Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension-Chapter 261 - 221 Ling Yuan Ancestor Summons_2

Those with penetrating minds would have already seen through the true nature of this grand ceremony by now.

The final test was clearly orchestrated by the three major Demon Sects, specifically for Ancient Buddhism.

The losers were considered "spoils of war" belonging to Ancient Buddhism.

And these "winners" were the most elite individuals among Loose Cultivators in the past century.

This day’s grand ceremony could be flattering described as a "talent recruitment fair,"

or less flatteringly as "picking the fruit," a centennial "harvest" of talented Loose Cultivators.

Why would the forces of the Demon Path covertly collude with the three great overlords of the distant oceans?

Why did the Spirit Clan repeatedly incite monster tides and repeatedly succeed?

Why did the numerous sects of the Demon Path dare to hold a workshop "openly and legitimately" on Dragon Head Island, and even conduct a ceremony?

In the centennial catastrophe of the Human Clan that led to a "reshuffling of the deck," who benefited the most?

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The forces of the Demon Path? The Sea Demon side? Or the forces of the Righteous Path led by the Star God Palace and the Four Great Ancient Clans?

With the world as the chessboard and all beings as the chess pieces, who is the person behind the scenes controlling the game?

There are too many and too profound schemes involved here.

Unless one were truly a Nascent Soul Ancestor standing at the pinnacle of the Cultivation World, it would be difficult to see the "truth" of the world.

Of course, by this time, Zhao Sheng had already vaguely sensed this cruel reality.

However, his realm in this life was too low. As one of the chess pieces among all beings, he could only drift along with the current, possessing no strength to turn the tide.

Everyone sitting here was considered to be the top among Loose Cultivators, each with an extremely high opinion of themselves, their aspirations as lofty as the sky itself.

But in front of Nascent Soul Ancestors, these people could not afford to be arrogant. Even the most proud and talented Loose Cultivator could not guarantee their future ascension to the Nascent Soul Realm.

Thus, when a few Nascent Soul Ancestors had spoken, the majority of demons and practitioners of the Outer Path present had pledged allegiance to one of the three major Demon Sects.

The reason for this was that a spot in the Core Circle was a significant factor.

Why was this spot so important?

There is an "open secret" in the Cultivation World that five or six out of ten Nascent Soul Ancestors have met the Star God.

In other words, more than half of the Nascent Soul Ancestors in the Tianzhu Realm advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm after meeting the Star God.

"Meet the Star God, achieve the Nascent Soul!"

This saying was widely circulated among the Golden Core realm, and although the Nascent Soul Ancestors have never publicly admitted it, the key point is they have not denied it either.

This undoubtedly indirectly confirmed the statement above.

Therefore, any Cultivator with ambition would never give up the opportunity to meet the Star God.

An hour later, on the high platform, only four people remained seated without bowing their heads.

Zhao Sheng was one of them. It was beyond his control—the Spirit Clan would not allow him to join the Demon Path, and neither the three major Demon Sects nor the Sacred Heart Temple would accept a member of the Sea Demon Clan.

This wasn’t only clear to him but also to the six Nascent Soul Ancestors.

Therefore, he hadn’t even tried from the beginning.

Compared to him, the other three appeared quite "independent and distinct."

Zhao Sheng looked around and noticed that one of these three was the female Gu Cultivator who possessed both purity and enchantment.

The other two were natives of the Shattered Star Sea from Alien Races—one had fine scales on his cheeks and a white membrane covering his eyes, resembling blindsight, from the Fishman Clan.

The last one was drenched, with an extremely pale complexion, and his skin occasionally exuded pale green Water Drops, looking like a Water Ghost who had drowned. This person was the Clan Leader of the famous Alien Race known as the Water Ghosts from the Shattered Star Sea, at the Golden Core Middle Stage.

The two Alien Races were one thing, but the Nascent Soul Ancestors didn’t take much notice of them anyway.

But the Golden Core realm female Gu Cultivator was quite rare.

The Heavenly Girl Li Wanru showed the most interest in her and was the first to extend the olive branch.

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Unexpectedly, the female Gu Cultivator shook her head slightly and then transmitted a few words to Li Wanru using Divine Sense.

After listening, Li Wanru sat up straight and stopped mentioning the matter of recruitment altogether.

Seeing this, the other Ancestors also tactfully stayed silent.

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A quarter of an hour later, Zhao Sheng’s figure reappeared on the streets of Ten Thousand Immortals Square.

The ceremony was over, but the Joy Realm had not closed. Many Foundation Establishment and Golden Core realm Evil Demons were still "living the dream" inside.

Their fates would not be good, with the lightest outcome being to exhaust their family fortunes and get thrown out of Joy Realm, while in the worst case, they would lose their lives at the hands of others.

The exploitation and brutality among the Evil Demons could be seen from this.

As soon as Fang Yi appeared in the workshop, a white light suddenly descended from the sky, turning into a thin ice crystal atop Zhao Sheng’s head with precision.

He plucked the ice crystal off, and a cold voice immediately flooded his mind: "Return to the Spirit Palace immediately—Ancestor summons you!"

"The Ling Yuan Ancestor?" Zhao Sheng crushed the ice crystal in his hand, murmuring to himself.

Soon, passing through an invisible Barrier, Zhao Sheng landed on the square in front of the Spirit Palace’s grand hall.

At the entrance to the palace, Zhang Da and Zhang Er, two Late Stage Cultivators from the Sea Giant Clan, brightened as they saw him arrive.

With a flash,

Two gigantic figures suddenly flanked Zhao Sheng from the left and the right.

"The Great Elder wants to see you. Follow us to meet him at once," they said.

Before Zhao Sheng could reply, he felt the ground vanish beneath him—a tremendous force had lifted him into the air.

In the blink of an eye, they had arrived at the entrance to the grand hall of the Spirit Palace.

Zhao Sheng followed the two lieutenants of the Spirit Palace into the grand hall and looked up, only to be startled.

Atop the hall, there were three Dragon Head armchairs placed prominently below the central seat of honor.

In the middle, an elder of ordinary appearance in a green robe sat casually.

Even a fool could tell that this person, sitting in that position, was none other than the Spirit Clan’s Great Elder, the Late-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator, the Ling Yuan Ancestor.