Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

What Lin Aoxue wasn't interested in, Ye Liuyun was quite interested in, such as the Alchemy Competition, where the top ten would be selected, and the first place winner would receive a top-grade Heaven-rank alchemy furnace and a scroll of divine-level alchemy techniques, as well as direct access to the Nine Heavens Secret Realm.

Of these two things, Ye Liuyun was definitely not interested in the alchemy technique, but he was quite interested in the Heavenly Rank Top-Grade Alchemy Furnace.

There are also formation competitions and weapon crafting tournaments, where the top ten finishers are selected, and the rewards are equally generous.

However, the rewards for secondary professions are mostly related to the profession itself; if you want some powerful magic weapons and techniques, you have to participate in combat events.

This combat event includes various competitions such as free-for-all, arena battles, two-person battles, ranking matches, enlightenment competitions, and talent competitions, and is also the highlight of this Yaochi Immortal Gathering.

After all, the most important thing for cultivators is their cultivation level, followed by alchemy, weapon crafting, and formation techniques.

Other projects might attract some viewers, but they are unlikely to be as popular as the others.

To ensure that the four activities of combat, weapon crafting, medicine refining, and formation formation do not conflict in time, they are basically separated and not opened at the same time. This will not prevent a cultivator from participating in combat and weapon crafting or medicine refining activities.

It might be very tiring, with not much rest time, so you should only participate selectively.

"Let's analyze this project properly and take a look at the rewards. Mother, Father, Aoxue and I will go back to our room first. We need to talk alone." Ye Liuyun said goodbye to his family and then pulled Lin Aoxue into the room.

Upon entering the room, they immediately shielded themselves from the surroundings. Ye Liuyun didn't intend to discuss the competition with Lin Aoxue; instead, they snuggled into bed together and played games while chatting.

The best communication between a couple is definitely communication in bed.

They mainly talked about the combat events, including a two-person competition that Ye Liuyun planned to participate in, and he would definitely participate with Lin Aoxue.

The combat program also includes several sub-projects, which are carried out on the same day, so they need to selectively abandon some of them.

"There are too many projects. There are only ten of us. We might as well give up all these side projects. Anyway, we didn't plan to participate in these projects." At the Gu Ling Holy Land, Shi Youlan, Yue Qi, and the others were gathered together discussing which projects to participate in. They definitely wanted to do them separately to avoid them clashing.

This is a very difficult thing for the disciples of their holy land.

"I think we should participate in as many events as possible. Look at the requirements for entering the Nine Heavens Secret Realm. You need at least 100 points to qualify. Either you get first place in a few major events and get 100 points directly, or you have to participate in an extra event. This time, 15 holy lands are competing on the same stage. No one is sure of winning first place. I think we should play it safe," someone suggested.

Not everyone is confident of winning first place in those big projects; it's better to play it safe.

Chapter 613 The Tournament Begins (5000 words + 1000 monthly votes bonus chapter)

The next day, early in the morning, a beautiful, heavenly female voice suddenly resounded throughout the entire Nine Heavens Island.

The sound instantly woke up the cultivators who had come to the Nine Heavens Holy Land to participate in and watch the competition.

"Welcome, young talents and distinguished guests from other realms, to my Nine Heavens Holy Land for the once-in-five-hundred-times-a-years Jade Pool Immortal Gathering. On behalf of the Nine Heavens Holy Land, I hereby announce the official opening of the Nine Heavens Domain Jade Pool Immortal Gathering today. The main competition today is the preliminary rounds for combat events. The first preliminary round is an individual competition, which will be held inside the Void God Palace in the Jade Pool Immortal Realm. All cultivators who wish to participate in the individual preliminary rounds are requested to assemble at the main gate of the Void God Palace and prepare for half an hour. Failure to arrive within the allotted time will be considered an automatic forfeit."

"Also, please follow the instructions on your participation tokens above your heads to go to the designated area to watch the competition."

As soon as the voice fell, the tokens above everyone's heads lit up. At Lin Aoxue's villa, Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue greeted Li Amin and Ye Kai after hearing the voice.

"It's time. Grandpa, Father, Mother, and all the elders, we'll be leaving now," Ye Liuyun said.

"Yes, Yun'er, Aoxue, keep it up." Ye Kai and the others quickly encouraged Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue.

And so the two left the villa, following the guidance of the tokens above their heads, and flew in the same direction as the other participating cultivators.

Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue's sisters have returned to their respective families. They all have their own families and children, so they can't cheer for their two younger sisters with their parents.

