When Ye Meng read the rewards for the Divine Sky Academy entrance tournament, he was completely stupefied. First place was a Tier 7 artifact and 5,000 contribution points in the academy! Second place was a Tier 7 artifact! Third place was a Tier 6 artifact and 2,500 contribution points! Old Man Bai had good connections as a Tier 7 alchemist so he heard that the rewards were gonna be much greater this time but it this level of rewards were insane. First place last year was just a Tier 6 artifact and 500 contribution points which was lower than this year’s third place.

The entire news caused huge waves of excitement and uproar throughout the world. All the eligible young men felt their bloods boiling when they saw the rewards. The Divine Sky Academy has entrance tournaments in every Kingdom so that means 20 Tier 7 artifacts will be handed out!

Contribution points were the currency in the Divine Sky Academy and every single point was worth a lot. 5,000 contribution points is the cost of a Tier 7 artifact and an average Tier 7 artifact costs around 10,000-20,000 low grade spirit stones.

A Tier 6 artifact was worth a mere 250 contribution points and costs an average of 750 low grade spirit stones. The difference in strength was like the price difference, it couldn’t be compared! Countless people wondered why the rewards were so much greater this year than any other year but only the upper echelons of the world knew the true reason. Many rumours spread out about the cause but none were even close to the true reason.

Ye Meng was currently tutoring Li Xiaoyu and his two slaves on perfecting her sword techniques and reaching sword intent. “Nonono! To reach sword intent you have to gain enlightenment in the sword. You have to be able to imagine a sword’s will on everything. The will to cut Gods and Devils into two! The will to dominate the Heavens! The will to sunder the oceans and the sky! Once you put that will onto something, it’ll emit a pale translucent light and have the power of a sword.” lectured Ye Meng. He trained them for a couple of hours and went back into the interior of the mansion.

“Phwaaa!” yawned Ye Meng, “Training those three is too tiring!”. Ye Meng has been trying to increase their strength for the last 1 year and 9 months. They’ve all made significant strength gains but Li Xiaoyu has made shocking improvements while Ye Meng reached the mid Divine Sea stage. With just around 3 years under Ye Meng, she’s gained sufficient strength to kill peak Golden Elixir while being at the peak Divine Sea.

The two slaves are able to dominate the Quasi Divine Sense stage and withstand 20 moves of an early Divine Sense stage cultivator. But if they use a special formation, they’ll be able to withstand 100 moves of an early Divine Sense stage cultivator. But, strength is not the only thing that’s changed. Ye Meng had been making connections with EVERY single genius who would for sure enter the Divine Sky Academy. Although the geniuses were conceited and arrogant, they knew how important making connections with a future Tier 7 Alchemist was so they gladly accepted him. Ye Meng participated in some junior alchemy tournaments which he won with little to no effort. He also helped out many juniors in alchemy which made his reputation skyrocket.

He headed straight for Hua Tong’er’s room and knocked on the door. A fragrant smell entered his nose as a curvaceous figure entered his eyesight.  Hua Tong’ers beautiful visage sweetly smiled at Ye Meng and asked him, “What does Young Alchemist Ye desire?”

Ye Meng chuckled and said, “Nothing much, just a proposition.”

She feigned a bashful voice and said, “You don’t have to ask me. I-I’m your slave after all.”

Ye Meng said with a amiable smile, “Although you’re my slave, I don’t like doing things without consent. I’ll be like my last proposition but a lot more tame and it’ll be in public. I’ll give you 2,000 low grade spirit stones to spend if you do the acting properly.”

She blushed thinking about Ye Meng’s last lascivious plan in that hotel and agreed once Ye Meng briefed her about the details of his plan.

Flashback to 1 year and 8 months ago

“Dongxue Tian usually spends his nights drinking at a mid class brothel and returns home all drunk. Our father is leaving the clan so tomorrow is the perfect date. I can use that technique on him when he’s drunk and force him to enter a hotel or if he stalks you, then I’ll make sure one of my lackeys follow him. Once he’s had enough, I’ll use that technique on him. You should be able to handle it from there right?” said Dongxue Nan to Ye Meng.

Ye Meng nodded and confidently said, “If our plan works then Dongxue Tian will be driven insane and completely crippled. He’ll be unable to do anything but think back to the night in the hotel which will drive him even more insane.”

“Excellent” said Dongxue Nan with a sinister smile on his face. “I’ll make sure to ~ask~ the hotel employees to turn off the sound blocking formation in between the two rooms you’re residing in.”

