A tall, fair-skinned youth stepped onto the Dao Debate Stage. Most striking was the star-shaped mark on his forehead, now distinctly visible.

The mere presence of this youth on the stage sent a surge of overwhelming aura outwards.

Murmurs rippled through the crowd.

"No wonder he's one of the Three Great Immortal Kings; with that kind of presence, I'd definitely lose."

"Heh, if it were you, you probably wouldn't even be able to get on the stage under that pressure."

"I heard Wu Li has a very high status even in the God Race. Even Immortal Emperors have to be polite to him. What's that human woman's name again? Xiao Xiaoyu, right? She's practically courting death."

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. Wu Li requested the Dao Debate with Xiao Xiaoyu. Rumor has it she offended him."

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Amidst the discussions, a pale-faced young woman slowly walked onto the Dao Debate Stage, fully aware that these were her final steps.

Below the stage, a beautiful, large-eyed girl was on the verge of tears, helpless as she watched Sister Xiaoyu walk to her death. Even if Sister Xiaoyu was only in the early stages of Immortal King, even if she were an Immortal Venerate, she would still be courting death against Wu Li of the God Race.

If Mo Wuji were here, he would undoubtedly recognize this beautiful, large-eyed girl. It was Yan Yurong, whom he had known as Da Huang, and the woman entering the arena was Xiao Xiaoyu. Both Yan Yurong and Xiao Xiaoyu had left Mo Wuji with an impression of kindness.

Because the requirements for the Grand Expanse Heaven to absorb geniuses had become infinitely broad, even Yan Yurong and Xiao Xiaoyu were able to come to the Extraterritorial Heavens Universe.

Seeing Sister Xiaoyu walking towards the arena, Yan Yurong finally couldn't help but rush towards a young man watching the battle from afar, kneeling and crying, "Brother Gongshu, please save Sister Xiaoyu! She's going up there to die!"

The young man had been standing in a corner, unnoticed. Now, Yan Yurong's sudden kneeling attracted considerable attention.

The young man snorted coldly, "This is a normal Dao Debate. How can I violate the rules of the Cosmic Corner? Get out of the way."

Yan Yurong cried even harder, "Brother Gongshu, you are a disciple of the Grand Expanse Heaven Dao Emperor, surely you can say something. Sister Xiaoyu was only discovered by Wu Li because of you..."

"Get lost!" Hearing Yan Yurong's increasingly unpleasant words, the young man kicked Yan Yurong, who only had Great Essence Immortal cultivation, away.

If killing weren't prohibited in the Cosmic Corner, he would have killed this ignorant woman outright. He, Gongshu Xiang, was a direct disciple of the Grand Expanse Heaven Dao Emperor. How dare this Yan Yurong embarrass him so publicly? With this commotion, everyone knew that Xiao Xiaoyu was going to the Dao Debate because of him, Gongshu Xiang.

With so many human Immortal cultivators in the Cosmic Corner, Yan Yurong had begged him. Where would he, Gongshu Xiang, put his face in the future?

Yan Yurong got up again and rushed towards Gongshu Xiang, knowing that he was the only one who could help her stop Sister Xiaoyu's Dao Debate.

Seeing Yan Yurong rushing towards him again, Gongshu Xiang's face turned livid. Before Yan Yurong could speak, he said coldly, "Yan Yurong, from now on, you are no longer a cultivator of my human race. Because you and Xiao Xiaoyu have pointlessly caused trouble, drawing the enmity of others to our human race, I, on behalf of the Grand Expanse Heaven, banish you from the human race."

Yan Yurong's body trembled, and she felt a chill spread through her.

Being banished from the human race meant that she could only wait for death or become an Immortal slave. And she couldn't leave the Cosmic Corner; the moment she left, she would be taken away and sold.

In the Immortal World, she was the beloved daughter of the Mirror Reed Mountain Manor. Her great-grandfather, Yan Tian, was an Immortal Venerate expert. When traveling through the Immortal World, she was always accompanied by Sister Xiaoyu and Uncle Qian.

Here, she was nothing.

On the Dao Debate Stage, Wu Li and Xiao Xiaoyu were already standing on opposite sides. Some Immortal cultivators who had been paying attention to Yan Yurong turned their gaze to the stage.

"Seeing as you brought me the innate Divine Fire Spiritual Root, I'll let you make the first move," Wu Li said casually, not even bothering to summon his magical treasure.

Xiao Xiaoyu stared coldly at Wu Li, and suddenly, her aura surged.

"Trying to self-destruct? Don't even dream of it!" Wu Li roared, unleashing his domain and slashing a blade of light towards Xiao Xiaoyu.

Instead of self-destructing, Xiao Xiaoyu's hands transformed into countless red threads, covering Wu Li, filling the space with intense heat.

Wu Li laughed instead, "Not bad, you have some tricks, but compared to me, you're far too lacking..."

With a casual wave of his hand, the fiery threads vanished completely. A streak of bloody light sliced open Xiao Xiaoyu's brow, and an invisible wisp of bloody mist was grabbed by Wu Li and instantly disappeared into his palm.

"Thump!" Xiao Xiaoyu collapsed to the ground, a lifeless corpse.

A collective sigh swept through the crowd. Even though everyone knew that Xiao Xiaoyu and Wu Li's Dao Debate was on completely different levels, the fact that she was killed by Wu Li in less than a single move still left many feeling unsatisfied.