As for Ye Kai and his family, after seeing the two off, they returned to their villa. They didn't need to go to a designated place to watch the match; they could watch it from their villa. This was also Li Muyun's privilege. She had set up a Xuan Guang Mirror in Lin Aoxue's villa, which allowed them to see the scene in the Void God Palace.

She even summoned her two personal maids and instructed them to use the magical artifact to find the match that the Lin and Ye families wanted to watch. This artifact was connected to the Void God Temple.

There are approximately 35,000 participants in this Yaochi Immortal Gathering, representing the most talented group of cultivators in the Nine Heavens Domain in this era.

The Void God Palace is located in the central part of the Jade Pool Wonderland. It is a very ancient-looking metal palace with a purple-gold exterior. It is very large and looks like a mountain.

Participants from the Nine Heavens Domain and the fifteen holy lands also arrived one after another.

The Void God Temple is not yet open, so everyone can only wait here after arriving. Standing at the entrance of the Void God Temple is a beautiful woman dressed in a purple palace dress. She should be the woman who sent out the notice not long ago. This woman is quite beautiful.

She is an elder of the Ziwei Palace, a powerful expert in the Life and Death Realm, named Li Mingjiao, and is Li Muyun's elder.

Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue also arrived here quickly. Upon arrival, their eyes immediately fell on the Void God Palace.

"Wow, this is the Void God Palace? Is it that huge? And even before we got close, I could feel an ancient pressure coming at me. Master, this must be a very high-level treasure, right?" Ye Liuyun asked Lin Qingyou.

Lin Qingyou immediately responded to Ye Liuyun.

"Just a mid-grade divine weapon."

"A divine weapon? No wonder, what a huge arm! Are we all going to have to enter the Void God Palace for the competition? So, this is a spatial magic treasure?" Ye Liuyun asked curiously.

"Mm." Lin Qingyou nodded.

Just as Ye Liuyun was staring blankly at the Void God Palace, two figures suddenly flew over from all directions and landed beside him.

"Third sister, little sister," Yan Yu and Chen Yao flew over to greet them.

Upon seeing the two arrive, Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue immediately began chatting happily with them.

As for Jiang Wanling and the others, they must have already seen Ye Liuyun, but they didn't come over. They just stood together curiously, trying to guess the identities of the people around Ye Liuyun.

"Hey! Elder, who are those three women? Their cultivation levels are all quite high, and they seem to have a good relationship with the Sect Master. Could they be the Sect Master's friends in the Southern Ridge?" someone asked in a low voice.

Jiang Wanling had never met Lin Aoxue and the others, so she naturally didn't know who they were. She didn't even know that Ye Liuyun had been a man before.

There were some things Ye Liuyun didn't tell them. She couldn't just tell everyone she met that she used to be a man.

"I don't know, maybe he's a friend of the sect leader." Jiang Wanling shook her head.

Ye Liuyun and the other three stood together to evaluate the Virtual God Palace. They were going to enter the Virtual God Palace for a one-on-one qualifying competition, but they were very curious about how so many people would compete if they all entered the Virtual God Palace.

But just as they were wondering about this, another figure flew over. It was Li Muyun, who was also a contestant.

"Are Liuyun and Aoxue your friends?" Li Muyun asked as soon as she arrived.

When Yan Yu and Chen Yao saw each other, they were slightly taken aback. They recognized the person in front of them and knew that she was Ye Liuyun's grandmother.

"Greetings, Your Highness the Holy Maiden." The two quickly bowed to Li Muyun.

Ye Liuyun immediately chuckled.

"Eldest sister, second sister, please don't stand on ceremony. Grandma, these two are my sworn sisters, so they're not outsiders," Ye Liuyun introduced.

Li Muyun was taken aback when she heard this. Then she carefully examined the two of them and found that they both had the cultivation level of the first level of the Nascent Soul Realm and seemed to have some kind of special physique. She quickly remembered who they were. She had an impression of them at the Nanling Grand Gathering.

"Oh, I see. I remember you two. You were quite outstanding at the Nanling Grand Gathering." Li Muyun smiled slightly.

Yan Yu and Chen Yao smiled humbly, for if Ye Liuyun was their elder, then he was naturally their elder as well.

They couldn't possibly be as casual as Ye Liuyun; the two of them were quite reserved after Li Muyun arrived.

After exchanging greetings, Li Muyun took the initiative to introduce the functions of the Void God Palace to the group. While it was true that the Void God Palace was a divine weapon, its main function was functional.

