Ye Xiao smiled and said to Shang Xianyue, "Vice Master Shang, I might not return again as the disciple of the Dragon Immortal Sect. I joined the sect because of Yue Ying. I have never been a disciple of any sect but after becoming one, I have already seen that I am not suited to be a disciple of a sect. So, I am planning to leave the Dragon Immortal Sect forever!"
"What?" "What?" "What?"
Sect Leader, Vice Master Shang Xianyue, and Yue Ying, the three of them exclaimed at once. The reasons for their exclamations were different.
Sect Leader exclaimed because if Ye Xiao left the sect, how can he form a relationship with the Falling Cloud Kingdom and the Seven Star Sect?
Shang Xianyue exclaimed because if Ye Xiao left, Yue Ying's strength will fall down in the sect. It has to know that Ye Xiao was like one more hand to Yue Ying and was her support in the sect.
As for Yue Ying, she simply didn't expect Ye Xiao to decide on leaving the Sect forever. She thought that he would only go to participate in the competition and will return back to the sect after finding the people he wants to find.
"Yes, you've heard right!" Ye Xiao responded to the three of them.
"Ye Xiao, you should think about it again. It is not easy to..."
Before Shang Xianyue could complete her sentence, Ye Xiao shook his head and said, "Vice Master Shang, thank you but I don't plan to change my mind!"
Shang Xianyue didn't say anything. She understood no matter what she would tell, Ye Xiao would not change his mind and stay in the Dragon Immortal Sect.
"Ye Xiao..."
"Yue Ying, I know what you want to say but please understand me, I can not stay in the Dragon Immortal Sect. Even if I were to stay here, I still have to leave the sect if not today then tomorrow." Ye Xiao knew what Yue Ying wanted to say so before she could complete her sentence, he stopped her and said.
Looking at the disappointed face of Yue Ying and a hint of sadness in her eyes, Ye Xiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll still come to visit you!"
When Yue Ying heard this, a sense of relief filled her heart as she nodded her head with a small smile on her face.
Saying goodbye to them, Ye Xiao left the Dragon Immortal Sect and departed for the Seven Star Sect with Qin Yi Yue.
.....
_Three Days Later, Inside The Seven Star Sect_
Inside a spacious room, Qin Yi Yue was sitting in front of a middle-aged man. This middle-aged man had an overbearing aura on his body and had the attitude of a leader on his face.
This middle-aged man was the Sect Leader of the Seven Star Sect.
"Yue'er, are you sure that kid can heal my son's soul?" Asked the Sect Leader of the Seven Star Sect.
Yes, I'm sure! Uncle Ling, don't worry, I've seen him using a Soul Ability with my own eyes. It proves his Sea of Consciousness has already evolved into the Divine Sea. What is more, he is also a genius. You won't believe when I say that he could defeat a Late-Stage Immortal Lord Realm martial artist with the cultivation base only at the Early Stage Immortal Lord Realm!" Qin Yi Yue explained.
"Since you are saying so, I'll believe you!" Sect Leader of the Seven Star, Ling Yicheng said and after thinking for a while he again said, "A genius with a Divine Sea is very rare. If we could make him stay in the Seven Star Sect, our sect's strength will definitely increase greatly in the future and it might advance one more level become a Sacred Land!"
"Uncle Ling, I was there when he left the Dragon Immortal Sect saying that staying in the sect is not for him. I don't think he'll choose to stay here!" Qin Yi Yue said after hearing what Ling Yicheng wants in his heart.
Ling Yicheng turned his head and looked in front of him. There was a bed three meters away from him and on the bed, a young man was lying with his eyes close as if he was sleeping deeply. There was no emotion on the young man's face. It was as if his face was just like the calm water without any ripple.
This young man was Qin Yu Yue's fiancé, Ling Sen. He was also a handsome young man. Telling a person's age on the upper realm is almost impossible, after all, because of their cultivation base, people's lifespan increase greatly and caused them to look a lot younger than their actual age.
Looking at the sleeping young man on the bed, Ling Yicheng said, "Qin Yi Yue, call that boy and let him heal my son. Even if he chooses not to stay in the Seven Star Sect, if he could heal my son, I'll give him anything he wants!"
Qin Yi Yue nodded her head before taking her to leave from the spacious room to call Ye Xiao who was chatting with few elders in another room.
