It grows stronger when faced with a strong opponent; even an Immortal Emperor would have to kneel be

The phantom spoke at length about Murong Yue's background and why she had appeared in the Northern Region.

As Murong Yue listened, her lips trembled slightly, and two clear tears fell silently from her eyes.

She understood everything.

"I will cultivate diligently and one day return to the Southern Divine Continent."

Murong Yue spoke, her voice cold and her eyes exceptionally resolute.

After listening, the illusory figure looked at Murong Yue quietly, his eyes filled with tenderness and heartache.

"Moon, this is not something you can do by yourself. You can stay here."

"Live a good life with your junior brother."

Murong Yue remained silent after hearing this.

But she was born with everything on her shoulders, bearing the fate of the Murong family.

She cannot escape it, nor can she choose to ignore it.

Outside the airship, Chen Ping stood at the bow, his hands behind his back, feeling the whistling wind around him.

His eyes were calm.

A moment later, the Qingxuan Sect's flying boats arrived at their destination.

The venue for the Four Sects Grand Competition was the Tianduan Mountains.

All the airships slowly descended.

The place was already crowded with people, and the other three sects had arrived long ago.

Gu Qingxuan, as the sect leader, led Chu Xuantian out.

He nodded to the people from the three sects around him.

The three sects are the Jade Maiden Sect, the Great Sun Sect, and the Spirit Sword Sect.

The sect leaders, along with their most talented disciples, nodded to Gu Qingxuan in greeting.

The four major sects of the Northern Region determine the allocation of resources every year through the Four Sects Grand Competition.

Over the years, the four factions have lived in peace and harmony.

There was no tense atmosphere upon meeting.

However, the disciples of the various sects did not take it seriously.

The three geniuses at the same time turned their gazes to Chu Xuantian.

As the number one young talent of the Qingxuan Sect, Chu Xuantian naturally commands their utmost attention.

Chu Xuantian looked at everyone's gazes, his expression calm.

He showed neither joy nor anger, and his eyes held neither sharpness nor fear.

"Senior sister, what's wrong with Chu Xuantian? Why is he being so low-key today? He seems like a completely different person."

From the direction of the Jade Maiden Sect, a female disciple spoke to her senior sister, Yu Suyao, beside her.

Yu Suyao, the number one young talent of the Jade Maiden Sect.

Dressed in plain clothes, with skin as white as snow and a cool and aloof temperament, she possesses both talent and beauty, and is a famous female cultivator in the Northern Region.

At the age of twenty, he had already reached the late stage of the Void Transformation Realm.

He has also ranked among the top three in the last few editions of the Four Major Competitions.

Yu Suyao looked at Chu Xuantian, unconcerned.

In her eyes, Chu Xuantian was just a bit troublesome, and she could easily defeat him.

Standing in the direction of the Daiichi Shrine was a man with a fierce and imposing appearance.

He looked at the other three young talents, his fighting spirit soaring.

This person is Ding Batian, the number one young talent of the Great Sun Sect. He is at the late stage of the Void Realm, with a resolute and robust appearance and an extremely mature demeanor.

Those unaware of the inside story would certainly assume he was a seasoned disciple in his thirties or forties, but he was actually only twenty-one years old.

He is the top genius of the younger generation of the Dainichi Sect.

He was also a figure who consistently ranked among the top three in the Four Sects Grand Competition.

From the direction of the Spirit Sword Sect, all the disciples carried a long sword.

The Spirit Sword Sect is renowned for its swordsmanship.

All disciples practice swordsmanship and sword techniques.

One of the youths stood silently among them, sword in hand, his presence as sharp as a blade, his entire aura incomparably sharp.

It is like a peerless sword that has just been drawn from its sheath.

He was Lin Fan, the number one young talent of the Spirit Sword Sect.

Although his name was ordinary, he was an extraordinary person who broke through to the late stage of the Void Realm at the age of eighteen.

His gaze swept over all the disciples present, his eyes sharp and piercing.

This time, he is determined to take first place, although he only got third place last time.

But he was only seventeen years old at that time, and his cultivation level had just broken through to the Void Realm.

After a year of arduous training, he has now grasped the essence of swordsmanship, his cultivation level has soared to new heights, and he has stabilized at the late stage of the Void Realm.

After a year of training, some people broke through their limits and made great progress, while others were stuck at a bottleneck and could not make any further progress.

Therefore, last year's rankings are not very relevant.

Take Chu Xuantian for example. He broke through to the Void Realm last year and has already reached the mid-Void Realm this year.

His ability might even put him in the top five this year.

Chen Ping looked at everyone present, his eyes calm and indifferent.

He promised Gu Qingxuan that he would get into the top ten in the upcoming sect competition.

