Junior sister took first place again

On May 15th, at the beginning of the morning hour, the twelve doors of the Xuanji Palace opened one after another.

Seventy-two rays of starlight shot up from the Xuanji Palace into the sky, interweaving into a celestial map thousands of feet in the sky. The Three Enclosures and the Twenty-Eight Mansions lit up one after another, shrouding the entire Xingchen Sect and even Fuyue City in a magnificent starry canopy.

"Open the mountain gate——"

As the Immortal Master Yunhua of the Xingchen Sect sacrificed the star plate, ripples appeared on the mountain protection formation.

The Xuanji Fang of the Xingchen Sect was the first to tear through the clouds. The Tai Chi diagram carved on the bow of the boat slowly rotated, and the black and white energies turned into a dragon entwined on the mast.

Eight hundred disciples formed a battle array with the Seven Star Steps, and swung the Taiyi whisks in their hands, sending thousands of golden lights pouring down from the sky.

Then, star flags were raised simultaneously on the seventy-two peaks, each flag embroidered with a different totem - when encountering a sect, it would display the five elements array pattern, and when encountering an aristocratic family, it would turn into the clan emblem and cloud seal.

"Welcome everyone——"

The star flag in the northeast corner suddenly turned into thousands of lightsabers, creating a sword-shaped rainbow bridge in the sea of clouds.

Wen Xingzhou climbed the stairs in the first rays of morning light. As his clothes passed by, green lotus sword intent blossomed on both sides of the rainbow bridge.

The long sword "Zhaodan" in Cheng Yan's hand sensed the vibration of the Xingchen Sect's sword tomb, and suddenly it was unsheathed three inches - the sword-making platform three thousand feet away exploded in response, and an ancient sword that had been silent for a hundred years broke through the ground and flew out, and she clamped the sword tip with her fingers.

"What a 'Sword Heart Clear'." The voice of the Xingchen Sect elder fell wrapped in starlight, "Take the cold pond water from Tianquan Peak to temper the swords for the Xuanling Sect."

The Southeast Star Banner transformed into the shadow of a towering Jianmu tree, with silver star springs flowing through its branches.

Jiuli Zhenjun stepped up on the growth rings of Jianmu, and with every step he took, the shadow of a spiritual medicine grew in the star spring.

The jade bracelet on the wrist of his eldest disciple Luo Qinghan made a slight sound, and seven red fruits suddenly appeared on the top of Jianmu - they were the Star Marrow Bodhi that they had been searching for in the secret realm of the East China Sea.

Jiuli Zhenjun clapped his hands and laughed: "Using the stars in the sky to ripen spiritual plants, the return gift from the Xingchen Sect is worth three ships of shark silk yarn!"

The star flags of the Seven Stars in the West transformed into an array of jade chimes, which, carried by the mountain wind, became the "Purifying Heart and Universal Good Mantra".

The harmony of the sounds of the Hehuan bells and chimes hanging from the Hongchen chariot outside the mountain protection formation actually transformed the originally enchanting sound into a soul-cleansing sound.

The peonies beside Elder Lianyue's temples suddenly bloomed. Pei Youzhi stood beside the elder and saw the fallen pollen condensed into a cross in the starlight: Thank you for your wonderful music, the prescription for the northern border is ready.

Next came the teams from the major families in each state. The emcee elder's voice passed across the seventy-two peaks:

"The Tianhe Yun Clan has arrived—"

"The Wuling Wei family and the Pengcheng Ji family have arrived—"

"Tianshui Cui family has arrived——"

An elder of the Tianhe Yun clan ascended slowly to heaven, stepping on the Bagua formation diagram. Eighty-one celestial props in his sleeves fell to the ground and formed hexagrams. The Qian hexagram transformed into a golden dragon coiling around a pillar, while the Kun hexagram condensed into a black tortoise carrying a stele. The sixteen innate hexagrams formed a welcoming procession on both sides of the rainbow bridge, echoing the Xingchen Sect's star map.

The sound of chime bells and ritual music came from the Qinglong Star Pavilion, and the Ji family's golden sedan chair and the Wei family's mechanical building were driving side by side.

