They didn't give the people of Blue Star any chance to predict. Those who had been stuck at a bottleneck for a period of time all began to break through.
The fourth to break through to the Nascent Soul stage were Meng Zibin and Xiao Long, who followed closely behind Wang Teng.
The day after Wang Teng's breakthrough, the Shitian tribe returned.
They wanted to launch a surprise attack, to catch the human race off guard.
Their thinking was: "The human race has just experienced a great victory, and this is when they are most relaxed. They would never have thought we would regroup so quickly. That Wang Teng's biggest trump card is gone. We will surely wash away our shame in this battle!"
Then, after they returned, Xiao Long and Meng Zibin unleashed another wave of super heavenly tribulations upon them.
Any battlefield that was breached at any level would affect other battlefields.
The Shitian tribe had suffered two major defeats in two days, and their morale was severely hit.
The battlefield demarcation line had been pushed out by a hundred miles by the human race.
From then on, the human cultivators were also influenced by Wang Teng and the others. They actually began to use heavenly tribulations as a weapon to kill the Shitian tribe.
However, many people actually couldn't withstand the heavenly tribulations themselves. With the intervention of those on the battlefield, they were even less able to withstand them.
This was a bad trend, and the top figures of the major sects immediately began strict education for their disciples.
"They are geniuses, are you? Their cultivation techniques are all immortal-grade, what level are you? They have immortal artifacts, do you?"
"We told you to learn from their fearless spirit, but you learned to play with heavenly tribulations. You'll be laughed to death by the Shitian tribe if you get struck by lightning!"
But no matter what, the spirit and demeanor displayed by Wang Teng and the others, that invincible aura, had a profound impact on the human race of this world.
This was the combat style that Wang Teng and Xiao Long had developed in that desperate world: go all out against the Shitian tribe.
If they fight desperately, you fight desperately too. Always be fiercer than them, and that's how this extremely ruthless combat style was forged.
...
It was approximately the eighty-eighth year since Luo Xiaowei and Qin Xiaoxiao arrived in this world when Qin Xiaoxiao broke through to the Nascent Soul stage.
Luo Xiaowei followed closely behind. About a year after Qin Xiaoxiao's breakthrough, he also successfully entered the Nascent Soul stage.
His teammates were all peak Void Returning stage powerhouses.
Such a mercenary group, any one of them could be a leader-level figure.
In the eighty-eight years of the Ice Sword Mercenary Group's existence, their earth-shattering achievements had shocked the entire cultivation world.
Each of them had bounties on the Shitian tribe's wanted list comparable to Mahayana stage powerhouses.
As for Qin Xiaoxiao, who possessed two immortal artifacts, her bounty was comparable to an immortal-level powerhouse.
After the first reorganization, the number of members in the Ice Sword Mercenary Group had never changed.
Some sects wanted to place their Holy Son or Holy Daughter into this mercenary group for experience, but they were refused.
They were already the best group of companions. Countless brushes with death had forged their incredibly high level of tacit understanding.
Under normal circumstances, Qin Xiaoxiao would act as the vanguard, Luo Xiaowei would be responsible for controlling the overall situation, and others would do what matched their strength.
For Luo Xiaowei and Qin Xiaoxiao, they no longer had the energy to form new friendships, as the time to return home was getting closer.
...
Although Bai Nianchen's start was the most perfect among everyone, precisely because he lacked some of the intense struggles, his realm did not break through quickly.
Relying on his physique and the advantages of his sect, he finally broke through to the Nascent Soul stage after Qin Xiaoxiao.
The Creation Great Emperor even felt ashamed, but there was nothing he could do, given how peaceful his Creation Immortal Palace was.
Shen Yingxue and Zhang Xiaohu, compared to others, started their journey relatively late.
However, with Empress Wanhua present, Shen Yingxue smoothly reached the late Void Returning stage. She was not in a hurry to break through; the Empress hoped she would suppress her realm first and consolidate her foundation.
As for Zhang Xiaohu, because he went to practice his justice, his experiences were much richer than Shen Yingxue's.
Over the years, his fame had spread throughout the entire continent.
Zhang Xiaohu felt that this world was pathological, and the division between the righteous and demonic paths was unreasonable.
Many righteous cultivators who deserved to die, under the guise of being "righteous," committed inhuman acts.
Those who wanted to uphold justice were forcibly labeled as "demonic."
At times, Zhang Xiaohu even considered changing this world.
But later, he realized he couldn't change it; this was the culture of this world.
Strength was the most important thing. As long as you were an Immortal Emperor, no one would call you evil.
Therefore, Zhang Xiaohu could only do his best to do what was right according to his own values.
During this period, he encountered those who repaid kindness with enmity, those who added insult to injury, and he suffered many betrayals.
He experienced disappointment and sadness, but he adjusted quickly without losing his pursuit of justice because of these things.
As Empress Wanhua had previously stipulated that no cultivator more than one major realm higher than Zhang Xiaohu was allowed to attack him, Zhang Xiaohu actually encountered very little danger.
Often, he would be ganged up on by a group of people. It was not allowed for anyone more than one major realm higher than Zhang Xiaohu to act, meaning group attacks were permissible.
But even if Zhang Xiaohu couldn't win, he could escape. He still had the immortal artifact [Floating and Sinking Bead].
Those who disliked him couldn't do anything about it. He didn't know when he would reach the Nascent Soul stage, but he felt it shouldn't be far off.
...
This century-long trial was immensely beneficial to everyone.
Everyone's experiences were vastly different, and the world of survival of the fittest did not cause them to lose their original brilliance.
On the contrary, after entering the cultivation world, they were like hidden dragons soaring from the abyss, rising to the heavens.
There were dangers, and they even experienced numerous life-or-death crises, but they did not fall.
This was also related to luck. When Chu Yang became the Human Emperor of Blue Star, the luck of all cultivators on Blue Star also rose a notch.
Luck was invisible, uncontrollable, yet a real thing.
But luck only accounted for a very small part; the greater portion lay in their rare and precious qualities.
"These geniuses are all very good people!"
Chu Yang had lamented this more than once.
Counting the time, they should be returning successively.
Although he sent these people to worlds that lasted a hundred years, there were still slight differences in the flow of time in each world.
The first to return were naturally Li Qingyun and Bai Nianchen.