Chapter 249 Fang Chang Is Also An Exceptional Prodigy!
Duang!
The towering God of War Pagoda landed on the ground with a huge thump.
With the God of War Pagoda as the center, the surrounding air over a radius of a hundred miles stood still.
The rips in the fabric of space caused by Heavenly Venerable Golden Lotus’ Heavenly Tribulation were immediately mended.
The God of War Pagoda stood proudly between earth and sky, instantly becoming the center of everyone’s attention. Everyone’s eyes were drawn toward it.
“What a dominant-looking divine pagoda!” “Is this... Senior Brother’s treasure?” “Just going by its structure and aura, it must be a supreme-grade Spirit artifact!”
“Spirit artifact? Please don’t say such ignorant things! This is at least a middle-grade Saint artifact!”
“I have seen the peak leaders use middle-grade Saint artifacts before. I don’t remember them being so powerful. Don’t tell me that this is a... Divine artifact!”
Countless Divine Firmament disciples had been focused on Heavenly Venerable Golden Lotus’ ascension to the Saint stage.
After all, the number of Saint-level powerhouses in the entire Eastern Wilderness could more or less be counted on one hand. And every single one of them was a legendary figure.
Most of the cultivators might never get the chance to see someone undergoing a tribulation to become a Saint. It was definitely something that one could boast about having seen in future conversations!
It could be said that about 90% had rushed out to watch Heavenly Venerable Golden Lotus undergo the Heavenly Tribulation amongst all the disciples in the Divine Firmament Small World. Only a small percentage were in strict seclusion.
Now, after watching the exciting tribulation process, the appearance of the God of War Pagoda had immediately grabbed everyone’s attention.
Everybody was staring at the divine pagoda shrouded in a purple aura. Its powerful presence instantly cleared out the remaining Heavenly Tribulation lightning.
“What the hell!?”
“Where did this lousy pagoda come from? So overbearing!”
Fang Chang had been happily absorbing the lightning and was feeling as blissful as a deity.
In the beginning, he hadn’t been willing to practice Decalamity as he was too proud to do so.
In Fang Chang’s opinion, he had been fighting with Shen Tian over his Junior Sister’s affections. There was no way he would accept Shen Tian’s help.
Since Shen Tian had been the one who had helped to find the Decalamity chapter, he would never practice it!
But in the end, Fang Chang had been too greedy and tried to force his way onto the Golden Core Ninth Refinement Stage. He had failed, and his entire dantian had cracked open.
Junior Brother Shen Tian had selflessly given him a large amount of Divine Devouring Vine Nirvana Holy Liquid so that he could recover.
It was solely because of that that Fang Chang had managed to come out of danger. His power had even increased such that he was at a higher level than before.
From that day onward, Fang Chang had been a converted man.
He no longer opposed Shen Tian and started to acknowledge his authority as the Saint.
Since Junior Brother has acknowledged my talents and wants me to practice Decalamity, I shall prove to the entire Eastern Wilderness that even though our Saint is above me, my powers are not below anyone else!
In the future, any enemy who dares to target Junior Brother or challenge him must go through me first! They will only manage to reach Junior Brother over my dead body!
From then on, Fang Chang’s desire to become more powerful had grown even stronger!
Heavenly Venerable Golden Lotus’ Heavenly Tribulation had been a great opportunity for Fang Chang to practice Decalamity.
He felt that by borrowing the Heavenly Tribulation’s power, he could completely stabilize his Golden Core Ninth Refinement Stage and establish a perfect foundation.
If he was lucky, he might even be able to better understand the Five Heavenly Lightning Cultivation Technique during the lightning tribulation and cultivate a Mixed Divine Lightning constitution.
But a purple divine pagoda suddenly appeared out of the blue and absorbed all the surrounding lightning.
Fang Chang was stunned. This rundown, cracked pagoda was too overbearing!
