158: Ye Changxi's strength

Nearly ten thousand Cloud Palace Disciples headed to Yun Peak Central Square to gather after hearing the bell.

Of course, some of them were there to watch the excitement, cheer on their friends, or support the Cloud Palace Team.

Among all those who gathered,

it was as Long Aotian had expected.

Fan Xiu's cultivation Realm had made a qualitative leap in less than a year, breaking through from the Out-of-Body Realm to the First Revolution of the Mahayana Realm, astonishing those who didn't know the truth.

How exactly did he Cultivate?

He actually managed to cross the Spirit Division Realm and Break through to the Mahayana Realm from the Ninth Revolution Peak Stage of the Out-of-Body Realm in less than a year?

For a time, many Disciples were also greatly disheartened, feeling that their years of cultivation had been for naught, and that decades of arduous cultivation were not even as great as the achievements someone made in less than a year.

Isn't that frustrating?

Aside from Long Aotian, there were also many clever people present, such as Emperor Ye Ye Tian, Ao Jingtain, Cloud Palace Lord Yue Yunzhan, Second Grand Elder Huo Rulie, Third Grand Elder Fen Juechen, and others, whose special statuses and extensive knowledge led them to guess something.

Fan Xiu had clearly been suspected of sealing his cultivation before, and even now, his cultivation Realm was probably far more than just the First Revolution of the Mahayana Realm.

Is this little bald monk showing off?

The other poor Disciples of Cloud Palace had their Dao Heart severely impacted.

However,

an occasional setback is good, lest those guys think their Martial Arts Talent is Heaven-Defying or how awesome their future will be after joining Cloud Palace.

Compared to Fan Xiu, they were nothing.

It's quite amusing!

This time going to Middle Province, Fan Xiu, as one of the top ten Disciples on the Out-of-Body Realm ranking, was qualified to see the world. But Long Aotian predicted that if this guy's cultivation Realm hadn't yet Broken through to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, he would also be one of the top behemoths who would inevitably enter the Tribulation Dao Secret Realm.

He might not be able to get a spot from Cloud Palace, but Guiyi Sect would certainly not lack a spot for him.

Furthermore, given Fan Xiu's mysterious nature, Long Aotian wouldn't even doubt that he could snatch a spot on the martial arts arena of the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts.

He might even make it into the top ten!

He was determined to win first place in the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts.

As for second place?

Long Aotian had full confidence in Ao Jingtain.

Especially since Ao Jingtain's Piao Yao Divine Skill had achieved astonishing results.

Moreover, Ao Jingtain, trained by Ao Zhan, had Physical Body strength far superior to that of ordinary Cultivators.

The Grand Void Dragon Clan is one of the races that values Physical Body strength the most. They live in the extremely dangerous Void Realm, where Void Realm turbulence is a terrifying danger even for highly cultivated Cultivators, but for the Grand Void Dragon Clan, it's just for scratching an itch.

How could Ao Zhan allow his daughter's Physical Body strength to be so weak?

Although Ao Jingtain's Physical Body had not yet achieved Immortal Ascension, Long Aotian believed that in the entire Sky Ruins Continent, no one in the Mahayana Realm, other than himself, could match Ao Jingtain's Physical Body strength.

In addition, there were various Immortal-grade Magic Treasures, and the various top-grade healing Medicinal Pills and top-grade Origin Qi recovery Medicinal Pills he provided.

He would ensure Ao Jingtain secured second place!

Even if Fan Xiu was a Reincarnation of an Upper Realm powerhouse, his chances of winning against Ao Jingtain with a Ninth Revolution Peak of the Mahayana Realm cultivation were not high.

Besides Fan Xiu, one other person's cultivation Realm caught Long Aotian's attention.

She was the Young Peak Lord of Ice Peak, the second-ranked on the Out-of-Body Realm list, second only to Fan Xiu:

Ye Changxi.

After the Cloud Palace Grand Competition, Ye Changxi, who was ranked second on the Out-of-Body Realm list, had a cultivation Realm of the Ninth Revolution Peak Stage of the Out-of-Body Realm. Now, in less than a year, her cultivation Realm had Broken through to the Seventh Revolution of the Spirit Division Realm, making Long Aotian consider whether to give her a spot to enter the Tribulation Dao Secret Realm for experience.

Why did Ye Changxi Break through so rapidly?

Long Aotian couldn't help but glance at his father, Long Bubai, intentionally or unintentionally.

After the announcement of the Cloud Palace Grand Competition, Ye Changxi, who had already touched the Bottleneck of the Spirit Division Realm, chose to suppress her cultivation for over two years and did not Break through to the Spirit Division Realm.

Because she knew very well that if she Broke through to the Spirit Division Realm, she would have to participate in the Spirit Division Realm ranking in the Centennial Grand Competition. Facing those Late Stage and Mid-Grade powerhouses of the Spirit Division Realm, she, an Early Stage ant who had just Broken through to the Spirit Division Realm, clearly couldn't expect a good ranking on the Spirit Division Realm list.

However, participating in the Out-of-Body Realm list was different; she was confident that she could rank among the top on the Out-of-Body Realm list.

The situation was indeed as she expected.

If she had participated in the Spirit Division Realm ranking, she would definitely not have been able to rank within the top two thousand to obtain a spot to enter the Tribulation Dao Secret Realm. But by participating in the Out-of-Body Realm ranking, she easily made it into the top ten and obtained a spot to see the world in Middle Province.

After the Grand Competition, her mood was very low.

She believed that no one in the Out-of-Body Realm was her match, but she ended up losing to Fan Xiu, settling for second place.

After the ranking matches, she immediately went into seclusion.

Under Long Aotian's Divine Sense prying, his father, Long Bubai, had secretly left Dragon Peak during this period and met Ye Changxi once, even giving her a storage ring.

Long Aotian's Divine Sense silently infiltrated the storage ring and saw, good heavens, a million Top-Grade Spirit Stones.

He had only given three million Top-Grade Spirit Stones to his father and mother respectively, and his father actually gave a million Top-Grade Spirit Stones directly to Ye Changxi?

How could Long Aotian remain calm?

A million Top-Grade Spirit Stones, that's one hundred million High-Grade Spirit Stones, ten billion Medium-Grade Spirit Stones! Such a massive amount of high-quality cultivation resources, his father was truly willing to give them away.

Long Aotian didn't know if his mother knew about this. In any case, Long Bubai and his mother, Hua Buwan, were both cultivating in seclusion in the same Immortal Cave. He also didn't know if his mother was involved... Long Aotian could only turn a blind eye to this, but his attitude towards Ye Changxi clearly changed a lot.

He truly didn't want to manage, nor did he dare to manage, the situation between his parents and Ye Changxi.

Otherwise, he might very well bring trouble upon himself... Ye Changxi, precisely because she had suppressed her cultivation before, under the accumulation of power, especially after being stimulated by Fan Xiu and having the high-quality cultivation resources from Long Bubai, coupled with her own excellent Martial Arts Talent, she broke through to the Late Stage of the Spirit Division Realm in one go, truly achieving a stunning Breakthrough.

As the second-place holder on the Out-of-Body Realm ranking, she wasn't particularly outstanding; often, people only remembered the first place.

Everyone else below the first place was merely an extra.

This time was different. Her astonishing Breakthrough in cultivation Realm, although still overshadowed by Fan Xiu, shocked everyone.

At least, when people thought of Fan Xiu, it was now difficult not to think of her as well...