The Brightmoon Landscape Painting Descends

Within the main hall at the highest level of the Heavenly Blade Palace, the black-robed Emperor immediately said, "Prince Qi."

"Your Majesty." Prince Qi immediately acknowledged.

"Go and announce the rules of this Immortal Fortunes Assembly." The black-robed Emperor commanded.

"Yes."

Prince Qi immediately flew out of the main hall, standing atop the clouds. He looked down and his voice echoed throughout the heavens and the earth: "The total number of participants in this Immortal Fortunes Assembly is one hundred and nine thousand, three hundred and sixty-two!"

His voice was clear and resonant, reverberating between heaven and earth.

On the square more than nine thousand li below, the Wanxiang Adepts from all over the Grand Xia Dynasty, and even from other major worlds, listened carefully.

"One hundred and nine thousand plus?" Ji Ning's brows twitched. Although a sweep of his divine sense could instantly ascertain the number of people around him, here within the Imperial City, knowing that the Grand Xia Emperor was above them… no one dared to recklessly release their divine sense to investigate.

The voice from above continued: "Each of you more than one hundred thousand will receive a talisman-token. Furthermore, you will all enter the 'Brightmoon Landscape Painting,' a magic treasure of His Imperial Majesty! The Brightmoon Landscape Painting… contains a world unto itself. You may freely slaughter one another within the Brightmoon Landscape Painting, seizing the talisman-tokens of others. If you feel your strength is insufficient, you may also discard your talisman-token. If you do, you will be quickly teleported out of the Brightmoon Landscape Painting. Although this counts as a loss, at least you will preserve your life."

"Those who choose to surrender…"

"Those who are killed…"

"Their talisman-tokens will all be obtained by the victors. You will need to spend at most one year within the Brightmoon Landscape Painting. When one year is up, the eighty of you who have gathered the most talisman-tokens will be considered to have passed the 'Brightmoon Landscape Painting' trial. If, within one year, say after only three months, only eighty of you remain after the slaughter, then the Brightmoon Landscape Painting trial will end early. The eighty survivors will be considered to have passed the trial."

"If the one year expires and eighty have passed, but there are still other living Wanxiang Adepts within the Brightmoon Landscape Painting, they will all be gathered to one location for a final slaughter… until only sixteen people remain. Those final sixteen will also obtain a chance."

"The Brightmoon Landscape Painting trial allows for a minimum of eighty, and a maximum of ninety-six people, to pass."

"Remember, within the Brightmoon Landscape Painting, you are forbidden from using any Dao talismans, and forbidden from using any puppets or strange artifacts! This trial is meant to test your own personal strength. Every single action you take within the Brightmoon Landscape Painting will be observed by His Majesty, and by the many Celestial Immortals. Do not act recklessly. Those who disobey will be killed without mercy!"

Killed without mercy!

Those final three words caused the hearts of the more than one hundred thousand people below to tremble.

"Minimum of eighty? Maximum of ninety-six?" Ji Ning, Yu Wei, and the Slovenly Adept exchanged glances, all of them feeling the blood-soaked slaughter that was about to come.

This was insane.

One must understand that these more than one hundred thousand people were almost all peerless geniuses; at the very least, they were on the level of Flamesaint! More than one hundred thousand peerless geniuses, almost all of whom had the potential to become Earth Immortals or Loose Immortals. Yet, because of this 'Immortal Fortunes Assembly,' they were forced to engage in bloody slaughter. Although they could surrender, at critical life-or-death moments of the slaughter, many people would likely still die.

"At most ninety-six. There are a total of three thousand six hundred commanderies and four great oceans in the world. On average, only one can emerge from every few dozen commanderies." The Slovenly Adept sighed. "Truly insane."

"I wonder which of the three of us can pass this trial." Yu Wei's expression also became very serious.

Ji Ning also felt the pressure.

In the past, the Immortal Fortunes Assembly generally wasn't this bloody. In the past, there were generally twenty to thirty thousand people, and they would go through several rounds of screening, selecting the top one hundred, then the top fifty, and so on, gradually selecting the top ten and top three.

