Chapter 249: Special Red Entry, "Ten Ten Ten Ten"!

Chapter 249: Special Red Entry, "Ten Ten Ten Ten"!

Today marked the fourth day.

Chen Qiu arrived at the shop precisely at noon, as usual. He didn't engage in much conversation with the shopkeeper, merely glancing at the onlookers around him. He paused briefly in front of the well, consuming a strand of the Prideful Person's Fortune, before tossing in ten thousand Spirit Stones into the well engraved with the words "Entry Pool."

In an instant—

A scroll with an entry emerged slowly from the water's surface, accompanied by the effects of the Prideful Person's Fortune. Without delay, a treasure appeared on the surface, eliciting a gasp of surprise from the surrounding crowd.

Indeed, it was rare for a treasure to appear on the first try, but the gasp wasn't overly loud. After all, such an occurrence wasn't particularly surprising when it came to Chen Qiu.

Chen Qiu didn't immediately inspect the scroll's effects but instead threw ten thousand Spirit Stones into each of the other five pools. Four of the wells produced treasures on the first try, while the fifth well required a second attempt.

Without further delay, Chen Qiu collected all six treasures and headed back to the inn.

This time, the crowd's exclamations grew louder. Drawing six treasures out of seven attempts was indeed an extraordinary feat!

In the Heavenly Palace, inside the inn.

Chen Qiu sat on the bed, gazing at the six treasures he had acquired. Among them, the scroll was of particular interest, and he examined it first.

"Entry Name: Ninefold Casting.

"Entry Level: Purple.

"Entry Effect: When you cast any spell, it will be cast an additional nine times without consuming extra resources."

Chen Qiu's expression turned complex as he remained silent. This entry was indeed a valuable one for him, a recovery of something lost. Previously, he had been torn between the entries "Nine Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine" and "Ninefold Casting," eventually choosing to discard the latter. Now, it had come back to him.

Whether for enhancing his combat power or the potential future acquisition of a Heavenly Dao Entry Group for multiple casting, this entry was indeed beneficial.

However, it wasn't what he urgently needed at the moment.

Chen Qiu felt he might have misunderstood something.

Using a strand of the Prideful Person's Fortune as a consumable would temporarily boost his fortune. Fortune was an abstract concept, making it challenging to perceive directly through one's senses. It would improve his luck for a short period, such as when drawing entries, increasing the chances of obtaining entries with suitable grades or attributes.

But it wasn't the "Hand of God," which could grant him entries that perfectly matched his desires.

His initial goal had been a four-digit pure number entry.

Nevertheless, the current outcome was acceptable, albeit with an extra day's delay.

Chen Qiu then turned his attention to the treasures from the remaining five pools.

There was a special fountain-like building, which had no unique effects. It merely transformed the surrounding Spirit Qi into a spring, causing the water to constantly surge, serving as a scenic architectural feature that could be placed in the Mock Heaven Sect.

He also obtained a spell, a Refining Void low-grade water spell, a Spirit Treasure suitable for water spells, and a rare domain called "Night Sky Assault" suitable for assassins. Additionally, he drew a stick of incense from the Treasure Prize Pool, which, when lit, allowed him to communicate with anyone whose name and appearance he knew, regardless of distance or the constraints of the Heavenly Dao.

Among the rewards, the incense stick from the Treasure Prize Pool was quite useful. For instance, he currently had no means of contacting anyone on the First Rank Continent, but by lighting the incense, he could establish a connection with Liu Zide without having to travel to the Lower Continent.

As for the "Night Sky Assault" domain, it was worth mentioning.

Chen Qiu examined it closely.

The domain had an intriguing effect. When the owner approached the edge of their domain, they would be instantly teleported to the opposite edge, allowing for unlimited teleportation within the domain. Combined with certain entries and spells, it could be quite effective in single combat situations.

Time seemed to fast-forward as Chen Qiu, staying in the inn to cultivate, continued his daily routine of drawing entries from the shop. However, he no longer used the Prideful Person's Fortune but relied solely on Spirit Stones.

He could draw a treasure with as few as five or six attempts and as many as ninety.

