King of Ten Thousand Years

After breaking through to the Spirit Sea Realm Sixth Layer, Luo Tian cultivated for another day or two.

He had completely absorbed the residual medicinal effects of the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood-devouring Pill.

However, with his breakthrough to the Spirit Sea Realm Sixth Layer, there were still some lingering effects from the Qi Pushing and Root Strengthening Pill.

Luo Tian cultivated for another two days to stabilize his Cultivation. At the same time, his Sixth-Layer Spirit Sea Vortex reached ten percent completion.

At this point, his Cultivation speed slowed down.

The foundation he had built up for his breakthrough and the effects of the Qi Pushing and Root Strengthening Pill were completely used up. It would be difficult to make any progress in the short term.

’I wonder how strong I am now!’

He walked out of his courtyard, eager to test his skills in the Slaughter Grotto Heaven.

But after some thought, Luo Tian decided to wait. He would enter the Slaughter Grotto Heaven at the last minute.

For Luo Tian, the other Grotto Heavens in the Four Great Grotto Heavens were relatively simpler.

He could cheat in the Creation Grotto Heaven using the Celestial Book.

In the Heart Demon Grotto Heaven, he cultivated the Heaven and Earth Marvelous Skill, the Celestial Destiny Creation Technique, making his Spiritual Power ten times that of an ordinary person.

In the Survival Grotto Heaven, Luo Tian cultivated a powerful Body Refinement Technique, which also gave him a significant advantage that ordinary people lacked.

Only the Slaughter Grotto Heaven was most directly related to strength, and Luo Tian’s Cultivation was currently at the bottom of the Upper Sect!

Furthermore, his score in his first trial in the Slaughter Grotto Heaven was only 17,000 points, which was relatively low. It would be quite difficult to reach a total of 100,000 points over three trials.

And so, Luo Tian headed to the Survival Grotto Heaven again.

”It’s Luo Tian!”

His arrival instantly drew everyone’s attention.

In the Yunxiao Sect today, Luo Tian’s name was almost as famous as those of the ten Core Disciples; everyone knew him.

Xiao Feng happened to be there as well, his expression somewhat downcast.

The progress he had made to this day could be considered stunning.

But compared to Luo Tian, he seemed utterly ordinary.

Now, Xiao Feng was just going through the motions in the Four Grotto Heavens, having given up all hope for the 100,000-point reward on any of the lists.

Suddenly, a handsome young man teleported out of the Heart Demon Grotto Heaven. It was Han Yuan!

”Luo Tian?”

Han Yuan spotted Luo Tian instantly, and his gaze turned Yin Cold.

He snorted coldly and turned to leave without a word.

”Brother Han, wait a moment. Did you forget something?”

Luo Tian called out to Han Yuan.

”What do you mean?”

Han Yuan glared at Luo Tian.

He couldn’t stand the sight of Luo Tian now, especially since he was the one who had orchestrated the plot to frame him.

In the end, it had only served to build Luo Tian’s reputation.

”The five thousand Spiritual Essence Coins. Surely Brother Han isn’t planning to go back on his word?”

Luo Tian started to press for his debt.

He realized that ever since joining the Yunxiao Sect, he had collected debts several times. He was becoming a professional debt collector.

Han Yuan froze.

He had actually forgotten about it.

Before Luo Tian entered the Creation Grotto Heaven, he had personally said that if Luo Tian’s score surpassed his, he would give him five thousand Spiritual Essence Coins as a congratulatory gift.

At this moment, Han Yuan really wanted to slap himself. Why did he have to say that?

”I am a man of my word. A promise made is a promise kept!”

Gritting his teeth, Han Yuan painfully took out five thousand Spiritual Essence Coins from his Storage Ring and gave them to Luo Tian before storming off.

”Hahaha, thank you for the gift, Brother Han!”

Luo Tian couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

He was always short on money, and these five thousand Spiritual Essence Coins came at the perfect time!

He was also genuinely grateful to Han Yuan. Not only had he helped him become famous, but he had also given him Spiritual Essence Coins. How considerate.

