King of Creation-Chapter 21 - Fish-Dragon Nine Transformations (One more update)

The Earthly List, unlike the Heavenly List, has three hundred sixty individuals and is an exclusive combat power ranking for both Inner and Outer Sect Disciples.

However, only Outer Disciples can be named on the Earthly List, and they are immediately removed from the list upon becoming Inner Sect Disciples.

The competition for spots on both lists is extremely fierce, even more so than the annual grand competitions held by the sect, sometimes even with a hint of bloodshed.

This is mainly because the benefits of being on the Heaven and Earth List are immense.

Both Inner and Outer Sect disciples who make it onto the lists not only see their status within the sect skyrocket, but also gain substantial tangible benefits.

Ordinary Outer Disciples can collect one Blood Essence Pill every five days from the sect, but those who make it onto the Earthly List receive two Blood Essence Pills each time.

Moreover, as disciples climb the rankings on the Earthly List, the rewards increase.

For example, if a disciple moves up into the top two hundred forty, they receive three Blood Essence Pills each time, and if into the top one hundred twenty, they receive four.

Reaching the top ten on the Earthly List grants five Blood Essence Pills each time.

Being in the top ten of the Earthly List means having ten times the cultivation resources of an ordinary Outer Disciple.

The most coveted prize is for the disciple who reaches the number one spot on the Earthly List, as the pills they receive change to True Essence Pills.

True Essence Pills, a privilege only for Inner Sect Disciples, considerably enhance True Yuan and are exceedingly valuable.

Moreover, this is just part of the reward.

The incentives for Qiyun Sect’s Outer Disciples to break into the Earthly List are so enticing that the rewards for the much smaller Heavenly List, which only includes seventy-two names, are even more alluring.

It can be said that by breaking into the Heaven and Earth List, the cultivation resources received from the sect can increase exponentially.

If cultivation resources can be increased exponentially, then naturally, the cultivation process accelerates significantly.

Moreover, the Heaven and Earth List serves as an incredibly rare opportunity within Qiyun Sect for disciples to elevate their status.

Within Qiyun Sect, if an Outer Disciple wishes to become an Inner Sect Disciple, or an Inner Sect Disciple wants to become a True Disciple, aside from the normal annual grand examinations of the sect, the only other way is through the Heaven and Earth List.

If an Outer Disciple can break into the top ten of the Earthly List, they qualify to challenge any Inner Sect Disciple at any time.

If they defeat an Inner Sect Disciple, they can directly advance to become an Inner Sect Disciple.

Similarly, an Inner Sect Disciple who manages to break into the top three of the Heavenly List has the chance to catch the eye of an elder and be taken as a True Disciple.

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All these factors make the Heaven and Earth List the most fiercely competitive and even cruel aspect of Qiyun Sect.

The Heaven and Earth List of Qiyun Sect is displayed on Heaven and Earth Cliff, a peak that seems to suspend halfway in the air within Qiyun Sect, said to be a miraculous treasure refined using Great Power by the ancestors of the sect.

It interacts with the Identity Jade issued to all Inner and Outer Sect Disciples, allowing the rankings on the Heaven and Earth List to change in real-time.

When Ye Zhen arrived at the south side of Donglai Peak to look at Heaven and Earth Cliff, Ren Xihua’s name was still flickering on the Heavenly List intermittently, and in just a moment, Ren Xihua had surged from seventy-first to sixty-ninth place.

However, the flickering of Ren Xihua’s name began to slow down, and after reaching sixty-sixth place, no changes occurred for 15 minutes.

“Strange, how can Ren Xihua challenge so many people at once?” As Ye Zhen watched Ren Xihua’s rank surge since he appeared on the list, all the way to sixty-sixth place, he couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

Ye Zhen vaguely remembered, Qiyun Sect’s rules for challenging the Heaven and Earth List allowed disciples who were ranked lower or not on the list to challenge anyone on the list.

If they failed, it was never mentioned again.

But if they won the challenge, they could directly take the place of the person they challenged, with everyone else’s ranking shifting back one spot, although it was rare for someone to challenge and succeed against someone more than two or three ranks away.

“Hah, you don’t know this?

Ren Xihua is attempting the Fish-Dragon Path!” A nearby Black-Robed Outer Disciple looked at Ye Zhen with disdain.

“Challenging the Fish-Dragon Path?” Ye Zhen was utterly confused after hearing this, could challenging the Fish-Dragon Path really get someone onto the Heaven and Earth List?

After inquiring around, Ye Zhen finally understood the matter, which also cleared up some confusion he had over the past few days.