Each attempt cost ten thousand medium-grade Spirit Stones, not a small price.

Days passed, and in the inn—

Chen Qiu sat cross-legged on the bed, taking a deep breath. His expression was slightly excited as he gazed at the entry scroll in his hand, labeled "EightEightEightEight." With this scroll in hand, he had finally completed the set of Heavenly Dao Entry Groups!

"Entry Name: EightEightEightEight.

"Entry Level: Green.

"Entry Effect: Every eight steps you take will grant you one breath of invisibility."

This entry wasn't particularly powerful, being a green-level entry. However, it could be useful in the early stages of cultivation, such as during the Refining Qi or Foundation Establishment stages, where occasional invisibility could be a game-changer. But its usefulness diminished as one progressed further.

At this moment, Chen Qiu wasn't concerned with the entry's strength.

He looked at the remaining eight entries engraved on his Dantian, now complete!

Without delay, he crushed the scroll in his hand.

Instantly, the eight four-digit pure number entries that were originally engraved on his Nascent Soul floated out, forming nine entry shadows that hovered in mid-air, slightly undulating and emitting a dense aura of heaven and earth.

These entries were mere shadows, some white, some green, some blue, and some purple.

"OneOneOneOne," "TwoTwoTwoTwo," "ThreeThreeThreeThree," "FourFourFourFour," "FiveFiveFiveFive," "SixSixSixSix," "SevenSevenSevenSeven," "EightEightEightEight," "NineNineNineNine."

There were nine entries in total.

Each entry name seemed orderly, creating a sense of extreme beauty in its arrangement.

Then, these nine entry shadows began to tremble rapidly in the air and slowly moved. Before long, they lined up from left to right according to their numerical order, forming a straight line in the air within the room. Soon after, a row of small characters appeared in the air above the nine entries.

"Heavenly Path Entry Group, Great One Nine!"

The next moment—

A Heavenly Dao Edict resounded throughout the Vast Continent.

"Heavenly Dao Edict: The Vast Continent's Xuantian State, human cultivator, the Mock Heaven Sect's Sect Master, the Heavenly Path Saint, the Heavenly Path Villain, the Human Race Protector Deity, the Supreme Heavenly Prodigy Chen Jiuyi, the King of Xuantian, successfully forged the Heavenly Path Entry Group, Great One Nine!

The first in the history of the Vast Continent to forge a Heavenly Path Entry Group, a true Prodigy!

Awarded a fragment of the 'Heavenly Path Entry Compilation' treasure 1 and a strand of Heavenly Dao's Fortune, may all living beings follow this path."

Immediately following.

Almost at the same time as the Heavenly Dao Edict sounded, all cultivators on the Vast Continent witnessed a heavenly anomaly—nine enormous four-digit pure number entry shadows lined up neatly in the air from left to right, with a banner floating above them.

"Great One Nine."

"Huh?"

Chen Jiuyi listened to the Heavenly Dao Edict ringing in his ears, his expression slightly shocked. He had asked the Heavenly Axe Sect's Sect Master to investigate the Heavenly Path Entry Group some time ago, but they hadn't reached any conclusions. However, he never expected that he would be the first in the Vast Continent to forge a Heavenly Path Entry Group.

Could it be that in tens of thousands of years, no one has obtained the "NineNineNineNine" entry?

As long as one obtains this entry and has sufficient financial resources, it is entirely possible to easily forge this Heavenly Path Entry Group. It would only take a little more than a single White family's spirit to do so.

He subconsciously glanced at the rewards listed in the Heavenly Dao Edict.

"A fragment of the 'Heavenly Path Entry Compilation' 1."

In simple terms, it's information about the Heavenly Path entries, such as the existence of other series entries like this one. But since it's a fragment, it only contains partial information. However, he has the green entry "Edict Regular," so he has two fragments.

And the information recorded on these two fragments is exactly the same.

That's good.

It seems that the "Edict Regular" entry is truly pure to the extreme in its replication, with no other effects. However, he suddenly remembered that when he forged the Twelfth Stage External Body, he was rewarded with two strands of "Hundred Tribulations' Fortune." This is a valuable item, but he hasn't had the opportunity to use it yet. It's become part of his foundation.

