Hearing this, the person next to him leaned in close to his ear with a mysterious look.
“Don't you know?”
“It's said that six years ago, Young Lord Yun spent some time at the Xuanxiao Sect in the Eastern Region, and she even tested her spiritual root on the Xuanxiao Sect's Spirit-Testing Platform.”
The person asked curiously, “What spiritual root?”
“The Heavenly Destiny Spiritual Root.”
“And it's at least Immortal-grade.”
“What?”
The cultivator looked utterly incredulous.
“I'm only just finding out about this!”
The person next to him was equally shocked.
“An Immortal-grade Heavenly Destiny Spiritual Root at the very least? That's a genius of the kind seen only once in a thousand years!”
“No wonder she's already in the late stage of the Soul Transformation Realm at only twenty-five years old.”
“Young Lord Yun's strength and luck are indeed beyond anything we ordinary cultivators can imagine.”
Compared to the shock of the audience, the other participating cultivators on the platform let out a collective sigh of relief.
Yun Heng getting a bye meant she wouldn't be participating in the second round.
They naturally wouldn't draw Yun Heng in the second round either.
How could that not be considered a stroke of luck?
Yun Heng, however, felt that all of this was completely expected.
It would be stranger if an Immaculate Heavenly Destiny Spiritual Root couldn't secure a bye through sheer luck.
Yun Heng glanced at the participating cultivators around her out of the corner of her eye, finding that everyone was staring at her.
Well.
She had already grown accustomed to this feeling of standing at the center of the crowd, with countless pairs of eyes fixed upon her.
The System's voice rang out at that moment.
【The host's Heavenly Destiny Spiritual Root continues to work its magic.】
【And the Awe Points haven't stopped coming in.】
With the bye decided, the other cultivators then stepped forward one after another to draw their lots, ordered by their cultivation and bone age rankings.
With that, the schedule for the first round was completely concluded.
The next matches were scheduled for a week later.
Quite a few participating cultivators had been injured in the first round and needed time to heal. The victorious cultivators also needed rest and adjustment to prepare for the next battle.
After bidding farewell to Yan Yi, Xiao Cen, and the others, Yun Heng returned to Wanbao Tower alone.
By now, she had become the most watched person in all of Tiandu City.
Along the way, cultivators recognized her constantly.
All kinds of gazes landed on Yun Heng from all directions.
Upon returning to Wanbao Tower, Yun Heng went straight to her room.
Once the door was shut, she practicedly set up the Breath-Concealing Array Plate and Sound-Isolating Talisman.
Just then, the Transmission Jade Slip in her storage bag suddenly lit up.
Yun Heng pulled out the Transmission Jade Slip, raising her brows slightly.
It was actually a message from Bai Yi.
“Young Lord Yun, we haven't been in touch for a long time. For what matter do you seek this Bai?”
She replied, “Where are you?”
Bai Yi quickly replied.
“Baishi City in the Central State.”
“You didn't come to participate in the Five Domains Prodigy Gathering?”
“My strength is lacking, so I won't go and make a fool of myself.”
Bai Yi paused for a moment, then sent another message.
“On the other hand, Young Lord Yun, your fame is currently skyrocketing, having spread throughout the entire Taiyan Continent. Quite a few people are now calling you the number one prodigy of the Taiyan Continent.”
Yun Heng replied, “Just empty fame.”
“This Bai watched Young Lord Yun's match today. You are indeed strong, and I am far inferior.”
“When you have time, we must definitely spar.”
Yun Heng put away the Transmission Jade Slip, then called out to the System in her sea of consciousness.
“System, how many Awe Points do I have now?”
【Fifteen thousand.】
【And the number is still rising.】
Yun Heng pondered for a moment, then decided not to draw cards for now.
Since her Awe Points were still steadily growing, she might as well save up some more.
With a thought, Yun Heng entered the Guiyuan Spirit Domain.
In the blink of an eye, she appeared inside the cultivation chamber of the Main Peak.
Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
The second round of the Five Domains Prodigy Gathering took place as scheduled.
A total of fifty-eight participating cultivators took part in this round, divided into twenty-nine groups.
Because Yun Heng had received a bye, she did not need to step onto the platform to compete, advancing directly to the third round.
Jiang Qian, however, did not have such good luck.
She drew a cultivator in the mid stage of the Soul Transformation Realm in the second round.
Even though Jiang Qian deployed a massive number of talismans and exhausted all of her methods, the gap between the Nascent Soul Realm and the Soul Transformation Realm was simply too vast.
In the end, she failed to turn the tide, her journey coming to an end in the second round.
After a full two days of combat, the twenty-nine matches of the second round concluded one after another.
The top thirty of this term's Five Domains Prodigy Gathering were officially decided.
Out of the thirty people, twenty-eight were Soul Transformation cultivators.
Among the thirty Soul Transformation cultivators who had entered the second round, two in the early stage of the Soul Transformation Realm drew stronger Soul Transformation opponents and were ultimately eliminated.
On the other hand, the other two cultivators at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm had extremely good luck.
They encountered opponents of the same realm and successfully seized the opportunity, becoming the only two remaining Nascent Soul cultivators in the top thirty.
As the second round neared its end, inside the Guiyuan Spirit Domain:
【Host, the second round of matches is about to end.】
【There is only a quarter of an hour left before the drawing begins.】
Upon hearing the System's reminder, Yun Heng immediately ceased her cultivation.
“Just in time.”
She stood up, and with a thought, left the Guiyuan Spirit Domain.
By the time Yun Heng entered the participant waiting area of the Five Domains Platform, the final match of the second round had just finished.
Once the officiating elder announced the results, a wave of cheers immediately erupted from the spectator stands.
Yun Heng sat down in her spot.
Gong Yiding stepped back onto the main platform.
“The second round of matches for this term's Five Domains Prodigy Gathering has completely concluded.”
“The top thirty have emerged.”
“Would all advancing contestants please step onto the platform!”
Yun Heng stood up along with the other advancing cultivators and ascended the main platform.
The thirty participating cultivators lined up in order.
The familiar drawing box still sat in front of Gong Yiding.
In the third round, everyone's names were placed in the same box; who would draw whom was entirely up to luck.
Gong Yiding looked at the thirty people on the platform.
“The third round is divided into fifteen groups.”
“Next, please step forward in sequence as your names are called to draw your opponents from the drawing box.”
She looked down at the roster and called out the first name.
“First, Yun Heng.”
Yun Heng stepped out of the line and walked toward the drawing box.
At the same time, the faces of the remaining twenty-nine cultivators appeared in sequence on the massive light screen above the main platform.
In front of the image-recording arrays, everyone was observing the reactions of these participating cultivators.
“Aren't these participating cultivators a lot calmer than they were in the first round?”
“During the first round, when Yun Heng went up to draw, those Nascent Soul cultivators almost prayed to all of their ancestors, terrified that they would be drawn by her.”
“Now that Yun Heng is the first to draw again, the people on the platform actually look calmer than the next.”
The person next to them said, “Maybe it's because Yun Heng didn't participate in the second round, so they've almost forgotten how terrifying she is.”
“Or maybe it's because the Nascent Soul cultivators have basically been eliminated.”
“Of those who can make it this far, who among them isn't a famous prodigy of their respective regions? They naturally have confidence in their own strength.”
The person who spoke first shook their head.
“In any case, I've never forgotten the shock Yun Heng gave me in the first round.”
Several people around them nodded in agreement.
Yun Heng arrived in front of the drawing box.
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