Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques

Chapter 1150: Chapter 1106: Over a Thousand Rule Crystals

Time passed for a short time, and no more beings from the Rule Integration Realm or the Open Heaven Realm appeared around them.

Chen Fei surveyed the individuals of the human race that had appeared here from the Rule Integration Realm, and his face involuntarily showed a slight change. Not only Chen Fei, but all the beings from the Rule Integration Realm of various races felt the same.

It wasn’t that there had been some change in this space, but rather that there were too few from the Rule Integration Realm that had appeared here.

At the time of entering the ruins, the number of individuals from the Rule Integration Realm was at least over twenty thousand, but now, the number of Rule Integration beings here was just over ten thousand.

That is to say, in the short span of the last four rounds of matching and killing, several thousand to nearly ten thousand from the Rule Integration Realm had died.

This loss was only slightly less than that of the previous clashes outside the ruins.

They had hoped that after entering the ruins, they might be somewhat safer, and it seemed that the first round of matching had confirmed this point at the beginning.

But now it was realized that the danger had never disappeared, and the Rule Integration beings were still vanishing at an extremely fast rate.

And clearly, coming to these ruins was not what those in the Rule Integration Realm had in mind; they were forced here by the higher-ranking beings from the Open Heaven Realm.

An undeserved disaster, simply because your power is inferior, you must be involuntarily swept along.

Chen Fei’s eyebrows furrowed tightly. The number of human beings from the Rule Integration Realm had decreased directly by half, from over a thousand before entering the ruins to now less than five hundred.

Moreover, the most important peak beings of the Rule Integration Realm—before entering the ruins, there had already been twelve on the verge of death and in a comatose state, in addition to Dao Yuefeng, who had already been in a coma, leaving only six of the human imperial sovereign realm.

But now, as Chen Fei looked over, he only saw four peak beings of the Rule Integration Realm, completely clueless about the current state of the other two.

Were they like the other thirteen imperial sovereigns, close to death and in a coma, taken into the Qiankun Cauldron?

Or had they completely perished, their paths destroyed?

The strength of the human race had plummeted to an unprecedented low, and right now within the ruins, there seemed no visible way out.

Not only had the human race suffered heavy losses, but many other smaller clans from the Black Stone Domain were nearly wiped out.

Even for the two major clans, the Wu Meng Clan and the Xuan Clan, while the Open Heaven Realm had not lost anyone, the Rule Integration Realm had also suffered many casualties.

Inside the ruins, there was truly a sense where all beings were equal. Destiny completely depended on your own strength. Support from behind, at this time, could no longer reach you.

Chen Fei’s gaze became slightly more concentrated as the brutal scene of survival of the fittest in the Return to Nothing Realm was vividly displayed before his eyes.

As no more figures teleported here, the fragmented bronze cauldron emitted a hazy light, then enveloped the entire space.

A message appeared in the mental defense. Chen Fei’s eyebrows moved slightly. Killing Black Demons can actually be exchanged for rewards.

This broken bronze cauldron had gathered all Rule Integration and Open Heaven Realm beings here, actually opening the permissions for exchange.

At this moment, Chen Fei was somewhat certain that the spirituality of the ruins was indeed influenced by other forces, and most likely they were the Open Heaven Realm Black Demons.

The spirituality of the ruins had realized the horrific losses of the Rule Integration Realm beings. If things continued this way, the Rule Integration Realm might be extinct before all the Black Demons died.

Should the number of Rule Integration beings within the ruins be insufficient, it might trigger other changes, making even those high-ranking Open Heaven Realm beings unable to eradicate the remaining Black Demons.

Just as at the beginning outside the ruins, so many experts from the Open Heaven Realm were unable to break into the ruins.

If there were no more numerous Rule Integration beings, would the characteristic of the Black Demons being imperishable and the power to greatly weaken the Open Heaven Realm reappear?

All sorts of speculation arose in Chen Fei’s mind. He could not determine the truth, but it seemed that the spirituality of the ruins did not wish for the Rule Integration beings to continue dying.

Chen Fei redirected a wisp of mental defense into the projection of the bronze cauldron before him. Immediately after, a dazzling array of exchangeable treasures appeared in Chen Fei’s perception.

Numerous Rule Crystals!

Chen Fei was a bit dazed by the sight of over a thousand Rule Crystals. Are Rule Crystals now being presented in such quantities?

But soon, Chen Fei thought of the identity of this bronze cauldron.

If this was the legendary Heavenly Origin Tripod, even if it was only a secondary cauldron, the inherent power would be unimaginable, belonging to power above the eighth tier.

For the clans of the Black Stone Domain, Rule Crystals were quite precious. Apart from extracting them from the fallen lower realms, they were seldom found anywhere else in the Black Stone Domain.

But for an Eighth Tier Race like the Heavenly Origin Clan, perhaps those Rule Integration Realm spirit materials could be produced in bulk.

A Seventh Rank Race, like the Wu Meng Clan, is far from reaching this point, but the Eighth Rank represents a completely different world.

For Chen Fei to speculate about the material wealth of the Eighth Rank from his Sixth Tier perspective was inherently a very biased thing to do.

However, since this bronze cauldron had already shattered to such an extent, it likely no longer had the power of the Eighth Tier. Otherwise, the beings showing up in the ruins right now wouldn’t be from the late stages of the Seventh Rank Open Heaven Realm.

It would be directly the Eighth Tier Creation Realm’s experts, reigning over the entire Black Stone Domain. The affairs of the Seventh Rank Open Heaven Realm wouldn’t even be a concern.

It was precisely because what was left behind by the Heavenly Origin Clan was deemed insignificant that from the beginning till the end, no breath of an Eighth Tier expert had appeared in the Black Stone Domain.