Ye Meng smiled and they both shook hands. Dongxue Nan exited Ye Meng’s mansion and went back to the Dongxue Clan. Ye Meng headed to Hua Tong’er’s room and opened the door. He saw her cultivating and decided to wait by cultivating. His opinion of her had gotten better after hearing her life story which was pretty sad. Eventually, Hua Tong’er stopped her cultivation and saw Ye Meng in the corner. She knew that he must be waiting for her and gently shook him. Ye Meng opened his black eyes and stood up straight. He handed her a jade slip and said, “I’ll be blunt. If you agree to be my slave, then I’ll give you this Saint level cultivation technique.”

She read the contents with disbelief on her face and as she read, the disbelief slowly changed into shock. The technique she got was incredibly profound! She has been peak Earth cultivation techniques but this technique is like comparing an ant hill to a mountain. Maybe she could reach True Soul just by cultivating this technique. Her greatest desire was power but her talent was just well above average so she knew that she had to charm someone with power. If she got this technique then she wouldn’t be able to fear anyone except Ye Meng. She didn’t even hesitate before saying, “I agree!”.

She swore an oath and Ye Meng felt relieved, “I can only trust Dao Oaths… Without it I can be betrayed by anyone.” he thought while remembering some of Ye Qian's betrayals. Ye Meng told her the outline to his plan to get revenge on Dongxue Tian and told her what she needed to do. She started blushing like mad when she heard a certain important part of the plan. Once Ye Meng finished giving her outline and what he required of her, he left the room. He sat down and began cultivating until the next day. He changed his clothes to more expensive ones and headed to his female slave’s room. She walked out while wearing a tight dress that showed a lot more skin than usual and outlined her curves perfectly. Her snow white calves were revealed along with a bit of her creamy thighs.

She caught Ye Meng staring for a bit too long and playfully gave him an inviting smile. Ye Meng moved at the speed of lightning and appeared right beside her. He pulled her towards him and whispered into her ear, “Succubus, don’t play with me! When you were a concubine, I gave you respect but now you’re my slave. Don’t forget that I can do anything to you and you’ll be unable to resist due to the oath.”

She instantly shut up and became as meek as a obedient dog. When she was a concubine, she would be able to at least make excuses and have some power but since she’s a slave she had absolutely no power. Ye Meng hooked arms with her and excited the mansion. Ye Meng made one of his Quasi Divine Sense slaves follow them to act as a bodyguard.

Hua Tong’er was just too attractive, she might attract some unwanted attention so he had to ‘protect himself’. Although Ye Meng could protect himself easily, he didn’t want his power to be revealed so he had to use a bodyguard. Ye Meng headed out during the usual time that Dongxue Tian excited his home to go to those brothels. He acted as the ‘rich young master’ trying to please his very attractive lover which was a usual sight in the capital.

“Eeeeh?! You want to shop at this shop? This shop is just for beggars!” yelled Ye Meng towards one of the best ranked jewelry stores throughout the capital “The jewelry all costs a measly 100,000 silver liangs! It’d be embarrassing if my concubine was seen wearing jewelry worth only 100,000 silvers!”

“But hubby! Where else should we go?” wailed Hua Tong’er.

“Don’t worry, let’s go to the Descended Angel’s Jewelry Shop! That place is reputed to be the best!”

“Alright!”

Ye Meng felt his pockets become slightly lighter as he watched over 700,000 silver liangs fly out of his pocket but Ye Meng didn’t care much about money. What he really cared about was contribution points in the Divine Sky Academy because the Divine Sky Academy’s resources are dozens of times better than the Royal Shangxuan Kingdom’s. He kept repeating the same cycle with a variety of different stores and all he got was a bunch of kisses from Hua Tong’er.

“Eeeeh?! You want to shop at this low class clothing store? If the clothing isn’t made from the silk from the Tier 3 demonic beast, the Golden Silkworm I won’t agree to let my concubine wear it!”

“Eeeeh?! You want to shop at THIS weapon store?!” said a voice filled with disdain. “Those so called treasured weapons are merely cheap Tier 6 artifacts!”

Ye Meng purposely chose stores that weren’t owned by any important family. All those stores were forced to remain silent because they knew they couldn’t dare to offend this young master! Eventually, the commotion drew the attention of the pitiful Dongxue Tian.

