Translator: CinderTL
The moment Jiang Ye stepped through the light gate, the radiant flow receded like a tide, and the ancient, oppressive aura of the realm beyond surged toward him.
Stretching for miles, a grand staircase of white jade cascaded in tiers, each step carved with soaring dragon motifs, exuding majestic grandeur.
At the staircase's summit stood a colossal main hall.
Above the hall's vaulted ceiling, a massive white dragon relief sculpture exhaled lightning, its scales and whiskers shimmering with a celestial, galaxy-like radiance.
This was the White Dragon's Court.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Figures darted toward the main hall in rapid succession.
Jiang Ye was among them.
The miles-long distance seemed negligible to these cultivators.
Within moments, everyone had entered the hall, a vast, empty chamber.
The hall was utterly bare save for a colossal dragon-shaped silhouette etched into the floor.
Tang Wuji, Shi Ting, and the others casually found spots, sat cross-legged, and settled in.
"Jiang Ye, sit down," Tang Wuji reminded him. "We just need to wait for the teleportation array to activate."
"Mm," Jiang Ye nodded, moving to sit beside Tang Wuji.
Half a minute later...
Buzz! The dragon-shaped silhouette on the floor suddenly lit up.
"Is the teleportation starting?" Jiang Ye asked, his eyes wide with anticipation.
But in the next instant—
Boom! A torrent of energy slammed into his mind, plunging his consciousness into darkness and rendering him completely unconscious.
Meanwhile, as Jiang Ye and his group entered the White Dragon's Court...
Outside, in a Starry Pavilion adjacent to the dragon-head-shaped building, Zhu Honglie, Qiu Cang, and several other teachers were gathered around a massive holographic projection.
"Old Zhu, why has Penglai University brought this young man here so early for advanced training?" asked a kindly-looking purple-robed elder.
"The boy's progress has been astonishingly rapid," Zhu Honglie replied with a smile. "He's already achieved his second breakthrough. I brought him here early primarily to prepare him for the Genius Cup in two months."
"I see," the purple-robed elder said, his curiosity piqued. "Just how rapid has his progress been?"
"Let Old Qiu explain that," Zhu Honglie chuckled, gesturing to the black-robed elder beside him. "He's been training with Qiu Cang for the past six days."
All eyes turned to Qiu Cang.
"The boy's progress has indeed been astonishing," Qiu Cang confirmed.
"He mastered two forms of spearmanship in just six days," Qiu Cang said with a shake of his head and a smile. "And they were the highly challenging Great Sun Spear Technique."
"Two forms in six days?"
"The Great Sun Spear Technique, a top-tier profound tier technique?"
"Impossible! Are you sure you're not mistaken?" The purple-robed elder and the other teachers exclaimed in astonishment.
Two forms of spearmanship in six days.
At this rate...
Could he master all seventy-two forms of the spearmanship in just over two hundred days?
Unless he was a peerless prodigy, even someone with Dao Bone Aptitude couldn't progress this quickly.
"I saw it with my own eyes," Qiu Cang affirmed.
"This young man is truly exceptional," he sighed. "If I'd known, I wouldn't have introduced him to Old Zhu. I should have given him a special admission to White Dragon University instead."
"Heh," Zhu Honglie chuckled. "Now you want to take him as your disciple?"
"Too late!"
"He's already my protégé," Zhu Honglie declared proudly.
"You old fox," Qiu Cang shook his head, laughing.
Indeed.
In past years, even the top students from Penglai University often couldn't match the fourth-tier (D-grade) students from White Dragon University.
Let alone compare to the A-grade students.
But now? Jiang Ye's rate of improvement rivaled even the Class A students of White Dragon University.
"They've entered the trial stage," the purple-robed elder suddenly announced.
Hearing this, Zhu Honglie, Qiu Cang, and the others turned their attention to the projected image.
"Let's see which little fellow it is."
"If Old Qiu speaks so highly of him, I want to see what he's truly capable of," a group of White Dragon University teachers remarked, their interest piqued.
Whoosh!
When Jiang Ye opened his eyes again, he was no longer in the grand hall but standing in a vibrant, multicolored tunnel.
"Where am I?" Jiang Ye's pupils contracted, his mind snapping into sharp focus.
He recognized this multicolored tunnel all too well.
It had appeared in the sky above Ancheng during the Shadow Calamity.
"A Cosmic Void Passage?" Jiang Ye scanned his surroundings.
The others had vanished.
Just then, two lines of text materialized before him:
Reach the designated locations and eliminate all Shadow Clan within the time limit.
You have one resurrection opportunity.
"Resurrection?" Jiang Ye blinked in surprise.
This meant this wasn't the real world, but rather a Virtual Cosmos environment?
Whoosh!
A map unfolded before him, marking three locations along the Cosmic Void Passage.
Countdown: 30 minutes. Timer started.
29:59
29:58
Whoosh! Without hesitation, Jiang Ye transformed into a bolt of lightning and sprinted out of the Cosmic Void Passage.
The passage was long, but his speed was extraordinary.
In just half a minute, Jiang Ye burst out of the passage.
The world opened up before him.
He found himself on a vast, desolate plain. The trees, flowers, and grasses were bizarrely twisted and sickly, as if mutated.
You have arrived at Shadow Clan Star Nest Homeworld 999. Please complete your mission as soon as possible.
"Shadow Clan Star Nest?" Jiang Ye froze. "Homeworld?"
Had he stumbled into the Shadow Clan's lair?
Whoosh!
After only half a second of hesitation, Jiang Ye became a blur, hurtling toward the mission location.
Time was of the essence!
The three marked locations were ten kilometers apart, meaning even traveling between them would take several minutes.
Jiang Ye couldn't afford to waste a single moment.
A few minutes later, following the map's directions, Jiang Ye finally arrived at the first mission location.
Ahead, a towering energy wall enclosed a circular area several hundred meters in diameter.
Roar~ Roar~
Terrifying Shadow Clan creatures crashed against the wall, as if desperate to break free.
"This..." A strange glint flickered in Jiang Ye's eyes.
He had an unsettling feeling that these Shadow Clan creatures had been deliberately penned up, waiting to be slaughtered.
But the problem was, this was supposed to be the Shadow Clan's homeworld.
Could their homeworld have been conquered?
Even knowing it was a virtual simulation, Jiang Ye couldn't shake the eerie feeling.
These thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.
In the next moment, Jiang Ye's figure hurtled toward that area.
He could already see, in the distance, the pitch-black, menacing figures within the enclosed space.
"Thirty, fifty, a hundred..."
Jiang Ye's gaze swept across the scene, instantly calculating the number of Shadow Clan members within the walls.
"Over a hundred Shadow Clan members in total," Jiang Ye thought to himself. "More than ninety are Juvenile Forms nearing the second breakthrough. The remaining ten are Young Adult Forms comparable to the early stages of the second breakthrough!"
Boom! Jiang Ye, spear in hand, dove down at breakneck speed.
Buzz! As he approached, a gap materialized in the energy barrier, just wide enough for him to enter.
Whoosh! Jiang Ye's figure flashed like lightning as he slipped through the opening.
The slaughter had begun!
(End of the Chapter)
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