Ji Yu's earrings swept across the sedan chair curtain, and three thousand threads of love hung down from the starry curtain; Wei Lian simultaneously swung out the black iron chains, and those charming red ropes were instantly forged into weapon racks, hanging ninety-nine pairs of dragon and phoenix swords.

The "Red Phoenix Sword" at the top suddenly flew towards the air above the sword testing platform. The marriage certificate wrapped around the sword tassel was signed with the names of the two young masters of Wei and Ji. The intention of the two families to form a marriage was obvious.

As soon as this scene appeared, it immediately caused quite a stir in the audience.

Then, the Cui clan of Zhongzhou arrived, riding a rain of swords. Their Broken Tide Sword caused the Weak Water to flow back. Nine ancient swords flew out from the star array, transforming into fragments of the Canglang Sword Art that landed in Cui Ying's palm...

With the starlight as the guide and the sea of clouds as the stage, thousands of magics weave a splendid sky.

The sword light splits the boundary between day and night, the red clouds dye the blue sky, the array patterns where the star flags are rolled up hide the secrets of heaven, and when the fairy music rises, the flowing light turns into colorful clothes.

The Milky Way in the nine heavens is like beating drums, and the spiritual charm of the ten directions is condensed into battle flags. The majestic atmosphere of the world of immortal cultivation is flowing and shining between the morning bell and the evening mist, just like a scroll of ink-splashed Shan Hai Jing that shattered the jade cup of Yao Chi, splashing out the immortal scene that has not been seen in decades.

When the seventy-two peaks were fully occupied, Immortal Yunhua descended from the sky, stepping on the Milky Way. The star patterns on his moon-white robes shone with his steps, and the half-broken River Map pinned in his hair suddenly soared into the clouds, joining the suspended fragments of the Luoshu scroll to form a complete formation diagram.

"Now we take the Three Enclosures as a mirror and the twenty-eight constellations as evidence." The immortal's voice was like the shattering of jade at Kunshan, and the starlight on his fingertips pointed at the center of the formation.

The entire sky suddenly darkened, and only the star sand flying from his sleeves condensed into three-dimensional text:

[Cangming Continent Immortal Sect Conference Rules]

(Xingchen Sect, 388th Session)

Chapter I General Provisions of the Conference

Article 1: The competition is divided into three lists: Heaven, Earth, and Human, corresponding to the three realms of Nascent Soul, Golden Core, and Foundation Establishment, and each list has independent ranking.

Article 2: The bone age of the contestants must not exceed 500 years. Violators will have their cultivation abolished and their sect will be banned from the competition for three sessions.

Article 3: The Xingchen Sect has set up "Three Thousand Sword Testing Arenas", each of which is engraved with the Zhoutian Star Array, which can withstand the full force of the Mahayana period.

Chapter II Competition Rules

Phase 1: Scattered

Time: Days 1-5 of the competition

rule:

1. All contestants draw lots to enter the "Zhou Tian Xuan Ji Formation". The formation will automatically match opponents, and the same sect will avoid

2. Each player must play ten games per day, with a win earning 3 points, a draw earning 1 point, and a loss earning 0 points.

3. The top 512 players on the Heavenly Ranking, the top 1024 players on the Earthly Ranking, and the top 2048 players on the Human Ranking will advance. [Those who win ten games in a row will advance directly.]

Special Mechanics:

The Bishui Sect provides "Rejuvenation Pills": Automatically repair 70% of injuries after each game (external pills are prohibited)

Hehuan Palace "Trial Fantasy": Randomly triggered, those who pass will receive an additional 5 points

Phase 2: Northern Struggle

Time: Days 6-22 of the competition

Rules: Three-stage elimination

First Level: Tianshu Sword Trial (Days 6-10)

Ranking: 512 to 128 (four rounds of single elimination)

Local Ranking: 1024 to 256 (five rounds of free-for-alls, 8 players remaining in each round)

Ranking: 2048 to 512 (Star Domain Survival Battle, seize other people's star symbols within 72 hours)

Stage 11: Yaoguang Questioning the Heart (Days 15-)

All those who advance enter the "Twenty-Eight Mansions Fantasy"

You need to break through the three barriers of Tan Lang Devouring the Moon, Ju Men Locking the Soul, and Lu Cun Burning the Heart.