After they enter the Void Temple, the Void Temple will teleport the participants to different spaces within the Void Temple according to the different competition formats.

This singles competition involves the Void Temple randomly matching participants with opponents after they enter, then teleporting them to a separate space for the competition, which is essentially a self-contained mini-world within the Void Temple.

After Li Muyun gave a brief introduction, there was no need for her to elaborate further, because Li Mingjiao over there calculated the time and then spoke again.

"It's almost time, fellow contestants. I am Li Mingjiao, an elder of the Ziwei Palace of the Nine Heavens Holy Land. I will be hosting the preliminary rounds of the Void God Palace. I will now explain the rules of the individual competition and the effects of the Void God Palace to you," Li Mingjiao said solemnly.

When Li Mingjiao spoke, everyone immediately stopped talking and listened attentively to her explanation of the rules; they still needed to hear these things.

After everyone quieted down, Li Mingjiao began to explain the rules of the individual competition and the uses of the Void God Temple.

First, the singles competition adopts an unrestricted competitive style, which means that there are no restrictions on any means; you just need to win.

In the eyes of powerful cultivators, any means are an integral part of their strength.

Moreover, there is no need to worry about killing your opponent or being killed by them within the Void God Palace. The Void God Palace is monitored by divine weapon spirits, and once they detect that one party is in danger, they will be teleported out of the Void God Palace immediately. Therefore, everyone present can go all out without any worries.

The competition is a random matching process, which means that there is a certain element of luck involved in the matching. This is because, among the tens of thousands of participants, although they are all in the same age group, the lowest level of cultivation is only at the Divine Form Realm, while the highest level of cultivation has reached the fifth level of the Primordial Spirit Realm.

If a cultivator at the fourth level is matched with a cultivator at the Transformation Realm, their chances of winning are not high.

However, there were actually not many participants who reached the fifth level of the Nascent Soul realm. There were only 26 people in total from more than a dozen holy lands, and there were fewer than 50 cultivators at the fourth level of the Nascent Soul realm.

Of the more than 30,000 participants, only about 1,000 were cultivators aged 500 or older with cultivation at the Transformation Realm level; the majority were at the Four Extremes Realm.

These thousand-plus Nascent Soul cultivators are considered top geniuses. However, in the Nine Heavens Domain, those who reach the Nascent Soul realm at the age of five hundred mainly come from the Nine Heavens Holy Land and the four major regional forces. Other forces would be lucky to have one or two.

Upon hearing that the individual qualifying rounds would be randomly matched, those cultivators with lower cultivation levels began to pray silently. They didn't expect to climb very far; they just wanted to qualify randomly.

"May Heaven protect me and prevent me from encountering cultivators who are too powerful. It's alright if their cultivation level is slightly higher than mine, as long as it's not too much higher," some cultivators who lacked confidence prayed.

These people might be considered top talents in their own sects, but after arriving here, they find that everyone here has a higher cultivation level than them, which undermines their confidence.

Looking at the Holy Lord Palace of the Nine Heavens Holy Land, it was as if a spatial gap had been torn open in the center of the palace, and the scene inside the gap was the scene from the Void God Palace.

Looking at the spectators, they were gathered in a large square in the Nine Heavens Holy Land, large enough to hold millions of people. In front of them was a huge projection screen with a clear image showing the scene in front of the Void God Temple.

However, this place was extremely noisy, packed with people, with cultivators floating in the sky and sitting on the ground.

However, this place is only a viewing area for ordinary cultivators and ordinary forces. Some big figures from the Supreme Induction Sect, such as Ancestor Tianyi, are currently watching from the Holy Lord Palace.

"Time's up. Please, spirit of the artifact, open the gates of the Void God Palace and let the contestants in." After explaining the rules, Li Mingjiao turned around, bowed respectfully to the Void God Palace, and said.

Upon hearing this sound, the gates of the massive palace began to rumble, a sound that seemed to originate from ancient times.

After the gates of the Temple of the Void God opened, a dazzling array of colors shone from within.

"Alright, the gates of the Void God Palace are now open. You may enter. Once inside, the spirit will randomly assign you to different competition venues." Li Mingjiao stepped aside.

As soon as he made way, the cultivators who were closer to the gate immediately took flight and disappeared into the seven-colored light. The disciples of the Nine Heavens Holy Land were definitely the first to act.

Besides serving as the venue for the Yaochi Immortal Gathering, this place also serves as the venue for important events within the Nine Heavens Holy Land.

