Before they knew it, the day of the Grand Pride Tournament officially began arrived.
One by one, disciples of various sects or prodigies from various races emerged from their temporary encampments and flew towards the Heavenly Emperor Mountain Range.
In the past two days, Gao Yan also learned about the situation of the Human Emperor through the Soul Detective.
There are thirteen Great Emperors of the human race.
Seven of them came from the five holy lands, four from the imperial clans, and two others belonged neither to the holy lands nor to the imperial clans, but were cultivators who roamed freely in the world and did not want to leave any ties behind.
Soon, the Nine Saints Sect group arrived at the foot of the Heavenly Emperor Mountain Range.
Originally, there were no steps on this side of the Heavenly Emperor Mountain Range, but now a giant stone staircase has been built.
Furthermore, standing before the stone steps were two beings: a human who had attained the Dao and a leader of all races.
"Anyone who wants to participate in the Heavenly Pride Tournament must climb the stone steps to the top of the mountain within two hours, or they will be disqualified!"
The human cultivator who had reached the Dao stage announced this in a solemn tone.
Gao Yan secretly curled his lip. It was the same old routine. He had already experienced a similar challenge in the tomb of the Creation Emperor.
Let's go!
Gao Yan called to Xiao Yanran and Yin Yutong to walk together toward the stone steps.
Gao Yan knew what was going on as soon as he stepped onto the stone steps.
There is an invisible pressure on these stone steps, and this pressure acts on the soul.
This pressure is neither too strong nor too weak.
But climbing to the summit under such pressure, and at a steady pace, is no easy feat, considering that it's over 30,000 meters from here to the top.
As for those who come to watch the game, they don't need to walk up these stone steps; they can fly directly to the top of the mountain.
Gao Yan had taken a divine medicine and his soul had undergone several transformations, so this kind of pressure was nothing to him.
Even Yin Yutong and Xiao Yanran were not affected much.
So the three of them chatted and laughed as they made their way up.
Before they knew it, more than an hour had passed, and they were only a few hundred meters away from reaching the summit.
Suddenly, Gao Yan saw a figure from behind.
It was Lu Xin from the imperial Lu family, and next to her was Jiang Ziyi, the sycophant from the Jiang family.
Despite the humiliation Lu Xin had inflicted on him, he still hadn't given up.
It's been a while since I've seen you.
Both of them have made significant progress in their cultivation. Lu Xin has reached the seventh level of the Nascent Soul stage, and Jiang Ziyi has even reached the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage.
A short while later.
Gao Yan, along with Yin Yutong and Xiao Yanran, overtook the two and reached the summit first.
Lu Xin frowned and glanced at Gao Yan, feeling vaguely familiar, but searching her memory, she had no recollection of him at all.
After reaching the summit.
Two more beings who had attained the Dao were stationed there.
Then he handed Gao Yan and the other two a token each.
However, Gao Yan's token was different from Yin Yutong and Xiao Yanran's.
His token was purple, but Xiao Yanran's and Yin Yutong's were silver.
"May I ask you two why our tokens are different?" Gao Yan asked.
The human cultivator who had reached the Dao Integration stage explained, "Young friend, your cultivation has already reached the Dao Integration stage, so you are participating in the Top Prodigy Competition. The other two are participating in the Prodigy Transformation Stage Competition, so their entry tokens are different!"
"Thank you, I understand!"
Gao Yan put away the token, thanked the other party, and led the two women inside.
Lu Xin, who had arrived at the summit a few steps later than them, also overheard Gao Yan's conversation with the Dao-merging cultivator. For a moment, she couldn't help but glance at Gao Yan a few more times, that familiar feeling resurfacing in her heart!
If it had only happened once, it might have been an illusion, but since she felt a sense of familiarity twice in a row, she was certain that she had met this young Taoist priest before.
As for why I have no recollection of it, that's simple.
The other party altered their appearance and aura.
Although it is not easy to modify one's aura, such secret methods do exist.
"So, who is he?"
Where have I seen him before?
"Lu Xin, what are you looking at?"
Jiang Ziyi noticed that Lu Xin was staring at Gao Yan's back and asked her with concern.
"What's it to you!"
Lu Xin said something casually, took the token, and strode forward!
Seeing Lu Xin's aloof attitude, Jiang Ziyi felt no dissatisfaction. Instead, he sighed softly, took the token, and followed her.
As a contestant, there is a special channel.
Following the athletes' passage, Gao Yan and his two companions quickly entered a building that resembled a stadium.
However, upon arriving at the contestants' rest area, Gao Yan was forced to separate from the two women after being asked to show his token.
Under the guidance of a master of profound understanding.
Gao Yan was led into a palace.
The palace was divided into small areas, each containing chairs and snacks such as "soul fruit".
Gao Yan found an empty spot to sit down and began to look around.
There are currently more than 200 people in the hall, more than 70% of whom are from the Hundred Races, while there are only 58 people from the Human Race including him.
After Gao Yan used his Insight Eye to obtain information about these fifty-eight Dao-merging beings, he discovered that they were all over five hundred years old, with the youngest being 506 years old.
The oldest one is over three thousand years old.
Moreover, most of these Dao Integration cultivators came from the Five Great Holy Lands, with only seven or eight from first-rate sects.
"Fellow Daoist, are you Gao Yan from the Nine Sacred Sects of the Eastern Wilderness?"
A female Daoist took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Gao Yan. Through his Insightful Eyes, Gao Yan already knew that she was from the Taiyin Holy Land!
"Yes, it's me!"
"I never expected you to have reached the Dao Integration level, fellow Daoist! That's truly surprising!"
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