As the hosting location for the Universe Holy War galaxy main competition, Upper Origin Realm had long gathered forces and powerhouses from various planes.
To travel to the main city for registration, they naturally needed transportation—after all, walking or flying was too disgraceful.
At this moment, the sky was full of various flashy rare birds and beasts—some with flames jetting from their feet, some covered in rippling water—each more extravagant than the last, each more pay-to-win.
In contrast.
If you traveled by warship, you’d be too embarrassed to greet others when going out.
Jun Changxiao was a typical example. Arriving in the Eternal, he was immediately scorned by a group of handsome men and beautiful women.
Sigh.
Gou Sheng was quite helpless.
He could only summon the Nine-Horned Thunder Cloud Dragon.
Among various demon beasts, the most impressive were undoubtedly lightning types, because lightning discharge special effects were completely incomparable to flames or water ripples.
“Crackle crackle!”
“Crackle crackle crackle!”
The Nine-Horned Thunder Cloud Dragon carrying Gou Sheng and others flew through the heavens. Just the electric arcs lingering on its path were magnificently spectacular.
“Giddy up—”
“Yah!”
“…”
The overtaken handsome men and beautiful women had their superior attitudes instantly shattered, their expressions uglier than each other’s.
Dragon-Tiger Immortal Beasts were quite good.
But before the Nine-Horned Thunder Cloud Dragon, they were trash.
Even when it sensed that purer dragon energy than its own, its gaze revealed humanlike fear and inferiority as it gradually lowered its head.
Was this face-slapping over?
No.
Just beginning.
“Roar—”
A spring-thunder-like roar rang through the heavens, startling the handsome men and beautiful women to look back in unison.
“Crackle crackle!”
“Crackle crackle crackle!”
Another gigantic demon beast permeated with lightning effects came treading through the air.
Li Qingyang stood with hands behind his back on his life-bonded contract beast’s head, shouting, “Sect Master, wait for this disciple!”
“This is…”
Gu Tianxing said in surprise, “A Thunder Diamond Beast?”
Thunder Diamond Beasts in the upper universe weren’t particularly rare demon beasts—their level was even a tier below Dragon-Tiger Immortal Beasts. But what shocked Old Gu was that the aura this demon beast erupted with seemed to have reached—half-step Heavenly Mystery!
“Impossible!”
“How could this level of demon beast have half-step strength!”
What level of demon beast could break through to what realm had explanations. In Gu Tianxing’s understanding, even the highest-grade Thunder Diamond Beast reaching peak Truth-Seeking Realm was already remarkable!
Indeed.
Looking at past and present Thunder Diamond Clan powerhouses, the highest strength only equaled human peak Truth-Seeking Realm. As for half-step Heavenly Mystery, they had never reached it.
Many clans had realm bottlenecks.
Not from lack of effort, but from breed and bloodline limitations—destined to be unable to touch higher levels.
Today, a Thunder Diamond Beast came treading through the air, possessing aura no weaker than human half-step Heavenly Mystery, deeply shocking Gu Tianxing and powerhouses from various planes.
Li Qingyang’s contract beast had such high strength because the two signed a life bond—their realm and strength were mutually shared.
Gu Tianxing didn’t know the Eternal Sect’s second disciple was a genuine half-step Heavenly Mystery Realm cultivator, nor that they signed a life bond contract. Otherwise he wouldn’t be so surprised.
“Hurry up.”
Jun Changxiao flying ahead said.
“…”
Those handsome men and beautiful women’s expressions became wonderful again.
Clearly, they understood from the man’s words that Jun Changxiao was the sect master. He rode an incomparably rare dragon beast while his disciple rode a mount stronger than Dragon-Tiger Immortal Beasts—this was simply…
“Awooo—”
“Roar—”
Suddenly, more demon beast roars rang out.
The handsome men and beautiful women stiffly turned their heads.
In their vision appeared several demon beasts with auras no weaker than peak Truth-Seeking Realm—a phoenix seemingly carved from ice and snow, a mighty demon beast with wind vortexes gathering beneath its feet, a gigantic beast resembling a husky, a small lobster, a large crab…
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
They flew rapidly, surrounding the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Beast while maintaining the same speed.
Su Xiaomo, Xiao Zuiji, and others standing on their respective life-bonded contract beasts said in unison, “Sect Master, wait for us disciples!”
