Chapter 1 The Ultimate Opportunity

“The ultimate place, a true opportunity!” Including Xu Jingming, a large number of those at the threshold of the third realm couldn’t hide their excitement as they watched the palace complex slowly rise.

They were all very clear…

This might be the greatest opportunity of their lives!

“We, these invincible cultivators at the threshold of the third realm, have come from all over the boundless territories, a vast number of us. But if we rely on ourselves, I estimate none of us will be able to reach the third realm.”

“To reach the third realm, one must have a great opportunity.”

“Seize the opportunity before your eyes! At any cost!”

These cultivators at the threshold of the third realm clearly saw that the distant palace complex had stopped rising, completely stabilized in place. The aura that had been shaking and spreading out had also contracted and stabilized, greatly reducing the pressure.

“Quick!”

“Hurry over there!”

Numerous cultivators at the threshold of the third realm quickly rushed over. Xu Jingming took a step and traversed a great distance. His speed was extremely fast. In just a few steps, he arrived near the palace complex.

Dozens of cultivators at the threshold of the third realm had already gathered near the palace complex. They were already very close, which was why they arrived first.

“What a palace complex.” Xu Jingming observed. He felt that the walls of the palace complex before him were tall and large, and vaguely, it was difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion. There was also a faint aura flowing, surrounding the entire palace complex.

The entire palace complex's aura was integrated into one. Although the aura was restrained and stable, upon careful perception, one couldn't help but feel awe.

“I have seen third realm existences before, but their auras are not as oppressive as this palace,” Xu Jingming thought to himself. “I have collected many rare objects before. These rare objects vary in value, and are all very magical. But compared to the palace complex before me… they are far inferior.”

An aura stronger than that of a third realm existence, far surpassing many high-dimensional celestial bodies.

Perhaps only the Primordial Star, the Abyss, and a few other existences could surpass this palace complex.

“Charge.” A cultivator at the threshold of the third realm, condensed from flames, took the lead and rushed towards the main gate of the palace complex. The main gate was open. Xu Jingming and the others were not in a hurry to charge in, but instead carefully observed.

The flame cultivator at the threshold of the third realm took the lead and rushed into the main gate, but as he flew into the main gate area, his figure rapidly shrank, becoming smaller and smaller.

“Hmm? What’s going on here?” The flame cultivator at the threshold of the third realm swayed within the main gate area, and soon stumbled out of the main gate area in a daze. When he left the main gate area, his body size returned to normal.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

In just over ten breaths, a large number of cultivators at the threshold of the third realm had arrived. They landed around the palace complex, their eyes burning with passion, but also cautiously observing.

“The opportunity left behind by an ultimate existence is not so easy to take.” They were all very patient.

“Is that City Lord Feike? He is incredibly intelligent, and he’s not in a hurry to make a move either.”

“Wu Ming has also arrived. His achievements in the space-time lineage are unparalleled in the ultimate place, and he is not in a hurry to rush in.”

“Look, the highest leader of the Night Dream Legion—General Yun Jiu!”

These cultivators at the threshold of the third realm were also observing.

Because this was the depths of the mountain range, those who could arrive first were invincible cultivators at the threshold of the third realm and abyss lords! They came from under the command of the 35 third realm existences, and were all extraordinary.

During this period, those who could establish a great reputation all had extraordinary methods.

City Lord Feike—an invincible cultivator at the threshold of the third realm from the science lineage, with endless methods. He was also extremely outstanding in the Space-Time Arena, and had been invited by many third realm existences to participate in the competition. His reputation had spread across multiple timelines.

General Yun Jiu—the undisputed leader of the Night Dream Legion, with extremely deep accumulation. He was recognized within the legion as the most likely to reach the third realm.

Wu Ming—a terrifying powerhouse from Featherfire City. It was rumored that he was only over three hundred thousand years old since birth, yet his strength was already unfathomable. In terms of individual strength, he was probably the strongest cultivator at the threshold of the third realm in the entire ultimate place.

“Is that Wu Ming?” A burly black metallic figure glanced at Xu Jingming. “The peerless genius of Featherfire City. I heard that when he came to the ultimate place, he had not yet reached the invincible level at the threshold of the third realm. But now he can kill an invincible cultivator at the threshold of the third realm in just two or three moves. The boundless territories are truly full of strong individuals. There are actually such monsters.”

“Wu Ming?”

City Lord Feike also observed Xu Jingming. He used causal observation, time-line observation, and void trace observation, gathering information about Xu Jingming from all aspects. “I have participated in seven major competitions in the Space-Time Arena, and have seen many outstanding individuals from various timelines, but I have never seen anyone as special as him. His power seems to have touched a higher dimension?”

Xu Jingming did not observe the other powerhouses, because he was already the strongest. What he cared most about was the palace complex before him.

“More than ten cultivators at the threshold of the third realm have charged towards the main gate of the palace, one after another. There are also those who have tried to climb over the wall! All have failed.” Xu Jingming observed, “Those who climbed over the wall were directly shaken into nothingness. Those who walked through the main gate… all walked out in a daze.”

“This is a maze.”

“It is a maze composed of mysterious characters.”

