in just one week!"

Zhou Qiyuan muttered to himself in a low voice.

He originally thought that it might be three years before many people would be eliminated because they couldn't meet the required points.

Unexpectedly, the number has reached 16 in just one week.

"It seems that there is no need to wait for the rule-based elimination three years later; a considerable number of people will be naturally eliminated before then."

In fact it is.

The points limit is just a minimum requirement. If you are only satisfied with not being eliminated by the rules, you may not even be able to meet this minimum standard in the end.

The ingenuity of the design of the Vientiane Skyway lies in its creation of a dynamic and pressure-filled ecosystem.

Points are not only a currency for redeeming resources, but also a driving force.

It compels the trial participants to constantly take risks, fight, and compete for limited resources.

You can't hide in one place like a tortoise forever.

This is simply not realistic.

Because the pressure inside the Sky Road is almost everywhere.

Without sufficient resources, let alone rapid cultivation, even survival becomes impossible.

Why are there so many points awarded in the Heavenly Road?
This is because although cultivation is faster here, the energy consumption is also much greater than outside.

Here, maintaining one's condition, repairing injuries, and even resisting the omnipresent pressure of the secret realm all require the continuous consumption of Qi and Blood.

As for cultivating martial arts and comprehending the laws, it also consumes a great deal of energy.

Like Zhou Qiyuan himself.

He used 100 guaranteed points to redeem five bottles of level-four origin potions, and now only three bottles remain.

Most of this was consumed in resisting the pressure of the Azure Pool's atmosphere and in maintaining a high level of comprehension.

If he continues his cultivation, he can only sustain himself for a maximum of ten more days.

After ten days, he will face the predicament of resource depletion.

Without the replenishment of the original potion, it will be difficult to not only continue cultivating, but also to maintain one's own condition and resist the pressure of the secret realm.

This is also why Zhou Qiyuan stopped cultivating!
He didn't want to be eliminated for such a ridiculous reason as exhaustion.

And this is only the consumption required for maintenance and understanding!
Once you experience intense battles or break through to a higher realm, the energy expenditure is enormous.

Therefore, the resources obtained solely from the guaranteed points are simply insufficient for cultivation.

Under such circumstances, the trial participants are forced to acquire points and exchange them for resources such as source crystals and extraordinary potions to fill this huge consumption gap.

The high score rewards are precisely to match this high-consumption training mode.

This sense of urgency will propel everyone forward relentlessly.

Stopping means depleting resources, falling far behind others, and eventually being eliminated at some point.

Of course, as long as your strength can be steadily improved, you basically don't need to worry about being killed by the rules.

This rule is more aimed at those who want to be tortoises.

"I need to figure out how to earn points now!"

Zhou Qiyuan composed himself and began to plan carefully.

The primary goal is to accumulate enough points to exchange for resources to support cultivation.

He currently only has two ways to earn points.

The first step is to break through to the second stage of the Water Realm, which will earn you two thousand points.

However, that's not realistic in the short term.

Although the Jade Pool greatly helps in understanding the essence of water, it also consumes a great deal of energy.

Even with the extraordinary potions redeemed using the guaranteed points, it would take three years to break through.

Moreover, earning only 2,000 points in three years is definitely far from enough.

Therefore, only the second method remains.

Hunting monsters.

This is the most direct and currently the only feasible approach.

As for robbing other people, Zhou Qiyuan had no such idea.

Although his strength is enough to rank him in the top ten in the peripheral region, he has his own principles and bottom line.

"Let's first check other areas of Bibo Pool to see if we can find any monsters. If we can't find any, then we'll go to the nearby Rift Valley."

These two areas are the two secret realms closest to the inner ring, and theoretically, they should have the highest probability of encountering sixth-level mortal-transformation demonic beasts.

With his strength, even if he's not a match for them, he shouldn't be unable to escape.

After all, his Swift Step has an extremely fast short-range burst speed, which is enough to deal with most dangerous situations.