Dongxue Tian’s allowance had surprisingly increased to 5,000,000 silver liangs a year due to the death of his mom. The yearly allowance was just enough for him to spend his life wasting away at brothels and bars. His mom’s will said to treat Dongxue Tian better and so his dad did it out of respect. He only treated Dongxue Tian a bit better though, everyone didn’t beat him up but the rude and disdainful remarks were still there.

Dongxue Tian was currently walking down the street to find a brothel and pub to drink away his sorrows because maybe with some pretty girls accompanying him for the night he could forget his sorrows and that girl. As he was walking, he heard an awfully familiar coquettish tone of the person he so very much desired. He rushed in that direction with an early Golden Elixir stage cultivator opening his way for him.

He saw the beautiful figure of Hua Tong’er in the arms of the same man who ruined his life. He saw how affectionate Hua Tong’er was towards Ye Meng to the point where she regularly kissed him. He saw how much money Ye Meng had and was reminded of his measly 5,000,000 silver liangs allowance. He saw how Ye Meng’s bodyguard was a Quasi Divine Sense stage expert while his was merely an early Golden Elixir cultivator. He saw how young and handsome Ye Meng was while he looked like a middle aged man. He saw how the duo flirted around while Hua Tong’er never did that to him.

Ye Meng saw Dongxue Tian’s face through the crowd due to his increased perception and gave him a look which said, ‘Try to kill me? I’ll steal your woman and make you a useless cripple!’. The look had disdain for Dongxue Tian, dominance and pity all combined which made Dongxue Tian extremely angry. If it wasn’t for the wisdom he has gained throughout the past 4 months, he would’ve charged at Ye Meng with the intent to kill right there. Instead, he breathed in and out to try to control his rage while heading straight for a brothel. He ran into a dark alley which was a shortcut to his favorite brothel. Suddenly, a fist came out of nowhere and instantly knocked his bodyguard unconscious. Dongxue Tian heard the ‘Thunk!’ sound of his bodyguard falling to the ground and looked behind him. A familiar younger brother was staring at him with a innocent yet vicious smile on his face “Big brother… It’s time for your retribution!” Before Dongxue Tian had a chance to react, a fist came at incredible speeds towards his already crippled dantian. Kacha!

All of Dongxue Tian’s bones broke and his meridians were severed. His body was completely paralyzed and just like Wang Feng, all he could do was think. Meanwhile, Dongxue Nan was watching with shock as the brutal and disgusting effect of the technique Ye Meng gave him was unfolded. All the times when Dongxue Tian had bullied Dongxue Nan made countless heart demons on him and now they were all destroyed with Dongxue Tian’s current appearance.

The Qi from the air accumulated and it all entered Dongxue Nan's dantian. Dongxue Nan’s aura exploded and he reached the early Divine Sea stage! Dongxue Tian was 23 years old while Dongxue Nan was 20 years old. A 20 year old Divine Sea stage cultivator was simply frightening! The Crown Prince was hailed as the ‘King of Geniuses’ and he had too reached the Divine Sea stage at 20 years!

Dongxue Nan’s status in the clan would meteorically rise and he would be hailed the number 1 in the younger generation in talent after the Crown Prince. Ye Meng felt like this was going to happen because when he cleared away the heart demon that Wang Feng made, he also rose in cultivation that’s why he let Dongxue Nan use that vicious technique on their victim. A lot of Ye Meng’s ideals came from Ye Qian so whoever treated Ye Meng well, they would be rewarded. Whoever made enmities with Ye Meng would be paid back 10 times through!

Dongxue Nan felt elated when he thought about what his status will be in the Dongxue Clan after this. He also remembered that fratricide was a huge crime in his clan. “Listen up! You guys have been my bodyguards since I was 6. Today, your salary will rise from 10,000,000 silver liangs to 20,000,000 silver liangs if you keep this quiet!”

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His bodyguard eagerly nodded and swore a Dao Oath, they weren’t retarded. This was a 10,000,000 silver liang raise!  The bodyguards carried the broken frame of Dongxue Tian’s body and headed for a hotel while Dongxue Nan went to personally inform Ye Meng. Once Ye Meng heard the hotel where Dongxue Tian was located, he thanked Dongxue Nan and headed straight for the hotel with Hua Tong’er in his arms.