Chen Jiuyi quickly scanned through these rewards and then turned his attention to the effects of this Heavenly Path Entry Group.

"Heavenly Path Entry Group, Great One Nine!"

1. With this entry group, from one to eight, the effects of all activated entries among these eight entries are doubled.

2. Obtain a special red entry "TenTenTenTen," which cannot be acquired through any other means.

3. Can increase the grade of Fusion Strikes by one tier.

". . ."

Chen Jiuyi stared at the effects of the Heavenly Path Entry Group "Great One Nine" before him, his expression complex as he stood silently, unsure of what to say for a moment. It wasn't that the effects weren't powerful, but rather that they were too strong!

The first effect.

Although most of the four-digit pure number entries were of little use to him, some were still beneficial, such as the purple entry "TwoTwoTwoTwo," which grants an additional entry selection opportunity every time he breaks through a major cultivation realm.

Now, with the effect doubled, he gets two more chances.

On top of the one he already had.

This means that, if he wishes, he can obtain three entry selection opportunities every time he breaks through a major cultivation realm in the future. If he chooses to, he's guaranteed at least one "Profound Entry"!

If he doesn't want it, then he gets three entries, which is enough to break even.

Moreover, the second effect grants him a special red-tier entry "TenTenTenTen," which is extremely rare to obtain. It can only be acquired when one obtains the "Great One Nine" entry group; there is no other way to obtain this entry.

He didn't look at its effect yet.

But it must be quite powerful.

This will be his third red entry, and he only has two red entries.

The third effect of this entry group is the most powerful—it can increase the grade of Fusion Strikes by one tier. If your original grade was eleven, it becomes the top-grade of the Heavenly Dao. If you were already at the top-grade of the Heavenly Dao, you would directly break through it.

And for him.

Once he breaks through the Body Integration stage, his Fusion Strike grade will be twenty-four, but now it will be twenty-five!

These three effects combined are more than enough.

What truly made Chen Jiuyi's expression complex and pensive was that these nine entries had almost no synergistic effects, but when combined to form the "Great One Nine" Heavenly Path Entry Group, their power was so formidable.

It's like a dish prepared by an official chef, made by stir-frying garlic, Chinese cabbage, coriander, green onions, and kale together. The taste is extremely ordinary, even a bit unpleasant, and everyone believes it will surely lose to a dish prepared by a folk chef.

But at this moment.

The official chef waves his hand, and a spell descends, causing the words "Human Delicacy" to float above the dish, and the official chef emerges victorious.

This is the charm of rules.

No choice.

It was at this moment that Chen Qiu discovered the comment section for the "Nine Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine" entry had been revealed. When he initially obtained this entry, the comment section was completely blurred, not blank, but rather, non-existent.

He had the intention to post a comment but found that it couldn't be sent out at all.

It wasn't until now, after forming the Heavenly Path Entry Group "Great Nine," that the comment section for the "Nine Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine" entry was finally unlocked.

"If you're lucky enough to obtain this entry, congratulations! You're about to enter the 'Great Nine' family, and together we'll enjoy the charm of the Great Nine!"

"I'm the first person in our continent to obtain a Heavenly Path Entry Group. I feel that this entry group should be one of the easier ones to complete among all entry groups. As long as you're on a Second Rank continent and have enough Spirit Stones, you can slowly gather them from the Heavenly Palace Entry Pool."

"Indeed, a Heavenly Path Entry Group that can increase the grade of Fusion Strikes, and it even allows you to choose an Ultimate Entry. I declare this entry group to be the strongest among all entry groups."

"I assume that you are all outstanding individuals in your respective continents?"

"More or less. Those who can obtain a Heavenly Path Entry Group can't possibly be unknown."

"The comments in this entry's comment section seem more refined than those in the white entry comment sections. The difference in circles makes it impossible to communicate."

Looking at the comment section of the "TenTenTenTen" entry, it was also filled with celebrations from owners of the "Great Nine" Heavenly Path Entry Group.

