The Curtain Rises

The tenth year of the battle in the Great Death Realm.

Three ruins have been attacked and taken.

The first ruins were taken by Xu Zhen, the peerless genius from the Immortal Realm. This was also the first time that Xu Zhen had made a name for herself among the myriad worlds.

Although her fame had resounded before, and it was known that she was the revitalizer of the Fuyao Immortal Sect, with the greatest potential to become an empress, her reputation could not fully represent her true strength.

There were not a few cultivators whose fame was loud but whose combat ability was lacking.

Xu Zhen proved with her strength that she deserved the title of top-tier peerless genius.

With her Heaven Mending Realm Tenth Layer cultivation, she killed veteran cultivators at the Twelfth Layer in the Quasi-Saint Ruins, leading the cultivators of the Immortal Realm to obtain the greatest opportunity in the ruins.

It is worth mentioning that Xu Zhen seemed to be of the human race, not some exotic race.

Rarely would a human race member stand out among the myriad worlds, perhaps only producing a great saint once every few epochs, and a great emperor once every ten epochs or more.

Xu Zhen's emergence seemed to foreshadow the arrival of a human race great emperor.

The second Quasi-Saint Ruins was broken through by the second ranked peerless genius from the Supreme Realm.

This genius was also an extremely powerful figure, with Eleventh Layer Heaven Mending Realm cultivation, an Cyan Dragon Race identity, known as the peak Cyan Dragon Race that could devour the heavens and earth. His real name was Cang Dian.

Cang Dian led five peerless geniuses from the Supreme Realm, crushing his way through the Quasi-Saint Ruins. In just three months he directly pierced through, obtaining the greatest opportunity and becoming the fastest cultivator to break open Quasi-Saint Ruins.

The identity of the one who broke open the third Quasi-Saint Ruins was unknown.

The time frame that cultivators were able to deduce with their divination techniques only showed that it was a cultivator from the Realm Domain who broke open the third Quasi-Saint Ruins.

"The Realm Domain cultivators? Do they have that ability?" a cultivator asked in disbelief.

Although the Realm Domain also had some standing among the myriad worlds, overall it was not considered strong, inferior to top class factions like the Immortal Realm and Divine Realm.

This gap was a difficult to cross ravine.

Moreover, they knew the lineup of the Realm Domain cultivators. It was led by a Twelfth Layer old man, and although there were many peerless geniuses below him, whether they could actually fight was another question.

Among the over three thousand great emperor seeds in the myriad worlds, one couldn't make blanket comparisons between those ranked around three thousand and those ranked around one hundred.

Let alone instant defeat, those ranked around one hundred could at least easily crush those ranked around three thousand.

The great emperor seeds rankings were based solely on combat ability.

Combat ability encompassed many factors: cultivation base, mystic arts, artifacts, etc. But no matter what, as long as your combat ability was strong enough, you could be ranked near the top.

The current rankings were just a rough gauge, without specific differentiation. Compared to actual peerless genius strength, they relied more on reputation.

For example, since the Immortal Realm was a top class faction, the top geniuses from the Immortal Realm could logically be ranked around one hundred.

This was clearly not very accurate, because some lower class factions may produce a once in hundred million years peerless genius.

These would be dark horses that suddenly rose to prominence.

Perhaps this time, the battle in the Great Death Realm could accurately differentiate and rank the over three thousand great emperor seeds of the myriad worlds.

As for the third Quasi-Saint Ruins being broken open, the cultivators speculated that there must also have been quite powerful cultivators within the Realm Domain. Whether or not they were peerless geniuses was unclear, but they were definitely Heaven Mending Realm peak level powerhouses.

It seemed that the Realm Domain had invested greatly this time, clearly wanting to obtain a good ranking in this battle in the Great Death Realm.

A cultivator jokingly said,

"It's not surprising. After all the Realm Domain cultivators had always viewed the Immortal Realm and Divine Realm as arch enemies, so there is some ancient enmity. Having suffered repeated defeats at their hands, they must want to win this time after gathering all these people."