But this time, with over one hundred thousand people, they were using the 'Brightmoon Landscape Painting' to directly select at least eighty, and at most ninety-six people.

Within the main hall of the Heavenly Blade Palace.

Prince Qi walked back and respectfully bowed: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the announcement has been made."

"Mm." The black-robed Emperor nodded slightly. His gaze had long since pierced through the palace and the clouds, landing on the more than one hundred thousand youths on the square. He wanted to observe… to observe who exactly would become the true experts that would rise during the coming turbulence of the Three Realms.

"There are over a hundred with karmic merit radiating golden light." The black-robed Emperor mused to himself. "Those with high karmic merit naturally have high luck. However, even if one's karmic merit is not high, their luck can still be very high, and can even be astonishingly high."

Luck and karmic merit were not the same thing.

With high karmic merit, one would naturally have their luck increased.

But for example, becoming a disciple of a major power of the Three Realms would also increase one's luck.

For example, if one's parents were major powers of the Three Realms, that would also increase one's luck.

Experiencing a great stroke of fortune would also increase one's luck.

The level of one's karmic merit could be seen at a glance, but luck… was even more elusive and difficult to judge.

"Hua." The black-robed Emperor suddenly produced a scroll in his hand. He directly unrolled it, and one could vaguely see a bright moon and a mountain-and-water landscape within the scroll.

The Celestial Immortals standing below all had their eyes light up.

The Brightmoon Landscape Painting…

It was a Pure Yang magic treasure. Its attraction to them was very great. However, these Celestial Immortals were also constantly thinking. Today, the Grand Xia Emperor hadn't even said much to them, these Celestial Immortals, before directly starting the screening of the 'Immortal Fortunes Assembly.' They could all feel the importance the Grand Xia Emperor placed on this Immortal Fortunes Assembly, and the mere fact that he had taken out the 'Brightmoon Landscape Painting' as the trial ground was evidence enough.

"Rumble~~~"

The fastest updates can be found at the 'Mang Huang Ji Bar.' Ji Ning and the others all raised their heads to look at the sky. The people from the three thousand six hundred commanderies and the four seas also raised their heads to look.

In the high sky, a massive painting scroll, ten thousand li in scope, had appeared. It seemed to blot out the sky, and one could even vaguely see the world within the scroll.

"Swish!" "Swish!" "Swish!" "Swish!" "Swish!" "Swish!"

Ji Ning, Yu Wei, the Slovenly Adept, and the other one hundred and nine thousand, three hundred and sixty-two people, who had been standing there, uncontrollably soared into the air. They were all absorbed and sucked in, and even the vast ten-thousand-li painting rippled. Each person, upon touching the painting, created a small ripple, as if raindrops were falling on a lake surface.

In the blink of an eye.

All one hundred thousand plus people had vanished without a trace.

Within the main hall of the Heavenly Blade Palace, the black-robed Emperor revealed a smile and said calmly, "This trial of the Brightmoon Landscape Painting will likely last for a year. Honored guests, please sit back and watch. Let the banquet begin!"

Immediately, a large number of servant girls quickly came forward.

They set out low tables, served immortal wine, and presented immortal fruits.

The Celestial Immortal Patriarchs all sat down cross-legged. The attendants and servants that these Celestial Immortal Patriarchs had brought along sat cross-legged behind and to the side of the Celestial Immortals.

"You can observe everything within the Brightmoon Landscape Painting." The black-robed Emperor pointed into the distance, above the clouds outside the great hall. The massive, ten-thousand-li painting hovered there, and the world within it was clearly visible. It had mountains, water, a bright moon, and a vast number—over one hundred thousand Wanxiang Adepts—scattered everywhere within it.

