Inside the carriage, Immortal Zhenyuan was looking into a mirror.
While he was looking, Daji, who was singing, suddenly appeared in the mirror.
"Who swapped my mirror!"
Immortal Zhenyuan threw the mirror out.
"Master, don't smash me."
A voice of a Spider Demon immediately came from outside the carriage: "It was third sister!"
"It's just because I'm worried Master is bored!"
Another Spider Demon said, and suddenly screamed, "Eldest sister, be careful!"
The sound of horse hooves swept past the side of the carriage, and right after, Immortal Zhenyuan heard the Spider Demons angrily shouting.
"Hey, how do you ride horses!"
"Mud splashed on us!"
"Don't run, I'm going to teach you a lesson!"
Immortal Zhenyuan lifted the curtain of the carriage: "Don't cause trouble."
He looked forward, seeing a few jet-black steeds galloping away swiftly.
The ones urging the horses were humans, whipping with one hand and holding reins with the other, heading towards South Sea County.
"Those are the humans participating in the competition."
Immortal Zhenyuan said, "No need to chase, you will soon meet them."
The Spider Demons were indignant.
"Even humans are so arrogant!"
"I must throw them into the mud pit in the arena!"
They wiped the mud off their bodies while speaking.
"Don't underestimate this competition."
Immortal Zhenyuan shook his head.
Three years passed in a flash, and the Wanling Immortal Path competition was about to begin.
The divine skills of humans were inferior to those of the delegates from the Heavenly Palace and Wanling Country, yet many loose cultivators joined, including the reincarnation of Zhuang Zhou Dreaming Butterfly. All competitors were mortals.
Plus, with the varied and many unknown Daoist Skills created by humans in the Wanling Immortal Path, the outcome was unpredictable.
The carriage arrived at South Sea County, presenting a splendid city to the eyes of the Spider Demons.
A bustling scene stretched from the city gate to the central competition hall.
Upon entering the city, the streets were bustling with traffic, throngs of people, and various tavern flags rippling rhythmically.
Though the flourishing scene here could not compare to Wanling City, it had its own unique charm.
The Spider Demons looked around curiously.
"Stop looking, go to the arena early."
Immortal Zhenyuan said, "You've been playing all along the way and have already been much delayed."
Ao Luan and the others had already arrived at South Sea County. True Immortal urged the seven Spider Demons, passing through several inspections, and entered the competition hall of Wanling.
This was a hall that could accommodate tens of thousands of people.
As soon as he stepped into the hall, Great Immortal felt the surrounding spiritual energy grow richer.
"Immortal Literature Hall."
He was familiar with such a feeling.
Only the Immortal Literature Halls could have such rich spiritual energy, and Wanling Country had already established dozens of them.
"It's surprising that it's not enclosed."
Immortal Zhenyuan looked up at the dome.
The Immortal Literature Halls in Wanling Country were fully enclosed to prevent the leakage of spiritual energy, but there was no cover on this dome.
This hall was open-air.
"You all have arrived really late."
A few demons came over and led the Spider Demons to the contestant area of Wanling Country.
The entire hall was jam-packed with people. Immortal Zhenyuan glanced over and estimated there were at least three thousand contestants.
Besides the contestants, there were tens of thousands of spectators from various forces sitting around the stands.
"Since you all are here, you should be aware of the rules."
Emperor Qinghua explained the rules on stage: "No use of Immortal Law here, violators will lose eligibility."
The competition was for the Wanling Immortal Path, naturally, other Daoist Skills couldn't be used.
Emperor Qinghua, Lord Lao Zi of the Great Monad, and Yuanshi Tianzun would watch every match, and anyone not abiding by the rules would be directly ejected from the arena.
Besides this, there were many other rules, and the contestants listened quietly.
Only when Emperor Qinghua mentioned that Saints would also participate in the competition and would directly enter the top twenty, did a disturbance arise in the hall.
"Why doesn't he need to go through the selection?"
Spider Demons asked the Immortal.
"The prize is given by him, so naturally, he doesn't need to go through the selection."
Immortal Zhenyuan answered as a matter of course.
Many people knew this reason, and the noisy chatter soon ceased.
Emperor Qinghua's explanation of the rules was very lengthy, making the Spider Demons feel drowsy.
Suddenly, they heard murmuring, and all human contestants turned their eyes towards a spot.
This odd expression made them feel curious.
They raised their heads and saw a young man approaching the stands.
"Who is that?"
The Spider Demons asked curiously.
"The Crown Prince of the Southern Continent."
Immortal Zhenyuan replied.
The Crown Prince walked onto the stand, then looked back.
Following him was a young man.
As soon as he appeared, all eyes turned to him.
Sun Wukong scanned the audience, seeing many acquaintances.
He smiled slightly.
"Too many people."
He continued saying.
The Crown Prince of the Southern Continent was stunned.
"Let's reduce it a bit."
Sun Wukong took out an item from his body, flicked his fingers, and shot it into the middle of the crowd.
Curious, the audience looked on and saw it was an acorn.
The next moment, a squirrel suddenly flew out from Sun Wukong, joyously heading towards the acorn.
"Not good!"
In Wanling Country's contestant area, a young girl suddenly flew up: "Jump up!"
Just as everyone was puzzled by her words, suddenly, a rumbling sound came from the ground of the hall.
The contestants looked down, noticing a crack had formed on the ground.
Before they could react, a collapsing roar erupted, and the cracked earth engulfed countless contestants like a flood.
In an instant, no one could be seen on the ground of the hall.
Except for a few hundred contestants floating in the air, thousands of contestants were buried by the earth.
"Seven hundred."
Sun Wukong glanced over the escaping contestants and nodded.
"This will do."
He recalled the squirrel and sat down on the stand.
"Restore the ground."
Sun Wukong commanded.
Around the hall, Taoists simultaneously cast spells, and their Daoist Skills turned into white Immortal Text that swept across the ground.
The next moment, the collapsed ground became smooth again.
The buried contestants were unscathed lying on the ground, however, they had passed out.
Taoists cast another spell, and these eliminated contestants were swept out of the hall by tornadoes.
This scene astonished many.
"Master, these human Taoists are very powerful."
The seven Spider Demons hanging below the Immortal said: "Even more formidable than the demons in the Immortal Literature Hall."
"Hmm."
Immortal Zhenyuan nodded.
The Immortal Literature Hall in Wanling Country could also change the scenery, but changing such a large landscape would definitely be slower than here by several folds.
"Junior brother truly keeps everyone on their toes."
Immortal Zhenyuan thought.
Among the human contestants, many were personally trained by Sun Wukong.
This competition was not going to be easy.
The Immortal gazed towards the leading young woman — who was Ao Luan.
However, Ao Luan was staring at Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong had cleared the field, then he turned his head towards Emperor Qinghua.
"The opening ceremony can now begin."
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