Great Tyrannical Deity - Chapter 97

“He has the power to rival those at the Grand Dao realm!” Jie Xiuzhen couldn’t help but shout.

Shi Li glanced at Jie Xiuzhen’s direction as he kept all of his qi spheres within his base while returning his force multiplier back to normal. “Senior Brother, what’s the Grand Dao realm?”

Jie Xiuzhen cleared his throat before explaining. “I didn’t go in-depth before when you asked me what the Immortal realm was. Well as I said before, once you’ve reached the Dao Path realm, you’ll refine your dao, getting closer and closer to perfection.”

He continued, “Now there are four tiers of daos, which correspond the next four cultivation realms. First is the normal dao, which corresponds to the Dao Path realm. The second one is a grand dao, which is an amalgamation of a number of normal daos, allowing your dao to encompass more daos in the future while it allows you to wield more strength. Now this corresponds to the realm after Dao Path, which is aptly named the Grand Dao realm.”

“After the grand dao, is the heavenly dao. Reaching this level would allow you to live forever…if your heavenly dao could endure the Return to Genesis, but more on that in the future. Reaching the heavenly dao would let you set foot in the Heavenly Dao realm, the realm after Grand Dao.”

“And lastly…is the everlasting dao. Even if the Return to Genesis happens, your dao shall stay strong, encompassing almost everything in existence, both new and old. Now reaching this level of dao would allow you to be truly immortal, which gave the Immortal realm its name. It’s also called the Everlasting Dao realm by some.”

He took a deep breath before asking Shi Li, “Now do you understand?”

Shi Li frowned for a moment before nodding his head. “I get the general idea.”

Jie Xiuzhen smiled. “Well that’s good. Need anything else?”

Shi Li scratched his head before replying. “Well…Senior Brother, could you open up a spatial gate to where I was before? I can’t establish my reputation of being the sect leader of Heavenly Fist Sect if I’m not there right?” He awkwardly chuckled.

Jie Xiuzhen stared at Shi Li for a while before awkwardly chuckling as well. “Oh yeah, oh yeah, I forgot that you entered a spatial gate to enter this space. Here, I’ll put an imprint on you so you can enter the spatial gate whenever you like.”

Jie Xiuzhen raised his index finger, pointing it toward Shi Li’s forehead. In an instant, a beam of light shot towards Shi Li, carving a intricate drawing of a phoenix rising from the ashes. Little by little, the imprint disappeared from his forehead, becoming hidden from plain sight.

Shi Li couldn’t see the imprint, but he could feel it.

“Just infuse a strand of qi within the imprint, and a spatial gate to this space will open in front of you,” Jie Xiuzhen smiled.

“Thanks for everything, Senior Brother,” Shi Li said as he used his qi to open up a spatial gate. The other side of the spatial gate showed the desert where he and Terry were standing before. He passed through it, heading towards the Heavenly Fist Sect.

Heavenly Fist Sect, the Elder Hall.

“Where could Shi Li have gone?” the Third Elder, Li Zunqian asked as he rested on the table.

“Perhaps he’s currently in secluded cultivation? He’s probably achieving a breakthrough at this time,” the First Elder, Ye Qiufei suggested as she thought it was possible.

“He’s probably indulging in some women, slacking off,” the Fourth Elder, Xu Zhuyun replied, trying to counter the First Elder’s statement.

“Me? Indulging in women? That’s nonsense.”

Out of nowhere, Shi Li appeared in front of the elders, surprising them all of a sudden.

The Fourth Elder’s body stiffened before standing up and bowing down towards Shi Li. “I apologize for my previous statement!”

Shi Li waved his hand, signalling that he didn’t mind at all.

Elder Li looked at Shi Li with a serious gaze. Seconds later, he was surprised as he felt that Shi Li’s body exuded a faint yet stifling aura that would make one shudder in fear once in contact with it.

“Did you break through to a new realm, Sect Leader?” Elder Li couldn’t help but ask, seeing the aura surrounding Shi Li.

Shi Li smiled, “I have.”

Afterwards, he took a deep breath before telling all of the elders, “Elders, follow my command. Move the Genesis Core Competition to a half month later, let’s not wait for four more months.”

Hearing this statement all of a sudden, the elders couldn’t help but gasp in shock.

“Uh…may I ask Sect Leader the reason why?” the Second Elder, Fei Diaolin asked.

“We’re going to make the Heavenly Fist Sect a Grand level sect again,” Shi Li smiled.

Hearing the words ‘Grand level sect’ coming out of Shi Li’s mouth, the elders hurriedly moved about, advancing the Genesis Core Competition to a half month later.

“But what if the disciples don’t accept this outcome?” Elder Li asked Shi Li.

Shi Li pondered for a bit before he replied.

“Just tell them that the new sect leader would accept the champion of the tournament as his personal disciple.”

“What?! The Genesis Core Competition is starting within two weeks?!”

“I don’t accept this at all!”

“I don’t have hope of reaching the top 10 if it’s happening within a few weeks.”

“Hey, hey, have you heard? The champion of the tournament would be accepted as the new sect leader’s personal disciple?”

“The new sect leader? We have a new sect leader?”

“Yeah, yeah! The elders said that the sect leader is at an unfathomable realm, able to split mountains with one hand!”

“Really? Then I shouldn’t waste my time here! I should work hard to gain the new sect leader’s attention!”

At first, the inner sect disciples were at shock knowing that the competition was being moved a few months earlier. But once they knew that the new sect leader was accepting a personal disciple, with the achievements the new sect leader did, everyone was hyped to compete in the tournament.

Half a month later…

An explosion resounded throughout Shi Li’s body as his qi base grew in size while his qi compressed yet again.

Shi Li opened his eyes as he headed towards a strength measuring pillar and let out a punch.

Bang!

In an instant, the number 7500 was displayed on the pillar, making Shi Li smile widely.

‘I’ve finally reached Qi Creation Stage 5!’

After his moment of excitement, Shi Li calmed himself down as he planned on what to do for the tournament.

‘I should limit myself to 20% of my full power without the multiplier. That would be enough right?’

Without hesitation, Shi Li walked towards the sect arena.

The arena was filled with sect disciples, both inner and outer. The outer disciples were there to watch the tournament, hoping to gain some inspiration. The inner disciples, on the other hand, were the participants of the tournament, showing their prowess hopefully to the sect leader.

In front of them stood the Third Elder, Li Zunqian, who presided over the disciple recruitment event about 5 months ago.

Li Zunqian saw that Shi Li entered the arena as Shi Li took a seat and nodded at him, signalling that he could start.

He cleared his throat as to get the audience’s attention.

“Welcome to the Heavenly Fist Sect’s Genesis Core Competition. This shall be split into 3 rounds. Let’s not waste any more time.”

“The Genesis Core Competition shall now begin!”