NOVPUB"Dozens of True Disciples were blasted away together, what a magnificent sight,"
"Such excitement, truly unseen for a thousand years."
"True Disciples... True Disciples... Turns out, even True Disciples are nothing special."
Further away from the Heavenly Dao Sword Platform, countless Inner Sect Disciples witnessed this scene, many sighed with emotion, and just as many took pleasure in their misfortune.
However, as more True Disciples we’re sent flying, the expression on Yuan Miaoyi, Vein Master of the Immortal Vein, grew uglier and uglier.
By the time nearly all True Disciples had been blasted out, leaving only Yanhuang alone...
This Vein Master couldn’t help but curse: "Disgraceful."
This group of True Disciples was truly a disgrace to behold.
Atop the Heavenly Dao Sword Platform.
Alkaid, with a single Rift Sky strike, hit the third True Disciple, Liang Lin, forcing him out of the Sword Platform by the Golden Book Venerable, leaving no other True Disciples on the platform besides Yanhuang.
"It’s over."
His gaze fell upon Yanhuang.
However, the top-ranked True Disciple had a sullen expression, the Crimson Gold Phoenix Body still in operation, the battle sword in his hand once again igniting destructive thunder lights, vowing to fight until the very last moment.
Stubborn resistance.
Or rather, his status...
The number one True Disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect.
The senior brother recognized by all disciples.
The Sect Leader’s direct disciple.
The burdens he carried did not allow him to admit defeat.
Seeing this, Alkaid didn’t give him any courtesy.
What you’re carrying has nothing to do with me.
The You Long Sword glittered with golden light.
Leveraging the characteristics of a child of the Void, at this moment, he incited a void tsunami as easily as a fish swims in the sea.
With a slight motion, he could turn the void tsunami into a Rift Sky strike, smashing it down heavily.
Under a succession of attacks, Yanhuang could block once, twice, even five or six times, but ultimately couldn’t block the eighth or tenth time.
Finally, as Alkaid launched ten successive Rift Sky strikes, Yanhuang’s Crimson Gold Phoenix Body could no longer hold up, cracking apart and exploding into a firelight of ten thousand feet.
By the time his eleventh Rift Sky strike followed closely, and Yanhuang’s Crimson Gold Phoenix Body hadn’t managed to complete its Nirvana in time, a flash of golden light moved, and his figure was directly shifted out of the Heavenly Dao Sword Platform by the Golden Book Venerable.
"Defeated."
Seeing this scene, even though many True Disciples had already anticipated this outcome during Yanhuang’s desperate struggle, they still felt incredibly bitter in their hearts at this moment.
In their eyes, the unfamiliar Alkaid who appeared abruptly was like a great demon king, oppressing all True Disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sect.
And yet...
They were powerless to resist.
The one who ultimately triumphed was this very demon king.
Yanhuang’s defeat seemed to represent the end of an era.
But the Golden Book Venerable couldn’t care less about their thoughts.
Golden Cores have a lifespan of no more than a thousand years, after all.
To someone who had lived for who knows how many tens of thousands of years, like him, their sorrows of spring and melancholy of autumn were utterly meaningless.
All he needed to do was to act according to the rules set by the Hongmeng Dao Venerable.
"Is there still anyone who needs to step onto the Heavenly Dao Sword Platform to challenge?"
The Golden Book Venerable said dispassionately.
He didn’t look at the dark faces of those Hollow Void Elders and Immortal Vein Masters.
The attitudes of those in the Golden Core Realm were meaningless.
The thoughts of those Elders and Vein Masters...
Were just the same.
As the Divine Sense of the Golden Book Venerable echoed, all disciples’ gazes turned towards the remaining True Disciples.
These True Disciples...
Each remained silent and speechless.
Some True Disciples couldn’t bear the unusual gazes from others and left directly with Escaping Light.
Those Elders and Vein Masters exchanged glances, with intentions but powerless.
"It seems there’s no one left."