Of course, Chen Ping didn't take this matter to heart.

After all, just by standing on the stage, he can make his opponents despair.

Xiao Rufeng and Ye Qingxue stood behind Chen Ping.

Looking at all the geniuses present, the two were equally filled with fighting spirit.

They are determined to achieve a good ranking in this competition and bring glory to Chen Ping.

The geniuses from the four major sects were all filled with fighting spirit at this moment.

But in a dark corner in the distance, a group of bloodthirsty people were entrenched.

They secretly plotted a famous conspiracy.

The Blood Demon Sect has always been a clandestine sect in the Northern Region.

Because their cultivation philosophy is completely different from that of the four major sects, they rely on absorbing the essence and blood of others to strengthen themselves.

They would stop at nothing to achieve a breakthrough in their realm.

However, the Blood Demon Sect did not think they were wrong. They believed they were right. Cultivation was inherently against the will of Heaven, so what was wrong with killing a few people?

The Blood Demon Sect Master, exuding a murderous aura, was already a great cultivator at the seventh level of the Integration Realm.

However, compared to the four major sects, especially their reclusive patriarchs, his cultivation level was far inferior.

Therefore, over the years, the Blood Demon Sect has been hiding in the shadows, secretly accumulating strength.

They would hunt down lone disciples from the four major sects from time to time.

Because they hid so well, the four major sects have never been able to find their traces over the years.

"Sect Master, we have found an ancient teleportation array, which seems to be an array used by an ancient sect to test its disciples."

"It can teleport all cultivators under the age of thirty to a secret realm, let them fight each other, and outsiders cannot interfere at all."

"Sect Master, we have already set up the formation next to the arena of the Four Sects Grand Competition. Once activated, it will teleport all these disciples inside. After that, we will send Blood Demon Sect disciples to kill them all."

Upon hearing this, the Blood Demon Sect Master immediately showed great joy.

"Excellent, excellent, very good! Bring the Blood Emperor in as well, let these so-called righteous geniuses truly experience the power of my Blood Demon Sect!"

The Blood Demon Sect Master was extremely confident.

They didn't take the geniuses of the four major sects seriously at all, simply because the Blood Ghost Sect's cultivation techniques were extremely domineering.

His disciple, Xue Tianzi, was only twenty years old and had already reached the late stage of the Void Realm by cultivating the Blood God True Skill.

He absolutely refused to believe that the geniuses of these four major sects could rival the Blood Emperor.

The Blood Emperor is incredibly powerful, having mastered the seventh level of the Blood God True Skill, making him terrifyingly strong in combat.

Using the Blood Emperor to kill these geniuses and absorb their essence and blood is a win-win situation.

Most importantly, he wanted the four major sects to witness firsthand the scene of their proud disciples being crushed and drained of their life essence by the Blood Demon Sect's genius.

At the Tian Duan Mountain Range, the geniuses from the four sects were all filled with fighting spirit. After a year of cultivation, many of them had greatly increased their strength and all wanted to compete for a ranking in the competition.

Although only the top ten will receive generous rewards, even those who make it into the top one hundred will receive separate rewards from the sect, so the difference is not significant.

Most importantly, he could make a name for himself in this battle, achieve instant fame, and gain unparalleled glory.

At the same time, all the young cultivators under the age of thirty flew towards the center of the Heavenly Broken Mountains.

The Tian Duan Mountains are surrounded by mountains, with a large plaza in the middle.

It is just right for cultivators to fight and battle.

Seeing more and more geniuses pouring into the square, Chen Ping no longer hesitated and walked over slowly with Xiao Rufeng and Ye Qingxue.

Before long, all the geniuses arrived, and everyone's fighting spirit soared even higher.

On the arena in the center of the square, an elder at the Integration Realm was preparing to announce the first round of the competition.

But at that moment, the ground of the Tianduan Mountains suddenly changed dramatically, and a huge teleportation array appeared beneath everyone's feet.

At the same moment, all the young cultivators in the arena, except for the elder at the Integration Realm, vanished into thin air.

"What's going on?!"

Upon seeing that all the young disciples in their sects had disappeared, the members of the four major sects all stood up abruptly.

These were all the young geniuses of the sect, and they all disappeared in an instant.

At that very moment, a burst of wild laughter came from afar.

Then, a huge light screen appeared out of thin air in the void.

The Blood Demon Sect Master descended from the sky, casually tossing out a jade slip. This jade slip was closely related to the teleportation array.

It can simultaneously display the disciples' situation in the secret realm on the external light screen.

The Blood Demon Sect Master wore a cold smile.

He was about to watch helplessly as the most talented disciples, the pride of the four major sects, were...

They were slaughtered one by one by the Blood Demon Sect.