The God of War Pagoda’s sudden appearance disrupted the plans of quite a number of folks, including the Divine Firmament Sacred Leader. He wanted to carry out a campaign to boost interest before officially announcing to the disciples about the God of War Pagoda.
But since Heavenly Venerable Golden Lotus’ Heavenly Tribulation had already attracted such a large number of disciples to the scene, it was a pretty good time to make the announcement now.
At this thought, the Divine Firmament Sacred Leader slowly appeared in mid-air.
The Sacred Leader shrouded by his lightning and heavenly aura looked very mystical, as if he was a deity who had just descended onto the earth.
He gazed at the disciples.
“Today, our sacred ground welcomes two pieces of good news. “First, Elder Golden Lotus has successfully overcome the tribulation and became a Saint-level elder in our sect. She will be a force to reckon with. Everyone, let us cheer for her!”
All the Divine Firmament disciples immediately straightened their postures.
Every disciple was full of respect and admiration as they cheered, “Congratulations to our new Saint! Hooray!”
Across the five regions and eight wildernesses, a Saint who had overcome a tribulation was considered a top-level practitioner.
Above that would be the Mahayana stage and strictly speaking, cultivators at that stage had already achieved an immortal body and no longer belonged to this world. A Mahayana-stage practitioner could remain in this world for 3,000 years if they didn’t use any techniques. But the moment they did, they would be forced to ascend.
As a result, Mahayana-stage cultivators in the five regions and eight wildernesses could not execute any techniques. They could only live as normal human beings.
Of course, Mahayana-stage cultivators possessed an immortal’s body and had a lifespan much longer than that of a Saint.
To an immortal, the battles amongst the five regions were rather meaningless.
There was a saying in this world, “Everyone below a Saint is a mere ant. Everything below an immortal is just a fleeting cloud!”
The power struggles in the five regions were basically all driven by Saint-level cultivators.
It was great news for the entire sacred ground that they had a new Saint. It was indeed worth a big celebration.
The Divine Firmament Sacred Leader nodded, expressing satisfaction with the disciples’ actions.
He continued. “Second, our disciples achieved exemplary results during the previous Primordial Battlefield trial.
“Our Saint, Shen Tian, not only achieved first place in the trial, but the supreme God of War Pagoda also acknowledged him.
“Shen Tian has selflessly handed over the pagoda to our sacred ground. From today onward, all disciples from our sect can enter the God of War Pagoda to train.
“In addition, all our disciples will enjoy a 20% discount on the entry fee, while members from the Favored Ones will receive a 30% discount!
“Everyone, let us cheer for our Saint!”
The previous cheer for the new Saint-level powerhouse had been very solemn and serious. They had been cheering for the honor and glory of their sect. Meanwhile, this cheer for Shen Tian was full of excitement and wild enthusiasm. This was because they would be personally benefiting from this!
God of War Pagoda!
It’s the God of War Pagoda!
As one of the most mystical and supreme artifacts in the Eastern Wilderness, the God of War Pagoda’s reputation spanned far and wide. Everyone had heard of it.
Legend had it that it descended from the Celestial World. The pagoda had the projections of countless Celestial World prodigies and a vast array of legacy techniques.
Over the past 10,000 years, prodigies across the five regions and eight wildernesses who gained fortuitous opportunities from the God of War Pagoda had all become legendary figures.
The oldest one was Huang Shi from 8,000 years ago. He already had a reputation of being indomitable, and his accomplishments continued to amaze the later generations!
The most recent one was Zhang Longyuan from 1,000 years ago. He had since saved the sacred ground from collapse and made it flourish again. It could be said that this was a priceless artifact that had enough power to affect all the major factions across the five regions!
Countless prodigies over the past 10,000 years had gone for the Primordial Battlefield trial in hopes of gaining recognition from the God of War Pagoda. But all had failed.
Slowly, everyone started to call the God of War Pagoda the “Heavenly Gift Fortuitous Opportunity”. No one would be able to conquer it.
But what had the Divine Firmament Sacred Leader just said? He had said that this dilapidated pagoda was the God of War Pagoda?