”Luo Tian, you will regret this!”

Han Yuan glanced back at Luo Tian, his eyes filled with venomous hatred.

”Your Martial Arts Talent is indeed impressive, but you’ve offended the Third Elder! What’s more, you rejected the Law Enforcement Elder as your master, only to choose some Honored Guest Elder who’s just an Alchemist. You must be blind!”

In Han Yuan’s view, Luo Tian’s master would be unable to protect him.

When the Third Elder decided to move against Luo Tian, he could be expelled from the Yunxiao Sect or even killed at any moment.

After Han Yuan left, Luo Tian entered the Survival Grotto Heaven.

This was his third trial.

Luo Tian’s total score from the first two trials was 74,000 points.

This time, he only needed 26,000 points to reach the 100,000-point threshold, which should be very easy.

However, Luo Tian still took every trial opportunity seriously.

In this Survival Grotto Heaven trial, he boldly ventured into the lava region, using the rich, scorching Flame Power there to temper his Celestial Furnace Treasure Body.

Since he hadn’t been to this area before, he wasn’t very familiar with it, and unlike in the ice region, there was no special method like hiding inside an iceberg.

Luo Tian’s score on his third attempt was actually lower than his second, at only 40,000 points.

But this score was still astonishing. Even an average elite disciple from the Upper Sect might not be able to achieve it.

’Alternating between ice and fire for tempering is more effective. Although the score this time was average, the tempering effect on my Celestial Furnace Treasure Body didn’t disappoint me...’

After coming out, Luo Tian smiled faintly.

Previously, the Second-Layer of his Celestial Furnace Treasure Body had just reached the Great Achievement Realm. Logically, it should have been difficult to improve it any further in the short term.

But thanks to the special environment of the Survival Grotto Heaven and the alternating ice-fire tempering, the Second-Layer of his Celestial Furnace Treasure Body had improved significantly, exceeding his expectations.

’Survival Grotto Heaven, all three trial opportunities used up!’

Luo Tian’s eyes shone as he looked at the Survival Points List.

’One hundred fourteen thousand points, not bad!’

Luo Tian smiled.

When he had first entered the Upper Sect, his goal was merely 100,000 points, and even that felt slightly difficult.

But now, he had perfectly met the goal for the Survival Grotto Heaven!

The surrounding disciples were also stunned by Luo Tian’s score.

Success in the Creation Grotto Heaven could be attributed to astonishing Martial Arts Talent and skill in analyzing Martial Arts Skills and Techniques.

But the Survival Grotto Heaven was tied to one’s actual strength!

’Next up are the Heart Demon Grotto Heaven and the Creation Grotto Heaven...’

Comparatively, the former offered a good tempering effect for Luo Tian, while the latter offered very little.

But Luo Tian suddenly remembered something.

’The top three on the four lists seem to get an additional mysterious reward...’

In the past, these rewards had only belonged to the ten Core Disciples and had nothing to do with anyone else.

But Luo Tian had a chance to get into the top three.

Specifically, in the Creation Grotto Heaven.

After all, he had the Celestial Book and could cheat, though it would cost a considerable amount of Spiritual Essence Coins.

’I really have to thank Han Yuan for those five thousand Spiritual Essence Coins. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for me to even cheat my way into the top three of the Creation Grotto Heaven.’

Luo Tian smiled and stepped directly into the Creation Grotto Heaven.

This time, Luo Tian didn’t aim for an excessively high score; after all, he would be wasting his own Spiritual Essence Coins.

He just needed to secure a spot in the top three, which was very simple.

In his second trial in the Creation Grotto Heaven, Luo Tian scored 43,000 points and only spent a little over 1,200 Spiritual Essence Coins.

「Five days later.」

Luo Tian entered the Creation Grotto Heaven again for his third trial.

This time, he scored 45,000 points.

And just like that, Luo Tian’s trials in the Creation Grotto Heaven were over, with a total score of 138,000!