Not long after, Ye Xiao was standing at the side of the bed on which Ling Sen was sleeping. Ling Yicheng and Qin Yi Yue were also standing at the other side of the bed, looking at Ling Sen with the hint of sadness in their eyes.
Ye Xiao placed his hand on Ling Sen's forehead before using the ability "Soul Protection" to protect Ling Sen's soul. Then he used another ability, "Soul Healing" to slowly heal Ling Sen's soul.
Ye Xiao had gotten many soul abilities from the Divine Soul Emperor Dragon. He had used the "Soul Protection" on Su Xue Er to protect her soul when she was receiving her mother's Xiao Family's ancestor's inheritance in order to protect her soul from any harm.
"Soul Healing" was another ability he just used and it was the first time he used this ability to heal someone's soul. Before this, he had never gotten a chance to use this ability.
Although Qin Yi Yue had already told him that he could heal Ling Sen's soul as long as he used his Soul Force on Ling Sen, but it would have taken him a very long time to heal Ling Sen's soul. Since he already has the ability to heal the soul, he directly used it on Ling Sen, and just in five minutes of time, he successfully healed Ling Sen's soul to its perfect stage.
"It's done!" Ye Xiao said while taking his hand off from the forehead of Ling Sen.
Ling Yicheng was about to say something when he heard a groaning sound as if someone was suffering from a headache. He turned his head and saw his son slowly opening his eyes while trying to lightly massage his head to ease his pain.
"Little Sen, you are finally awake, it's good, it's good... Haha... Hahaha!" Ling Yicheng started laughing seeing his son waking up.
"Father... Yue'er!" Ling Sen slowly sat up on his bed just like a person who woke up after having a great nap.
Tears rolled out from Qin Yi Yue's eyes as she hurriedly held Ling Sen's hand while sobbing lightly. This time, she was not weeping in sadness but happiness. The tears in her eyes were the tears of excitement as well as a heavy pressure
that have been released from her shoulder just now.
She always blamed herself for Ling Sen's condition. Now, seeing Ling Sen waking up safe and sound, how can she not be happy.
"Young man, I'm very grateful to you. Thank you for healing my son." Ling Yicheng sounded very happy as he thanked Ye Xiao. He only had Ling Sen as his family member. His wife died while fighting against a group of demons when she went outside with some disciples of the sect on a dangerous mission. He didn't want to lose his son after losing his wife.
Seeing his son waking up, he was also very happy. He immediately thanked Ye Xiao and take this chance to try to recruit Ye Xiao, saying, "Young man, you have great talent. With my Seven Star Sect's nurturing, you will definitely reach a great height in your life. Do you want to stay in the Seven Star Sect as a core disciple to cultivate?"
Ye Xiao shook his head and said, "Sect Leader Ling, I appreciate your kindness but I don't have any plan to enter any sect."
"Sigh! What a pity?" Ling Yicheng sighed then again said, "Since you have healed my son, I can not let you return empty-hand. If you have any requests, you can tell me. I'll try my best to fulfil your request!"
A smile appeared on Ye Xiao's face.. He was waiting for an opportunity now that an opportunity was in front of him, he decided to grab it with both of his hands.
Although Ye Xiao wanted one of the ten spots of the Seven Star Sect so that he could participate in the competition of all first levelled sects before going to participate in the Competition of the Myriad Worlds, he still hold himself back and asked, "Sect Leader Ling, are you sure about this. Are you sure that you could give me anything I want!"
"Of course, as long as it is within my capability!" Ling Yicheng smiled gently and replied without putting the air of a high and mighty being that is the leader of the strongest first-levelled sect of the Immortal Star World!
Ye Xiao nodded and said, "Since that's the case, could you give me a spot to participate in the competition amongst First-Levelled Sects where ten candidates will be chosen to represent the Immortal Star World in the Competition of the Myriad Worlds?"
Silence!
No one spoke as the entire spacious room turned silent. The sect leader of the Seven Star Sect kept looking at Ye Xiao for a while before taking a deep breath and he said, "Ok! Although you are not a disciple of my Seven Star Sect, since I have already given you my words that as long as it is within my capability, I'll definitely give you whatever you want, I'll give you one spot... But under one condition!"
"What condition?" Asked Ye Xiao!
"Since this spot belongs to my Seven Star Sect, you have to represent the Seven Star Sect in the competition, do you agree?" Said the Sect Leader of the Seven Star Sect, Ling Yicheng.
