"Master, they are deliberately targeting you," Ao Tian said bluntly.

The Southern Domain lay in the deepest part of the South Continent!

And the South Continent was a gathering place for the Demon Clan, where there were many demonic beasts, and they were extremely hostile towards the Human Clan!

For cultivators entering, even if they encountered a wild dog with low-level cultivation, that wild dog would rush at the cultivators without regard for life or death!

Compared to Beizhou, the South Continent was even more dangerous!

After all, the Evil Demon Sect cultivators in Beizhou would assess your strength before making a move.

And avoiding the Evil Demon Sect, they would also remain undetected!

The Demon Clan of the South Continent did not act this way!

Not only did they disregard strength, attacking directly, but their sense of smell was extremely keen!

No matter how deeply one hid, there were demonic beasts that could sniff them out!

At that time, what awaited cultivators would be endless pursuit!

"The danger of demonic beasts is secondary for the Master.

The most crucial thing is the Demon divine Hall!

I have never even heard of this place!" Li Wan Hua followed up.

Yang Yan's strength was well known among those present.

Demonic beasts dreaming of killing him was simply wishful thinking!

So the only difficulty was finding the location of the Demon divine Hall!

The people present looked at each other in confusion, none having heard of it.

"We'll have to wait for the Holy Emperor to enter the South Continent and ask the Demon Clan!" Li Haoran said.

Yang Yan nodded.

Since it's called the Demon divine Hall, the Demon Clan should surely know!

The remaining people each spoke of where their mission test was, without hiding it!

Because those present trusted each other, they would not harm others secretly!

"Why are all the tasks so difficult? Isn't this deliberately targeting us?" Li Wan Hua said angrily after listening.

Although he had known for a long time that someone was targeting them, he didn't expect the targeting to be so intense!

*It was simply intentional, afraid others wouldn't see it!*

"Their claims of fairness and justice are all lies!"

Ao Tian patted him on the shoulder.

"It's normal, since it's the experts of the Central Continent who open the Ascension path,

they are sure to suppress the geniuses from other places for the geniuses of Central Continent!"

Li Wan Hua clenched his fists.

"When I ascend to Heaven, I will definitely strengthen the Huaxian Sect!

In the next Heaven Ascending Qualification Battle, our Huaxian Sect will take the lead!" he said with heroic spirit.

Yang Yan at this moment looked towards the Taihuang Saintess Su Yunke and her junior sister He Yi'er, until now,

everyone present, except her and He Yi'er, had spoken about their mission tests.

Only the two of them were hesitating.

They had not said what their mission tests were.

"Is there a problem with your mission tests?" he asked.

As soon as Yang Yan spoke, Li Wan Hua and the others quieted down.

They all looked at Su Yunke and He Yi'er.

Su Yunke shook her head.

"Our task is simple, just to fetch a Spirit Grass from the South Continent.

We also know where the Spirit Grass is!" she replied.

He Yi'er continued.

"The reason we didn't say is that my senior sister and I found it strange!

The task for my senior sister and me is so simple,

one person alone can easily accomplish it!

Let alone the two of us doing it together!"

Their mission tests, everyone looked at them and indeed found them very simple.

They all knew where in the Southern Continent that Spirit Grass was located.

"The two of you have amazing luck, or maybe it was an error!

In any case, whatever the reason, it's a good thing!

*Envy!*" Li Wan Hua said with a sigh.

He sighed as he spoke!

"It won't be easy for us!"

Then everyone present made their respective plans, thinking about how to complete the mission test as quickly and easily as possible!

Su Yunke and He Yi'er whispered to each other on the side, picking up the conversation they hadn't finished at the beginning.

"Junior sister, where did you get your Dragon Card?

And even though you didn't register, why is your name on the list?" Su Yunke asked in confusion.

He Yi'er had arrived too late, and she had never been on the Dragon Ascension List, let alone owned a Dragon Card!

As for the Sole Heavenly Sect Master, he ultimately announced He Yi'er's name.

This was what most astonished Su Yunke!

When He Yi'er's name was announced, she had just appeared at the Sole Heavenly Sect.

If she had been there earlier, He Yi'er would have come to find her and Yang Yan.

But since He Yi'er hadn't, it either proved that He Yi'er was lying or there was another secret!

"The Sect Master gave me a Dragon Card so that I could participate in the Heaven Ascending Qualification Battle!

I have no idea about the registration of my name.

I feel it might have been the Sect Master's doing!

Because when I left the Taihuang Holy Land, she advised me, saying my participation in the Heaven Ascending Qualification Battle was Heaven's arrangement!

*It was an opportunity!*" He Yi'er answered.

Su Yunke's brows furrowed slightly.

*An opportunity?

Heaven's arrangement?*

"Junior sister, what did the Master mean?" Su Yunke couldn't understand.

He Yi'er also looked puzzled.

*"I also have no idea, just following the path that needs to be taken!"* She didn't understand either.

Su Yunke stared at He Yi'er for a while.

"Senior sister, don't you trust me?" He Yi'er picked up on the meaning in Su Yunke's gaze.

"It's not that I don't trust you, it just feels too strange!

Including both of us completing this task together..." Su Yunke hesitated in her words.

Compared to the tasks for Yang Yan, Li Wan Hua, and the others, the mission tests for them were much too simple!

For other cultivators participating in the Heaven Ascending Qualification Battle, it likely wouldn't be difficult either!

Yet they were tasked with completing it together...

*What was the purpose?*

"I can't figure it out either!" Su Yunke was at a loss.

He Yi'er shrugged.

*"We'll just have to count it as good luck!"*

An hour later, their group left the inn and returned to the assembly point of the Sole Heavenly Sect.

The Sole Heavenly Sect Master still remained suspended in the sky, solemn and dignified.

When the time arrived, he spoke clearly and loudly!

"Now I declare the Heaven Ascending Qualification Battle officially begins!"

As this moment started, the figures of the geniuses present vanished at the fastest speed.

Yang Yan, however, left slowly by himself.

For him, the ranking was not important.

What mattered was completing the task!

Yet a day later, Yang Yan was the first to reach the edge of the Inner Sea!

Though he left the latest, he traveled the furthest among all the cultivators participating in the Heaven Ascending Qualification Battle!

Because he carried the Innate Dao Skill, "Near and Far."

The deeper his understanding of the Dao, the stronger his cultivation.

*The further Yang Yan could step, the farther he could reach!*

This was something any cultivator in the same Realm could only envy from afar!

Standing at the Inner Sea's edge, he once again stepped over this entire sea area!

Entering into the South Continent!

Within the Sole Heavenly Sect, the Sect Master stood suspended in mid-air.

Around him, figures appearing like phantoms began to emerge.

If any genius from the Central Continent were here, they would undoubtedly recognize them.

These phantom figures were the Masters of the top powers in the Central Continent!

"You have arrived, how are the arrangements?" the Sole Heavenly Sect Master asked.

"Within the South Continent, we have arranged dozens of experts.

The Demon King and Demon Emperor of the South Continent have also made deals with us.

As soon as Yang Yan enters, he'll face unending pursuit!

Until his death!" a bald middle-aged man said.

"The cultivators surrounding him, aside from those two from the Taihuang Holy Land,

the others have been arranged accordingly, they won't survive to the second Heaven Ascending Qualification Battle test!" another middle-aged man, hunched over, spoke coldly.

*"Dying during the Heaven Ascending Qualification Battle's test is due to their insufficient cultivation!

You can't blame us for that!"*

This statement was made by the Sole Heavenly Sect Master, and after he spoke, those phantom figures present all laughed heartily.

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