Humanity's Great Sage

Chapter 847, Ninth-Order Cloud River Realm and an Anomaly

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

Certainly, Lu Ye couldn’t give the two Flood Dragons more food. Considering their sizes, it would cost him an immense amount of Contribution points to make them full.

It was only his first attempt. He might have to come here often. He could afford to spend around 20,000 Contribution points every time he visited this place, but any more than that would be burdensome.

“You’re not bad, brat.” The Golden Flood Dragon spoke in a milder tone after being bribed with some fine food.

“Bring more meat with you next time you come. What we’ve eaten is barely enough,” ordered the Silver Flood Dragon.

“I’ll keep that in mind,” Lu Ye replied.

The Golden Flood Dragon said, “I’ve told you the rules of the Hall of Battle Points. Do you remember?”

Lu Ye nodded. “The things I purchase in the Hall of Battle Points are only for my own use, and I can’t tell anyone about this place.”

“I’m glad you remember the rules,” said the Golden Flood Dragon as it retracted its figure. “Go on.”

The two Flood Dragons swirled around and formed a concentric circle. Following a click, the door of the Hall of Battle Points was opened.

Lu Ye stepped into it and saw many stone platforms. There was a rare treasure on every platform.

The last time he was here, he didn’t have much time to explore. That was because he had entered this place through the Divine Opportunity Column in the Divine Trade Association, and many people were lining up behind him. As such, Lu Ye could only take a brief look around before leaving. Since he was in his own Arcane Glade now, he had all day to explore the Hall of Battle Points.

He walked past the area he had taken a look at previously and headed further into the Hall of Battle Points. Wherever he went, he felt tempted.

Every item found in this place was rare, and they could hardly be found in the Vault of Providence. For example, Point Restoration Pills were always sold out in the Vault of Providence, but they could still be found here.

There were many treasures of different uses and high-quality Spell Artifacts. All the Spell Artifacts found here were the best of the best. Lu Ye even saw a saber that was of the highest level. Considering his wealth, he could afford it.

However, he soon looked away as he already had the Inviolable Saber. Although his own weapon wasn’t as good as that one, it was the best for him as it suited him.

As he went further into the hall, he was shocked to find that some platforms were covered in white light. Since he couldn’t see through the white screens, he naturally didn’t know what items were on the platforms.

After giving it some thought, he reckoned that he wasn’t powerful enough to see what those items were.

It seemed that if he wanted to see more fine items, he had to work harder to increase his power.

After going through all the treasures he could see, he knew what he wanted to get. He approached a stone platform and grabbed the item on it.

Although he had acquired the treasure, his battle points were not deducted. It was an additional reward for his contributions to the Peerless Continent.

When he passed through the door to return to Jiu Zhou at that time, he received an instruction from the Heavens which stated that he had a right to choose any treasure from the Hall of Battle Points for free.

In that case, he could take whatever he wanted irrespective of the value.

The Heavens had given him this additional reward for what he had done in the Peerless Continent.

Other than the Divine Opportunity Column given to Ying Wuji to be installed in Mount Sumeru, Lu Ye had personally planted the remaining three. Also, it was hard work to look for the Hidden Realms and break into them.

Furthermore, before the Heavens in Jiu Zhou established a connection with the Peerless Continent, Lu Ye had killed many Corpse Race members, which he didn’t get battle points for.

Naturally, the Heavens wouldn’t ignore his contributions.

Therefore, Lu Ye had the right to pick any treasure in the Hall of Battle Points that he wanted. As for whether the other people had a similar reward, he had no idea.

Even if they had an additional reward, it wouldn’t be the same as what he had gotten. They would most likely obtain extra battle points.

After keeping the additional reward, Lu Ye felt content.

Only then did he approach a particular stone platform and trade his battle points for ten Golden Amulets.

Adding that to the 20 Golden Amulets he already had, he now had 30 Golden Amulets.

There was no doubt he was the wealthiest man in the Cloud River Realm in this regard. Even Real Lake Realm Masters wouldn’t have so many Golden Amulets in possession.

It was practically guaranteed that he could make it to the Real Lake Realm.

Now, he was left with only 40,672 battle points.

He didn’t spend all battle points at once just in case he needed them in the future.

Since he had obtained his additional reward and traded his battle points for Golden Amulets, he calmly left the Hall of Battle Points. The two Flood Dragons watched as his figure faded.

Faintly, he could hear the Silver Flood Dragon reminding him to come here more often.

When he returned to his wooden house, he activated the power of the Tree of Glyphs to consume the newly bought Mystic Flames and Core Flames. Although the colour of the leaves turned brighter, they didn’t show signs of getting ignited. Naturally, he was disappointed.