Ye Xiao thought for a while before he nodded his head and said, "Ok, I agree!"
One, he needed this spot no matter what, and second, it was not like he was a real disciple of the Seven Star Sect. In this competition, he was just going to represent the Seven Star Sect.
"Ok, I'll arrange a place for you to stay for the time being. There are not many days left before the competition will start. I also have to talk with the elders of the Seven Star Sect before giving you this spot, so you have to wait patiently!" Ling Yicheng said.
Ye Xiao agreed with him. Ling Yicheng called a servant and ordered him to bring Ye Xiao and arrange a place for him to stay, while he himself arranged a meeting with the elders of the Seven Star Sect to ask for their opinion.
Qin Yi Yue was left inside the room alone with Ling Sen. Anyway, both of them loved each other and were about to marry each other. So, it is not that inappropriate for Qin Yi Yue to stay in Ling Sen's room.
Ling Yicheng's order was immediately followed by the servant. He brought Ye Xiao in front of a smaller version of Palace and settled him there.
.....
Inside a hall, many elders were sitting on their corresponding seats. Ling Yicheng was also the same. He was sitting on the seat of the Sect Leader.
"Sect Leader, you have to consider this matter again. We all know how important this competition is for any sect. How can you give a spot to an outsider?" A middle-aged man who has a long scar on his face asked Sect Leader Ling Yicheng while reminding him how important the competition was for them.
"Yes, sect leader, I also don't agree to give one of the ten spots to an outsider." Another elder disapproved of Sect Leader Ling Yicheng.
And After that elder, many elders started disagreeing with Ling Yicheng's decision to give a spot to Ye Xiao.
Sect Leader Ling Yicheng shook his head and said, "You all... Sigh! You have to look at the bigger picture. That boy called Ye Xiao is not weak at all, he is very strong. He can fight above his cultivation base, What is more, he actually has Divine Sea. Do you understand? He has Divine Sea. Just think about it, how amazing it would be if we can make him stay in the Seven Star Sect as our sect's disciple?"
"Then why don't you directly offer him to become our disciple. We will definitely do our best to nurture him." The scar-faced elder once again said.
"I have already asked him. He refused to join any sect. It is also one of the reasons why I want to give one spot to him. Think about it, after the competition, if he will agree, our sect will greatly benefit. Even if he doesn't agree to become the disciple of our Seven Star Sect, he will still represent our Seven Star Sect in this competition. I don't see any harm giving him one of the ten spots!"
Ling Yicheng explained.
The elders started thinking carefully and after a long discussion, they finally agreed to give Ye Xiao a spot.
.....
After two hours, Ye Xiao entered the Universe in his mind and went straight to the Second Floor of the Nine Story Pagoda.
The moment he created a Solar System, he was able to come and go out of the Universe in his mind. It was at that time that he discovered that the Spirit Stealing Fruit that he had planted a long time ago has spurted out and has even given birth to a small fruit.
Maybe, it had been already spurted out when the Heavenly Pearl went inside his mind and transformed into a Universe. Since Ye Xiao was unable to go inside, he didn't know anything.
Today was the day when the Spirit Stealing Fruit has matured. Ye Xiao had a huge fluctuation of energy on the Second Floor of the Nine Story Pagoda and immediately arrived here.
He saw the surrounding Spirit Energy being devoured crazily by the Spirit Energy Fruit just like the time when he saw it devouring the spirit energy from the world for the very first time.
The only difference was that at that time, the Spirit Stealing Fruit was only Seventh Tier Medicinal Fruit while now, it was Low-Levelled Immortal Rank Medicinal Fruit.
Only after devouring the spirit energy of the entire Second Floor did the Spirit Stealing Fruity finally matured. Ye Xiao could clearly see a golden-coloured fruit in front of him.
Ye Xiao was already a Middle-Stage Immortal Lord Realm martial artist, so a Low-Levelled Immortal Rank Medicinal Fruit would not be of much help to his cultivation base.
But since it was the Spirit Stealing Fruit that could once again steal the spirit energy from the world, Ye Xiao was confident that he could break through to the Immortal King Realm from the Late Stage of the Immortal Lord Realm with the help of this fruit. But right now, he was only a Middle-Stage Immortal Lord Realm martial artist so there was still a long time before he could use the Spirit Stealing Fruit.