The Fish-Dragon Path that Ren Xihua had taken was known as the Fish-Dragon Nine Transformations, which was the genuine Fish-Dragon Path within Qiyun Sect, unlike the one Ye Zhen and his group of servant disciples had faced, which was merely a preliminary stage of the actual Fish-Dragon Path.

No wonder after Ye Zhen had completed the Fish-Dragon Path, he saw a mysterious door marked ‘Fish-Dragon First Transformation’.

It turned out that was the beginning of the Fish-Dragon Nine Transformations.

It was said that the Fish-Dragon Nine Transformations was a treasured legacy of the Qiyun Sect, extraordinarily mystical.

Inner and Outer Sect Disciples who entered the Fish-Dragon First Transformation would face demon beasts and evil spirits formed from spiritual power, and killing these manifestations granted the disciples a certain number of points.

Until the disciple could no longer hold on and was ejected from the Fish-Dragon Nine Transformations by the demon beasts formed from spiritual power, the total score of slain demon beasts and evil spirits would serve as the basis for their ranking on the Heaven and Earth List.

As for directly challenging disciples ranked higher on the list to advance one’s ranking on the Heaven and Earth List, which Ye Zhen knew of, it was rarely done.

It was a way to easily offend people and make enemies.

However, it was also the most thrilling event within the Qiyun Sect.

Ren Xihua’s ranking eventually stabilized at the sixty-fifth position on the Heavenly List, astounding the spectating Outer Disciples.

Having entered the sect mere one year ago and stood out from hundreds of Inner Sect Disciples to break into the sixty-fifth rank on the Heavenly List was absolutely a sign of a genius among geniuses.

The pace of his combat power and cultivation growth was even twice as fast as that of Qu Zhanqian, who currently held the first rank on the Heavenly List.

Among the Inner Sect Disciples, only Changsun Ran who ranked twelfth on the Heavenly List with a Mid-Grade Six Veins Bloodline Talent could compare to Ren Xihua’s cultivation speed.

This Heavenly List had little to do with Ye Zhen at the moment, what Ye Zhen needed to focus on was the Earth List.

Even though there were three hundred and sixty people on the Earth List, compared to the vast number of over eight thousand Outer Disciples, it was still like walking a tightrope.

Ma Hun, number three hundred forty-seven!

Ye Zhen saw the name of Ma Hun, who had been troubling him, on the Earth List.

No wonder Ma Hun was so arrogant, always surrounded by a gang of followers, he was an Outer Disciple who had made it onto the Earth List.

As Ren Xihua’s name stopped flashing, the hundreds of Outer Disciples gathered here also lost their incentive to spectate, dispersed amidst discussions, and Ye Zhen followed the crowd down the peak.

While walking, Ye Zhen was thinking about the Earth List.

He had to ascend to the Earth List as quickly as possible to receive more cultivation resources from the sect, and with more cultivation resources from the sect, his cultivation could advance more swiftly.

This way, he could enter into a beneficial cycle.

Bang!

Unexpectedly, while walking among the crowd, Ye Zhen was suddenly tripped by a leg thrust out from an angle, causing him to stagger and almost tumble down the side of the peak.

On the side of the mountain was an endless sea of clouds, and falling off would undoubtedly result in being smashed to pieces.

In the nick of time, Ye Zhen exerted strength in his waist, performed a “Lazy Bear Stretching,” flipped over dramatically just as he was about to fall off, and fiercely gripped a rock.

With a burst of strength, he leaped back onto the mountain path.

On the mountain path, Li Xuelong, who had just abruptly stuck out a foot and tripped Ye Zhen, was looking at a shaken Ye Zhen with a mocking expression on his face.

Standing beside Li Xuelong, Ma Hun was all smiles.

“Li Xuelong, you bastard, trying to kill me?” Ye Zhen, having narrowly escaped death, wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and yelled at Li Xuelong, the culprit.

“Junior Brother Ye, that’s where you’re wrong.

You were the one who wasn’t careful enough and almost got killed walking.

How can you blame Li Xuelong?” Ma Hun sneered sarcastically.

“It wasn’t my carelessness?

It was clearly Li Xuelong doing it on purpose!”

“I did it on purpose, so what?

Are you going to bite me?” Li Xuelong openly displayed his malice, appearing as if Ye Zhen could do nothing about him.

As Ye Zhen’s forehead pulsed angrily at Li Xuelong’s shameless words, Li Xuelong sneered again, “What’s wrong, angry?

Want revenge?

If you dare, take me on at the Martial Combat Platform.

I’ll give you a chance for revenge!”

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PS: Today I will make up for yesterday’s omissions, this is the first update!