The bodyguards had registered room 4 for Dongxue Tian so he registered room 3. The bodyguards didn’t lock room 4 so Ye Meng could just barge in whenever he liked. Ye Meng walked towards room 4 and opened the door. He feigned a shocked expression as he saw Dongxue Tian laying there on the ground near the wall. “Ahhh! Whoops! Wrong room! Eeeh?! It’s you! Sorry for intruding, my beloved Tong’er was so excited that she made me rush. I hope you don’t mind the sounds.” He said with a smirk and gave Dongxue Tian the same look as before.

“What is he talking about? What sounds?!” thought the anxious Dongxue Tian. Surely it wouldn’t be too bad, right? Wrong! Ye Meng entered room 3 and looked right at Hua Tong’er. He saw the nervous expression on Hua Tong’er face and held her thin waist.  He planted a kiss on her soft lips and squeezed her soft and perky butt. He began to furiously kiss the red faced Hua Tong’er while caressing every inch of her wonderful body. Although Hua Tong’er had heard about pleasing men from her superiors in the Hua Clan it was still her first time, she would naturally be embarrassed. The duo leapt onto the bed and started stripping each other. He unhooked her black bra and saw her beautiful white rabbits with cherries on top. He started sucking on them which made Hua Tong’er emit a bunch of seductive moans.

Although the moans weren’t loud, they were loud enough for Dongxue Tian in the other room to hear what was going on perfectly. Speaking of Dongxue Tian, he was currently crying even though he’s completely paralyzed. His whole body is fighting itself because what Dongxue Tian really wants is to just bash his head multiple times into a wall.

If he does that then maybe he’ll have a chance of getting brain damage and forgetting Hua Tong’er’. “Please! PLEASE! STOP! I’LL KILL YOU YE MENG!!!!!!” yelled Dongxue Tian inside his thoughts. He regretted going to that auction. He regretted even thinking maliciously towards Ye Meng. He regretted blocking Ye Meng’s way. He regretted questioning Ye Meng. He regretted offending Ye Meng. Unfortunately, most of Dongxue Tian’s dreams and desires were just things in his past before he became crippled.

Sadly, Time is something that can never be reversed. Even the most powerful of Gods, Immortals and Devils can’t interfere with the Laws of Time. Space was something that could be tampered with but Time is an immovable thing.

Meanwhile, in the room beside Dongxue Tian’s, Hua Tong’er was nervously looking at Ye Meng’s pole and started sucking it bashfully. Ye Meng looked at this soul stirring beauty and unconsciously imagined Li Xiaoyu in her place.

Ye Meng felt his pole about to erupt after a couple dozen minutes of her skillful techniques, so he said, “Now, lay on your back.” She meekly nodded and removed her mouth from Ye Meng’s large pole. She laid on her back with her charming eyes making eye contact with Ye Meng. Ye Meng looked at her lower mouth and saw that it was soaking wet. A mischievous smile appeared on his handsome face because he just thought about a way to torment Dongxue Tian even further. He slowly rubbed his hard thing on the opening of her flower bud. Her eyes became increasingly more clouded with lust every second and Ye Meng whispered, “Do you want it?”

She bit her lower lip seductively and whimpered a quiet, “yes….”

Ye Meng smirked and said, “What? I can’t hear you.”

“Give it to me!” yelled Hua Tong’er who was crazed with lust. Ye Meng thrusted inside her and felt her wet inner walls that were soft as velvet. He thrusted even deeper and felt a blockade so he looked at Hua Tong’er for consent. She quickly nodded and she looked like she was begging him. He thrusted in and broke the barrier that guarded her virginity. Many different positions were tried throughout the night. Pain and pleasure both filled Hua Tong’er’s mind but it eventually transformed all into pleasure as the night went on.

Ye Meng felt pleasure but he also felt an even greater pleasure, the thrill of making love to someone’s beloved while the other guy was listening. The feeling was even greater when he thought about what Dongxue Tian wanted to do with Li Xiaoyu. Meanwhile, Dongxue Tian was being driven insane by listening to their lovemaking. Every single moan of hers made him feel like a knife was piercing his body.

“The Sovereign’s Body is worthy of it’s name” remarked Ye Meng in his mind. He was sure that all his vitality that let him last for hours was because of practicing The Sovereign’s Body. Ye Meng had a seriously good time last night because all of his lust was bottled up. It seriously didn’t help that Li Xiaoyu was beautiful as a Goddess. He didn’t feel guilty at all for bedding Hua Tong’er without telling Li Xiaoyu because they weren’t in a relationship. Hua Tong’er was his slave so Ye Meng naturally wouldn’t hold back.

