"Hello, student Gu Yuan, I am the artifact spirit of the Ashen Fire Divine Hall. You can call me Huo!"
A voice sounded in Gu Yuan's ear. Gu Yuan's eyes narrowed as he looked at the immensely vast divine hall. He hadn't expected it to be a spiritual artifact. He wasn't sure of its level, but based on Gu Yuan's senses, it lacked the perfectly smooth aura of the Dao Fortune Heavenly Map, so it was likely not a seven-star spiritual artifact.
"Next, I will explain everything about the Ashen Fire Divine Hall to you. Please follow me."
As soon as the voice fell, a finger-sized flame appeared before Gu Yuan, swaying slightly up and down, gesturing for Gu Yuan to follow it.
Gu Yuan took a step and followed the slightly swaying small flame that moved forward in mid-air.
Gu Yuan looked around. Most people had a flame floating before them, similar to his.
The flame guided the crowd towards a specific location, and the voice by his ear sounded again:
"Student Gu Yuan, we will now proceed to collect your teleportation token. This is the last preparation humanity has made for you. In the Myriad Races Battlefield, if you encounter a life-threatening danger that you cannot resolve, simply crush this token. You will have a breath's time to prepare, and after a breath, you will be teleported back to the Human Ashen Fire Divine Hall. However, please note that everyone entering the Myriad Races Battlefield has only one such token, and it cannot be replaced."
Gu Yuan was slightly taken aback. He had already learned the basics about the Myriad Races Battlefield from ancient texts. The Myriad Races Battlefield was an extremely vast world. No one knew where its edges were. Therefore, this token could be crushed anywhere to teleport back to the Human Ashen Fire Divine Hall. Although there was a breath of preparation time, for them, it meant an extra chance to try again.
Gu Yuan followed the flame forward and finally arrived at a place where people were queuing. He stood at the back of the line, waiting quietly.
A few minutes later, it was Gu Yuan's turn. The small flame moved forward, drawing various trajectories, accompanied by a buzzing sound, and an ancient token appeared before Gu Yuan.
Gu Yuan grabbed it and left with the small flame.
He lowered his head to look at the token in his hand. The token was entirely bronze in color and felt slightly cool to the touch. Gu Yuan's sensitive divine soul could feel the mysterious power contained within.
He put it away and continued to follow the small flame. The voice sounded in his ear again.
"Student Gu Yuan, next we will proceed to collect detailed intelligence on the myriad races and information about the parts of the Myriad Races Battlefield that humanity has explored."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan understood that humanity possessed far more intelligence than he had imagined.
He arrived at another area requiring queuing and waiting. Half an hour later, Gu Yuan left with two jade slips.
Finally, the small flame led him to a swirling vortex that continuously emanated pure power.
The small flame introduced it as the passage to teleport to the Myriad Races Battlefield. Upon entering, one would be automatically matched to a battlefield of corresponding strength.
In addition, the small flame also explained to Gu Yuan the merit system of the Myriad Races Battlefield and the hidden destiny.
The merit system meant that Gu Yuan would earn merit by killing beings from races other than humanity. These merits were recorded by the world of the Myriad Races Battlefield. Upon accumulating a certain amount, one could exchange them for desired items in the Merit Hall within the Ashen Fire Divine Hall.
Basically, anything could be found in the Merit Hall.
There was also another form of destiny. This was obtained by absorbing the destiny contained within defeated beings from races other than one's own. By bestowing it upon oneself, one could greatly increase one's luck and have a significant impact on future endeavors.
Gu Yuan nodded, indicating his understanding.
"Student Gu Yuan, you can now enter the Myriad Races Battlefield directly, or you can rest for a while before choosing to enter."
Gu Yuan pondered for a moment and decided to enter the Myriad Races Battlefield immediately. All necessary preparations had been made. He had heard that opportunities within the Myriad Races Battlefield were already beginning to appear, and many people were soaring to unprecedented heights.
However, before that, Gu Yuan looked at the two jade slips in his hand. He intended to absorb their contents before entering the Myriad Races Battlefield again.
Thinking of the battle for supremacy among the myriad races, Gu Yuan's blood was ignited with passion. He yearned to fight.
He directly asked the voice in his mind, "Where can I go into seclusion?"
The voice replied, "Please follow the flame. It will lead you to your place of seclusion."
Following the flame, Gu Yuan traveled forward and arrived at a building resembling a tall tower, which constantly gathered the surrounding spiritual energy and exuded a formidable aura.
Upon reaching the entrance, Gu Yuan asked a staff member how to open a cultivation room.
The staff member explained, "Everyone who arrives can use their identity proof to open a cultivation room. However, every newcomer has one free usage opportunity."
Gu Yuan understood and then used his free opportunity to open a cultivation room. The staff member was very efficient, and Gu Yuan completed the process in less than a minute.
Gu Yuan took the room card from the staff member and, according to the room number on it, found the cultivation room.
Gu Yuan swiped the room card at the door lock. With a beep, the door opened, and Gu Yuan pushed it open and entered.
As soon as he entered, he felt a very dense surge of world energy wash over him. Gu Yuan took a deep breath, and the blood in his body began to boil slightly. A hint of joy appeared on his face.
He hadn't expected the spiritual energy in the Myriad Races Battlefield to be even purer than that in the Azure World, as if it contained a mysterious factor highly beneficial to the body.
He closed the door, activated the room's formation, and set the spirit gathering formation to its highest level.
After spending a little more time, he set up another spirit gathering formation around the meditation cushion, compressing the surrounding spiritual energy to within two meters of his body. At this point, the spiritual energy was so dense it was about to condense into mist.
Gu Yuan sat cross-legged on the meditation cushion, held his breath, and concentrated. He took out the two jade slips, placing one on his forehead. He mentally connected with the jade slip and felt no danger. His divine soul forcefully pushed forward, and a large amount of information surged from the jade slip into Gu Yuan's divine soul.
After a while, Gu Yuan opened his eyes. Information about the myriad races appeared in his mind.
The True Dragon Clan, the Phoenix Clan... these divine beasts renowned throughout the heavens all had their own clans. They would also enter the Myriad Races Battlefield. These divine beasts could only be contended with by top prodigies of humanity, possessing nearly invincible strength at the same level.
Even races like the Kobolds and Minotaurs would participate, but these races were at the very bottom of the Myriad Races Battlefield, almost existing to be bullied by everyone.
Humanity was a powerful race among the top one hundred in the myriad realms of the heavens, but they were easily targeted by other races, simply because the human body was naturally attuned to the Great Dao, making cultivation easier.
He took out the other jade slip. The content within this jade slip was some of the intelligence about the Myriad Races Battlefield that humanity had gathered.