"Liuyun, Aoxue, let's go. Hopefully we won't run into each other. Of course, it's okay if we do," Li Muyun said, then flew up and entered the Void God Palace.

Ye Liuyun and the other three exchanged glances, then flew inside as well. In no time, all 30,000 people outside had entered, and the place immediately fell silent.

"What a grand gesture! I never expected your holy land to possess such a rare spatial divine weapon." The powerful figures from those holy lands must have recognized the Void God Palace's grade.

"Haha, this is a treasure obtained by our ancestors when they were at the Divine Realm. We mainly use it as a competition venue for our Holy Land activities. Alright, next is the matching process. Due to the large number of participants, we can only select the best." said the Holy Lord of the Nine Heavens.

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a large projection screen appeared in front of everyone. The screen was divided into sections, and after a few seconds, scenes from the Void God Temple began to appear in these projections.

The environment in each scene is different, which means that the Void God Temple has randomly assigned battle arenas to the contestants. Sometimes, these battle arenas may also affect the cultivators' combat power.

After Ye Liuyun went inside, she felt her body being enveloped by a special power. When she came to her senses, she found herself standing in a clearing in a forest.

She was surrounded by trees, but there wasn't a single blade of grass in the area where she stood. Of course, the entire space was a battlefield, not just this place.

"Forest, is this the battleground assigned to me?" Ye Liuyun stomped his foot on the ground, which was just like ordinary sandy soil, with no difference.

Just as Ye Liuyun was surveying this space, her opponent appeared out of nowhere. He was a somewhat arrogant fellow, and it was unclear which sect he belonged to, but he possessed the cultivation level of the first level of the Nascent Soul realm.

The other party first looked around, and then focused his gaze on Ye Liuyun.

"Hahaha, my luck is pretty good, isn't it? I've been matched with such a weak opponent. Wait, what's your cultivation level, beautiful lady? Why is the aura you're releasing only at the Spirit Stream Realm? That doesn't make sense, does it?" The young man was initially quite pleased, but he immediately remembered that to participate in the Jade Pool Immortal Gathering, one needed at least the cultivation level of the Four Extremes Divine Form Realm.

So he immediately noticed something was off and asked a question.

Seeing this guy's frivolous demeanor, Ye Liuyun immediately rolled her eyes. Her first impression of him was that he was a spoiled brat.

Normal people who think she's pretty, even if they think she's beautiful, won't show any kind of sinister feeling.

"I don't think I need to explain my cultivation level to you, do I? Enough with the nonsense, let's finish this quickly and get it over with." Ye Liuyun said impatiently.

The young man originally wanted to flirt with Ye Liuyun because she was so beautiful, but he didn't expect her to be so arrogant.

"Oh? You look so delicate, but you're even more arrogant than me. Fine, let me see what gives you the right to be so arrogant in front of me. Remember my name, I am He Yiming, a disciple of Xichuan Haori Chiyang Valley." The young man introduced himself.

After saying that, he waved his hand, and a golden treasure flew out from his body. It was a high-grade earth-rank magic weapon.

After summoning his magic weapon, He Yiming appeared quite pleased with himself, almost showing off.

Finally, he grabbed his precious bow, pulled back the string with his right hand, and a golden energy arrow quickly condensed and aimed at Ye Liuyun.

"Arrogant woman, take this arrow!" Without saying a word, He Yiming shot an arrow at Ye Liuyun.

This casual arrow reached the attack power of the second level of the Nascent Soul realm. But strangely, whether this guy was showing off or not, he didn't seem to be aiming the arrow at Ye Liuyun. Instead, it flew past Ye Liuyun's side as a golden light.

The energy from the arrow instantly blasted a dirt road that stretched as far as the eye could see through the forest behind Ye Liuyun.

This place only has forests and no mountains. The arrow flew more than 10,000 meters away before its magical power was completely exhausted.

Ye Liuyun glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye, then muttered a speechless complaint.

"Show-off!"

Why not shoot her directly? Why deliberately miss? Isn't that just showing off?

"What, scared out of your wits by my attack? I was just joking with you. If you think you're no match for me, you'd better admit defeat. You're so beautiful, I can't bring myself to hit you." He Yiming said with a strange confidence.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Ye Liuyun disappeared from the spot and appeared in front of him, then punched him hard in the face under He Yiming's very astonished gaze.

With a loud bang, He Yiming was sent flying, crashing through numerous trees like a rolling stone before finally coming to a stop after rolling tens of thousands of meters.