“After walking in, you are trapped in the maze. It is difficult to distinguish directions, and you walk out unknowingly.”

These cultivators at the threshold of the third realm who had failed in their attempts did not hide anything, after all, they had all experienced the same thing.

“A character maze, is it a test of characters?” Xu Jingming pondered, and immediately separated a clone to fly towards the main gate of the palace complex.

“Wu Ming has gone over.”

“He has made his move.”

“This monster has broken the limit of invincibility at the threshold of the third realm. In the entire ultimate place, his strength is the first! With his strength, maybe he can break in!” The thousands of powerhouses gathered around were all observing.

“The palace complex left behind by the ultimate existence cannot be entered just by being strong. In my opinion, he can’t get in either.”

These cultivators at the threshold of the third realm discussed, while also carefully observing, wanting to draw some experience from Xu Jingming.

The more Xu Jingming flew towards the main gate, the larger he felt the entire main gate of the palace complex become, expanding hundreds of times, thousands of times, hundreds of millions of times, as if he were a tiny grain of sand, completely immersed in a special space-time.

“Hmm?” Xu Jingming looked at what was before him in surprise.

When the main gate of the palace complex infinitely expanded, finally, Xu Jingming saw countless characters floating in this special space-time.

“I have collected only more than 120,000 characters so far. Looking at the number of characters floating here, at least tens of millions.” Xu Jingming looked. Countless characters were flowing, and the scene before him completely became a world of characters.

“This is the character maze?”

Xu Jingming observed these characters, and also tried to fly forward.

Time slowly passed, and other cultivators at the threshold of the third realm flew in one after another to try. Each of them was trapped in the character maze, and walked out in a daze.

Xu Jingming, on the other hand, persisted in the character maze.

“Mazes also have rules.” After only fifteen minutes of observation, Xu Jingming had already glimpsed the rules of the character maze’s composition. He flew according to the rules, and felt the characters before him rapidly flow.

After a dozen or so breaths, the rapidly flowing countless characters completely disappeared.

Xu Jingming had already flown into a huge garden. Looking back, he saw the seemingly ordinary main gate of the palace complex, and the many cultivators at the threshold of the third realm outside the main gate, dumbfounded.

Those cultivators at the threshold of the third realm saw Xu Jingming walk through the main gate and successfully enter the palace complex, and were both shocked and jealous.

“He succeeded, but I tried just now, and failed.” General Yun Jiu looked from afar, feeling a hint of urgency in his heart. “The opportunity left behind by the ultimate existence, if you are slow, I am afraid he will snatch it away.”

Whoosh, General Yun Jiu flew towards the main gate again.

“Hurry, hurry, hurry.”

“Try it quickly.”

With Xu Jingming's success, the many cultivators at the threshold of the third realm who were still carefully observing rushed towards the main gate.

“Brother Wu Ming, can you tell me the trick to get in?” A cultivator at the threshold of the third realm shouted loudly, knowing that the possibility of Xu Jingming telling them was very low, but when it came to the opportunity left behind by the ultimate existence, they had to try.

Xu Jingming completely ignored the outside world.

“I was given that silver paper by Lou Yejun, and I have been studying that spear technique on the silver paper for more than 300,000 years. Laying the foundation in advance is how I was able to take the lead.” Xu Jingming was in the huge garden of the palace complex. "Now that I'm in the lead, I must seize the opportunity!"

At a critical moment, one cannot be soft-hearted! At the same time, Xu Jingming's clone outside the palace also entered through the main gate.

"Look for opportunities."

In an instant, Xu Jingming separated into clones, more than five hundred Xu Jingmings scattered and explored different areas of the palace complex.

…

Outside the ultimate place, the 35 towering existences had been following the causal threads, peeking into the timelines of the cultivators at the threshold of the third realm, and understanding their experiences, observing the ultimate place in this way.

At this moment, they all locked onto Xu Jingming, observing his timeline, and understanding his every move.

What Xu Jingming saw, they could naturally see through the timeline.

“Hmm?”

“What’s going on?”

These third realm existences were all shocked.

“Everything inside this palace complex is blurred, we can’t see it at all.”

“We can’t see anything.”

“This Xu Jingming is clearly looking very intently. But we can’t see it?”

The 35 third realm existences were very unwilling. They also wanted to know what was inside the palace complex!

The Lord of Keye, the most powerful existence present, shook his head and said, “We all have ways to jump out of the timeline, so that other lives cannot peek! If the ultimate existence does not want us to see, no matter what method we use, we will not be able to see it.”

Lou Yejun also nodded, “This is obviously an opportunity left for the cultivators at the threshold of the third realm! We can still peek into the outer area, but we can’t peek into the most important part of the palace at all.”

“This Wu Ming is indeed talented enough. He was the first to condense divine runes, and was also the first to enter the palace. Perhaps the opportunity left by the ultimate existence will fall into his hands.”

“That’s not for sure! Until the very end, anything is possible.”

“Look, another cultivator at the threshold of the third realm has entered.”

“There are still many talented ones. Feike has also entered. Three have already entered!”

The 35 third realm existences watched. Since they could not seize the opportunity, they could only wait patiently to see who the opportunity would ultimately fall into.