For now, Ye Xiao harvested the Spirit Stealing Fruit and carefully stored it inside his spatial ring.
Ye Xiao already knew that one plant of the Spirit Stealing Fruit could only give birth to one Spirit Stealing Fruit and after it was plucked out, its plant would dry up and die. The same thing happened with the plant of the Spirit Stealing Fruit on the Second Floor of the Nine Story Pagoda when Ye Xiao plucked out the Spirit Stealing Fruit.
It died!
After storing the Spirit Stealing Fruit inside his spatial ring, Ye Xiao directly went to the newly unlocked Fourth Floor of the Nine Story Pagoda, wanting to see what was there.
The Third Floor of the Nine Story Pagoda was already no use of him for the time being. He just hoped for some useful function on the Fourth Floor of the Nine Story Pagoda just like the First and Second Floor.
The First Floor could let him cultivate in the ratio of 3:1 in the Lower Realm. The three days inside the First Floor of the Nine Story Pagoda was equivalent to only one day outside. This ratio increased to 10:1 after his ascension to the Immortal Star World and this was something Ye Xiao found out after he was again able to enter and exit the Universe in his mind.
The Second Floor of the Nine Story Pagoda was of course very useful for growing out plants and medicinal herbs, and also their evolution.
As for the Third Floor, it was filled with the True Essence which Ye Xiao could not absorb for the time being. he could only wait for the day patiently when he could absorb the True Essence from the Third Floor of the Nine Story Pagoda easily.
He has some high hope regarding the Fourth Floor!
The moment Ye Xiao appeared on the Second Floor, he was immediately forced to kneel down because of the Immense pressure that suddenly descended upon him. Ye Xiao tried to stand up but he actually failed.
Only after carefully inspecting the Fourth Floor did he found out that the pressure that suddenly descended upon him was because of the gravity that was many times more than that of the outside world.
On the Fourth Floor of the Nine Story pagoda, the gravity was too much, forcing Ye Xiao to kneel down.
A stream of information suddenly appeared in his mind and he found out that he could increase or decrease the pressure here as he wishes.
"Interesting!"
Ye Xiao smiled. The gravity here could help him train his body and strengthen it.
After checking out the Fourth Floor of the Nine Story Pagoda, Ye Xiao came out of the Universe and once again appeared in the room he was in before going inside the Universe in his mind.
It was also at this moment that a servant came with a letter. Ye Xiao took the letter and read it, and after reading the letter, a smile appeared on his face.
This letter was sent to him by the Sect Leader of the Seven Star Sect, informing him that all the elders have agreed to give him a spot to participate in the competition. Ye Xiao should just concentrate and cultivate. When the time of the competition will come, he will send someone to inform him.
.....
_One Month Later_
Ye Xiao was called by the sect leader and he went to meet him. When he arrived at the meeting place, he saw there were already nine disciples gathered. The weakest of them were at the Late Stage of the Immortal lord Realm while the strongest of them were at the Early Stage of the Immortal King Realm.
Ye Xiao has been cultivating on the First Floor of the Nine Story Pagoda this entire month which was equivalent to ten months on the First Floor of the Nine Story Pagoda.
With his hard work, he was able to break through to the Late Stage of the Immortal Lord Realm.
Six of the nine disciples were men while the other three were women.
Other than these nine disciples, there were three elders including the Sect Leader of the Seven Star Sect present. Not far from them, a large eagle-type bird was staring at them with its two sharp eyes.
"You are here!" Said Ling Yicheng.
Ye Xiao nodded his head and Ling Yicheng started introducing everyone present. After the introduction, Ling Yicheng told everyone to climb at the back of the eagle without wasting any time.
"Shua! Shua!"
After everyone climbed at the back of the eagle, the eagle spread its pair of large wings, flapped them, and flew high in the sky before flying in a straight line after receiving the direction where to fly.
While the eagle was flying, Ye Xiao was chatting with the nine chosen disciples.
Amongst these nine disciples, five of them were at the Late Stage of the Immortal Lord Realm while the other four were at the Early Stage of the Immortal King Realm.
The four disciples were Duan Ling Si, Feng Qing Yang, Shuang Yan, and Li Baojiao. Shuang Yan and Li Baojiao were two of the four girls.
From them, Ye Xiao got to know many important things about the competition such as only people less than 300 years old with the cultivation base at least at the Middle Stage of the Immortal Lord Realm could participate in this competition.