The Golden Book Venerable observed this scene and then turned to Alkaid, who was still maintaining the power of the Deep Blue Golden Core on the platform, "Then... congratulations, you’ve become a True Disciple!"
"Thank you,"
Alkaid nodded slightly.
As long as Artifact Spirits aren’t influenced by human Cultivators for too long, they can act from a position of fairness and impartiality.
Because their thinking patterns are completely different from humans.
"Just acting according to the rules,"
The Golden Book Venerable said and with a wave of his ephemeral hand, a scroll unfolded before him, on which eighty-eight names were recorded.
"All True Disciples, step back one place, the eighty-eighth True Disciple is automatically demoted to Inner Sect Disciple."
As this Artifact Spirit spoke, he paid no attention to one of the many True Disciples whose face had turned slightly pale; with a beckoning gesture, he captured a spiritual imprint from Alkaid and engraved it into the scroll.
The entire process took place under the watchful eyes of everyone present.
No one interfered.
And no one could.
The rules inscribed in the Great Dao Gold Book are the foundation of the existence of the Heavenly Dao Sect, above all power and authority.
Alkaid’s position as a True Disciple was rightfully obtained, unmatched by any.
The atmosphere in the arena grew tense for a moment, and finally...
Ling Xi, among the True Disciples, was the first to smile and offer a bow to Alkaid, "Congratulations to Brother Alkaid for being ranked among the True Disciples."
As she spoke, Zhang Qing immediately followed with a bow and congratulations, "Congratulations to the True Disciple Alkaid."
With the stance of these two True Disciples, other perceptive True Disciples, as well as many Inner Sect Disciples, also congratulated him, "Congratulations to Brother Alkaid for ascending to the top True Disciple!"
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Especially those Inner Sect Disciples, who were extremely eager to show their congratulations.
It was obvious to anyone that with Alkaid’s ascension to the top True Disciple rank, a new power was bound to rise rapidly within the Heavenly Dao Sect.
...
Above the Heavenly Dao Sword Platform.
Jin Yuliu frowned slightly but said nothing.
After the other Elders exchanged glances, they turned their eyes to the Immortal Vein Vein Master.
After all, this Vein Master had given the order to have all True Disciples simultaneously attack to prevent Alkaid from achieving True Discipleship, but unexpectedly...
Despite facing twenty or thirty True Disciples, including the likes of top True Disciples such as Yanhang and Liang Lin, they still couldn’t stop the rise of Alkaid. This Immortal Vein Vein Master must have lost face.
However, at this moment, the Immortal Vein Vein Master was not concerned with the glances of the other Elders but was secretly sizing up the Sect Master.
His heart was filled with trepidation.
Zong Wenxian glanced at him, his expression indifferent as he rose into the air, heading straight for the space above the Heavenly Dao Sword Platform.
After rising up, the Sect Master finally revealed a faint smile, "I did not expect to find a gem like you in the Inner Sect, Alkaid. Based on your performance today on the Heavenly Dao Sword Platform, even on the Hollow Void waiting list jointly devised by the Ten Great Immortal Paths, you could rank in the top three, or even compete for the reputation of being first place on the waitlist. The Heavenly Dao Sect is fortunate to have such a True Disciple."
"You flatter me, Sect Master,"
Alkaid replied courteously.
"This is not mere flattery, but the plain truth,"
Zong Wenxian said, then directly added, "I haven’t taken on a disciple for quite some time, but for a True Disciple like you, Alkaid, I can’t help but be moved. Today, in front of many Elders and Vein Masters, I intend to take you as my Direct Disciple and guide you diligently, to aid you in achieving Hollow Void as soon as possible. What is your take on this?"
At these words, the ordinary True Disciples, Inner Sect Disciples, and Stewards all showed looks of shock.
Envy was written all over the faces of many.
Direct discipleship of the Sect Leader! In the Northern Sea Star, a Sect Leader stands apart from other worlds.
They represent the highest authority in a Sect.
