Chapter 915 Great Rivals (1/2)

The chief pavilion master’s residence.

Zhou Yuan was leisurely lying on the roof of the building and basking in the sun, but his expression wasn’t relaxed because he was reading a scroll in his hand.

It was the latest version of the Divine Dwelling List, and the only change from the previous one was that he had risen to ninth place.

The nine regions tournament had become the most popular topic in Hunyuan Heaven. It was a true grand event that countless forces across the Hunyuan Heaven would be paying attention to. After all, it was, in a sense, a competition among the nine regions. Although it was a competition of only the Divine Dwelling stage, it was a competition of the pinnacle of the Divine Dwelling stage.

Perhaps the Divine Dwelling stage wasn’t worth mentioning compared to the Nascent Source stage and the Law Domain stage, but everyone was aware of its importance because it represented new blood.

A stronger Divine Dwelling expert had a higher possibility of advancing further in the future. They were the most fundamental foundation of every sect and faction. Even the nine regions dared not underestimate them.

To cultivate the heaven prides who were now ranked at the top of the Divine Dwelling List, the nine regions presumably invested a lot of time and energy into them.

For example, Su Youwei. To collect seedlings with remarkable talents, the Zixiao Region had sent people to the Cangxuan Heaven to find them. From this, it was clear how much effort they had invested.

Zhou Yuan carefully studied the eight names ranked above him. In truth, besides the name, the Divine Dwelling List didn’t reveal much information. But for some reason, he vaguely felt a sense of oppression. Although he didn’t want to admit it, he felt that the Tianyuan Region had indeed been separated from the other eight regions over the years.

This was clearly shown on the Divine Dwelling List.

As for the Heavenly Sun List and the Nascent Source List, the situation was a little better. After all, anyone ranked on those lists had been training for an extended period of time, and once they occupied a position, they would most likely keep it for decades, or even hundreds of years. The Divine Dwelling List most frequently changed, and from that, the weakness and deteriorating state of the Tianyuan Region could be clearly observed.

Wanzu Region, Zhao Mushen.

Wushen Region, Wu Yao.

Zixiao Region, Su Youwei.

Xuehai Region, Wang Xi.

Shengwen Region, Li Tongshen.

Xuanji Region, Jiu Gong.

Yushou Region, Yuan Kun.

These were the people ranked in the top eight. Every one of them had established a remarkable reputation in Hunyuan Heaven. They were the heaven prides carefully cultivated by the other eight regions. Even Chen Xuandong was incredibly lacking compared to them.

They were the great enemies that Zhou Yuan would face in the nine regions tournament.

After all, Zhou Yuan's goal was to win first place. In truth, he didn’t want to show off, but he had no other choice because he had to get his hands on the Ancestral Dragon Lantern.

“It's so troublesome.” Zhou Yuan sighed. Even he felt pressure facing those eight people. Even if he had refined the four runes and discovered their second form, it still wasn’t enough to defeat them.

Especially the top three.

Although he didn’t know what Su Youwei felt towards him now, he would clash with Zhao Mushen and Wu Yao in the nine regions tournament.

However, it wasn’t that Zhou Yuan didn’t have any strong points. He still hadn’t unlocked his true potential in the Divine Dwelling stage. Those ranked in the top had already connected all nine Divine Dwellings, allowing them to possess tyrannical strength. But this also showed that their potential in the Divine Dwelling stage had reached its limit.

To further improve their Genesis Qi foundation after opening up all nine Divine Dwellings, they would need a greater opportunity, which meant investing greater effort and energy.

Without enough opportunities, their Genesis Qi foundation would only increase a little or remain the same for a long period of time!

To move forward one step at the end of a hundred steps was always the most difficult!

But at this juncture, as long as one could make further progress, the return would be ten times, or even a hundred times, greater once you reached the Heavenly Sun stage.