Peerless Empress: One Woman, One Sword, Slaying Through Myriad Realms

"There are also one of your senior brothers and sisters in Zhaoyang Hall. They will show you around. Report to the main hall on time in ten days." Mu Yao smiled and waved her hand, sending the four of them shooing them off the main hall.

Under the terrifying force, the four were forced to roll around at the foot of the mountain, their souls trembling and threatening to leave their bodies.

A man and a woman not far away silently stepped back a few paces and watched them leisurely.

The man was dressed in gray, with an ordinary face and a calm demeanor, while the woman was dressed in red, with beautiful features.

These were Xu Jing and An Sheng, known as the Twin Stars of Zhaoyang Palace, the only two remaining disciples of Zhaoyang Palace before Ye Wuxi and his group of four arrived.

“Junior sisters and brothers, is there any need for such a grand ceremony?” An Sheng squatted down and looked at the four of them with a smile.

"Ahem, greetings, senior sister and senior brother." Ye Wuxi and the other three quickly steadied themselves, awkwardly stood up, and bowed to the two.

"Everyone, please get used to it. My name is Xu Jing. There is only one junior brother here this time. I sincerely hope to see you again in six months. Of course, I also hope to see the three junior sisters."

Xu Jing stepped forward and smiled faintly, his eyes filled with sincere expectation.

"My name is An Sheng. I'll take you to your accommodation first, and then we'll go for a walk," An Sheng said with a smile.

The core disciples of Ziwei Palace each have their own luxurious palace, just like an imperial palace, where they will not disturb each other at all. They are also accompanied by twenty basic attendants, ten men and ten women, with everything complete.

At their level, they no longer need to eat. However, the Ziwei Palace still provides them with special meals that are beneficial to cultivation, as well as a fixed amount of spiritual tea and spiritual fruit every day. Whether they eat them or not is up to them.

High-grade Origin Stones are also distributed to each palace on a regular monthly basis.

"The benefits are pretty good."

Ye Wuxi quickly identified the palace and casually carved two characters on the plaque: Ye Palace.

The disciples' residences were all named after their own surnames or given names, and then the attendants would register them to facilitate the unified distribution of resources by the Ziwei Palace.

Chu Jiangli and Shen Yunning lived next to her, and named their residences Li Palace and Ning Palace, while Pei Zhou lived closer to Xu Jing's residence.

The six of them left Zhaoyang Palace and boarded Xu Jing's boundary boat, flying to various places. He then gave a brief introduction to the situation of Ziwei Palace.

"There aren't many core disciples in the Ziwei Palace. They are all Emperor Realm cultivators under two hundred years old. Those who are over two hundred years old and haven't achieved Half-Saint status will be sent to the Inner Palace to cultivate. They can choose their own development path, such as Realm Lord or other positions, if there are any vacancies."

"What if you successfully break through to the Half-Saint realm?" Ye Wuxi asked curiously.

"The junior prodigies who are half-saints all cultivate in Lingxiao Palace, which is the true core of the Dao Palace. Lingxiao, Ziwei and the inner and outer palaces cultivate almost completely different things. Generally, the disciples of the three major palaces do not have much interaction because their statuses are very different."

An Sheng gazed at the sky, seemingly looking in the direction of Lingxiao Palace, and spoke slowly.

"One level can crush you..." Ye Wuxi thought to himself, then suddenly asked, "Senior Brother Xu, Senior Sister An, what are the methods to become a core disciple of the Ziwei Palace?"

Fourth Senior Brother and the others are not core disciples yet.

"Apart from those who came up from the first ten battles of the Ascension Dao Battle, they generally need to be recommended. The same applies to disciples from the inner and outer palaces who want to become core members. They need at least a recommendation letter from a half-saint and must pass the assessment."

“It’s not easy for ordinary people to meet a half-saint; it’s usually our core disciples who introduce them to the saint master,” Xu Jing said with a faint smile.

"I see."

"The treatment among core disciples is slightly different. Those who are promoted through the top ten of the Ascension Battle have a very high value. Your initial treatment with the Golden Token is the top-level ten-pattern design, which is equivalent to the Hundred Emperors List."

An Sheng raised an eyebrow and shook her own golden token, which had ten intricate patterns.

Ye Wuxi and the others also took out their golden tokens and examined them; sure enough, they had conspicuous patterns and markings.

