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Within the imperial palace of the capital, the Emperor Zhao Yuan Zong sat atop a throne with numerous officials standing on either side of him.

With five years of time left since the last national Great Competition, it was time to start preparing for the next Great Competition.

After Zhao Yuanzong finished speaking, he swept his gaze across the officials, waiting for an answer.

At this time, an old man wearing a black robe stood in the right row. He was about sixty years old and his pair of deep eyes did not reveal any emotion.

Reporting to the king, this humble subject has an opinion that I do not know whether to say or not.

The black-robed old man did not speak directly, instead, he stood there leaning forward, as if hesitating for a moment. Seeing this, the country lord Zhao Yuan opened his mouth and said, "State Grandmaster, please speak!"

Only then did the black-robed old man stand up and say, "This humble subject believes that the Abyssal Lightning Secret Realm can be added to the smelting trial."

Before the Imperial Lord, Zhao Yuan, could reply, a person leading them from the left stepped forward.

This person looked a bit strange. Although he looked the same as a person, there were black horns on his forehead that were half a finger long.

The Secret Realm of Deep Thunder is one of the secret realms left behind by the ancient times. In fact, it contains too many unstable factors. If something were to go wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable.

It was very normal for there to be voices of opposition from the imperial court. However, the old man didn't seem to be angry at all as he looked towards the people who were opposing him.

What General Long Tu said isn't unreasonable, but you don't have to worry. I have already set up a great formation inside the Deep Thunder Secret Realm, dividing the Secret Realm into three areas. The parts used for the trial have been verified, and they aren't life-threatening!

The black-robed old man paused for a moment, then continued: "Furthermore, the people who are participating in the Great Competition are the young talents with the best talent in my Heavenly Enlightenment Empire. If I can't even take on this tiny bit of danger, how will I be able to take on the heavy responsibility of protecting my Heavenly Enlightenment Empire from you and me in the future?

The moment those words were spoken, everyone nodded their heads in agreement. The man known as General Long Tu also did not say anything else and retreated back to his original spot.

Seeing that no one had any objections, the king, Zhao Yuan, drew up an edict with his brush!

It had already been half a month since the farce of the competition, and the heated discussions slowly died down. Maki Chen's life finally calmed down, and his daily routine was to refine pills, sell pills, and cultivate.

As for Blacky s, they were constantly being entranced by the Spiritual Herba pills and pills and could not be extricated from them. Now, they were so fat that they had already deformed, if not for their four limbs, Maki Chen would have suspected that he had raised a ball of meat.

Blacky, shouldn't you lose weight?

Maki Chen sat cross-legged in front of the desk, slanted his eyes, and looked at Blacky who was lying in front of the window, bathing in the sunlight, and ridiculed.

Boss, I'm fat because there is a lot of energy stored in my body. As I absorb it, it will slowly dissipate. You don't have to worry about that!

Finished speaking, the Blacky was still patting its round belly with a rhythmic rhythm, its entire face was filled with drowsiness.

Just as they were conversing, the door was suddenly pushed open, senior sister Xi Mengyao rushed in anxiously with an undisguised look of excitement.

Junior brother, there is good news, are you listening?!

Maki Chen actually wanted to shake his head. He knew that this senior sister of his would nag at him endlessly, but it wouldn't be good if he rejected her directly.

Xi Mengyao was not able to discern what Maki Chen was thinking, and excitedly said: "Our Heavenly Enlightenment Empire that occurs every five years is about to begin, and after that, our Sect is preparing to hold a small selection competition three days from now, to select thirty disciples to participate in this time. Junior Brother, do you want to participate?

Maki Chen still wanted to say that he wasn't participating, so Xi Mengyao continued: "This time, Great Competition is different from previous sessions. Not only did it increase the reward, it also added two years ago when the Deep Thunder Secret Realm was discovered into the trial!

Primordial Dragon Mystic Realm!

These four words constantly echoed in Maki Chen's head, and he felt that it was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't recall where he had heard it before, and could only ask Senior Sister Xi Mengyao.

Senior Sister, what kind of place is this Abyss Lightning Mystic Realm?

Xi Mengyao rubbed her hands as she thought about her work, then replied: The Abyss Lightning Secret Realm, is actually an independent Minor World. This matter is a long story, I had only heard my master mention it a few times.

Roughly two years ago, a Yuan Sect Ranker from our Heavenly Enlightenment Empire passed a piece of wasteland and entered the Abyss Lightning Secret Realm. Three months later, he exited the Abyss Lightning Secret Realm. When the king learned of this later, he ordered that the wasteland be sealed off. He didn't know why, but it suddenly opened up.

Hearing to this point, a hint of joy gradually surfaced on Maki Chen's face. It was because he finally remembered the reason why the Abyssal Lightning Secret Realm sounded so familiar.

In his previous life, he had read about a Divine Weapon called the Deep Thunder Pearl in a book that recorded ancient Divine Weapons. According to the book, there was an independent world within this Deep Thunder Pearl.

Although Maki Chen was unable to confirm that the Abyss Lightning Pearl's independent world was the Abyss Lightning Secret Realm, from the known characteristics, there must be a connection between the two.

Thinking to this point, Maki Chen decided that he had to participate in this Heavenly Enlightenment Empire for a while.

Because he recalled the past, the focus on Maki Chen's eyes was somewhat unfocused. Senior Sister Xi Mengyao noticed his abnormality and immediately waved her hand in front of Maki Chen.

Junior Brother, what are you thinking about!?

Being called out like that, Maki Chen immediately regained his senses, and said while looking at Xi Mengyao: "Senior sister, do you have any requirements for the sect selection, such as age or cultivation?

The age was under 25 years old. As for the cultivation level, there wasn't a hard requirement, but the higher the better. Oh right, Junior Brother, what cultivation level are you in now?

Honestly speaking, Xi Mengyao really hoped that her Junior Brother could participate in the Great Competition.

However, Maki Chen's cultivation was only at the ninth level of the Invigorated Meridian realm when he entered the sect, and he had not cultivated in the sect for more than a month.

The selection this time was for disciples under the age of twenty-five. The oldest disciple among the participating disciples was nearly ten years older than Maki Chen;

But Maki Chen's following words, made Xi Mengyao dispel his own thoughts.

Senior Sister, I had just condensed my second Primordial Soul the day before yesterday, so my current strength is at the second level of the Primordial Soul.

Primordial Soul Stage was the amount of Primordial Soul used to determine a person's strength, and every Primordial Soul was equivalent to the Origin Energy of a cultivator at the peak of the Invigorated Meridian Realm. Two Primordial Soul, was equivalent to a cultivator at the peak of the Eighteen Stages of Opening.

However, the difference between the Primordial Soul Stage and the opened meridians realm was not limited to just that.

The Channel Opening Stage cultivators could only attach their Yuan Li to their body's surface to kill their enemies. If they left the body, they would rapidly dissipate.

But when one reached Primordial Soul Stage, the practitioner could transform their spirit energy into all kinds of forms, and attack from the outside for several or even a hundred meters away.

The difference between the two wasn't just a little bit, it was a huge chasm!

Xi Mengyao's mouth slightly gaped open as she looked at his junior brother in disbelief. She praised: "Junior brother, your talent is also monstrous enough, to be able to break through from the ninth level of the Invigorated Meridian realm to the second level of the Primordial Soul in less than a month, I am already somewhat envious of you."

In response to Senior Sister's generous praise, Maki Chen smiled knowingly: "Senior Sister, don't tease me!