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Chapter 122 Battle of the Prodigies

With the World Cauldron refined, there was no need to draw upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the Mountain and Sea Realm ushered in a full-scale revival of spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy between heaven and earth grows richer day by day.

Spiritual sites sprang up like mushrooms after rain, and all sorts of rare and precious materials, exotic flowers and herbs emerged one after another.

These sacred sites, filled with rare and precious materials, exotic flowers and herbs, all possess abundant spiritual energy and are invaluable treasures for cultivators.

As the ruler of the world, Zhou Qing was naturally able to perceive all these changes.

With a thought, a divine thought enveloped the entire Mountain and Sea Realm.

Within the Mountain and Sea Realm, spiritual energy surged and churned like dragons, and various extraordinary phenomena of heaven and earth appeared one after another. Although the concentration of spiritual energy was not as high as in the Land of Saints, it was still dozens or even hundreds of times stronger than before.

This kind of environment can be considered fertile ground for the birth of a supreme being in the Dao Realm.

Zhou Qing absorbed the divine sense and wholeheartedly refined the origin of the world.

Time passes day by day.

"Zhou Qing, the Battle of the Prodigies has begun, return immediately!"

Just as Zhou Qing continued to absorb the power of incense and comprehend the Great Dao of Life, he received a message from his master.

"Battle of the Prodigies!"

Upon receiving the message, Zhou Qing ended his meditation.

The so-called Battle of Prodigies is a competition among all the holy land-level forces in the Holy Land, held to cultivate the younger generation.

If you can get into the top ten of the Heavenly Pride Battle, the reward is quite generous. Even if you only get tenth place, you can get a hundred years of incense offerings from a small thousand world.

A hundred years of incense offerings in a minor world, while not enough for a half-saint to break through to the saint realm, can at least allow them to reach the peak of the half-saint realm.

Furthermore, the higher the ranking, the greater the reward.

If we can get a top-three finish.

The incense offerings received can then enable a person to instantly become a saint.

There are roughly three paths to sainthood.

The first path is to refine the origin of the world, which can be considered an alternative way to become a saint.

The second path is to rely on the power of incense to allow the true spirit to reside in the origin of the Great Dao, thereby achieving immortality.

The third path is to allow the nascent world to give birth to life, transform into a real world, and then, in this way, the true spirit can also entrust the origin of the Great Dao.

It can be said that the third path combines the advantages of the first and second paths. The first path is limited, and can only exert its strongest power within the world it controls. Once outside the world, its power will be greatly reduced.

The second path, while granting immortality, results in significantly weaker combat power. Some exceptionally powerful semi-saints are even capable of challenging saints who achieved sainthood through the second path.

Zhou Qing has now achieved sainthood through the first path.

If one can achieve a top-three finish in the Battle of the Prodigies, then one can use the power of incense to attain sainthood, and then create life, thus also attaining sainthood.

Three different paths leading to sainthood together—their power is unimaginable.

Upon receiving the message, Zhou Qing returned to the Chaotic Heaven Realm via an ultra-long-distance spatial teleportation array. Accompanying him were a group of grandmasters from hidden sects and disciples from the Imperial Heaven Sect.

Although the spiritual energy in the Mountain and Sea Realm has recovered, it is still far inferior to the Land of Saints. These people are willing to go to the Land of Saints to cultivate.

Given Zhou Qing's status in the Taixu Holy Land, arranging for some people wouldn't be difficult; he could simply arrange for them to become outer disciples in Taixu City.

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"Master!"

Zhou Qing returned to the Sacred Land of Taixu and met with his master.

"The Battle of the Prodigies is held once every hundred years, and the prodigies who participate are all under five hundred years old." The Third Master said, "Zhou Qing, Meng Qing, you both meet the requirements, and I have already registered you."

"Master, my junior brother and I will do our best," Meng Qing said.

"Just do your best. Some of these prodigies are nearly five hundred years old, have participated in the Prodigy Battle more than once, and have reached the seventh level of the Dao Realm or above, and have condensed their own grotto-heavens." The Third Elder said, "The main reason for letting you participate this time is to broaden your horizons and gain some experience. You don't need to feel too much pressure. Just give it your all."

In the eyes of the Third Master, although Zhou Qing and Meng Qing were both exceptionally talented, they were still quite young, especially Zhou Qing, who was only twenty-one years old. It would be difficult for him to compete with those geniuses who had cultivated for over four hundred years.

Even Meng Qing struggled to break into the top ten.

This time, the main focus is on accumulating experience so that in the next or the year after that, we will have the strength to compete for a top ten spot in the Heavenly Pride Battle.

"understand!"

Zhou Qing nodded.

Although he was confident in his ability to compete for a top ten spot, or even first place, in the battle of prodigies, he planned to give his master a surprise.

"Okay, let's go!"

In this battle of prodigies, the Taixu Holy Land was led by the Third Supreme.

The Battle of the Prodigies is not held in the Chaotic Heaven Realm, but in the Dao Source Realm, which ranks among the top three of the Thirty-Three Realms, and the Dao Source Realm has been refined by the Dao Source Saint.

The Land of Saints has refined the strongest beings in the vast world, and their numbers are few and far between.

Daoyuan Zhisheng is one of them.

These supreme saints who have refined the vast world have another title.

That was the Holy Ancestor.

There are only four Holy Ancestors among all the saints.

Among them, there is one from the human race, one from the demon race, and two from the innate races.

Daoyuan Saint Ancestor was one of the two Saint Ancestors of the Primordial Clan.

In the Land of Saints, the Primordial Races are the most powerful, followed by the Human Race and the Demon Race, with the other races ranking behind.

"so many people!"

When Zhou Qing and the others arrived at the holy land of the Dao Source Realm, they immediately sensed powerful auras all around them. These auras were strong and profound, clearly originating from the geniuses of various holy lands.

They wore all sorts of clothes, some extravagant and others simple and plain, but without exception, they all exuded powerful spiritual energy fluctuations.

Zhou Qing's gaze swept around, and besides the human race, there were also innate races, demons, and various races from the Holy Land.

"It seems that this battle of geniuses will be quite fierce."

Meng Qing said in a low voice.

"It's going to be very intense!"

Zhou Qing nodded slightly, his expression solemn.

His gaze was deep, looking into the distance, as if he could pierce through layers of space and see the grand spectacle that was about to unfold.

The prodigies of all races gathered together, and they would go all out to compete for the supreme glory and the opportunity to become saints.

Zhou Qing is determined to secure a place in the top three.

Only the top three incense offerings can enable someone to achieve sainthood through incense offerings.

Aside from Zhou Qing, all the other prodigies around him, regardless of which clan they came from, were eager to compete and achieve a good ranking in the Prodigy Battle.

The atmosphere around them grew increasingly tense, with the prodigies of each race secretly gathering their strength in preparation for the impending challenge.

Some prodigies unabashedly unleash their powerful aura.

These prodigies were all at least at the seventh level of the Dao Realm and had condensed their own grotto-heavens.

(End of this chapter)