The rewards stirred the crowd into a frenzy but also cast a shadow over the next stage of the competition. The Nine Heavenly Dragon Forms in particular made hearts pound with greed. Cultivators could buy spiritual pills with enough resources, but a supreme martial technique that promised evolution into a mythical art was priceless.0

Not every technique could ascend into a mythical art. Only formidable sects held such legacies, and cultivators like Mu Heng and Shen Yue had likely chosen the Heavenly Dragon Sect for those arts. 0

Astral stones were hard to come by for ordinary cultivators, but those two lacked no resources. Their families owned private mines, supplying them with a constant flow of wealth for cultivation.0

Fifteen minutes of rest vanished in an instant. Liu Wuxie, having barely consumed any true essence...0