Asura Mad Emperor-Chapter 618 - Rule Changes

The vast plain stretched endlessly, now packed with talented disciples from all the branches of the three major sects.

"There seems to be quite a few more disciples participating in Mount Sumeru this year than last time,"

Jiang Youwei said softly, looking at the ground covered with cultivators.

"Mount Sumeru only opens once every thirty thousand years, and it didn't open last time, how would you know there are more people?" Ji Huo'er asked.

"Naturally, I heard it from the master,"

Jiang Youwei continued gazing at the many cultivators across the plain, "My master participated in the last Mount Sumeru opening. According to him, only a little over two hundred people entered Mount Sumeru last time, which averages out to just over ten spots for each sect's branch."

"But look at this time, I estimate there are already five thousand people."

The sudden surge in the number of participants puzzled him.

"Hey, aren't these the few pieces of trash from Heavenly Sword Gate and Xuanhuang Sect's main sect? Falling at the very end, do you still have the face to participate in Mount Sumeru?"

Just then, a sharp and piercing voice suddenly rang out, entering the ears of a few.

Liu Yuan approached from afar.

"I advise you not to provoke us, otherwise you'll regret it,"

Ji Huo'er said earnestly.

"Heh, a joke, make this young master suffer? By who? Just by you, a yellow-haired girl of the Immortal Platform Realm?" Liu Yuan said dismissively.

The quarrel between the two attracted attention, and many cultivators looked over.

"Brother Liu, who are these people?"

A disciple from Xuanhuang Sect's Qian Gate recognized Liu Yuan, came forward to greet him, and asked.

"Who else could they be, these few here are the infamous Thirteenth Prince and others from the main branch of Heavenly Sword Gate, sitting at the very end of the Chen character ranks—just a few good-for-nothings,"

"They are the four among the five who couldn't get any reaction from the Blood Stone, the Thirteenth Prince of Heavenly Sword Gate's main branch?"

Hearing what Liu Yuan said, everyone turned their gaze towards Ling Xian'er and the others.

"These are the people who couldn't even get a reaction from the Blood Stone."

"Such a beautiful fairy, what a pity,"

There were those among the cultivators who mocked, and those who lusted after Ling Xian'er's beauty and sighed.

"Hmph, shameful things, still having the face to participate," another cold voice sounded at this moment.

It was Zhou Duo and Zhou Zi who had been watching quietly for a while, with a majestic-looking cultivator at the Late Stage of Dragon Transformation Realm following beside them.

"Do you still have one piece of trash among you whose Blood Stone showed no reaction? Could it be that he has a bit of self-awareness and doesn't dare to show up?"

The one Zhou Duo was referring to was naturally Qinchuan.

That day he was pulled into an Illusion Realm by Qinchuan's soul, tormented for several days, and had only recently recovered his senses.

Afterward, once he came to his senses, he believed Qinchuan had bullied the weak, which infuriated him.

Therefore, he invited a cultivator at the Early Stage of Dragon Transformation Realm, hoping that after his senior brother entered Mount Sumeru, he could properly teach that kid a lesson.

"Big brother has important matters to attend to, why would he have the leisure to accompany you little minions in making trouble?" Ji Huo'er retorted disdainfully.

"Hmph, a dead duck still stiff-necked."

"Sister Zhou, once you enter later, if you run into these two, please help me teach them a lesson!"

Zhou Zi, being of the Immortal Platform Realm too, would surely enter the same area as Ji Huo'er and others, so Zhou Duo spoke accordingly.

Zhou Zi stood elegantly, her spiritual energy fluttering about, "Junior Brother Zhou, although it's not uncommon for fellow sect members to fight and kill one another, if I were to encounter these two individuals, a minor punishment wouldn't be a problem."

While Zhou Zi was reluctant to strain the relationship with the main sect, she still had quite a few objections regarding Qinchuan's actions that day.

