Chapter 1441: Six Outer Divine Continents

"Don't you think that just obtaining a single Heavenly Domain is too little for all of us?" Li Luo asked with a sigh.

Guo Jiufeng smiled. "Haha... is Mentor Li Luo suggesting that the East Divine Continent's sage colleges are lacking ability and are only able to hold on to a single Heavenly Domain?"

The other squads similarly gave helpless smiles. A single Heavenly Domain could only produce grains of Celestial Mirror Sand at most twenty. Meanwhile, there were thirty-seven sage colleges amongst them. On top of that, each squad usually had around ten individuals and thus, they naturally couldn't have their fill.

"Mentor Li Luo is truly an unparalleled prodigy. He thus has much greater aspirations than us old timers. I suppose being from the East Divine Continent has disadvantaged you." Vice Principal Chen Chi understood where he was coming from. Even if Li Luo were in a squad from an inner divine continent, he would likely be able to hold onto a main seat as well.

𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

"There isn't much choice. The East Divine Continent's strength amongst the six outer divine continents isn’t at the absolute bottom, but it's still in the bottom three. The Domain Traversal Battles are cruel, and even being able to obtain a single Heavenly Domain is considered a passing result."

"You mean there are people who are even worse?" Li Luo was taken aback by this.

"Well, during every Domain Traversal Battle, there is always an outer divine continent that fails to obtain a single Heavenly Domain," Guo Jiufeng explained.

The corners of Li Luo's lips twitched and couldn't help but ask, "How are the Domain Traversal Battles conducted?"

"The six outer divine continents first draw lots. Three are seeded into the winners’ bracket and the other three in the losers’ bracket. The winners will then contest over six Heavenly Domains, while the losers will only fight over two," Guo Jiufeng explained.

Li Luo then asked the most important question. "In the end, how many layers of Heavenly Domains does the final victor obtain?"

"Three layers."

"Just three?" Li Luo frowned.

This meant that there would be sixty grains of Celestial Mirror Sand at most. Just he himself would require forty for a perfect breakthrough.

"Mentor Li Luo, there's no need to think too much. In the last hundred years, the East Divine Continent has never managed to win three Heavenly Domains," Guo Jiufeng said with a bitter smile.

Li Luo sighed. It was tiring to be with people like them. Everything he hoped to achieve was seen as overly ambitious or hard to understand.

Chi Chan understood what Li Luo was thinking, and she asked, "Are you still thinking about the perfect breakthrough?"

Li Luo answered, "Since the opportunity lies before me, I'll have to give it a try."

Guo Jiufeng, Wang Xu, and the other vice principals were all speechless. Being able to achieve even a normal breakthrough within the Celestial Mirror Pagoda was rare enough, and a perfect breakthrough was countless times harder. Such a thing would rarely happen within the ancient colleges, much less the sage colleges from the outer divine continents.

Furthermore, the requirements for a perfect breakthrough were very stringent. Even if one managed to gather forty grains of Celestial Mirror Sand, they were not guaranteed to succeed.

"Mentor Li Luo, if you have such a deep desire for that, perhaps you can participate in the Slaughter Games after the battles have concluded," Guo Jiufeng said heavily.

"Slaughter Games? What's that? It sounds pretty bloody," Li Luo asked in shock.

Guo Jiufeng's smile faded when he explained what it meant. "The Academic Federation naturally has some squads with great ambition and talent. Thus, there are extra competitions organized just for them. The important thing to note is that one is not limited to their divine continent and will participate as squads. Each participant will have to find a partner and will join forces to defeat others."

When Li Luo heard this, he couldn't help but smile. This was a great rule as he could very possibly just group up with Jiang Qing'e, no? Husband and wife would team up to beat up anyone that dared to challenge them. Everyone in the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent was well aware of their combined powers.

"What are the rewards like, then?" Li Luo hurriedly asked.

"You can only participate in one round of the Slaughter Games. You'll have to pay ten grains of Celestial Mirror Sand as the entry fee, and the losers will give their sand to the winners," Guo Jiufeng calmly explained. The East Divine Continent had not participated in such a competition for many years. After all, it was hard for an individual to have enough sand to enter.

Frankly speaking, even if they managed to scrounge up ten grains, they wouldn't participate in such a battle. It was simply too bloody and brutal. Only peak geniuses who were full of ambition would even attempt it.

Li Luo took a deep breath. This was definitely going to be a vicious battle where the winner would take it all. It was truly worthy of its title as the Slaughter Games. However, true experts enjoyed this sort of all-out combat. The path of cultivation was one full of strife. An average person would choose to avoid it, but ambitious prodigies would need this step to temper themselves and advance further.

That said, they would still have to obtain Celestial Mirror Sand from the outer divine continents before they could even afford the entry fee.

"Vice Principal Guo Jiufeng, do you have any in-depth information about the other five outer divine continents?" Li Luo asked.

Guo Jiufeng nodded. "The outer divine continents are split into three upper and three lower continents. The Thunderflame Divine Continent is the strongest amongst the upper outer divine continents. During the last five Domain Traversal Battles, they were the biggest winners and obtained three Heavenly Domains worth of Celestial Mirror Sand. This time, they've also brought a strong line-up, which includes a seventh-grade Duke."

Li Luo's gaze condensed. A seventh-grade Duke, whether it was in the inner divine continent's sage colleges or the ancient colleges, would be considered a Seedling Candidate. It was surprising that such an expert had appeared here.

"The Azuresea Divine Continent is next in line after the Thunderflame Divine Continent. Then the Endless Gale Divine Continent is third. Us, the East Divine Continent, the Whitespirit Divine Continent, and the Extreme Night Divine Continent are the lower three. That said, we are better than the other two. Our strength puts us at the top of the lower three, and the other two take turns returning empty-handed after the Celestial Mirror Pagoda concludes," Guo Jiufeng said almost self-deprecatingly. He then took out some information and passed it over to Li Luo. "This contains some information on the other outer divine continents’ colleges. It also includes information about their vice principals. You should take a look when you have the chance. The Celestial Mirror Pagoda will officially begin in three days, and you should take the opportunity to adjust your condition for the battles ahead."

Li Luo nodded. It looked as though their strongest opponent would be the Thunderflame Divine Continent.

He was a second-grade Transcendent, but his resonant power was far more vast than that of his peers due to him having four resonant palaces, even though the last one was blank. That said, it wasn't completely useless, as it could still contain a significant amount of resonant power. The palace couldn't produce resonant power independently and had to be filled up with resonant power from another resonant palace. Thus, once consumed, it would take more time to replenish than the others. Regardless, in his peak state, his resonant power was comparable to that of a sixth-grade Duke. Adding on the strand of source origin that was created by the Absolute Resonance Halo with his hexa-resonant power, he was no weaker than a sixth-grade Duke with strong foundations when push came to shove.

This was why he was not at a disadvantage when he clashed against Wang Xu earlier.

On top of that, he still had other moves up his sleeve.

For example, his Duke Arts, Mythic Armaments, and secret arts. However... this wasn't even his strongest state. He still had a dedicated support. Thus, Li Luo felt that if he were to truly fight with all his trump cards on the line, he was capable of defeating a seventh-grade Duke. If that happened, it would definitely create a disturbance. Seeing a second-grade Duke win against a seventh-grade Duke would cause the eyes of even the greatest of geniuses to pop out of their sockets in shock. His name would definitely resound throughout the colleges.

That said, he would become a little too high-profile.

Perhaps... this was naturally expected?