Cultivators are people too, they have their own desires.  He look at the sleeping figure of Hua Tong’er at his side and thought about when he first got transported into this world. He wanted to be rich, have countless peerless beauties by his side and life a comfortable life. He already became rich, but only rich in the mortal realm which was not enough. He had Li Xiaoyu and Hua Tong’er but he didn’t think he had any romantic feelings towards them. As for the comfortable life? It was impossible.

No matter what you do, a cultivator’s life is filled with bloodshed and tragedy or else they can’t be called a cultivator. He leapt out of the bed and put on his clothes because he wasn’t finished with Dongxue Tian. He believed that the best revenge was the longest revenge. Killing is just a way to finish someone who hasn’t mortally offended you. For someone like Dongxue Tian, he needed extra torture.

Although Dongxue Tian killed Li Xiaoyu’s family, Ye Meng felt an extreme level of hatred towards him because of what he was about to force Li Xiaoyu to do. Ye Meng was extremely possessive when it came to things that were his. He considered Li Xiaoyu his and became enraged at the thought of Dongxue Tian trying to force her. Ye Meng entered Dongxue Tian’s room after leaving his and saw the crippled Dongxue Tian’s face which was filled with the dried up tears from crying last night. Ye Meng opened his jaw and threw the poison pill he had refined a month ago.

As soon as Dongxue Tian absorbed the pill, he started convulsing and his veins started bulging all over his body but that wasn’t all. The real effect of the pill was to make someone hallucinate the past 12 hours into a never ending cycle. It could be a blessing or a curse deciding on how you chose to use it.

Ye Meng walked out and returned to his room. After Hua Tong’er woke up, he carried her home because she was still tired from last night’s activities. Surprisingly, Li Xiaoyu didn’t notice the change but the two middle age slaves surely did. They were giving thumbs ups, grins and winks to Ye Meng during the whole day. As for Dongxue Tian? Ye Meng took Li Xiaoyu to see the current wretched state of Dongxue Tian. Li Xiaoyu beheaded him with a single stroke and immediately started crying tears of joy/pain.

“Thank you Brother Ye, I’ll never forget this! You can do anything to me now…. Even that..” said the blushing Li Xiaoyu with bits of hesitation.

Ye Meng shook his head and put his hand on her round butt, “Don’t worry, I won’t make you do anything you don’t want to. I might take some advantages here and there though.” said Ye Meng with a playful twinkle in his eyes.

“Hmph!” snorted Li XIaoyu with a slight smile on her face. The playful atmosphere quickly turned dark with Li Xiaoyu's vicious words. “We’ll put that aside for now but the Dongxue Clan MUST be annihilated. An apple doesn’t fall far from the tree so all of the Dongxue Clan members must be like Dongxue Tian. Imagine how many innocent girls they’ve defiled, I would’ve been defiled as well if it wasn’t for you.” said Li Xiaoyu while gnashing her teeth thinking about what might’ve happened to her.

Ye Meng nodded and said, “I have my enmities with the entire Dongxue Clan as well. Especially one person, named Dongxue Yun. He should be in the Divine Sky Academy right now so I’ll deal with that later.”

Li Xiaoyu’s eyes blinked with curiosity and she asked Ye Meng, “Brother Ye, what did Dongxue Yun do to make you have something against the entire Dongxue Clan?”

“It happened when I was a young boy….” said Ye Meng in a nostalgic tone. He told her all the events that happened in his life, except the transmigration of course, and her beautiful black eyes widened even more with every single word. They headed home and once a month, Ye Meng would enter Hua Tong’er’s room for fun.

Flashback End

Ye Meng was walking with Old Man Bai, Bai Chen, Li Xiaoyu and Hua Tong’er to a booth that Old Man Bai had reserved for them. The booth was at the very top of the arena which was the host of the Divine Sky Academy entrance tournament. Hundreds of thousands of people are going to be watching the amazing spectacle of who will get in and who won’t get in. Everyone wants to enter the Divine Sky Academy because everyone who has graduated has become a Quasi Divine Sense stage expert!

But graduating from the academy and entering the academy is extremely tough! On average, only 20 people in the Royal Shangxuan Kingdom manage to make it in but only 5 people manage to graduate! If you graduate, you can go back to your homes but if you don’t manage to graduate, you’ll be forced to work at the Divine Sky Academy no matter who you are. Everyone accepts the risks because how can you get rewards without taking a bit of a risk? The Divine Sky Academy is part of the Immortal Trinity which includes the Alchemist’s Association, The Divine Sky Academy and the Heavenly Auction Palace.