Sometimes, when treasures are not of a high enough tier, it instead causes the clans within the Black Stone Domain to suffer immensely.

If an Eighth Tier expert were willing to come to these ruins, they would simply steamroll through the entire place. Then there would be no need for those in the Rule Integration Realm to form arrays to pave the way, leading to the heavy losses sustained by various clans’ Rule Integration Realms today.

Those in the Open Heaven Realm, naturally, couldn’t care less, but only those within the Rule Integration Realm can truly understand the dangers and helplessness involved.

This shattered bronze cauldron now likely lacks the ability to produce Rule Crystals anymore.

In addition to Rule Crystals, Chen Fei also saw the Dimension Origins.

Compared to the over a thousand Rule Crystals, the amount of Dimension Origins was much less, but there were still several hundred portions.

This was the first time Chen Fei truly felt what it meant to be rich.

Compared to the exchange items inside this bronze cauldron, Chen Fei’s personal wealth now truly seemed negligible.

The Rule Crystals and Dimension Origins greatly attracted Chen Fei’s attention. Besides these two, there were other precious treasures.

Plant-based spirit materials were rare, while most precious treasures were more towards minerals or metals. There were also pills, which Chen Fei suspected were all created by this bronze cauldron back in the day.

What made the Tun Yuan Clan believe they could rise again back in the day? This bronze cauldron provides a vivid answer to that question.

Given these resources, if the Tun Yuan Clan descendants had even decent talent, the number of those at the early stages of the Open Heaven Realm would certainly not be few. And as the number of those in the early stage of Open Heaven Realm increased, the count of those advancing in rank would naturally increase over time.

The foundation of a clan is accumulated bit by bit.

However, it’s a pity that although the Tun Yuan Clan had well-laid plans, the passage of time changed everything.

Rule Crystals and Dimension Origins are far from being the most precious among these exchange items, as these two mainly target those in the Sixth Stage Rule Integration Realm.

Of course, they are not entirely ineffective for those in the Open Heaven Realm, but it can only be said that they’re better than nothing.

Amongst the numerous exchange items, Chen Fei also saw many of the legendary Seventh Rank Spirit Materials.

They’re indeed the stuff of legends, because although the Black Stone Domain isn’t devoid of Seventh Rank Spirit Materials, most of them were harvested many years ago.

Till now, Chen Fei had only seen a few sparse references in the human race’s archives.

Compared to the several thousands of Sixth Grade Spirit Materials commonly available, the quantity of these Seventh Rank Spirit Materials was significantly less.

With so many precious treasures present, the expressions of those in the Rule Integration Realm present underwent dramatic changes, and even the several dozen Open Heaven Realm experts couldn’t keep their composure at the sight of so many spirit materials.

Especially those in the late stages of the Open Heaven Realm, the greed in their eyes as they looked at the Supreme Treasures ranked at the forefront among the exchange items was undisguised.

They came to the Black Stone Domain and ventured into the ruins of the Tun Yuan Clan, wasn’t it precisely for these Supreme Treasures?

If they managed to get these items, talking about advancing to the Eighth Stage Creation Realm would be presumptuous, but with their current foundation, the chance to break through to the Peak of the Open Heaven Realm would increase by at least thirty percent.

Don’t underestimate this thirty percent. Relying on themselves, breaking through to the peak of the Open Heaven Realm would not even have a five percent chance.

If they fail in their breakthrough, they would consume their origin energy, greatly reduce their lifespan, and make their next attempt at breaking through even more elusive.

Therefore, without great confidence, those in the late stages of the Open Heaven Realm don’t dare to recklessly attempt breaking through to the Peak of Open Heaven Realm.

Several late-stage Open Heaven Realm experts glanced at the other exchange items, all supreme treasures greatly beneficial to those in the Open Heaven Realm.

If they hadn’t already tried and failed to forcefully tear apart the barrier of the ruins, they might have directly started, turning the ruins upside down.

All those in the Rule Integration Realm and Open Heaven Realm were studying the exchange rules of this bronze cauldron, and Chen Fei was no exception.

He had his sights on those Seventh Rank Spirit Materials too but, without a doubt, Rule Crystals and Dimension Origins were more cost-effective. The contribution points required to exchange the two were completely different.

The source of contribution points was quite simple and crude—slaying Black Demons. Different Cultivation Realms of the Black Demons yielded different amounts of contribution points.

A Black Demon in the early stage of the Rule Integration Realm was worth one contribution point, mid-stage three points, late-stage six points, and a Black Demon at the peak of the Rule Integration Realm was worth a straight twenty contribution points.

Naturally, the strength of those at the peak of the Rule Integration Realm actually varies greatly. Someone controlling a single secondary rule compared to someone who controls four, the strength isn’t exactly worlds apart, but it’s indeed not on the same level.

Yet, at the bronze cauldron side, all Black Demons at the peak of the Rule Integration Realm were worth the same amount of contribution points.

Slaying Black Demons in the Open Heaven Realm directly starts at a hundred contribution points.

If there were a choice in killing the Black Demons, then all those in the Rule Integration Realm would not choose the peak stage Black Demons, but within the ruins, there is no choice. Whatever Cultivation Realm Black Demon you are matched with, is what you face.

If they couldn’t win, the only option was to find a way for those on their side in the Rule Integration Realm to die, to avoid the Black Demon.

In just four short rounds of matching, thousands in the Rule Integration Realm perished, with how many killed by Black Demons being truly hard to say.

That’s the rule for acquiring contribution points, but for the exchange rules – the bronze cauldron actually set a threshold.

A Rule Crystal for thirty contribution points – Chen Fei currently does not have enough.

And even if he did, he couldn’t exchange them, because the bronze cauldron demands starting from the most basic items.