"The number of sixth-tier mortal-transformation demonic beasts is limited, we need to hurry!"

Zhou Qiyuan stood up and looked around.

He chose his direction and no longer hesitated.

With a swift movement, it silently darted westward along the edge of the pool.
……

Meanwhile, inside the observation room at the entrance of Vientiane Skyway.

Everyone was intently watching the huge monitoring screen, which displayed the life signals and scores of all the trial participants.

"What's going on now?"

Suddenly, a voice came from behind.

"Thank you, Minister!"

Upon seeing the newcomer, everyone quickly stood up.

Xie Xuan waved his hand.

"Tell me the specifics of this past week."

"Yes!"

The person in charge from Kunlun Academy nodded and said:
"So far, seventeen trial participants have been eliminated."

"Thirteen of them died at the hands of monsters, three were eliminated by other trial participants, and one was killed before he could even react."

As he spoke, the man asked the staff to bring up the detailed records on the screen.

Xie Xuan turned his head to look.

Of these 17 people, 16 are from the outer area, and the other is a seventh-level Grandmaster from the inner area.

This person is named Ethan. He was once a student at Origin Academy and is now at Sunfire Academy, one of the thirteen extraordinary academies.

He died in the mouth of the strongest monster in the inner ring area, the Titan Sea Serpent.

This Titan Sea Serpent had already become a monster forty years ago.

His current strength is extremely exaggerated, almost comparable to a top grandmaster at the ninth level of the Transcendent Realm!

When Sikong Yang went to the Emerald Islands to capture this guy, he tried his best but still couldn't control him.

In the end, it was only through the intervention of Nangong Hong that he was able to suppress it.

Who would have thought that Ethan would unfortunately encounter this monster just one week after the trial began?

The surveillance footage only showed a giant snake, more than 20 meters long, leaping out of the water before the image disappeared completely.

As for the person who was killed before he could react, he was ambushed while fighting a prehistoric realm demon beast!
This situation does not constitute a violation of the rules.

The rules only prohibit continuing to hunt down a trial participant after they have given up or lost the ability to resist, but ambushes during the melee are indeed allowed.

However, most people still disdain doing such things.

At least in the beginning, when the competition is not yet fierce, few people will take advantage of others' misfortunes.

Xie Xuanyi didn't say anything after reading it.

They had already anticipated this outcome.

The fact that more than a dozen people were eliminated in just one week still surprised Xie Xuan.

In particular, of the 13 extraordinary individuals who died at the hands of demonic beasts, 8 died in battles against opponents of the same level.

Their combat and survivability are actually worse than expected.

Li Qingxuan's proposal of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Road Plan was indeed very necessary.

Xie Xuan continued to ask:

"What's the situation with the demonic beasts?"

"Reporting to Minister Xie, there were a total of 3865 monsters, and 102 have already been hunted down."

"95 animals died in the outer area and 7 died in the inner ring area."

"Speaking of which, among the seven demonic beasts that died in this inner ring area, one of them was a demonic beast at the eighth level of the Transcendent Realm."

"Moreover, this eighth-level Transcendent Beast was killed by someone who was of a higher level!"

At this point, a hint of amazement flashed across the man's face.

"Oh?"

Xie Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly.

A seventh-level Transcendent Realm cultivator striking an eighth-level Transcendent Realm cultivator?
It's important to understand that, whether human or superhuman, the greater the strength, the greater the gap between them.

The difficulty of a seventh-level Transcendent being able to kill an eighth-level Transcendent is several times greater than that of a first-level Transcendent being able to kill a second-level Transcendent.

If you could get a Tier 3 Qi and Blood Treasure, that would be fine.

However, the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Road has only been open for a week, so it is obviously impossible for anyone to exchange for a Tier 3 Qi and Blood Treasure.

"who is it?"

Xie Xuan's voice clearly showed interest.

"It's Augustus, a Grandmaster at the seventh level of the Transcendent Realm from the Origin Academy!"