The Alchemist’s Association controls the pills, the Divine Sky Academy controls the highest form of education and the Heavenly Auction Palace controls the influx and outflow of goods. They’re called the Immortal Trinity because even if empires rise and fall, they’ll be remaining upright. The Immortal Trinity cannot be worn down by time because their foundations are extremely deep and unfathomable.

Once they reached the booth, Ye Meng tells the others that Li Xiaoyu and him are registering. After making some small talk with the others, Ye Meng and Li Xiaoyu line up to register. The first requirement is to reach the Divine Sky stage before 40 years old which is fairly easy, for most young masters that is. There were also around a thousand people waiting in line which was greater than Ye Meng expected.

“All of these people would be on the same level as the Supreme Elder in the Jade Mountain Sect” sighed Ye Meng. He’d come so far in the martial path but he still couldn’t wrap his head around those heaven defying geniuses.

The people who were waiting in line with them were not aristocrats so they didn’t know what Ye Meng looked like. As they were waiting in line, a burly dark skinned man saw Li Xiaoyu’s voluptuous body and lecherously said to Li Xiaoyu while walking towards her, “Hey baby, want to spend the night with this young master? I’ll make sure to please you well.”

LI Xiaoyu coldly snorted and Ye Meng grasped her hand. The burly man became enraged and said, “You’re gonna ignore me and be with that pretty boy?! My biceps are bigger than his chicken thighs! Don’t blame me for breaking his bones and making him watch as I ride you all night!”

He came up to Ye Meng with the aura of a mid Divine Sea stage cultivator and threw a punch at Ye Meng who had been suppressing his aura to early Divine Sea stage. Ye Meng dodged at the last minute which made everyone think it was sheer luck.

“Fuck! How is this brat’s luck so good?”

“Yeah! He dodged Senior Brother Zhang’s punch at the last minute!”

But, what happened next shocked everyone who was watching. The burly man threw another punch but this time it was infused with Qi. An image of a roaring tiger appeared on his fast but Ye Meng touched the tiger with a single finger infused with Qi. Boom! The Qi exploded and most of the burly man’s clothes were shredded up in the explosion including his undergarments. When everyone saw his family jewels, they started cracking up.

“Bwhahah! He said he would please that girl but I’m not even sure the girl will feel anything if he puts it in!”

“Fuck! Is that a string bean or is it a man’s thing?! I can’t tell the difference!”

“No wonder his muscles are so big! He needs to make up for his small thing!”

“Uhh Mommy! Why is his thing even smaller than mine? I thought you said it would grow as I grew up!”

Li Xiaoyu quickly looked away at the grotesque sight with red cheeks and Ye Meng started cracking up with the crowd. Everyone forgot about Ye Meng and the burly man’s argument because they were so focused on laughing. Eventually, it was their time to be tested for bone age, name and cultivation. There was an array that scanned you to see if you fit the requirements. Ye Meng passed by it and revealed his true aura of mid Divine Sea.

“Ye Meng

Age: 32

Cultivation: Mid Divine Sea”

As soon as it said Ye Meng, many aristocrat’s ears instantly perked up and they looked in the direction of Ye Meng. When they saw his familiar face, they broke out into smiles and showered him with greetings.

“Ahhh! So Brother Ye is also participating in the entrance tournament!”

“Greetings Brother Ye!”

Ye Meng greeted all the aristocrats back with smiles and exchanged praises. He felt a sinister killing intent staring right at him, it was the Crown Prince. Ye Meng paid it no mind and walked to the testing stage for the 2nd requirement which was a combat test against a mid Divine Sea dummy. You needed to severely injure the dummy in ways such as severing an arm, cutting off the head and etc.

Li Xiaoyu passed by the array and revealed her aura of peak Divine Sea stage.

“Li Xiaoyu

Age: 31

Cultivation: Peak Divine Sky”

The crowd went wild because the Crown Prince had reached the Peak Divine Sky at 30 years old was known as a heaven defying genius.

“Heavens! Who is she and why haven’t I heard about her before?!”

“Stupid! She’s with Young Alchemist Ye and she has a mask. She must be his maid!”

“Fuck! If I had a maid with that much talent and such a hot body I would die happy!”