He was hoping to see the new Glyph that had yet to be revealed. Alas, the leaves that carried the Glyph had to be fully ignited before it would be revealed. It was distressing that he was unable to look into it now.

Although he still had some Flames of Earthen Spirits, they were meant for emergencies. If he didn’t have enough fuel for the Tree of Glyphs and he fell into danger one day, the Flames of Earthen Spirits would come in handy.

Moreover, even if all his Flames of Earthen Spirits were consumed, the leaves still wouldn’t be set ablaze.

He could only wait for another time.

“Let’s cultivate!” Lu Ye shouted and pulled himself together. Then, he fished out all 30 Golden Amulets and placed them in front of him.

“There are so many Golden Amulets!” Yi Yi exclaimed. She was dazzled by the golden light they radiated.

After building several Spirit Gathering Funnels, Lu Ye picked up a Golden Amulet and crumbled it to pieces.

The golden dust turned into a swirl as a lot of pure Spiritual Power gushed out of it, covering the area where Lu Ye was located.

The Spiritual Power was so ample that it was as though it was inexhaustible. It hovered in a radius of one metre around Lu Ye. Following the funnels’ lead, the power was drawn to Lu Ye and turned into his own power.

He sat down cross-legged and emptied his mind to look into the broken Source of Soaring Dragon Boundary.

He was determined to find a powerful cultivator who used a Blade Technique.

A Golden Amulet could last for around a day. When the Amulet was fully consumed and the golden swirl disappeared, Yi Yi would pick up another one and crush it to pieces. Since Lu Ye had the help of the funnels, he didn’t need to worry about anything. He could just focus on doing his own thing.

As time passed, more and more Golden Amulets were used.

There came a day when Lu Ye opened his eyes, he discovered that he was already a Ninth-Order Cloud River Realm Master.

They had only used more than ten Golden Amulets so far.

Compared with other cultivators, Lu Ye was at a huge advantage when it came to using Amulets to cultivate. That was because the duration an Amulet could last was fixed. In one day, no cultivators in the same Realm could get as many benefits as Lu Ye.

The Spirit Gathering Funnels continued to absorb the pure Spiritual Power exuding from the golden swirl. The funnels alone weren’t so effective, but every time, Lu Ye would build them according to how a Macrocosmic Orbit was arranged, which helped improve efficiency tremendously.

That was why he could increase his power quickly in the Cloud River Realm. In comparison, a Golden Amulet could bring him two or even three times more benefits than the other cultivators.

Even with Yi Yi and Amber cultivating alongside him, his share wouldn’t be diminished.

Now, he was only one step away from the Real Lake Realm.

Despite that, he was still calm and collected. After making sure that his future ascension wouldn’t leave him with hidden concerns, he sank his soul into the Source of Soaring Dragon Boundary again.

The number of Golden Amulets continued to decrease. Lu Ye would come back to reality every two to three days, so he wouldn’t have to worry about suddenly becoming a Real Lake Realm Master and having to leave the Cloud River Battlefield.

He decided to stop cultivating right before he made it to the Real Lake Realm. The expansion of the Arcane Glade must’ve been completed. Although the Wards he had built in the past covered a large area, some modifications were needed as the Arcane Glade expanded.

He had to finish doing everything before he left the Cloud River Battlefield.

Alas, things went against his wishes. He didn’t expect that his plan would suddenly veer off course.

A month after he returned to the Arcane Glade, just as he was experiencing the life of a powerful cultivator during a particular period in Soaring Dragon Boundary, he felt suddenly shocked.

He immediately realised that something had happened in the outside world.

He had confirmed that he could stop his journey in the Source at any time, so upon realising that something had gone wrong, he hurriedly retracted his soul and opened his eyes.

Yi Yi had stopped cultivating as well. She looked around in shock.

Lu Ye furrowed his brows as what he was seeing was strange.

This was still his wooden house with simple decorations, but now, the view in the house was overlapping with a vague image, which kept shifting. He couldn’t make out what it was.

At first glance, it was as if another space and time were overlapping with the ones he was in.

Besides that, he could also feel a repulsive force engulfing him.

This kind of repulsion was familiar. He had experienced it when he made it to the Cloud River Realm while on the Spirit Creek Battlefield. Following his ascension, the repulsive force intensified and sent him out of the Battlefield.

Therefore, upon feeling the repulsive force, Lu Ye instantly thought that he was about to ascend to the Real Lake Realm.

But upon inspection, he discovered it wasn’t the case. Although he wasn’t far away from the Real Lake Realm, it wasn’t time for him to achieve an ascension yet.

Also, what was with this overlapping of time and space?