To watch this competition, people from all around the world would come.
Well, Ye Xiao was not interested in any of these things. What caught his attention was that people from the different worlds would come to oversee this competition and choose the top ten disciples. And after the end of the competition, they would bring those ten selected disciples with them to the world where the Competition of the Myriad Worlds was going to be held.
Ye Xiao was curious as to who will come.
.....
The Immortal Star World was very big and in this competition, all the First-Levelled Sects of the Immortal Star World were going to participate. There was thirty or so First-Levelled Sect in the Immortal Star World. It has to know that in the entire Golden Kingdom, there was not a single First-Levelled Sect, there were only eight Second-Levelled Sects.
It could be seen how rare a First-Levelled Sect was.
It took them a total of three days to arrive at their destination. It was a large field and in the middle of the field, a large arena was set up where the participants of this competition will fight.
Many sect groups had already arrived. The arrival of the Seven Star Sect's group attracted everyone's attention. People started pointing at the flying eagle and talk amongst themselves.
After the eagle went down and safely landed, all the disciples including Ye Xiao and elders came down and started greeting the people who came up to greet them.
There was already an area specially arranged for the people of sects to settle. After a brief chatting with others, Ye Xiao and others went to their arranged area and started resting. Leaving behind Ye Xiao and other ten disciples, Sect Leader Ling Yicheng and other elders of the Seven Star Sect went out.
As time passed, more and more groups of people from different different sects continued to come. As for the spectators, there was no lack of them.
The next morning, every disciple was called. More than three hundred disciples gathered at the field together and in front of them, three people were standing in the air. These three people were completely emotionless but the aura that was emitting out from their bodies made the people present not let out even a single voice from their mouth.
In the presence of these three people, even the sect leaders of various sects didn't dare to say anything and kept standing in their places, not daring to sit.
"Middle-Stage Immortal Emperor Realm martial artists!"
Ye Xiao muttered in his heart while looking at these three people. Seeing the attitude of these three people and expressions on the sect leaders and elders of various sects, it was not difficult for him or any other disciples to guess that these three people were the judges of this competition and have come here from different worlds.
Seeing that everyone has arrived and gathered at one place, one of these three people who was flying in the middle, said, "I am Wu Cheng and these two are Ta Mu and Huang Daniu. We will be your judge in this competition. I'll not dilly dally. Let me explain the competition's rules!"
He clapped his hands twice and a large water screen was formed in the sky that could be seen by all the people present here.
Ye Xiao raised his head and saw that the water screen was displaying the location of the scene of some island.
It was a medium-sized island, stretching tens of kilometers from one end to the other. Rather, ends should not be used as a term for describing it as it was shaped like a circle.
Yet, none of the players cared about this but the fact that the island was split into two zones, each with a completely different environment and weather!
The eastern zone was a forest covered in snow, filled with all kinds of ice and water-type species, painting a gorgeous piece of nature.
Meanwhile, the western zone had many mountains and volcanos were erupting from time to time from those mountains.
"Isn't this place the Land of Ice and Fire?" One of the disciples muttered that attracted the attention and exclamation from others. Some had the expression of lingering fear on their faces while some people who were confident in their strength had a confident smile on their faces.
"Land of Ice and Fire?" Ye Xiao also muttered in low voice. This was the first time when he heard this term.
"You don't know?" Duan Ling Si who was standing in front of Ye Xiao said in low voice: "Land of Ice and Fire is an extremely dangerous place to go. It is said that people who are weaker than Immortal King could not return alive from that place no matter what. Only martial artists who are at least at the Immortal King Realm have chances to come out alive from the Land of Ice and Fire."
Ye Xiao nodded his head in understanding. He didn't interrupt Duan Ling Si as he wanted to know more about what kind of place this Land of Ice and Fire was. But before Duan Ling Si could explain further, he was interrupted by Wu Cheng.
"As you can see, this island has two kinds of environments." Wu Cheng pointed at the water screen and said: "While the Ice Forest is friendly and doesn't have many dangers, the volcano on the other hand isn't safe at all!"
Mu Cheng looked at all the disciples of the various sects and informed them playfully, "Well, I can see that many of you already know what kind of place this Land of Ice and Fire is but those who don't know, my explanation should let you understand the depth of dangers you all are going to face during this competition."