Primordial Star Scripture

Great Yue City was the largest city near the site of the Immeasurable Mountain Sword Fighting Tournament.

After arriving at Immeasurable Mountain, the Tai'a Sword Sect delegation headed straight to the Immeasurable Sword Sect, where Nine Swords Heavenly Saint had specially arranged accommodation for them.

As for Mu Qingqing, she planned to go with Elder Xiao Supreme Elder to a valley in Immeasurable Mountain to meet the people from Heavenly Sacred Palace who had come to Immeasurable Mountain this time, to discuss the arrangements for the two grand events organized by Heavenly Sacred Palace.

Since Ye Chen and Jiang Yao were not familiar with the Immeasurable Sword Sect and it was inconvenient for them to be involved in the discussions about the arrangements for the two grand events, they arranged another way to stay in touch with Mu Qingqing. After saying goodbye to the Tai'a Sword Sect group, they headed directly to Great Yue City.

When Ye Chen and Jiang Yao arrived in Great Yue City, they found the entire city was bustling and extraordinarily lively!

It has to be noted that not many outsiders could venture into the large sect of Immeasurable Sword Sect near Immeasurable Mountain, and the mountain ranges were even more secluded and deep, only those who enjoyed quiet would stay within the mountains.

In contrast, as the largest city near Immeasurable Mountain, Great Yue City had nearly eighty to ninety percent of the people who came to attend the two grand events.

Above the sky and earth, Rotating Pill Realm and Spirit Sea Realm martial artists could be seen flying and walking around everywhere, while deep within the city, one could occasionally feel waves of terrifying auras that made hearts tremble—these auras were none other than those of mighty warriors who had reached the Heavenly Saint level.

Clearly, within the depths of Great Yue City, there were Heavenly Saint Realm powerhouses!

"It's so lively!"

"The martial artists gathered here in Great Yue City are even more numerous than all the strong ones in our entire Tianfeng Nation!"

Walking along the roads of Great Yue City, Ye Chen admired the warriors coming and going around him and exclaimed with admiration.

The last time they went to the ancient tomb, outside the Demon Burial Abyss, only a few hundred Rotating Pills had gathered from the strong practitioners of Tianfeng Nation, and there weren't any Heavenly Saints.

But now, just the Rotating Pills that Ye Chen could sense numbered over a thousand, and the number of Spirit Sea Realm martial artists was countless, not to mention the faint sense of the Heavenly Saint aura!

"With both 'The Spirit Sea Realm Sword Fighting Tournament' and 'The Hidden Dragon Ranking Contest' being held at Immeasurable Mountain, and with Heavenly Sacred Palace's involvement, not only from the central domain but probably also from places like the Southern Territory and Western Wilderness, Spirit Sea Realm and Rotating Pill Realm powerhouses will be drawn here.

Even those who aren't participating in the two grand events and just want to watch the excitement are quite numerous," Jiang Yao, who was by Ye Chen's side, also said with a smile.

Although there were many strong figures coming and going, Ye Chen and Jiang Yao seemed relaxed as they walked through the great city.

Their strength was such that, besides a few Heavenly Saints in the city, ninety-nine percent of the people there were no match for them!

You see, the reason why Immeasurable Mountain had attracted so many people this time was all because of Ye Chen.

However, the people walking in Great Yue City were unaware of this.

As Ye Chen and Jiang Yao walked along, the aura they displayed was that of the Spirit Sea Realm, so not many paid attention to their strength, but Jiang Yao's exceptionally beautiful face would occasionally attract astonished gazes.

At that point, it was only midday, and there was still plenty of time, so Ye Chen and Jiang Yao strolled around Great Yue City without any particular destination.

After passing four or five streets, a huge square ahead, filled with bursts of noise, caught their attention. Ye Chen and Jiang Yao looked at each other and then headed towards the square.

This square was tens of thousands of zhang in area, and it had gathered no less than ten thousand people. Suspended in the void at the center of the square was a huge ranking list, surrounded by a crowd of people. The noise was coming from this crowd.

"What is this?"

Ye Chen, pulling Jiang Yao with him, made his way into the crowd and looked up at the giant ranking list.

At the top of the list were the bold characters "Sword Fighting Spirit Ranking!"

Below the title, there was a dense collection of names and various descriptions.

"The Sword Fighting Spirit Ranking?"

"Could it be related to the Spirit Sea Realm Sword Fighting Tournament?"

Peering at the huge list suspended in the void, Jiang Yao grew curious as well.

As they both examined it, through the conversations of those around them, Ye Chen and Jiang Yao finally understood what the Sword Fighting Spirit Ranking was all about.

This ranking, strikingly, was devised by the Third-Rank Great Sect known throughout the central region for being exceptionally well-informed, the "Heavenly Machine Sect," listing the powerful contenders participating in the Spirit Sea Realm Sword Fighting Tournament.

Upon hearing that the list was related to the strong participants of the Sword Fighting Tournament, Ye Chen and Jiang Yao were both curiously looking at the names on the list.

At the very top of the Sword Fighting Spirit Ranking, the introductions of six individuals were found, clearly set apart from the names below.