He had also said that the God of War Pagoda had acknowledged Saint as its owner and would be situated in their sacred ground?
In the future, disciples from their own sect would no longer need to risk their lives in the Primordial Battlefield? They could enter the God of War Pagoda anytime they wished to train?
More importantly, the disciples could enjoy a 20% discount while members of the Favored Ones could enjoy a 30% percent discount? This kind of discount was enough to make all the disciples from the other sects drool with envy and desire!
All the Divine Firmament disciples gazed at Shen Tian with adoring eyes.
“Hooray for our Saint!”
“Hooray for our Sacred Saint!!”
“Hooray for our Sacred Saint!!!”
Their voices shook the earth for miles and miles.
Luckily, the Divine Firmament Sacred Leader, Zhang Longyuan, was a wise and sensible person.
If it were another Sacred Leader who had a suspicious and paranoid character, they would have been scared to death. After all, Shen Tian’s popularity and status had risen too rapidly. It was nearly surpassing the Sacred Leader himself.
Even Fang Chang and Zhang Yunting, who had been relegated to being the second and third in line to be the Saint, were now cheering with utmost sincerity, especially Fang Chang. He had been very unhappy at this lousy pagoda for stealing his Heavenly Tribulation lightning.
But after knowing that Shen Tian was the one who had brought this pagoda, any displeasure he felt instantly disappeared.
To a robust, battle-addict like Fang Chang, the God of War Pagoda was the perfect treasure.
Where else could he find so many prodigies of the same level to spar with?
Bodhisattva Kuduo was the only one available.
As a result, the two of them were very close.
However, Fang Chang and Kuduo had been fighting each other since a young age and were now extremely familiar with each other’s battle tactics.
One of them just had to twitch a muscle, and the other could already predict what move he was going to use. It had become very boring.
With the God of War Pagoda around, they no longer had to grumble about not having any new prodigies to spar with. Fang Chang felt that his life would be very fulfilling from now on.
Haha, he would go and try it later. If it was fun, he would message Kuduo.
Kuduo was still copying sutras and would go green with envy!
“The God of War Pagoda will be situated here from now on. Our sect elders will keep watch over it.
“Anyone who is curious can enter the pagoda now to train. The Pagoda Spirit will explain to you the general rules.”
The Divine Firmament Sacred Leader finished his announcement and looked at Shen Tian.
“Tian’er, come over here.”
Shen Tian nodded. He flapped his golden wings and landed beside the Sacred Leader.
The two of them stepped into a door in the air and disappeared.
Meanwhile, the excited Divine Firmament disciples had already been jostling and rushing toward the God of War Pagoda.
Of course, they just stood around the God of War Pagoda to study it. No one dared to enter the pagoda just like that. After all, they still didn’t really understand it.
“I have gone into the pagoda to train before. Everyone, no need to be nervous. It is very safe.”
Qin Yundi grinned as he narrated his own experience to the crowd.
Song Fugui, Zhao Hao, Liu Taiyi, and the rest endorsed his narration.
A self-contained void?
A God of War Tablet ranking all the prodigies over the past 10,000 years?
One could spar with Celestial World prodigies from all the various powerful races on the God of War platform?
And that vast library of secret legacy techniques, which also contained the untold, long-lost techniques from all the sacred grounds and races? Every single point was extremely attractive to those young disciples. Finally, their First Senior Brother, Fang Chang, was tempted enough to make a move. He donned his reddish-gold armor and stood proudly before the God of War Pagoda with his Fire Dragon Spear in hand. “So this dilapidated pagoda is the legendary God of War Pagoda? One certainly can’t judge a book by its cover. “God of War Pagoda, let me enter! I am already at the peak of the Golden Core Ninth Refinement Stage and can be considered an exceptional prodigy.
“I wish to experience just how powerful these so-called Celestial World prodigies are!
“Let’s see if they can defend themselves against my Fire Dragon Spear!”