"I left that divine message outside of the 'Haotian Ancient Stream.' Once the formidable powers of my clan remove the divine power's concealment, they will naturally discover the message, and then there will surely be a response."
Sovereign Heilun said finally.
Sovereign Heilun's words made Ye Chen nod.
Indeed, almost ninety-nine percent of the Sovereigns of the Extreme Spirit Clan went to the "Haotian Ancient Stream" this time. As one of the five great Supreme Clans in the "True Spirit Divine Kingdom," the strength of the Extreme Spirit Clan is not much weaker than that of the Blood Wing Clan and the Nine Flames Clan. The clan has more than twenty Nine Star Sovereigns, and countless Sovereigns below the Nine Star Lord realm.
At this moment, only Sovereign Heilun, a Nine Star Sovereign, remains in the clan to oversee clan affairs. Just entering the "Haotian Ancient Stream," there are more than twenty Nine Star Sovereigns.
With so many Nine Star Sovereigns, it seems virtually impossible for anything to happen in the cultivation ground "Haotian Ancient Stream."
However, given the unusual events occurring there, Ye Chen was not willing to sit idly by.
After all, this concerns his important task of finding General Yinsha and lifting the curse of the "Huyan Divine Master"!
Ye Chen transmitted to Sovereign Heilun, asking: "Senior Heilun, is there any way I could go to 'Haotian Ancient Stream' and see for myself?"
As if already anticipating Ye Chen's question, Sovereign Heilun smiled and said: "I know, young friend Jiang Li, that you come from an extraordinary background and have countless means. However, 'Haotian Ancient Stream' is a crucial cultivation land for our Extreme Spirit Clan, and it's difficult even for ordinary members of our clan to enter, let alone people from foreign races."
"For young friend Jiang Li to cultivate inside 'Haotian Ancient Stream' is practically impossible. Even to just have a look outside the 'Haotian Ancient Stream,' you must help the Extreme Spirit Clan complete missions, accumulate 'merit points' to achieve 'first-class merit,' and become someone of great contribution to our Extreme Spirit Clan."
Realizing that entering to cultivate in the "Haotian Ancient Stream" is indeed impossible for him as a non-member of the Extreme Spirit Clan, Ye Chen thought that to be able to check outside and assess the situation of the "Haotian Ancient Stream" would already be acceptable.
"Afraid helping the Extreme Spirit Clan with missions and accumulating 'merit points' to reach 'first-class merit' isn't easy, is it?" Ye Chen asked Sovereign Heilun, "I only have a year to stay here at the Extreme Spirit Clan."
He doesn't have that much time to complete missions slowly and accumulate merit points at the Extreme Spirit Clan.
If within half a year there are no clues about General Yinsha, he will have to find another way to remove the curse left by the "Huyan Divine Master" within him.
Upon hearing Ye Chen's words, Sovereign Heilun seriously replied, "It is indeed not easy to accumulate merit points to reach 'fixed merit' in the Extreme Spirit Clan. This requirement not only demands achieving the highest grades in the 'Extreme Spirit Martial Land' selection, but also to be directly selected into the best 'Extreme Spirit Mission Team' to complete missions for the Extreme Spirit Clan, and even face the most dangerous tasks during the process to accumulate enough merit points in a short time to reach 'first-class merit' and gain the greatest freedom in the Extreme Spirit Clan."
"If your results in the 'Extreme Spirit Martial Land' selection are not good, and you are selected into a weaker 'Extreme Spirit Mission Team,' the missions will be much less dangerous, and the accumulation of merit points will be much slower."
Ye Chen nodded, pondering in his heart: "Looks like I need to prepare two strategies."
"First one is to wait inside the Extreme Spirit Clan for news from the old Sovereigns about General Yinsha, and ideally have the chance to visit 'Haotian Ancient Stream' as soon as possible."
"This means I must achieve top grades in this 'Extreme Spirit Martial Land' selection."
"According to Ling'er's explanations of past 'Extreme Spirit Martial Land' selection rules, regardless of the selection methods, my combat power should be enough for top grades, as long as I don't hold back too much."
"Okay, then let's really go for it in the 'Extreme Spirit Martial Land' selection! After all, I'm going to spend some time here at the Extreme Spirit Clan and want to look for treasures in those trade fairs to cultivate the Eternal God Body. The more merit points I accumulate, the greater freedom I can gain in the Extreme Spirit Clan."
"Of course, the second preparation is also very critical."
"With just about a year left from the time limit set by 'Huyan Divine Master' to find General Yinsha, if I can't find General Yinsha during this time period, I'll have to rely on other methods to dispel the curse danger left by 'Huyan Divine Master' inside my body."
"The curse left by the Divine Master can only be removed by finding someone more powerful than the Divine Master, or trying to find a way to solve the curse power from the 'Skywind Medical Scripture' left by the 'Skywind Divine Master'."
Ye Chen's mind and spirit flickered, and he made an instant decision.
Seeing the change in Ye Chen's expression, as his face gradually grew resolute, Sovereign Heilun realized that this extraordinary Divine King probably already had many ideas in mind.
As for why this Divine King was searching for Sovereign Yinsha, Sovereign Heilun was not particularly concerned.
He cared that this Divine King, possibly with a great personage backing him, came to the Extreme Spirit Clan, and he must be treated kindly without leaving any grievances.
This was also why he, a Nine Star Sovereign, came to the "Extreme Spirit Martial Land," to explain to Ye Chen the reasons behind the changes in the "Haotian Ancient Stream."