The reason for their dissatisfaction was that they wanted to see Wu Li's heaven-defying divine ability. Unfortunately, he hadn't even used a simple technique, let alone a divine ability.

A powerful aura swirled around Wu Li, and the star mark on his forehead glowed with a green light. He stepped off the Dao Debate Stage. His Devouring Divine Spiritual Root was advancing further, and today was the day he would become an Immortal Venerate.

The brief Dao Debate ended, and the surrounding crowd dispersed. Only Yan Yurong remained, standing blankly at the edge of the stage like a living corpse.

Several human Immortal cultivators who knew Yan Yurong didn't dare to approach her. Everyone knew that Yan Yurong was finished. Being banished from the race in the Extraterritorial Heavens Universe meant certain death. And even death might be lucky; if she were unlucky, she would be enslaved, her soul imprisoned, making death seem preferable.

After a long time, Yan Yurong finally walked up to an Immortal cultivator cleaning the Dao Debate Stage and knelt down.

The Immortal cultivator clearly understood Yan Yurong's intention and sighed, "Quickly take away your friend's corpse."

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Boom!

A violent explosion erupted deep within the Gobi Desert of the Extraterritorial Heavens Corridor, blasting apart thousands of miles of desert. Mo Wuji shot out from the ground and landed on the surface.

After twenty years of seclusion, he had not only perfected all of his divine abilities but also created the Three God Art Arrows.

What delighted and proudened Mo Wuji the most during those twenty years was not his cultivation reaching the late stage of Immortal Venerate with over two million units of Green Crystal and countless Immortal pills, nor was it the perfection of all his divine abilities, but the Three God Art Arrows.

These three arrows were derived from Mo Wuji's own modified Star Sea Art, reaching the complete second layer.

Each arrow was condensed from spiritual will, each arrow could gather spatial killing intent, locking onto the opponent, invisible and formless. The only weakness was that this divine ability placed too great a demand on spiritual will, not only requiring a high level of spiritual will but also a strong sea of consciousness.

Ordinary Immortal cultivators, even if they possessed such a divine ability, would suffer a collapse of their sea of consciousness upon unleashing these spiritual will arrows because the sea of consciousness simply couldn't withstand that terrifying tearing pressure and violent killing intent.

"Grandpa, are we leaving here?" Shuaiguo ran over triumphantly. It hadn't wasted these twenty years either. It was now a level six Immortal demon beast, just one step away from becoming a level seven Immortal demon beast.

Although the aura of death here was beneficial to Shuaiguo, allowing it to advance quickly after devouring it, Shuaiguo didn't want to continue cultivating here. Even the best things became boring after decades of continuous consumption.

"Go to the side and condense your divine abilities; I still need to wait a while," Mo Wuji said, then threw out another pile of Green Crystal and a high-grade Immortal spiritual vein.

At his level, ordinary Immortal crystals had little to no effect on his cultivation unless he was willing to spend a lot of time consuming them. Only Green Crystal and Immortal spiritual veins were useful to him.

Mo Wuji believed that with his current strength, he could easily take down even a late-stage Immortal Emperor. However, Mo Wuji didn't let his guard down. He still felt that his strength needed one more push. He would only go to the Extraterritorial Heavens Universe after reaching the peak of Immortal Venerate.

Even when cultivating, Mo Wuji wouldn't go underground anymore. Cultivating in the Gobi Desert meant that no one would dare to attack him.

When Mo Wuji was cultivating underground before, Shuaiguo hadn't noticed anything. Now that Mo Wuji was cultivating in the Gobi Desert, Shuaiguo realized that its methods of absorbing Green Crystal were a hundred and eight thousand miles behind Grandpa's.

Over a million units of Green Crystal and Immortal spiritual veins combined into a cultivation resource, forming a vortex like a whale swallowing water under Mo Wuji's Reversal of the Heavenly Cycle. These elements surged wildly into Mo Wuji's meridians.

At this moment, Mo Wuji didn't need to perfect his divine abilities; he could focus on cultivation. Even Shuaiguo could see Mo Wuji's aura constantly rising.

In just six months, the Green Crystal and Immortal spiritual veins around Mo Wuji were exhausted. Mo Wuji let out a long roar and stood up. His strength had reached the peak of Immortal Venerate.

"Shuaiguo, to the Cosmic Extraterritorial Heavens!" Mo Wuji laughed heartily, not even bothering to summon a flying treasure and directly summoned the Half-Moon Heavy Halberd.

He was going to the Cosmic Extraterritorial Heavens this time to establish his power, no, he was going to cause trouble. Back then, the Mifei Merchant Association had forced him to flee into the Gobi Desert of the Extraterritorial Heavens Corridor and forced him to self-destruct his Ordinary Mortal Pill Dao Pavilion. They even searched for him in the Gobi Desert.

He, Mo Wuji, would slowly settle these scores when he went to the Extraterritorial Heavens Universe. Therefore, he was directly riding the Half-Moon Heavy Halberd over, intending to be arrogant.

"Grandpa, I think we should go to the Extraterritorial Heavens Market first to make a fortune," Shuaiguo said excitedly as it landed on the Half-Moon Heavy Halberd. What it liked most was being arrogant and causing trouble. It had been suffocated in the Immortal World these past few years.

Shuaiguo knew the benefits of Green Crystal. If Mo Wuji hadn't provided it with a large amount of Green Crystal, it wouldn't have been able to break into the level six Immortal demon beast realm in just twenty years, even with its absorption of death aura and consumption of Immortal pills.

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