"Elder Dongyan, why do you think His Majesty is placing such importance on this Immortal Fortunes Assembly?" The person sitting near Elder Dongyan was an old man with a head full of scabs. "He's personally presiding and gave the orders. Even with so many of us Celestial Immortals here, his attention is still fixated on the Immortal Fortunes Assembly. Is this Immortal Fortunes Assembly special? Has some very impressive figure been reincarnated? I recall that the Netherworld Kingdom was suddenly attacked a few decades ago, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation collapsed. Could this be related to that?"

"How would I know? However, the collapse of the Six Paths of Reincarnation is a monumental event, and the secrets hidden behind it are astonishing. We'd better just stay obediently within our own major world and not go out running around. Otherwise, we might suddenly fall before we even know what happened. Besides, although the Six Paths of Reincarnation has collapsed, our Patriarch has rebuilt the cycle of reincarnation for our dozens of major worlds. We have the Patriarch's protection, so there's no need to panic." Elder Dongyan transmitted.

The scabby-headed old man also nodded.

While Elder Dongyan and Elder Liang Jiang were worrying about the coming great turmoil, Nine Lotos, who was behind Elder Dongyan, was staring intently at the ten-thousand-li painting.

The ten-thousand-li painting was truly massive, and one could completely see the figures of people within it.

"Where is Ji Ning?" Nine Lotos couldn't help but search.

"Where is Ji Ning?" Yuchi Xiyue, sitting cross-legged behind King Yan, also stared intently at the massive painting. "Little brother… you have to be careful, you absolutely have to be careful."

"Where is master?"

On the square below, in the Anchan Commandery team's camp, Mu Northson had a snow-white hound and a green-robed young woman beside him. Since Ji Ning was going to be fighting for his life, spirit-beasts were also forbidden from being brought in. Thus, Uncle White and Xiaocqing were temporarily staying with Mu Northson to watch the battle.

"Don't worry, senior apprentice-brother has heaven-defying talent. Back at the Wu Jiang Immortal Estate, faced with such a desperate situation, he was still able to kill Shaoyan Nong and that Fiendgod. There's no way he'll just give up and die easily." Mu Northson's eyes shone as he looked up at the sky. A massive virtual image of a world had appeared above.

This virtual image of a world was the scene inside the Brightmoon Landscape Painting.

One could clearly see the mountains, rivers, trees, and even the figures of people within it.

Whitewater Hound, Xiaocqing, Mu Northson… their gazes all swept rapidly across the massive painting, across the figures of each person within that world.

"Look." Whitewater Hound suddenly spoke, staring at a certain spot.

Mu Northson and Xiaocqing followed Whitewater Hound's gaze and indeed, in a corner of that world, in a mountain valley, there was a leather-clad youth.

"Senior apprentice-brother." Mu Northson's eyes lit up.

"Master." Xiaocqing watched excitedly.

The nearby Loose Immortal Wufeng also quickly discovered him, his eyes also full of anticipation.

At this moment, the teams from the three thousand six hundred commanderies and the four great oceans on the square were all looking up, trying to find their own people. They quickly found them, and everyone watched with anticipation, silently hoping that their own person would become one of the final ninety-six survivors.

Within the world of the Brightmoon Landscape Painting.

Ji Ning only felt that after touching the massive painting, the scenery before his eyes changed, and he appeared in a mountain valley.

"A mountain valley?" Two Northsea Swords instantly appeared in Ji Ning's hands. He carefully and vigilantly looked around. As a precaution, he didn't even use his divine sense, because once he used it, while he would discover his enemies, he would generally be discovered by them as well. After all, of those participating in the Immortal Fortunes Assembly, nearly half had already developed their divine sense.

"Swoosh." Suddenly, a flash of light appeared before him, and a cyan-green jade talisman appeared.

"Each of you more than one hundred thousand will receive one talisman-token. If you don't wish to fight and choose to give up, you only need to discard the jade talisman, and I will immediately throw you out of the Brightmoon Landscape Painting." The Grand Xia Emperor's voice echoed in the minds of the one hundred thousand plus people.

Ji Ning immediately reached out and grabbed the talisman-token.