Another knowledgeable cultivator next to him sneered and said,

"But who would have thought, not only did the Realm Domain go all out this time, even most of the other factions did too. Even several Star Regions in the Great Heaven that had been silent for a long time sent people."

This meant that the Realm Domain would still be suppressed by the Immortal Realm and Divine Realm, and not just by a bit. The peerless geniuses that the Immortal Realm and Divine Realm had sent this time were much more terrifying than before.

"After all, with a great emperor's ruins opening this time, it was bound to attract heroes from all over."

"Which great emperor was it? Have you heard which ruins will open? I don't know much about this news, do you know?"

"Before the Great Death Realm collapsed, three great emperors perished. Of them, the Heavenly Emperor's ruins had long been sealed. It was said to be impossible to open."

"That leaves a choice between the Fire Rain Great Emperor and Ash Emperor's ruins. I personally feel that it should be the Ash Emperor's ruins opening."

"Why is that?"

"Because it rolls off the tongue better."

Within the shattered ruins.

Chen Xia's face was pale, his injuries still serious. If it wasn't for Ma Xiaohong using her lifespan to heal him, he probably would still be half dead right now.

He sat in the very center of the shattered ruins. Ma Xiaohong stood by his side, a delicate and fragile expression full of bewilderment on her beautiful face.

She had been captured by the Realm Domain cultivators and brought specially as a trump card for this battle in the Great Death Realm.

But now all the Realm Domain cultivators other than Chen Xia were dead.

Just like Chen Xia had said, they were now the so-called orthodoxy of the Realm Domain.

But Ma Xiaohong did not wish to become any Realm Domain orthodoxy. She only wanted to leave the Realm Domain and return to her original domain, to live a relatively more peaceful life there.

"What do you plan to do afterwards?" Chen Xia suddenly asked.

Ma Xiaohong's fragile expression lowered as she softly said, "Go...go home."

Chen Xia shook his head. "I don't know where your home is. You'd have to go back and ask the Realm Domain cultivators who captured you."

Ma Xiaohong kept her head lowered without speaking, seemingly at a loss for what to say.

After half a moment of silence, she suddenly asked, "What...what do you plan to do afterwards?"

"Look for someone," Chen Xia bluntly replied, then added, "But I'm in no hurry. I'll go find them after getting some news."

"Mm," Ma Xiaohong nodded, her fragile expression gradually calming.

Chen Xia, who was sitting, suddenly stood up. Facing the stretch of darkened stars with no light around him, for he was the sole light, he turned and asked Ma Xiaohong a question.

"Do you want to come along? After all we are the orthodoxy of the Realm Domain now."

Ma Xiaohong's ordinary expression was suddenly suffused with joy. She nodded heavily and uncharacteristically happily said, "Okay!"

The 50th year of the battle in the Great Death Realm.

The first Saint Ruins was broken into, and a Demigod Artifact emerged.

The attacker was the Divine Realm’s Divine Son. With one man and one spear, he pierced through the skulls of all the cultivators within, obtaining the opportunity.

This was the true rising of a peerless genius!

The 150th Year.

The Little Heavenly Emperor from the Heavenly Realm tore open a 10,000 mile celestial river by himself, swallowing 100 stars, becoming the first great emperor seed to advance to the peak of the Heaven Mending Realm.

The 200th Year.

The Divine Realm’s Divine Son and the Immortal Realm’s Xu Zhen had their first battle. This was considered the first collision between the Divine Realm and Immortal Realm. Both sides were just probing, not using full strength, stopping when appropriate without determining a victory.

Even so, everyone could see that their strength exceeded ordinary great emperor seeds.

The 300th Year.

After Chen Xia gave himself a slap, dispelling the heart devil, he began traveling the starry sky while bringing Ma Xiaohong with him.

The battle of peerless geniuses across the myriad worlds.

Raised its curtains.