Translator: CinderTL
In this Battle of Two Realms Mountain, the Human Race's greatest advantage was their map!
They held the geographical advantage.
Know your enemy and know yourself, and you need not fear a hundred battles!
After receiving news of Li Chunjun from the Pure World Divine Sect, the Divine Race mobilized the Four Great Divine Spirits, laid a three-month trap, and even used Dao Prodigy Chu Ci as bait to lure Li Chunjun into an ambush. They set up a decoy to draw out reinforcements, acting with meticulous precision.
Yet all living beings are driven by an instinct to avoid letting others outshine them.
The Four Great Divine Spirits were no exception.
With their Divine Spirit Power, capturing a Human Golden Core—even one with the combat prowess of a Prodigy—would have been effortless. And now all four Divine Spirits were acting together!
In this situation, it wasn't that the Four Great Divine Spirits weren't cooperating. Rather...
Each had their own agenda.
They didn't stay together at all times.
Perhaps this was to avoid alerting their prey.
Or perhaps it was to ensure they could detect Li Chunjun's appearance on Continent 6 the moment he arrived.
But the deeper reason lay in the internal competition among the Four Great Divine Spirits, even as they cooperated.
Each of them wanted to be the one to kill Li Chunjun, the target of a Divine Edict personally issued by His Majesty the Divine King. They hoped to impress their supreme Divine Being and, ideally, receive another divine blessing to ascend to Demigod status.
Thus, the remaining three Divine Spirit Envoys, though launching attacks to kill Li Chunjun, were scattered across the four corners of the continent.
Coincidentally, the location bordering Continent 101 fell under Ming Feng's jurisdiction.
That's why, after Li Chunjun and his group defeated the Divine Spirits ambushing the Human Race on this continent, they immediately encountered this Divine Spirit Envoy leading reinforcements.
As for the other three Divine Spirit Envoys...
They were converging at a central point, preparing to launch a simultaneous assault.
Their plan was to crush Li Chunjun with overwhelming force.
However, True Monarch Dong Xuan, alerted and insightful, had already anticipated this strategy. Thanks to the convenience of the "Map," he had learned of the Divine Spirits' movements in advance through the tens of thousands of Core Formation and Nascent Soul cultivators scattered across Continent 6.
At this moment, a group of twenty-six people were flying at full speed in a single direction.
As they flew, Great True Lords like True Monarch Dong Xuan and True Lord Wu Gang, who had been fighting on Continent 6 for days and had gathered extensive intelligence networks, compiled information from various sources and presented it to Li Chunjun.
"Based on our latest calculations, the three Divine Spirits are currently located in these three positions," True Monarch Dong Xuan projected a "Map."
Three distinct lines were clearly marked on it.
Also marked were three dashed lines.
These lines originated from the southeast, west, and south of Continent 6, converging precisely ten thousand miles from where Li Chunjun and his group had fought Ming Feng.
Having pinpointed the Divine Spirits' locations, Dong Xuan's expression turned grave. "These Divine Spirit Envoys react with incredible speed, especially Divine Spirit Envoy Winterfrost. He was originally leading a large force of Divine Spirits to hunt down Daoist Chu Ci. Now, he's abandoned that pursuit and is converging on our location..."
"It's clearly a trap!" Xuan Zhu declared bluntly.
His gaze fell on Li Chunjun. "To mobilize all Four Great Holy Spirit Envoys—what meticulous planning! This is clearly a trap specifically designed for Sword Prodigy Li!"
Dong Xuan, Wu Gang, and the others naturally saw through the situation.
But...
They were puzzled.
"Based on the current trends, the Four Great Holy Spirit Envoys should have already gathered on Continent 6. With this combined power, they could easily break through Daoist Chu Ci's Fifth-Rank Formation and kill him. So why have they waited until Sword Prodigy Li arrived on Continent 6 to suddenly reveal themselves?" Wu Gang frowned.
They were all Prodigy-level geniuses. Why treat them so differently?
Using one Prodigy-level genius as bait to lure another into a trap?
This...
This was an insult to Daoist Chu Ci's abilities.
"Could it be that Sword Prodigy Li is more than just an ordinary Prodigy?" Zhao Yu Pan, who had been following Li Chunjun the longest, suddenly spoke.
He looked at Li Chunjun with a mixture of fervor and respect. "Standing before us isn't just a Nascent Soul Sword Master, but a Stellar Radiance Prodigy with the qualifications to contend for a spot on the Profound Yellow Star Brilliance List, a potential candidate to ascend the Profound Yellow Star Brilliance List!"
His words sent a shockwave through everyone present.
Deep down, they had long harbored similar thoughts.
But...
The idea was too outlandish, too unbelievable. Instinctively, they had avoided dwelling on it.
What kind of figure was a Stellar Radiance Prodigy!?
One of the top 108 Nascent Soul True Lords out of billions in the Profound Yellow Great World!
Each one was an undisputed superstar of the Profound Yellow Great World, renowned throughout the land, radiating brilliance in all directions!
So far removed from ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators like them...
So, so far away.
Until Zhao Yu Pan's words shattered their denial...
Only then did they suddenly realize: it was true!
Li Chunjun truly had a chance to ascend the Profound Yellow Star Brilliance List!
The Divine Spirit Envoys of the Divine Race had clearly recognized this, which explained their uncharacteristic behavior. They had even used Daoist Chu Ci as bait to lure Li Chunjun to Continent 6, meticulously laying their trap for months, all to encircle and eliminate him here.
So...
This destined beacon of brilliance, this peerless Heavenly Prodigy destined to be the focus of billions, had been right beside them all along.
And he had been fighting alongside them, these mere mortals?
For a moment, True Monarch Dong Xuan couldn't help but say, "Sword Prodigy Li, you shouldn't have come to the Two Worlds Mountain Battlefield..."