"Augustus."

Xie Xuan nodded, a knowing glint in his eyes.

“I remember him. Ji Xuan mentioned him last time.”

Upon hearing that it was Augustus, Xie Xuan was not too surprised.

According to Ji Xuan, this person can be considered the most outstanding genius of the Origin Academy in the past thirty years.

He was even more outstanding than Xuanyuan Yungui back then.

If even he can't fight opponents of a higher level, then no one else can even dream of it.

Of course, after learning about the Mysterious Palace.

Their definition of genius has now changed.

The ability to awaken the Qi Palace, and how many Qi Palaces one can awaken, is now the standard for measuring genius.

No matter how talented you are before reaching the Unity Realm, it doesn't really matter much.

After all, no one knows who will awaken more acupoints after reaching the Unity Realm.

"Minister Xie, as you requested, the rankings and cultivation levels will also be released to the public one week from now."

"Now, or..."

The staff member's words brought Xie Xuan back to his senses.

He nodded slightly:
"Okay, let's announce it now!"

Once the command was issued, the operator quickly connected the prepared data to the external channel.

Almost simultaneously, the various extraordinary academies outside the trial grounds, the military, and the official website all updated the points situation since the opening of the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Road.

Many people have been waiting for this moment!

Although they themselves did not enter the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Road, their relatives, friends, and members of the same faction were all there, so they were naturally extremely concerned.

So the moment the announcement was released, millions of people saw the list.

[Vientiane Skyway Points Ranking]

[Outer Area]

1. Ji Xuan (Fourth Stage of Mortal Transformation), Points: 1600
2. Carson (Sixth Level of Mortal Transformation), Points: 1200
3. Gao Fenghua (Second Stage of Mortal Transformation), Points: 800
4. Qi Hui (Peak of Innate Realm), Points: 650
5. Xiao Binglan (Sixth Level of Mortal Transformation), Points: 650
……

58. Zhang Ming (Peak of Innate Realm), Points: 250
129. Hilla (Peak of Innate Talent), 50 points
Inner Ring Road Area

1. Augustus (Seventh Stage of Mortal Transformation), Points: 6000
2. Chen Feng (Eighth Stage of Mortal Transformation), Points: 3000
3. Yuan Xiuwen (Eighth Stage of Mortal Transformation), Points: 1800
……

7. Ignis (Seventh Stage of Mortal Transformation), Points: 1200
[Core Area]

1. Li Qingxuan (Third level of physical combat), Score: 3000
2. Mills (Second level of the flesh-and-blood challenge), Score: 2000
3. Liu Xiaoyan (Second Stage of Physical Examination), Score: 2000
……

The release of this list instantly attracted everyone's attention.

The most attention-grabbing aspect, however, was not the points, but rather the cultivation levels of the individuals in the core area.

"Isn't the next stage after the Mortal Transformation Realm the Unity Realm?"

"The flesh and blood barrier? What kind of realm is that? I've never heard of it before."

Immediately, many people posted questions on the official website.

However, someone quickly provided an answer!

"The so-called flesh and blood barrier is the first stage of cultivation in the Unity Realm, which is divided into three barriers."

"Dean Li's third challenge is the final step in reaching the first stage of the Unity Realm."

"Once you break through, you can enter the second stage of the Unity Realm."

Although not many people know about the cultivation process of the Unity Realm, it is not kept secret either.

Anyone who is a grandmaster can view this information.

Many even have some knowledge of the Innate Realm and the Body Tempering Realm.

This is the first time that the specific level of the Unity Realm has been officially announced to the public!
Upon hearing this, someone couldn't help but ask:
"The first stage of returning to oneness is the physical barrier, so what is the second stage?"

"I don't know about that. There is no specific information about the second realm in the official data released so far."

The Human Alliance does not disclose cultivation levels casually.

It will only be released to the public after its universality and security have been truly confirmed and a complete system has been established.

The same applies to the first realm of returning to oneness.