“…”
The handsome men and beautiful women were immediately scared to tears.
These martial artists riding incredibly impressive mounts were all disciples of the person they had just scorned!
Jun Changxiao arrived as a newcomer and was mocked for driving a junker. With one command, core disciples each driving limited-edition supercars surrounded them—are you afraid or not?
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
The Nine-Horned Thunder Cloud Dragon carried lightning effects through the heavens.
Jun Changxiao stood between two horns, proudly crossing his arms. The strong wind blew open his hair, blew away his wig, revealing a face looking down upon all under heaven.
The disciples rode their life-bonded contract beasts closely following, arranged in a ‘human’ character formation. Among them was one point—the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Beast. The handsome men and beautiful women sitting on it huddled together trembling, tears constantly welling in their eyes.
Punks.
Still showing off?
“Who is that?”
“The one riding the thunder cloud seems to be the Star Sea Alliance leader from Crossing Heaven Realm, right?”
“No wonder so ostentatious.”
Riding the most impressive Nine-Horned Thunder Cloud Dragon himself with various special-effect demon beasts as backdrop, Jun Changxiao instantly became the public focus.
“Sigh.”
Gu Tianxing shook his head.
Although he wasn’t accustomed to this high-profile approach, honestly speaking, it really brought him face.
“Young man.”
“If your disciples can achieve good results in the main competition, Uncle will be even more gratified.”
“Please rest assured.”
Jun Changxiao said seriously, “They will become the most dazzling stars of the main competition!”
After these words, Li Qingyang and the others behind him had burning gazes.
They craved more intense battles, craved stronger opponents. The preliminaries didn’t satisfy them—the galaxy main competition should fulfill their wishes!
“Swish—”
Suddenly, a sword light flew from the distance, sometimes merging into clouds, sometimes drifting through midair.
“Hm?”
Zhou Hongzhuan turned to look.
It was a graceful woman with three thousand black silken strands flowing in the wind, wearing a nimble outfit that perfectly outlined her figure. The flying sword beneath her feet emanated extraordinary aura.
If Jun Changxiao’s Nine-Horned Thunder Cloud Dragon was compared to a limited-edition supercar, then this sword was a limited-edition super motorcycle, speeding through the heavens with speed not falling behind at all.
“Swish—”
The flying sword accelerated, taking a detour to overtake.
Just as it rushed past, the woman turned her head, first glancing at the Nine-Horned Thunder Cloud Dragon then at Zhou Hong, playfully blinking her eyes.
The process happened very quickly. When Zhou Hong’s gaze followed, the flying sword had already completed its overtaking. As for the action the other just made, it seemed like a painting imprinted in his sea of consciousness.
“Tsk tsk.”
Jun Changxiao looked at the increasingly distant sword light. “What a wild girl.”
“This woman is named Jian Xiaohong,” Gu Tianxing said.
Jun Changxiao said, “Such a simple and unadorned name.”
“Though the name is ordinary, the surname is very sacred,” Gu Tianxing said.
“Oh?”
Jun Changxiao said, “Please elaborate.”
“Tens of thousands of years ago, a martial artist named Jian Guixu appeared in the Azure Cloud System. Using his self-created Guixu Sword Technique, he swept through top sword cultivators from various major planes without a single defeat, honored by the world as Guixu Sword Saint.”
Gu Tianxing spoke while Zhou Hong listened carefully, because he was interested in anything related to sword dao.
“Later.”
Gu Tianxing said, “Jian Guixu couldn’t find opponents. He stood in the Azure Cloud System universe and with one sword broke through the void. From then on, he sealed his sword in retirement, no longer concerning himself with jianghu affairs.”
“That strong?” Jun Changxiao was astonished.
In the lower realm when exterminating Star Spirit Realm martial artists, he had also achieved sword-breaking void, but that was in a low-level environment. In the upper universe, he definitely couldn’t do it.
“This Jian Xiaohong is Jian Guixu’s granddaughter. As for that flying sword, it’s the Guixu Sword, said to rank first on the Azure Cloud System Sword Artifact Rankings,” Gu Tianxing said.
“No wonder it flies so fast.”
“Moreover.”
Gu Tianxing continued, “This woman is one of the hot favorites to win this galaxy main competition.”
“So she’s also a competitor.”
Jun Changxiao looked at Zhou Hong and asked, “How do you feel?”
“Very strong.”