"Then let us wait and see as we roam Mount Sumeru, and watch as this lady beats you into a huge pig's head!" Ji Huo'er waved her Embroidered Fist, fearless and undeterred.

The sharp confrontations amongst the group only attracted more and more onlookers. When these cultivators learned the identities of Ji Huo'er, Ye Shiyi, and the others as companions of the Thirteenth Young Master, a bout of cold jeering and hot scoffing was inevitable.

Just then, an authoritative voice exploded in the void.

"Silence."

In the middle of the plain, unbeknownst to anyone, a majestic high platform had appeared, and atop it stood a cultivator exuding a tremendous aura characteristic of an expert in the late stage of the Supreme Saint Realm.

Beside this Supreme Saint expert stood a monk, his face the picture of tranquility and his demeanor, serene.

It was none other than Fu Hu, the elder from Golden Buddha Mountain.

Initially, he had planned to ask the Great Emperor in the little spirit mountain world to help retrieve Mount Sumeru but found to his surprise that the Great Emperor had long perished.

With no other choice, he had to return and assist the Spirit Dragon Holy Land in opening Mount Sumeru.

The aura of the Supreme Saint expert pervaded the entire plain, making everyone feel as though a great mountain was pressing down upon their heads, and at once the place fell silent.

"I am He Qianshan, the Great Elder of the Spirit Dragon Holy Land, in charge of this grand event involving Mount Sumeru."

"Mount Sumeru is about to open, and due to the large number of talented individuals participating this time, there have been some slight changes to the rules."

He Qianshan's booming voice resonated directly in the ears of everyone present.

"The rules have changed?"

The geniuses from the three sects looked at each other, awaiting He Qianshan to continue.

Without keeping them in suspense, He Qianshan proceeded to explain.

"Previously, when Mount Sumeru was opened, we divided cultivators into more than a dozen areas according to their Realms, each entering their designated areas without affecting others.

However, this time, we have decided to categorize cultivators into three Ranks.

These comprise the levels below the Spirit Martial Realm as one group, the Dao Palace Realm up to the Dragon Transformation Realm as another, and then the Saint Realm and above as the third group.

Those below the Spirit Martial Realm may enter the peripheral area of Mount Sumeru, while cultivators from the Dao Palace Realm up to the Dragon Transformation Realm can proceed to the central area of Mount Sumeru.

Upon reaching the Saint Realm, one will enter the core area.

Moreover, due to the limited opportunities within Mount Sumeru, we have lifted the prohibition against harming others inside. Therefore, in Mount Sumeru, eliminating fellow talent cultivators will no longer result in additional punishments!"

At the utterance of these words from the Supreme Saint Expert, the crowd erupted into a frenzy of sentiment and astonishment.

Previously, the opening of Mount Sumeru involved finely detailed divisions of the ranks, with a relatively small scale of competition. But this time, Mount Sumeru unexpectedly combined more than a dozen Realms, from Body Refining to Supreme Saint, into three intervals.

And furthermore,

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this Supreme Saint had explicitly pointed out that in Mount Sumeru, killings were no longer forbidden.

The implication from the Spirit Dragon Holy Land was clear—they encouraged the many geniuses to engage in killing each other within Mount Sumeru.

"Why?"

"Why set the rules this way?"

Apart from the cultivators of the three major Realms—the Spirit Martial Realm, Dragon Transformation Realm, and Supreme Saint Realm—the majority shouted out loud, clearly dissatisfied with these rule changes imposed by the Spirit Dragon Holy Land.

In fact, what the crowd did not know was that dividing the inside of Mount Sumeru into three areas was the result of repeated pleas from Elder Fu Hu.

Originally, the Spirit Dragon Holy Land had intended for all cultivators to enter the same area and compete in a free-for-all battle.

However, after Elder Fu Hu begged to the point of threatening his own life, saying he would rather die than agree to the opening of just one area in Mount Sumeru, the Spirit Dragon Holy Land finally agreed to divide it into three major areas.