Published: September 5, 2025
Chapter 626: The Forbidden Zone of the Three Sects
“Late foundation formation stage, secluding oneself for cultivation?” The man who transmitted his voice was clearly taken aback for a moment, then sighed deeply, and no more sound came from him.
The cultivator with the surname Bai from the Ancient Sword Sect didn’t say much. He raised his hand, sending a white light at a seemingly ordinary bluestone nearby. Immediately, the scattered rocks began to shimmer with light. After a burst of white radiance, the man vanished without a trace.
This pile of rubble was, in fact, a cleverly concealed teleportation magic formation.
The gray-robed old man, seeing the other party leave, leisurely searched nearby for a flat mountain stone and sat down cross-legged.
On the other side of the teleportation formation, inside a modest stone chamber of the Hundred Skills Courtyard, the figure of a scholar appeared amidst white light. Around him stood Elder Fu and several advanced-stage cultivators from the three sects.
“How is it, junior brother? Is everything nearly ready over there?” Elder Jiang asked without hesitation as soon as he saw the scholar appear.
“Senior brother, rest assured. Everything at the Sacred Ground is arranged. We can teleport over immediately,” the scholar replied with a smile.
“That’s good! Senior Brother Duan, please bring those ten juniors inside. According to the agreement, each of our three sects will send one foundation formation cultivator to accompany them. On our side, Elder Wang will follow. Luoyun Sect already has Peak Master Yu. Jiang, who is accompanying you?” Elder Fu nodded in satisfaction as he spoke.
Without a word, the elder in the red robe pushed the door open and stepped out.
“There’s nothing special about the Sacred Ground. We’ve been there before. Let Scholar Bai make the trip,” Elder Jiang replied indifferently.
“Agreed. Although Fellow Cultivator Bai hasn’t served at the Sacred Ground before, he was one of the ten disciples in the sword trial tournament. It will be a revisit for him,” Elder Fu smiled.
The blue-robed scholar nodded calmly without saying more.
At this moment, the young woman in white walked over with a charming smile, standing side by side with the scholar, looking extremely affectionate.
Footsteps sounded outside the stone chamber, and the elder in the red robe entered calmly, followed by the top ten disciples from the three sects.
Although Luoyun Sect still didn’t claim first place this time, it had four disciples within the top ten—the most among the three sects.
Elder Duan appeared calm on the surface but was secretly proud.
He glanced toward his own four disciples: the woman surnamed Mu from Heaven Spring Peak, a young man named Sun Huo from Huoyun Peak with a stern expression.
The other two were Han Li and Du Dong.
Han Li was fine! But upon seeing Du Dong, the peak master of Huoyun Peak showed no change in expression, though he secretly snorted with disdain in his mind.
The disciple who secured first place was a black-clad youth with an expression as sharp as a drawn sword. This youth was Meng Di from the Ancient Sword Sect, who possessed the “Nine Spirits Sword Body.”
The “Nine Spirits Sword Body” is renowned as one of the three greatest sword cultivator spiritual roots in the immortal cultivation world—this is no joke.
With a top-tier sword artifact in hand, no opponent could withstand the overwhelming sword qi unleashed by this youth, who ultimately claimed first place with absolute dominance.
Thinking of this, the elder in the red robe felt a twinge of envy at the Ancient Sword Sect’s good fortune.
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Han Li coldly observed the room full of “foundation formation experts,” feeling neither surprised nor delighted.
After winning three rounds in a row, he deliberately lost to a foundation establishment stage opponent from the Hundred Skills Courtyard who was not weak in cultivation, thus joining five other similarly defeated opponents to compete for ranks seven to ten.