The clearance time is included in the total score (10 points will be added for each stick of incense in advance)

Stage 16: Bloody Battle of Broken Army (Days 22-)

Random Ranking: 128 people are randomly matched, and the winner will directly enter the top 64

Local Ranking: 256 participants are divided into 32 groups, with round-robin points competition within each group.

Ranking: 512 players opened the "Meteoric Battlefield" and killed the phantom demon to obtain the star core.

The third stage: Ziwei strives for the top

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As the rules unfolded, the Big Dipper suddenly cast down seven beams of light. A secret forest emerged from the Yaoguang starlight, a magma arena rose from the Kaiyang starlight, and a boundless ocean unfolded beneath the Yuheng starlight...

Trial fields of different attributes circulate across the star map, actually materializing the Five Elements Law into Dao patterns visible to the naked eye.

"Noon is approaching." Immortal Yunhua tapped the jade chime lightly, and the star map suddenly shrank into three thousand points of light. "This competition focuses on asking the true heart. Gentlemen, please look—"

Immortal Yunhua's sword finger pierced the starry sky, and the three thousand illusions reflected the wreckage of the northern battlefield. "The mountains of corpses and seas of blood from thirty years ago are still before our eyes. If we can't slay the inner demons and distinguish between good and evil, even the most powerful cultivation will eventually lead to disaster."

The star map suddenly froze in the mind of a contestant—a demon sacrificial totem appeared under the blood moon.

As everyone was in an uproar, the fallen contestant suddenly went berserk, his body rapidly expanded, and several legs grew out of his back, attacking the surrounding disciples.

However, the top leaders of the Immortal Sect had been prepared and kept him only to warn the disciples. Therefore, the evil cultivator turned into green smoke when he failed to succeed.

But before everyone could come to their senses, they saw the shadow of a demon general formed by starlight pounce on the viewing platform, causing screams one after another. Only a few disciples saw through the illusion and transformed their weapons to pierce the opponent's throat.

"A show of strength won't save the people." Immortal Yunhua flicked his finger and tapped the vital point of the demon general's body. "The second principle of this competition is that actual combat is paramount. But if anyone secretly practices the Soul Devouring Technique..."

Before he finished speaking, several plants of Qingxin grass in the Bishui Sect's medicine field suddenly transformed into man-eating vines.

The disciples were so frightened by the series of incidents that their hearts beat faster. After the chaos was resolved,

"certainly--"

Immortal Yunhua's voice continued to echo, and with a wave of his sleeve, Tianshu Peak suddenly shook. Dense inscriptions appeared on the mountain's surface, and upon closer inspection, they were the names of all the contestants.

Then, all these names flew up as if alive, and in a flash of light, they condensed into jade beads, and flew to the corresponding participating disciples in the blink of an eye.

"This is a jade pendant specially crafted by the Xingchen Sect. It automatically transports contestants to the stage when their lives are in danger..."

It was already three quarters past noon. The sky above the Xingchen Sect was covered by a magic array. The sky showed the movement of stars and the rotation of the constellations with the atmosphere of the grand event. However, the scene inside the Locking Heaven Array was completely different.

When the blood-red setting sun penetrated the dome of the array's eye, Ning Jiasheng's red flame was reaching the 720th array pattern node.

The dark red lines on the sword's body looked like dried-up blood vessels—ever since its spiritual power was locked away, this natal sword had never ignited a brilliant flame again.

But Ning Jiasheng still relied on Chi Yan to overcome the adversity and broke into the core area of the formation and moved forward.

She raised her sword and accurately destroyed the node. The sword body inserted into the ground and slowly injected the remaining spiritual power. Then she raised her head and looked into the distance, deducing the next action in her mind.

The golden eyes narrowed into a line, and the irises showed the patterns of the formation that appeared and disappeared from time to time, and all the weaknesses hidden in various places were exposed.

A moment later, Ning Jiasheng ran to the next place with a sword in hand.

Within a month, she will definitely be able to break out of the formation.