”My god, 138,000 points!”

”In the past, the highest total score in the Creation Grotto Heaven never even exceeded 120,000. Luo Tian not only broke the single-trial record, but he also broke the total score record!”

”It’s a miracle! The ten Core Disciples are all firmly suppressed beneath him!”

Luo Tian’s total score in the Creation Grotto Heaven sparked waves of emotional discussion.

The ten Core Disciples were all unwilling to be outdone by Luo Tian.

But none of them were confident they could surpass 138,000 points.

Five days later, Ye Feng, the number one Core Disciple, stepped into the Creation Grotto Heaven.

His trial was also eagerly watched by all.

”I wonder if Ye Feng can surpass Luo Tian’s score!”

Everyone watched in anticipation.

Relatively speaking, they would much rather see the sect’s own number one Core Disciple take first place in the Creation Grotto Heaven.

Not a disciple who was only at the Spirit Sea Realm Sixth Layer!

The result came out quickly: Ye Feng’s first score was 40,000!

”As expected of a genius at the Earth Element Realm, reaching 40,000 points with sheer strength!”

Luo Tian was also present and witnessed Ye Feng’s result.

However, he had no intention of fighting for first place.

It didn’t matter even if Ye Feng surpassed him; as long as Luo Tian held onto a top-three spot, he would get the mysterious reward.

’Next is the Heart Demon Grotto Heaven!’

Luo Tian entered it.

He had used up all three of his chances for the Creation Grotto Heaven and the Survival Grotto Heaven.

...

「One month later.」

BZZZT!

Luo Tian was teleported out of the Heart Demon Grotto Heaven. This was his third trial there.

He looked at the Heart Demon Points List!

’One hundred twenty-three thousand points! Ranked first!’

Luo Tian’s eyes widened in shock.

Of course, some people hadn’t used up all three of their trial chances yet, so someone might still surpass him.

But even so, Luo Tian’s score was something to be proud of, something for others to look up to.

”One hundred twenty-three thousand points!”

”My god, Luo Tian has reached 100,000 points on three lists now! Even the ten Core Disciples have only achieved such scores!”

Gasps of amazement came from all around.

To think that Luo Tian, who had achieved the honor of scoring 100,000 points on three of the lists, was still only at the Spirit Sea Realm Sixth Layer... it was unimaginable!

Luo Tian glanced at the Creation Points List again.

His rank was still number one!

In second place was Ye Feng, with 122,000 points!

Such a score would be enough for even the number one Core Disciple to be proud of, enough to shake the entire Sect.

It was a pity that Luo Tian was ranked above him with a score that was far ahead.

’Looks like Ye Feng didn’t improve much in his next two trials... Or maybe he was just lucky in his first trial and got a high score.’

Luo Tian speculated.

From this point on, first place in the Creation Grotto Heaven was almost certainly Luo Tian’s!

If even Ye Feng couldn’t shake his position, it was even more impossible for anyone else to surpass him.

”Luo Tian still has the Slaughter Grotto Heaven left, with two chances to enter... He deliberately saved it for last. Could he be planning to...”

An older disciple had a thought that shocked even himself.

Could it be that Luo Tian planned to reach 100,000 points on all Four Great Grotto Heavens’ lists?

Impossible!

Even the ten Core Disciples would find that extremely difficult.

How could Luo Tian, a mere Spirit Sea Realm Sixth Layer disciple who had only joined the Upper Sect a few months ago, possibly achieve that?

”Absolutely impossible! Luo Tian’s first score in the Slaughter Grotto Heaven was only 17,700 points. With his remaining two chances, there’s no way he can reach 100,000 points!”

A female disciple shook her head in denial.

Just as she finished speaking, Luo Tian walked toward the entrance of the Slaughter Grotto Heaven and stepped inside!

The land was a vast expanse of crimson-purple, and a blood moon hung in the dark sky.

This was the first Grotto Heaven Luo Tian had entered, but now it was his last!

His goal was to reach 100,000 points in all Four Great Grotto Heavens!