Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 1971: Chapter 840: The Emperor’s Might

However, our Emperor is incredibly powerful, suppressing numerous Dao Veins; otherwise, you would not even be able to sense them,” True Monarch Tianzhang said.

As Xu Jin and True Monarch Tianzhang chatted leisurely along the way, they saw a towering palace city in the distance.

Even though Xu Jin had seen countless so-called skyscrapers in his past life, all of them were trivial compared to this palace city that seemed to connect heaven and earth.

The ground structures stretched over hundreds of miles, with pavilions rising up—some high, some low—but all surrounding the central palace that appeared to connect with the heavens and earth.

It stood in the void, with multicolored starlight flashing brilliantly, magnificent beyond compare.

”Alright, everyone, land and skim along the ground!

This is the first rule of the Tongxuan Domain: Within a thousand miles of the Imperial Palace, no flying!

Violators will receive a hundred strokes of the dragon whip!”

True Monarch Tianzhang led a group of Dao Children to turn and rush onto the great path on the ground, skimming along it while explaining to them the various prohibitions of the Tongxuan Imperial Palace.

As he explained, a shadow flitted by, and golden starlight swiftly passed overhead, heading straight for the Imperial Palace.

It was the Golden Winged Jade Boat they had seen earlier.

”This is a privilege of the Golden Winged Jade Boat, allowing it to fly directly to the Imperial Palace,” Yuanling True Monarch explained to the Dao Children, once again eliciting their amazement.

”It seems that the hierarchy within the Tongxuan Domain is even more stringent,” Xu Jin thought to himself.

Fifteen minutes later, Xu Jin and the others settled into the Saint Selection Camp.

Xu Jin and the others originally thought that there wouldn’t be many contenders for the Saint Heir selection, but to their surprise, they were sorted into lodgings that were already past a thousand in the order.

With each person occupying a small courtyard, it indicated that there were already over a thousand contenders.

”Don’t be surprised, it’s quite normal!

Among the five Great Worlds under the Tongxuan Domain, our Dongxuan Star Realm is the weakest.

After all, not to mention an Emperor, the strongest Holder in our Dongxuan Star Realm is merely an Eight Tribulation True Monarch.

Contenders from other Great Worlds number as few as thirty to fifty, as many as nearly a hundred.

But the most numerous are the contenders from the Tongxuan Domain itself.

As the Emperor’s abode, the Tongxuan Domain bursts with spiritual mechanism and is a cradle of talent.

Adding to that, the Tongxuan Domain’s three major legions also have nomination quotas.

Over a thousand people is not much at all,” True Monarch Tianzhang explained.

This introduction immediately turned the confidence in the eyes of the Dao Children into anxiety.

It sounded as if they were the weakest and most inconspicuous group.

Seeing this, True Monarch Tianzhang began psychological work on the Dao Children.

”Are you scared?”

”You shouldn’t underestimate yourselves; indeed, other Great Worlds and local Tongxuan talents are numerous, but the cultivation resources they enjoy are not significantly more than yours.

In this Saint Heir election of the Imperial Palace, your true competitors are those who are the Emperor’s True Inheritors.

There are a few people you should pay special attention to.”

”First is Moyu, known as the Star Lord, He Mo Yu, who entered the Dao Palace under the Tongxuan Imperial Palace seventeen years ago to cultivate, gaining the Emperor’s favor, and was personally guided by the Emperor many times.

He has long been regarded by various factions as a disciple of the Emperor, and will undoubtedly become an Imperial Palace Saint Heir this time.

However, whether he can be accepted as the Emperor’s Direct Disciple depends on his ranking among the Imperial Palace Saint Heirs.”

”Besides this, the disciples dispatched by the six Emperors under the Tongxuan Domain’s Emperor are also on your focus list and are your mightiest rivals.

Many of them even have the power to crush you.

But remember, your goal is not to defeat them, but to become the final selected and become an Imperial Palace Saint Heir.