"Lu Xiaojia, from the Third-Rank Sword Sect 'Tiankun Sword Sect' of the Great Xia Dynasty, rumored to be the champion of the last sword cultivators' contest within the 'Four Great Third-Rank Sword Sects!'"

"Fang Luohan, from the Third-Rank Sword Sect 'North Cang Sword Sect' of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a rising talent, though he didn't participate in the last contest of the Third-Rank Sword Sect, it is said he has challenged and thoroughly defeated Mo Beiling, the runner-up of the previous contest!"

"Mo Beiling, from the Third-Rank Sword Sect 'South Cang Sword Sect' of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the runner-up of the last contest of the Four Great Third-Rank Sword Sects. After being defeated by Fang Luohan, it is rumored he secluded himself to comprehend swordsmanship for three years, and his current true strength is unknown!"

"Liu Qingmei, an independent cultivator from the Eastern Star-islets, she wasn't originally on the list, but just three days ago, while she was practicing swordsmanship on Immeasurable Mountain, her sword qi created a rainbow that caught the attention of a Heavenly Saint from our Heavenly Machine Sect, who specifically added her to the list of hottest favorites to win the crown!"

"Xiao Feng, from the Third-Rank Sword Sect 'Tai'a Sword Sect' of the Great Qian Dynasty, the third place in the last contest of the Four Great Third-Rank Sword Sects, rumored to be the top Spirit Sea Realm sword cultivator of the Tai'a Sword Sect!"

The first five individuals, apart from "Liu Qingmei," the other four were all from Fourth-Rank Sword Sects of the central region, among which Ye Chen had even met Xiao Feng from Tai'a Sword Sect.

The Four Great Third-Rank Sword Sects usually did not participate in the Spirit Sea Realm Sword Fighting Tournament, having their own sword cultivators contests instead. Their participation this time directly made them hot favorites to win, which piqued Ye Chen's curiosity about the disciples of these Third-Rank Sword Sects.

But when Ye Chen saw the sixth name, he gave a wry smile and shook his head.

The situation of the sixth individual was written on the Sword Fighting Spirit Ranking as, "Ye Chen, rumored to come from the thirteen nations of the Southern Territory, even more rumored to be a genius youth recently chosen by the first hall of Heavenly Sacred Palace!"

"There are even rumors that the special rewards offered by Heavenly Sacred Palace at this Spirit Sea Realm Sword Fighting Tournament, which drew the participation of disciples from the Third-Rank Sword Sects, were all because of this Ye Chen! However, no one has seen Ye Chen's swordsmanship, so, our Heavenly Machine Sect could only rank him as the sixth hottest favorite to win!"

Below the names of these six people, a special note from the "Heavenly Machine Sect" was marked: "These six are the hottest favorites to win at this Spirit Sea Realm Sword Fighting Tournament! Of course, this tournament is unlike any held in previous years, and it is very possible that stronger contenders have not yet appeared.

Once our 'Heavenly Machine Sect' receives such news, we will add them to the hottest favorites list."

"The names below the six are other sword cultivator strong contenders collected by the Heavenly Machine Sect. While their strength may not match the top six, they also possess the power to compete for supremacy at the Spirit Sea Realm Sword Fighting Tournament."

Glancing down, most of the other names and descriptions also belonged to people from the Four Great Third-Rank Sword Sects. Besides them, almost all the other formidable sword cultivators were disciples from the major sects of the central region.

Among the hundreds of names in the entire "Sword Fighting Spirit Ranking," only three individuals, including Ye Chen, came from the Southern Territory, which was even fewer than the Western Wilderness. The Western Wilderness had as many as ten sword cultivator disciples from the top ten Demon Sects on the Sword Fighting Spirit Ranking.

"Our Southern Territory's sword cultivators are so few on the 'Sword Fighting Spirit Ranking,' even fewer than the Western Wilderness."

"Could it be that the Heavenly Machine Sect believes that there are only these three individuals worth mentioning from the Southern Territory participating in this Sword Fighting Tournament?"

Ye Chen furrowed his brow.

However, he soon chuckled and shook his head: "Speaking of which, they missed a truly formidable person this time, right, Jiang Yao?"

"No matter how many from the Western Wilderness are on the 'Sword Fighting Spirit Ranking,' when it really comes to battle, just one girl from the Southern Territory could sweep them all!"

Noticing Ye Chen's teasing gaze, Jiang Yao's face turned slightly red.

Ye Chen was referring to Jiang Yao.

Since Jiang Yao's awakening, she had grasped several Divine Arts from the Divine Secret Method, one of which related to swordsmanship.

Based on their private sparring, Jiang Yao's true swordsmanship skill, although just newly comprehended and not even fully entered into the first layer, was only slightly less lethal than Ye Chen's. It's likely the other five hot favorites on the list would be no match for her.

As Ye Chen and Jiang Yao were looking at the list and chatting via transmitted messages, some tens of meters away, a quarreling sound emerged from the crowd gathered around the ranking.

When Ye Chen extended his divine sense towards the source of the altercation and saw one of the arguing parties, he was taken aback: "Hmm, they're here at Immeasurable Mountain too?"

After Ye Chen listened carefully to the content of the quarrel, his expression turned grave.