"However, if you don't move forward, you fall behind. Top-tier initial treatment has a time limit. If you don't improve within a certain period, you know what will happen."

Xu Jing silently added a sentence.

"Thank you for the reminder, Senior Brother. But what's the deal with the Emperor's List that Senior Sister An mentioned?"

"The Emperor Ranking only selects one hundred people. As the name suggests, they are the kings among emperors, almost at the level of invincible emperors. Only those who achieve the Heavenly Emperor status within the age of one hundred can be listed. Combat strength and talent are both indispensable."

"Your Senior Sister An is an exception. She challenged and made it onto the list at the peak of the Great Emperor realm, which is very impressive, even though her ranking is at the bottom. Of course, if she is over a hundred years old and has not yet broken through to the Heavenly Emperor realm, no matter how strong her combat power is, she will be kicked off the list."

"If one is not a Heavenly Emperor by the age of one hundred, he is not worthy to be called a king."

Xu Jing looked at Ye Wuxi and the other three, and explained with a smile.

"Xu Jing, who are you cursing? I'm still a long way from being a hundred years old. You should worry about yourself. Don't end up being swept out of the Ziwei Palace at your age without becoming a half-saint."

An Sheng punched him in the back of the head.

Ye Wuxi and the other three were taken aback and retreated to the end of the boundary ship.

"Your Senior Sister An has truly inherited Sister Mu's teachings." Xu Jing smiled without changing his expression, his long hair flying, and a terrifying aura emanating from his body. An Sheng's fist could no longer advance an inch.

"A terrifying Sword Emperor." Ye Wuxi's heart skipped a beat. Xu Jing controlled the range of the sword's power with great precision, balancing it to every bit of force.

"By the way, once you're on the Emperor Ranking, you can also choose to become the ruler of a realm. If there's no vacancy, they'll immediately make room for you. Of course, some special realm rulers won't be moved easily, like Changqing."

An Sheng angrily withdrew her fist, but Xu Jing calmly said something else.

"I wonder where Senior Brother Xu ranks on the Emperor's List?" The four nodded, and Pei Zhou asked thoughtfully.

“That’s incredible. Your Senior Brother Xu is third on the Emperor Ranking, the ‘eternal third place’.” An Sheng smiled sinisterly.

"Indeed, we are not as strong as others." Xu Jing nodded indifferently.

"Senior sister, senior brother is really amazing." The four of them smiled and complimented him. The six of them were currently under the same holy master's guidance, so it was inevitable that they would have a lot of interaction. At least these two seemed to have good personalities.

"The Ziwei Palace also has three rankings: the Emperor Ranking, the True Emperor Ranking, and the Great Emperor Ranking. These are all designed to encourage disciples to improve their Golden Token Pattern levels. If you don't make it onto the rankings for a long time, your levels will drop."

Xu Jing gave a reminder, and the boundary boat stopped in front of a palace atop a cloud, with the two characters "Boundary Pavilion" engraved on it.

The six entered the first level. Ye Wuxi looked up and saw hundreds of golden vortex gates floating around them, with the names of the realms marked on the side.

"This is a teleportation channel that leads directly to academies in all realms. With the Golden Token, one can travel back and forth in both directions."

Ye Wuxi then arrived at the very center of the main hall, where a massive map of the realm stood, along with a list of realm lords and a brief introduction to the current realm lords.

"There's nothing much to see in our own territory, but I'll give you a general map of another world; you'll find it useful for your training."

An Sheng tossed a jade slip to each of the four people.

"Thank you, senior sister."

"Go up and have a look."

Ye Wuxi and the others followed the two, showing their gold tokens and stepping into the second-floor hall, where there was only a massive golden door.

"This is the passage to the boundary road. There is a Kunlun City in it, which is the meeting place of the eight major boundary roads. By paying high-grade source stones, you can be teleported to the entrance of each major boundary road and travel quickly between the eight realms."

"At any point on the Heavenly Ruins Boundary Road, you can directly open a passage back here using the Golden Token Secret Technique. To go to other realms, you can only honestly pass through the Nine Heavens Gale Layer via the boundary road."

"However, the area below the boundary crossing is basically the middle of each realm. If you have a specially made boundary boat from the Dao Palace, traveling there won't be too troublesome."