It was evident.

Almost all the commenters only had this one set of Heavenly Path Entry Groups, and their words were filled with boasting and pride that seemed to overflow from the comment section. Indeed, this set of Heavenly Path Entry Groups was relatively easier to complete.

The comment section had over 1000 comments.

1000 was the limit, as the comment section could only display a maximum of 1000 comments at a time. This meant that at least 1000 people across all rank continents had obtained this Heavenly Path Entry Group. It was clear that this entry group wasn't too niche.

Chen Qiu turned his gaze from the entry comment section to the "Fragment of the 'Heavenly Path Entry Compilation'1" that he had just obtained from the Heavenly Dao Edict. The fragment contained information about hundreds of entries, nearly half of which he had never seen before.

Later, he would add all these entries to his "Entry Compilation."

He scanned through them, but there wasn't any particularly eye-catching entry; the highest-ranked entry was a purple one.

However, there was some information that caught his attention.

For example, he obtained two more pieces of information related to the Heavenly Path Entry Groups.

One of them was a Heavenly Path Entry Group composed of Double Casting to Tenfold Casting, named "Thousand Hands Guan Yin."

The other was a Heavenly Path Entry Group composed of four entries: "Bottom of the Well Toad," "Bottom of the Well Moon Retrieval," "Bottom of the Well Silver Vase," and "Bottom of the Well Night Viewing," named "Bottom of the Well Immortal."

Good.

Just as he had guessed, Double Casting to Tenfold Casting could indeed form a Heavenly Path Entry Group, but he had guessed the name wrong; it wasn't Multi-Casting, but Thousand Hands Guan Yin.

He also learned some scattered information about the Heavenly Path Entry Groups from this fragment.

Across all rank continents, there were a total of eighty-one Heavenly Path Entry Groups.

Some of these entry groups, like "Great Nine," were owned by a relatively larger number of people.

All Heavenly Path Entry Groups were divided into two categories: those with "Leading Entries" and those without.

For example, "Nine Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine" was a Leading Entry for "Great Nine." Once you obtained this entry, you would learn about the concept of Heavenly Path Entry Groups and the composition of Great Nine. This entry would also increase the chances of obtaining other matching entries when drawing, making it easier and more convenient to complete the group.

On the other hand, some groups didn't have Leading Entries, like the "Thousand Hands Guan Yin" Heavenly Path Entry Group.

Without a Leading Entry, it would be difficult to even think of forming such a group if you didn't know about the concept of Heavenly Path Entry Groups. Additionally, without a Leading Entry, it would be challenging to obtain the remaining matching entries.

Furthermore, some Heavenly Path Entry Groups consisted of as many as twenty-six entries, while others required only three entries.

The larger the group, the more difficult it would be.

There were also Heavenly Path Entry Groups where the entries couldn't be displayed on entry scrolls, meaning they couldn't be obtained through entry pools or other means. Combined with the lack of Leading Entries and the need for many entries, very few people knew the composition of these entry groups.

Therefore—

For these reasons, as of now!

There were still twelve Heavenly Path Entry Groups that hadn't been completed by anyone, and the owners of over thirty Heavenly Path Entry Groups were few and far between. Nine out of ten owners of these entry groups possessed the easier-to-obtain ones.

For example, Great Nine.

Of course, this was a conclusion drawn from all rank continents. If one were to focus on a single continent, even the easiest-to-obtain Heavenly Path Entry Group would be as difficult as reaching the heavens.

Heavenly Path Entry Groups.

They were never meant for ordinary people to touch; they were exclusive to the Heavenly Prodigies.

What's disheartening is that even among the Heavenly Prodigies, there are varying degrees of talent, and the gap between them can be even greater than the gap between the prodigies and ordinary people. Many who were revered as supreme heavenly prodigies in their own continents felt insignificant upon arriving at the upper continents.

The sense of disparity and the powerful blow to one's Dao heart can be overwhelming! For example, when he first arrived at the Vast Continent, he felt a slight sense of inferiority, as the people here were much more resilient than those in the Profound Heaven Continent.

(End of Chapter)

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