Chapter 969 – The Rising Star

The gathering came to an end, as the news regarding its details spread to the entire Dragon Emperor Clan, leaving everyone in great shock. Many Peak Leaders began to instruct their disciples to learn from Qin Nan, while the inner and outer disciples treated him as their role model.

As soon as Qin Nan returned to the Dragon Emperor Clan, the pleasant laugh of the Six-Spirited Dragon Vein echoed from a distance away, “Nice one kid, well done. Even the Heaven-Shattering Martial Monarch wasn’t able to achieve what you did.”

The words were uttered sincerely. The Heaven-Shattering Martial Monarch waited for several years before making his amazing appearance, but Qin Nan had only joined the Dragon Emperor Clan less than two years ago.

“You’re exaggerating.” Qin Nan smiled, “Hounds and mouse, you three should spend more time cultivating, and try to thoroughly master the Heavenly Fortune Art. Xiao Hong, you should bring the rest to cultivate in seclusion too. As for Xuan Yue, your time at the Human Peak has come to an end.”

Xuan Yue was startled. Was Qin Nan chasing him away?

“Master, please don’t. Even though Xuan Yue is a little stupid at times, he has been loyal to you, with a great future lying ahead.” The two hounds blurted out in a panic.

Even though they always argued with Xuan Yue, they treated him as their friend.

“I believe you’ve misunderstood my intentions. I’m now a core disciple, but the Ten Thousand Beast Garden is useless for me. You should take this and train yourself there instead.” Qin Nan continued after a brief pause, “I hope to see a stronger Xuan Yue at the Monarch Horoscope Contest.”

He threw the core disciple badge to Xuan Yue.

According to the rules of the Ten Thousand Beast Garden, a core disciple badge would grant a single person access to the place.

“Master…” Xuan Yue stared at the badge blankly before he finally collected his thoughts after a prolonged moment, and said with reddened eyes, “Don’t you worry, one day, I will surely become the king among the Skyhowl Wolves. I won’t disappoint you!”

He left without further hesitation, as he understood that he could only repay Qin Nan’s kindness by growing stronger.

“Time to cultivate in seclusion.”

Qin Nan withdrew his thoughts and proceeded straight to the Dao Origin Crystal.

Little did he know that the fact that he had given Xuan Yue the core disciple badge resulted in a great shock among the people of the Dragon Emperor Clan. The Peak Leaders who were not too fond of Qin Nan were impressed. Meanwhile, Xuan Yue’s father—the Peak Leader of the Skyhowl Wolf Peak who once tried to harm Qin Nan—had fallen silent.

Inside the Dao Origin Crystal…

“I’m not sure if one million Monarch Crystal is enough for the Divine Battle Spirit to rank up to the sixth-grade Tian rank!” Qin Nan glanced at the pile of Monarch Crystals in front of him and took a deep breath. He reached out his hands and grabbed handfuls of the Monarch Crystals, shoving them into his mouth.

Ten thousand!

Eighty thousand!

Two hundred thousand!

Three hundred and thirty thousand!

When Qin Nan devoured five hundred thousand Monarch Crystals, his body had produced two hundred streams of Vital Qi, while the Divine Battle Spirit began to unleash a faint aura.

“Almost there!” Qin Nan was delighted, as he increased the speed of his hands.

As he thought, the moment he devoured seven hundred and sixty thousand Monarch Crystals, following a loud explosion, the fifth crimson ray was emitted from the Divine Battle Spirit’s back.

Furthermore, the enormous figure of the Divine Battle Spirit was covered in a layer of a golden glow, as if it was its armor, resulting in a greater pressure when compared to the fourth-grade Tian rank.

It was as if the fifth-grade Tian rank was an entirely new level!

“About time!” Qin Nan let out a relieved sigh, before his eyes flickered. His Martial Spirit had finally reached the top of the Middle Continent.

“I should have asked for more Monarch Crystals, to try and reach the sixth-grade Tian rank.”

Qin Nan gathered his thoughts and shook his head, before devouring the rest of the Monarch Crystals.

Although he had miscalculated the Monarch Crystals needed for leveling up to the fifth-grade Tian rank, his body had produced over three hundred streams of Vital Qi. Since the Vital Qi was extremely helpful for the beast tribe, he could trade them for Monarch Crystals to try and rank up his Martial Spirit to the sixth-grade Tian rank.

“Mm? What’s going on?” Qin Nan was startled.

He had devoured another ten thousand Monarch Crystals, but the streams of Vital Qi showed no sign of increasing.

“Could it be that the Monarch Crystals are no longer useful?”

The thought popped into Qin Nan’s mind.

The thing he needed to rank up his Martial Spirit at the Xuan rank was different than the thing he needed at the Di rank. However, the change only took place after reaching a different rank. Why did it happen now when he had only reached the fifth-grade?

“It must be something to do with the Limitation of the Canglan Continent’s Martial Spirits. Those with a first-grade to fifth-grade Tian ranked Martial Spirit can achieve the Martial Monarch Realm, while only those with a sixth-grade to tenth-grade Tian ranked Martial Spirit can achieve the Martial G.o.d Realm.” Qin Nan reached a conclusion, before he frowned, “It seems like I’ll have to go to the half-G.o.d region before I can further improve the Divine Battle Spirit. If that’s the case, I shall focus on other things for now.”

He should focus on the Monarch Horoscope Contest instead, as it was only five months away.

“Time to go into seclusion.”

Qin Nan murmured before he began to comprehend the Art of Destruction once again.

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Four hours had pa.s.sed since the readjustment of the Monarch Ranking had taken place, allowing the Shadow PaG.o.da to fully collect the latest information, which slowly spread to the factions.

The entire Middle Continent became lively once again!

“Did you hear? The guy from the Western Continent who used to have a first-grade Tian ranked Martial Spirit has successfully altered his destiny, granting him a fourth-grade Tian ranked Martial Spirit. His ranking has also increased from over five thousand to over two thousand!”

“Hehe, I heard that someone has improved from first-grade Tian rank to fifth-grade Tian rank!”

“The name of the rogue cultivator who has been quite active lately was erased from the Monarch Ranking. I believe someone must have killed him!”

“Gasp, the eleventh-ranked guy is now ranked tenth! Did they fight against each other recently?”

“d.a.m.n, the rogue cultivator Fang Changqing’s rank has increased by over six hundred. He’s now ranked over four hundred!”

“That guy is very impressive, but from what I was told, there were three people in total whose rank has increased by over six hundred!”

“F**k me! The top inner disciple of the Dragon Emperor Clan Qin Nan’s rank has increased from over a thousand to three hundred and first, it has increased by over seven hundred!”

“What? Seven hundred? You’re joking, right?”

“Who is this Qin Nan? Mm? d.a.m.n, apparently he’s from the lower district of the Eastern Continent. That’s like coming from the wilderness!”

The changes and the deaths and rises of many geniuses left the cultivators astounded.

That being said, the one who had captured the most attention—apart from those who had altered their destiny—was none other than Qin Nan!

Most of the Two-Starred Factions had ordered their disciples to keep an eye out for Qin Nan.

Furthermore, the authorities of the Righteous Sect a.s.sumed Qin Nan to be responsible for Ji Ye’s death after knowing that he too was present at the Land of Dharma, thus they immediately listed him as a silver-grade enemy. On top of that, the Heaven-Saber Sect had listed Qin Nan in the top three of their silver-grade enemies, increasing the bounty on him.

The wheel of time continued to rotate.

Previously, Qin Nan’s name had only just appeared in the Middle Continent.

This time, he had become the rising star!