It was only after Nangong Hong broke through to the third level, officially confirmed the cultivation path and standards of the first three levels, and had the foundation to promote them to all extraordinary individuals, that the outside world was gradually informed.

As for the second realm...
Although Nangong Hong and others have deduced that it is the Muscle and Bone Barrier, they have not announced it to the public because no one has reached this level yet.

Only after someone officially reaches this level will it be incorporated into the official system and made public.

"Alright, stop worrying about cultivation at the Unity Realm!"

"You'll understand when you reach that level; what's the point of figuring it out now?"

"Isn't that a bit too much?"

Some people couldn't help but joke:
"If you ask me, instead of wasting time gazing at the moon in the sky, we should be focusing on how to cross the river right in front of us!"

"Return to the first realm? Most people are lucky if they can reach the Grandmaster level."

It was during the discussion about realms on the official website.

Many people are looking for familiar names on the list.

Unfortunately, there are only 129 names on the list for the entire outer area and only 13 for the inner ring area.

As for the core area, there are only 3 people in total.

Those with zero points will not be displayed on the leaderboard.

Earning points in just one week is no easy task.

Basically, the only way to break through to higher realms is by hunting monsters.

At the very beginning, breaking through cultivation level was out of the question.

The energy concentration in the outer and inner ring areas is still insufficient to support cultivation breakthroughs.

Only by earning points and exchanging them for Source Crystals can you meet the energy requirements for a breakthrough.

Most of the people who are currently earning points do so by hunting monsters.

Of course, the core areas are different.

The energy concentration here is incomparable to that of the outer and inner ring areas.

Unless it's a situation like awakening a vital energy center or breaking through a major realm, where the energy consumption is extremely high in a short period of time, there's generally no need to exchange for source crystals separately.

This is the biggest advantage of the core area.

The three of them, like Li Qingxuan, all gained their points through breakthroughs in cultivation.

However, their performance didn't really qualify as a breakthrough, so they were given very few points, just a token gesture.

Only by breaking through to the second stage of the Unity Realm can one obtain 15,000 points.

As for awakening the Awakening Palace, one can obtain at least 20,000 points.

of course.

For those in the Unity Realm, points are more often used to exchange for extraordinary potions than for source crystals.

Potions like the Level 6 Origin Elixir and the newly developed Level 6 Mental Energy Elixir are extremely helpful for cultivation.

Putting aside other things, using sixth-order primordial potions for cultivation not only increases the tempering time, but also increases the tempering speed by 30%.

As for spirit potions, they are even more indispensable.

Whether it's cultivating visualization techniques, improving one's cultivation level, or comprehending the laws, all of these methods are extremely taxing on the soul.

Without the replenishment of mental energy potions, cultivation efficiency will be greatly reduced.

It's a bit pricey, though; one bottle costs 1,000 points.

Besides these two medications.

After nearly forty years of research, the People's Federation has finally successfully developed two new extraordinary medicines using dragon blood tree and wintergreen.

Fire Source Potion and Water Spirit Potion.

Verification has shown that these two potions can enhance the perception of the essence of fire and the essence of water.

The effect is especially noticeable within secret realms!
These two types of medicines are currently divided into three levels, corresponding to the three stages of artistic conception.

As for the laws beyond the realm of artistic conception, they have no effect!

For these two spiritual plants to be of any use in comprehending the laws, they would need to undergo another transformation.

Forty years have passed, and not a single dragon blood tree or wintergreen has undergone a transformation.

Although it has no effect on the laws of perception.

However, the prices of Fire Source Potion and Water Spirit Potion are not cheap.

Even the lowest-level potion costs 200 points, and the highest-level potion costs 2000 points.

Moreover, currently only the Myriad Heavenly Road offers this exchange.

After all, extraordinary potions that can help one comprehend the essence of a realm have already touched upon the core level of extraordinary cultivation.

The price is incomparable to that of ordinary resources.
(End of this chapter)