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Xu Jin and the other Dao Children witnessed for the first time the nagging side of the few True Monarchs, repeatedly instructing them.

Clearly, they took this Imperial Palace Saint Heir selection extremely seriously.

This was greatly related to the fact that, during the last Imperial Palace Saint Heir selection, there were zero selections from the Dongxuan Star Realm.

Last time, none of the Dongxuan Star Realm contenders succeeded, causing these True Monarchs to be reprimanded, with the Emperor personally sending a Starlight Transmission to scold several of them.

If the Dongxuan Star Realm contenders were once again shaved clean this time, the Emperor would not merely scold them.

It’s possible the thousand-year promise might end prematurely.

The Dongxuan Star Realm may have to be handed over earlier to some Emperor to manage.

Especially those without equal Emperors!

This is why it is taken so seriously.

Xu Jin also heard a lot of implied messages from the True Monarchs’ instructions.

The Dongxuan Star Realm contenders’ failures seemed not entirely due to lack of strength.

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Before noon, True Monarch Tianzhang and others brought Xu Jin and ten Dao Children to complete the identity registration and verification.

A quarter before noon, the True Monarchs brought the ten Dao Children early to the practice field of the Saint Selection Camp, and waited quietly.

The moment of noon, as Xu Jin was silently focusing with closed eyes, his Dao Embryo suddenly felt like being pricked by a needle, a sense of unspeakable fear emerged in his mind as his heart quivered.

Almost simultaneously, the figures of the other six Emperor Experts appeared in the Saint Selection Camp, bowing with the True Monarchs towards the void.

”We bow to welcome the Emperor!”

All over a thousand contenders also bowed in a grand ceremony to greet.

Amid the bowing of the crowd, the originally flashing brilliant starlight around the Saint Selection Camp suddenly dimmed by seventy percent, even Xu Jin felt that the brilliance before his eyes had darkened.

In the next moment, following a drop of starlight descending, a throne first formed above the Saint Selection Camp, then a figure flashing with brilliant starlight condensed.

The needle-prick feeling in Xu Jin instantly vanished, the starlight shining between heaven and earth restored its brilliance in an instant.

The feeling that all colors were lost appeared before his eyes.

”Is this the power of the Emperor?”

Shouts of mountains and seas erupted at this moment.

Emperor Dongxuan in the void throne casually waved a hand, and with an air of majesty mingled with ease, a voice echoed in every corner of the Saint Selection Camp.

”It seems everyone is here?”

”Reporting to the Emperor, all 1,145 contenders from the various star realms and legions have arrived,” said the True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment, stepping out and bowing.

At the same time, another Nine Tribulations True Monarch, Qian Yan True Monarch, also stepped out and bowed, saying, ”Reporting to the Emperor, the identity records and backgrounds of all 1,141 contenders for the Imperial Palace Saint Heirs have been thoroughly verified, and the Saint Heir election can commence at any time.”

The True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment and Qian Yan True Monarch are currently Emperor Dongxuan’s right and left hands, the most trusted of the trusted.

In the void, Emperor Dongxuan on the throne nodded lightly, then looked towards several Emperors and said, ”Since everyone is here, let the Dao Children selection begin.

I’ll leave it to Heavenly Punishment and Qian Yan to preside, you have no objections, right?”

The voice, although light, was like thunder, and the six Emperors present immediately bowed to express their agreement.

Witnessing this scene, Xu Jin was once again astonished at how incredibly Emperor Dongxuan commanded his subordinates.

Simultaneously, the True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment and Qian Yan both accepted their orders and expressed their gratitude.

As they turned, the True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment flicked his hand, casting starlight above the Saint Selection Camp, and Qian Yan True Monarch’s voice resounded as well.

”This is the election procedure for the Saint Heir selection, all Emperors, True Monarchs, and contenders, please take a careful look.”

In an instant, everyone’s gaze turned to the text projected in the sky.

Xu Jin looked over, and after just a glance, he was somewhat stunned.

This selection of Imperial Palace Saint Heirs was quite different from what he imagined.