All the aristocrats looked at Ye Meng with reverence and envy. Someone with her level of talent was sure to become a peak Divine Sense expert or maybe even a Soul Cleansing expert! Only True Soul experts might have Soul Cleansing experts as subordinates but none of them have a Soul Cleansing expert as a mere maid.

Multiple people congratulated Ye Meng and Li Xiaoyu who did the same to other people. Ye Meng and Li Xiaoyu watched people try to fight the dummies but failing every time. The dummies were only Mid Divine Sea stage but their fighting techniques were incredibly honed and perfected. One needed to have combat experience to pass this stage. As Ye Meng saw the fights, he realized he needed to do something. He needed to temper himself! “I won’t use the strength of my body or the extremely powerful techniques I've learned from Ye Qian's memories during this tournament! I'll use the basic foundation techniques for every battle! I need to temper myself like metal, only then I can truly become strong!” thought Ye Meng with a fire ignited in his eyes. He noted some exceptional individuals who’ve defeated the dummies in a short amount of time.

The fastest was the Crown Prince and the second fastest was a gentle looking youth called Hua Hanshan. A couple other strong ones were called Xiao Mei, Xiao Yun, Luo Wei, and Ye Ying.

Eventually, it was Ye Meng’s turn to come up. The dummies looked like terracotta warriors but they were emitting a fierce fighting aura. Ye Meng got into the dummy’s range and the dummy immediately threw a punch at him. Ye Meng dodged with by just a sliver and he hit the side of the dummy’s arm. Dodge. Punch. Dodge. Punch. Ye Meng was trying to find the weakness of the dummy’s fighting technique by feeling him out but the dummy’s movements were flawless in combat.

Ye Meng decided to reveal one of his major cards. He took out a firm leaf from his interspatial ring and imbued it with sword intent. Once the various experts saw the pale light they all jumped up from their seats. Sword intent!

“What kind of perception is this?”

“Reaching sword intent at only 32!?”

“Heavens! Young Alchemist Ye is a dragon amongst men!”

Only geniuses of geniuses with extremely terrifying perception can comprehend sword intent! They made sure to let Ye Meng enter the Divine Sky Academy even if he didn’t win in the tournament which was unlikely. Sword intent could make someone beat someone in a higher stage with little problems.

As soon as the dummy punched out, Ye Meng used his leaf and made a large gash on the dummy’s arm. Ye Meng was surprised because the dummy’s body seemed to be exceptionally hard! Even peak Divine Sea experts would have to spend some effort to cause damage to it. Ye Meng decided to be patient and made numerous gashes on the dummy’s body. Dodge. Slash. Dodge. Slash. Dodge. Slash. Eventually, Ye Meng found the perfect moment and he used all of his strength to chop off the dummy’s arm like a lumberjack chopping wood.

The aristocrats applauded him because his time was compared to the top geniuses in the capital. Ye Meng watched Li Xiaoyu fight the dummy with her Yin techniques. She essentially made numerous small holes in the dummy’s torso and at the right moment, she thrusted her sword into the dummy’s torso with all of her strength. The dummy’s torso slowly froze and Li Xiaoyu returned back to where Ye Meng was. The crowd’s cheers for Li XIaoyu were even greater than the cheers for him because her time was only slightly worse than the Crown Prince. The duo headed back to their booth because the first day was over. There were around 150 people left after the second stage which meant that 130 people would fail.

“The hopes and dreams of 130 people will be crushed in the next 3 days!” exclaimed Old Man Bai who was commenting on talented youths while eating delicacies. Ye Meng nodded and remembered when he took the entrance exam for the Jade Mountain Sect. He had barely passed and because of that, countless people who failed by a slim margin looked at him with hate, envy and jealousy.

“Whenever someone wins, someone will lose. Whenever someone gains something, someone will lose something. Whenever someone kills someone, someone will feel angry and desire vengeance! This is the unwritten laws of the cultivation world!” thought Ye Meng. “Sometimes I wonder if cultivation was a curse rather than a blessing for me. My life was fairly average before but average is better than suffering through countless calamities and heart breaks.”

Mortals might be considered livestock to cultivators but compared to cultivator’s they’re like Saints. Cultivators might be considered Saints to mortals but compared to mortals, cultivators are like wild animals in the jungle. They kill, steal, rape, pillage and do what they desire without thinking of the consequences. So, is cultivation really a good thing?