They carry more weight than even the so-called Supreme Elders.
Apart from Dao Lords, within the Ten Great Immortal Paths, Sect Leaders have complete authority and qualification to direct every Supreme Elder, assigning them tasks.
Of course, Supreme Elders of the Shattered Void Realm enjoy high esteem within any force, and even Sect Leaders cannot impel them to risk their lives, but at the very least, the Sect Leader represents the orthodox power and occupies the Sect’s moral high ground.
From this, one can see the significance of being a Sect Leader’s Direct Disciple.
This was also the reason for the envious and jealous gazes from all Inner Sect Disciples towards Alkaid.
Being a Sect Leader’s Direct Disciple is even more significant than being a Supreme Elder’s Direct Disciple, a true ascension to the heavens for any disciple.
However, compared to the Inner Sect Disciples and ordinary True Disciples, many Elders, Vein Masters, Peak Masters, including a very few True Disciples like Ling Xi, looked somewhat peculiar.
Especially Ling Xi, who glanced at Alkaid and then at the Sect Leader, hurriedly lowered her head, daring not to say another word.
Indeed, becoming a Sect Leader’s Direct Disciple could be said to promise a disciple a boundless future and an ascension to the heavens.
But Alkaid had a Void Category special constitution; even she could see that, let alone the Elders, Peak Masters, Vein Masters, and Sect Leader.
Void Category special constitutions already greatly reduce the difficulty of advancing to Hollow Void, and with Alkaid’s Deep Blue Golden Core being so profound, it’s feared that with just a little more condensation, he could easily step into the Hollow Void Realm.
Hollow Void, Refining Void, and Shattered Void, to some extent, belong to the same great Realm.
Similar to the different variations of Sunburst, Blazing White, and Deep Blue Golden Cores.
And once they become master and disciple, a master can meddle in many aspects of the disciple’s life, even planning his life.
In this case, is it appropriate for a Sunburst Golden Core to apprentice to a Deep Blue Golden Core?
It’s not.
But the Sect Leader still proposed this request.
It seems that he does not treat him as someone of Hollow Void Realm, for what reasons exactly...
It’s not something a True Disciple can delve into.
"Take me as your disciple, help me achieve Hollow Void soon..."
Alkaid, looking at Zong Wenxian with a smile on his face, couldn’t help but glance in the direction of Elder Jin Yuliu.
"Indeed, with your talent, under my guidance and with my resources pouring in, I’m confident that you can step into the Hollow Void Realm within ten years,"
Zong Wenxian said with a smile.
"Hollow Void in ten years? There’s no need,"
Alkaid declared, and in the next moment, his originally illusory Deep Blue Golden Core burst forth from within him.
At the same time, his Dharma Phase formed of countless Divine Senses soared into the sky, fully erupting, and in its vagueness seemed to tear apart heaven and earth, from nothing to something, spontaneously evolving a world’s void shadow.
No!
Not an evolution.
Owing to the existence of the Cave Origin Technique, this process seemed to have already been completed. The Dharma Phase burst forth, like from an original point, evolving a world’s void shadow, and directly encompassing the entire Deep Blue Golden Core.
As the two merged, the Deep Blue Golden Core collapsed with a bang, and under the pull of an exquisitely unparalleled Void Law, a giant Chaos Void manifested from within the core, shining in harmony with the world transformed by the Dharma Phase.
This was...
Refining Void into reality.
Using the energy from the Chaos Void formed by the collapse of the Golden Core to draw upon Void Laws, and using these laws to form the foundation of existence, merged with the illusory world created by the bursting Dharma Phase into a unified entity.
Transforming the Void into reality, from nothingness to existence.
In an extremely brief moment, a Cave Heaven was already woven by the endless Void Laws.
As spatial ripples emanating from this Cave Heaven spread endlessly in all directions, Alkaid stepped out from this already warped space, seemingly overlapped with a double-layered world.
"Hollow Void, achieved."
