Ye Xingchen defeated one of the Crossing Heaven Realm’s top one or two geniuses, so Gu Tianxing believed he was qualified to participate in the Universal Holy War and proactively brought Jun Changxiao to register.
Registering the address as Crossing Heaven Realm was also to bring honor to himself.
Although Gu Tianxing and his wife lived in seclusion in the Mountain Sea Realm, he was ultimately from the Crossing Heaven Realm and was practically equivalent to a Realm Lord. If there were any benefits, he naturally hoped to give them to his own plane.
However.
What he didn’t expect was.
When they arrived at the registration point, this brat Jun Changxiao opened his mouth and named several dozen disciples.
“Oh.”
“Right.”
“There’s also Lin Yi, Ye Feng, and Qin Lin.”
Gou Sheng finally added.
Core disciples and inner sect disciples weren’t enough to satisfy him, so even second-generation disciples were counted.
Sure enough.
This was definitely stirring up trouble.
“……” The person in charge looked completely bewildered.
He had encountered situations where one person registered a few people, but this was the first time he encountered someone registering several dozen people.
“You brat!”
Gu Tianxing scowled and said: “You’re registering so many people to compete—do you think the Universal Holy War is child’s play?”
“Uncle.”
Jun Changxiao said earnestly: “I don’t want to register so many either, but our sect has too many geniuses. They’ve worked so hard to cultivate—since there’s a grand competition being held, I should at least give them a chance to show themselves, right?”
“Bah!”
Gu Tianxing couldn’t maintain the dignity a powerful expert should have and spat: “Don’t let your tongue get twisted from such big talk!”
“Alliance Leader Gu…” The person in charge said awkwardly: “Should I really register all these people?”
“Register them!”
Gu Tianxing said: “Since this brat wants his disciples to get beaten up, grant his wish!”
He was getting a bit angry, a bit worked up.
“Alright then.”
The person in charge placed both hands on the compass’s light screen, inputted all the names he had written down, then asked: “Sect, place of origin.”
“Eternal Sect, Crossing Heaven Realm.”
“……”
The person in charge muttered to himself: “I’ve lived here for so many years—how have I never heard of this sect?”
Forget it, forget it.
Since Alliance Leader Gu personally brought him here, he had to give face.
Honestly, if it weren’t for Gu Tianxing bringing Jun Changxiao, and he had come to register himself and registered several dozen disciples at once, he would very likely be suspected of having mental problems, or even deliberately causing trouble.
……
“Buzz!”
“Buzz!”
In a grand hall, image light screens continuously trembled, with names successively appearing, all suffixed with Eternal Sect, Crossing Heaven Realm.
“What’s going on?”
A red-haired elder sitting inside held a bowl of rice, eating while saying: “Why did the Crossing Heaven Realm suddenly have so many registrants? And they’re all from the same sect.”
“Eternal Sect?”
“That’s a rather arrogant name.”
A graceful woman sitting nearby said with narrowed eyes and a smile. Her appearance was enchanting, and she exuded a languid aura.
“Contact Li Renfu at the Crossing Heaven Realm registration point.” A dignified-looking elder sitting in the head position said in a deep voice: “Ask him what exactly is going on.”
Clearly, he should be the Universal Holy War’s chief administrator.
He was dissatisfied with the situation of suddenly having one sect with so many martial artists registering, even believing it was deliberately profaning the sacred competition.
“I’ve found out.”
Shortly after, the red-haired elder said: “These so-called Eternal Sect competitors were referred by the Crossing Heaven Realm’s Star Sea Alliance Leader.”
“Gu Tianxing?”
The dignified elder frowned.
“Didn’t that guy go into seclusion with his wife?” The graceful woman flicked her hair and said.
The dignified elder said: “I heard he cut down quite a few Star Spirit Realm warships a few years ago. Now showing his face publicly—isn’t he afraid of retaliation?”
“With Gu Tianxing’s strength and influence, the Star Spirit Realm probably wouldn’t dare openly retaliate, right?” The red-haired elder said.
“They won’t dare openly, but they’ll come in secret.”
The graceful woman said disdainfully: “That’s the Star Spirit Realm’s consistent style.”
“Issue a notice.”
After a moment of silence, the dignified elder said: “Don’t allow situations where one sect registers so many competitors again.”
The Universal Holy War was very sacred, and those qualified to compete were all top geniuses from their planes. If just anyone could register, it really would be no different from child’s play.
As for the Eternal Sect.
Given Gu Tianxing’s face, they would let it slide. Anyway, during the preliminaries, those competitors without real ability would definitely be eliminated.
……
Crossing Heaven Realm, Star Sea Alliance.
After Gu Tianxing returned, he called Jun Changxiao over and said: “In five years, the Universal Holy War preliminaries will begin. At that time, all registrants must participate in their registered plane. If they don’t arrive within the specified time, they’ll be considered as having forfeited.”
“……”
Jun Changxiao said speechlessly: “Uncle’s meaning is I have to wait here for five years?”
“No need.”
Gu Tianxing said: “During this time, you can take your disciples to train, but you must return before the preliminaries begin.”
“Fine.”
Jun Changxiao said confidently: “No problem.”
“However…” He weakly added: “If your Crossing Heaven Realm competitors have similar strength to that blade genius, I feel there’s no need to fight anymore.”
“Why?”
“They definitely can’t beat my Eternal Sect disciples.”
Gu Tianxing reached out, grabbed his face, and roared: “Is your face thicker than others’!”
“Ow! Ow!”
“Get lost!”
Jun Changxiao covered his face and ran off.
However, after he left, Gu Tianxing looked at his hand, recalled the feeling he just touched, and with an extremely serious expression said: “This brat’s face is really thick!”
……
Eternal Realm.
Jun Changxiao called Li Qingyang and the others over, then distributed tokens engraved with their names.
These were Universal Holy War competitor tokens. When the preliminaries began, they could take these to the competition venue. Otherwise, even if they announced their names and sect affiliation, they wouldn’t be officially recognized.
“Ah?”
Li Shangtian held the token, unable to believe it as he said: “I was registered too?”
As an inner sect disciple who had focused on photography for decades, he never imagined he’d be personally selected by the Sect Master to participate in competition-like events, especially a Holy War involving the entire universe!
An opportunity!
He must seize it!
“Listen up, all of you.”
After distributing the tokens, Jun Changxiao stood outside the great hall and said: “Train hard for these five years. When the preliminaries begin, spread the fame of our Eternal Sect!”
“Yes!”
The disciples stood tall and shouted loudly.
Perhaps because they hadn’t competed in a while, or perhaps because the scale was too grand, their eyes sparkled with light, and their blood instantly boiled.
Except for group fights, many Eternal Sect disciples rarely had the chance to prove themselves with their strength, so participating in the Universal Holy War was an opportunity to stand out!
In the courtyard.
He Wudi placed the competitor token on the table and said helplessly: “I really don’t want to participate.”
Making him compete for first or second place with a bunch of young people really wasn’t interesting, but since the Sect Master had registered him, as a disciple, he couldn’t refuse to participate.
Conflicted, irritated.
In stark contrast to He Wudi was Ye Xingchen.
At this moment, he closed the door, pressed against it, looked down at the token, and said proudly: “I will make my name resound throughout the entire universe!”
“First place!”
“This emperor has it locked down!”
……
A certain realm.
A veiled woman walked to a Universal Holy War registration point and said: “I want to register.”
“Name.”
“Xie Lingyao.”