The others nodded in agreement.
Li Chunjun glanced at them. "What? Three Divine Spirit Envoys have already frightened you?"
He continued directly, "If I could kill one or two Divine Spirit Envoys, I can kill a third, a fourth, or even a fifth!"
He turned his gaze forward. "With four consecutive losses, plus the previous Divine Spirit Envoy who fell, the Divine Race's morale will surely plummet. We'll seize this opportunity to launch a counterattack and crush them completely, securing victory in this Great War of the Two Realms!"
Seeing Li Chunjun, a Quasi-Star Brilliance Prodigy, willing to risk his life alongside them in the treacherous Two Worlds Mountain, every Nascent Soul present was invigorated.
Zhao Yu Pan, Wu Gang, and others couldn't help but clasp their hands in salute and shout, "We will follow Sword Prodigy Li to eradicate the Evil God and cleanse Two Worlds Mountain!"
"Excellent! We'll exploit their lack of coordination! Before they can unite, we'll eliminate them one by one!" Li Chunjun declared firmly.
"We pledge to be Sword Prodigy's vanguard!"
For a moment, over twenty people in the field responded simultaneously.
To fight alongside a future Stellar Radiance Prodigy—what an honor!
When Li Chunjun's name shook the world, they could boast to their descendants and heirs for the rest of their lives.
"Full speed ahead!"
He waved his hand sharply.
Fueled by renewed vigor, the speed of the twenty-odd streaks of Escaping Light and sword light increased slightly.
However, Li Chunjun, who was flying on his sword, remained remarkably calm compared to the others.
He knew very well that the Divine Race had mobilized the Four Great Holy Spirit Envoys to ambush him not because he was a potential contender for the Star Brilliance List.
A potential contender for the Star Brilliance List...
That was merely an unexpected development.
When he first arrived at the Two Worlds Mountain Battlefield, he was, at best, on par with Zhao Yu Pan, Dong Xuan, and Wu Gang—all Late-Stage Nascent Soul cultivators.
Even after his Life Level reached 29, he was only on par with Xuan Zhu.
Yet, even then, the Divine Race's Divine Spirits had already begun their machinations.
This made it clear...
Their trap on Continent 6 had been set long ago, ultimately because they knew that Li Chunjun was merely a Golden Core cultivator.
At the Golden Core Realm, he already displayed such astonishing power. If he were to advance to the Nascent Soul Realm...
And perfect all three of his Mystical Powers, becoming the Stellar Radiance Prodigy would be absolutely certain.
This was the true reason behind their elaborate scheme to target him.
"The Blue Star Minor Realm is an area not even connected by Star Gates. Only Nascent Soul True Lords are qualified to learn about my performance on the Two Worlds Mountain Battlefield through the False God Realm. The Divine Race Affiliates couldn't possibly know I ranked first on that battlefield. Someone must have leaked the information to them."
Li Chunjun's eyes gleamed. "These Servitors used their return to their Divine Lord's embrace to relay the information, ultimately leading their Divine Lord to contact the God King of Ending, who initiated this war. The God King then issued an order to eliminate me at any cost..."
It didn't take a genius to figure out that the leak came from either the Wu Ji Sect or the Chiyang Sword Sect.
Once he emerged and ascended the Profound Yellow Star Brilliance List, he would expose their collusion with foreign races to frame a Human Race Heavenly Prodigy...
They wouldn't escape the charge of betraying humanity.
Once he destroyed both sects, nothing would stand in his way.
"Not bad, even decisive," Li Chunjun mused. "They risked their sect's future to use me as a weapon, aiming for a fatal blow. Unfortunately, they miscalculated the speed of my power's growth."
If his strength hadn't increased at all since entering the Two Worlds Mountain Battlefield, or even if it had only reached the Xuan Zhu level, he would have been doomed on Continent 6.
But now...
"Sword Prodigy! We're almost there! That Divine Spirit Envoy is just ahead! According to our information, this is Divine Spirit Envoy Hei Xue, granted the Black Heaven Storm Divine Art by the God King of Ending. Once the storm erupts, it will blot out the sky and cover the sun..."
True Monarch Dong Xuan quickly briefed them on the limited information they had about the Divine Spirit Envoy.
Meanwhile, Li Chunjun's Divine Sense had already locked onto the envoy.
Shortly after he targeted the envoy, the Divine Spirit Envoy sensed his presence as well.
The envoy immediately began to gather power. Behind him, a dark storm, seemingly composed of demonic energy, gradually coalesced and expanded.
By the time the two sides were separated by a hundred miles, the storm had already grown to dozens of miles in diameter.
Divine Spirit Envoy Hei Xue took the lead, accelerating abruptly and charging straight at Li Chunjun and his group.
"Follow me!"
Seeing this, Li Chunjun transformed into a sword light and shot forward, breaking through the ranks.
His sword light was far less imposing than the Black Heaven Storm, which now spanned over a hundred miles.
Yet wherever the sword light struck, the encroaching Black Heaven Storm parted like clouds torn apart by sunlight, instantly scattered.
Moreover, the sword light's sharpness allowed it to penetrate deep into the heart of the storm, maintaining its unstoppable momentum.
With each violent explosion, thunderous roar, and burst of blinding light, the storm began to unravel from its core.
It was as if a hole had appeared in the eye of a tornado.
But unlike a tornado's eye...
This eye grew larger and larger with each collision, until it finally reversed the storm's momentum, completely extinguishing it.
Moments later, Li Chunjun emerged from the nearly dissipated Black Heaven Storm, riding his sword. In his hand, he held...
The corpse of Divine Spirit Envoy Hei Xue, his head pierced through by a Flying Sword!
(End of the Chapter)
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