Finally, Sovereign Heilun said to Ye Chen: "Young friend Jiang Li, these are the matters I wanted to convey. If any more news comes from the 'Haotian Ancient Stream,' I will inform young friend Jiang Li."
"I will take my leave now as there are still many matters to attend to in the clan."
"I wish young friend Jiang Li success in achieving satisfying results in the 'Extreme Spirit Martial Land' selection."
This final statement clearly signaled his departure. Sovereign Heilun didn't telepathically message Ye Chen again; instead, his voice once more resonated in the selection space.
Hearing the courteous tone of Sovereign Heilun's words, many people from the Extreme Spirit Clan and the foreign race participants in the Extreme Spirit Martial Land selection were greatly surprised.
They knew Ye Chen was formidable.
But they didn't expect Sovereign Heilun, a great figure in the Nine Star Lord realm, to be so polite to Ye Chen!
"This Upper God King 'Jiang Li' seems to have a background even more extraordinary than we imagined!"
"Otherwise, Elder Heilun (Sovereign) wouldn't be so courteous to him!"
"What did Elder Heilun (Sovereign) say to him?!"
For a moment, everyone's gaze toward Ye Chen became markedly different.
Ye Chen also knew that Sovereign Heilun intentionally let those words spread, giving him some face, showing the crowd his regard for him.
Ye Chen was quite grateful in his heart for Sovereign Heilun coming specifically to speak.
Ye Chen cupped his fists toward Sovereign Heilun and said, "I understand your intentions, senior."
"Senior, please go about your duties. After the selection at Extreme Spirit Martial Land finishes, when I can enter the Extreme Spirit Sea, I'll certainly visit you again!"
Sovereign Heilun smiled, patted Ye Chen on the shoulder, then nodded to Sovereign Lei Bo beside him before swiftly leaving the selection realm.
The nearby Sovereign Yinfang also exchanged polite words with Ye Chen before departing.
The scene returned to the normal state of the selection process.
At this time, Sovereign Lei Bo, responsible for overseeing the selection of "Extreme Spirit Martial Land," finally announced the beginning of this "Extreme Spirit Martial Land" selection and began to announce the official rules.
According to Sovereign Lei Bo, this "Extreme Spirit Martial Land" selection will be divided into four rounds.
The first round is the "Photographing Spirit Mirror" test, which solely assesses whether the foreign participants harbor hostility towards the Extreme Spirit Clan or have special intentions of infiltrating the Extreme Spirit Sea.
The test results are simply pass or fail, not involving other scores.
However, starting from the second to the fourth round, each selection process will result in four grades: Upper Level, Middle Level, Lower Level, and Eliminated.
If any round in the later stages results in the worst grade of "Eliminated," there will be no chance to pass the selection to enter the Extreme Spirit Sea.
Simultaneously, Sovereign Lei Bo also mentioned that the better the scores achieved by foreign participants in the "Extreme Spirit Martial Land" selection, the higher the level of assignments they will be given after entering the Extreme Spirit Clan, and the better the treatment they will receive.
Ye Chen considered these factors during his conversation with Sovereign Heilun.
In the next three rounds, Ye Chen will strive to achieve Upper Level scores; if he achieves Upper Level in all three rounds, it will be the best result in this selection, facilitating his swift accumulation of merit points.
After Sovereign Lei Bo announced the selection rules, the tens of thousands of foreign participants in the "Extreme Spirit Martial Land" selection were taken to the first selection location— the "Photographing Spirit Mirror" area.
This was a location at the far right of this selection realm.
Here, there was a massive circular blue light sphere, thousands of feet large, towering above the earth.
Sovereign Lei Bo said to the tens of thousands of foreign participants, "Inside this blue light sphere is the 'Photographing Spirit Mirror' space. All participants must fly into this space to partake in the test."
"At that time, everyone will enter a separate 'mirrored world' within the 'Photographing Spirit Mirror' to undergo testing."
"The test duration will last for an hour."
"If, during this hour, you are repelled by the blue light sphere, it means the test is not aligned, indicating there are certainly some issues with you and the Extreme Spirit Clan. Those who don't qualify should leave on their own."
"Of course, the 'Photographing Spirit Mirror' is a miraculous treasure of our clan. If anyone harbors great enmity or malicious intentions towards us, the blue light sphere will alert us as it repels you. At that time, don't blame our clan for being merciless."
Sovereign Lei Bo's words were stern, causing many foreign participants to hurriedly nod.
Regarding the "Photographing Spirit Mirror," these foreign participants had already gathered information; those who truly came here would not dare risk their lives to offend the Extreme Spirit Clan.
After everyone understood, Sovereign Lei Bo waved his hand, allowing the participants to fly into the blue light sphere to formally begin the first round of the "Photographing Spirit Mirror" test.
The tens of thousands of foreign participants, like a swarm of locusts, flew into the blue light sphere, each entering different testing spaces.
Among the crowd, Ye Chen also spent a few moments observing the blue light sphere.
Then, without any visible movement, he flashed into the blue light sphere.
Once inside the blue light sphere, Ye Chen found himself in a small space where everything above, below, and around, except for the spot he stood, was filled with gleaming mirrors.
These mirrors did not reflect Ye Chen's image; instead, they were inscribed with special patterns.
Upon Ye Chen's entry into this space, these special patterns began emitting bright silver light, and in an instant, all the light shone upon Ye Chen.