Old Five is a Goose.

Chapter 1022: The Law of the Jungle

The amount of Heaven and Earth spiritual energy required for the Celestial God Realm is even more enormous. Even though Mo Wuji's rate of absorbing divine spiritual energy was already extremely terrifying, coupled with the fact that the divine spiritual energy here was top-tier chaotic divine spiritual energy, his cultivation progress wasn't rapidly increasing, but rather rising steadily. On the other hand, his strength was increasing by leaps and bounds.

Mo Wuji wasn't anxious. Cultivation was originally a gradual process. His rate of absorbing divine spiritual energy already far exceeded that of others. To demand even faster progress was almost impossible unless he had a time-accelerating array.

He wasn't cultivating unorthodox methods. The Mortal Dao required even more powerful Heaven and Earth spiritual energy as its foundation. If it weren't for his one hundred and eight meridians, and even more so, the construction of the Mortal World, his speed might have been tens of thousands of times slower.

Time slowly passed, and seven months quickly went by. Mo Wuji's cultivation had also reached the late stage of the First Level of the Celestial God Realm.

Mo Wuji sensed that the surrounding chaotic divine spiritual energy was beginning to weaken. He knew that in a few days at most, this place would no longer be suitable for cultivation. At this moment, Mo Wuji further accelerated his rate of absorbing Heaven and Earth spiritual energy, hoping to break through to the Second Level of the Celestial God Realm before leaving this place.

Such opportunities weren't frequent. Cultivating in other places, it might take him tens or even hundreds of years to advance from the First Level of the Celestial God Realm to the Second Level. Even tens or hundreds of years would still be considered fast compared to other cultivators.

"Crack!" As Mo Wuji once again broke through his cultivation bottleneck and stepped into the Second Level of the Celestial God Realm, a series of thunderous sounds rang out again.

Another Celestial God Realm cultivator was undergoing his tribulation. This time, the one undergoing tribulation was a tall, disheveled man. Judging from the power of his tribulation, he seemed to be even stronger than Li Wu Zhen, who Mo Wuji had killed before.

Some of the weaker cultivators began to retreat, as the divine spiritual energy here was about to disappear. They were worried that this Celestial God Realm cultivator would immediately collect the resource tokens from them after advancing to the Divine Lord Realm.

Mo Wuji ignored them. The chaotic divine spiritual energy here hadn't completely dissipated yet, and he had just advanced to the Second Level of the Celestial God Realm, so he still needed to stabilize his cultivation.

A day later, Mo Wuji stabilized his cultivation, and the chaotic divine spiritual energy here completely disappeared. Even the chaotic beehives collapsed into nothingness.

Mo Wuji cast a dust-removing spell on himself and stood up contentedly. Previously, he had already had immense luck in obtaining the Extreme Ice Heavenly Bamboo. This time, he had unexpectedly encountered chaotic divine spiritual energy, which not only allowed him to advance to the Celestial God Realm but also directly cultivate to the Second Level.

At this moment, almost all the cultivators in this area had left, leaving only Mo Wuji and the tall, disheveled man. The disheveled man had just advanced to the Divine Lord Realm and had only barely stabilized his cultivation.

As he stood up, he saw Mo Wuji, who had finished cleaning up, looking in his direction.

The disheveled man nodded at Mo Wuji and cupped his fists in greeting. He was still somewhat apprehensive. He had personally witnessed Mo Wuji killing Gai Ji and Li Wu Zhen, who had advanced to the Divine Lord Realm. At this moment, he was most worried that Mo Wuji would suddenly attack him.

Mo Wuji clearly had no intention of attacking the disheveled man. He also nodded at him, spread his figure, and left directly.

Seeing Mo Wuji leave, the disheveled man breathed a sigh of relief. Only at this moment did he realize that Mo Wuji had invisibly left an impression in his heart, making him wary.

Although he knew this, he could only shake his head helplessly.

After leaving, Mo Wuji immediately found a quiet place and took out the storage rings of Li Wu Zhen and Gai Ji.

Mo Wuji was very clear that although he had cultivated for seven or eight months, in reality, most of the resource tokens had been picked up by others before he even started cultivating. Later, it was just mutual competition, so he had high expectations for the items on Gai Ji and Li Wu Zhen.

Gai Ji's ring was opened, and the resource tokens inside didn't disappoint Mo Wuji. There were a total of seven hundred and thirty-one. Li Wu Zhen had fewer, with only one hundred and seventy-two, showing how many people these two guys had killed during this time.

Adding the resource tokens on Mo Wuji himself, Mo Wuji now had two thousand and four resource tokens.

The Nirvana Learning Academy's resource competition was nearing its end. Even though Mo Wuji's Storage Meridian spiritual will had completely penetrated outwards, after many days, he hadn't found even a single resource token.

Mo Wuji was too lazy to continue searching for resource tokens. The resource tokens had probably been completely searched clean. He was now focusing all his energy on finding various forging ores.

There were still a few days left until the end. On this day, as Mo Wuji was refining a piece of Star Point Iron, his spiritual will suddenly scanned several figures passing by, all heading in the same direction. Could there be chaotic divine spiritual energy again? Before Mo Wuji could figure it out, his spiritual will scanned Bai Yue, who, along with another cultivator, was fleeing in the same direction.

This time, Mo Wuji didn't hesitate. He directly discarded the Star Point Iron and followed them.

Two hours later, Mo Wuji stopped. He saw a vast crowd of people. However, this was definitely not a place with abundant divine spiritual energy. This was actually a place for resource token snatching.

With so many people gathered here, there was only one purpose: to redistribute resource tokens.

In the middle of the crowd was a spacious area resembling a square. What surprised Mo Wuji even more was that in the middle of this open space was an erected stone block. On the stone block were placed at least three or four thousand resource tokens.

Five people were standing next to the erected stone block.

Not far from the stone block was a dueling platform, protected by an array. The dueling platform was stained with blood, indicating how many people had died here.

A short man wearing a brown divine cultivator robe, one of the five people by the stone block, walked out. He flew onto the dueling platform and cupped his fists, saying, "There are already three thousand nine hundred resource tokens here. This round is hosted by me, Ha Liang. Anyone can challenge me. If you win, the reward will be based on your wager."

"I, Jin Tao, bet two thousand resource tokens," a sturdy Celestial God Ninth Level cultivator shouted. With a single step, he ascended the dueling platform.

Mo Wuji saw that as he stepped onto the dueling platform, he spread his hand, and twenty resource tokens landed on the stone block, turning the number of resource tokens on the stone block into three thousand nine hundred and twenty.

At this moment, Mo Wuji understood the rules. Everyone who came here could challenge these five people. Moreover, as long as you bet one token, you could win a hundred. This cultivator named Jin Tao took out twenty tokens. If he won against Ha Liang, he would receive two thousand resource tokens.

This was definitely a good deal. The idea must have been conceived by those five guys. For those five guys to dare to challenge so many experts, they must be extraordinary individuals.

Mo Wuji had already spotted Bai Yue. He didn't go over to greet him. Even if everyone could guess it was him after they left, he didn't want to reveal his identity now. Being guessed and being seen recognized were two different things.

"Ha Liang is ranked seventh among the Ten Great Celestial Gods. Jin Tao is probably not his opponent," someone in the crowd commented.

"It doesn't matter if he's not his opponent. With Jin Tao's strength, he should be able to protect his life. Twenty resource tokens won't change anything. What if Jin Tao wins? There are many cultivation paradises in this resource token secret realm. Maybe Jin Tao obtained some fortuitous encounter inside. Who can say for sure…"

Amidst the crowd's discussion, Jin Tao and Ha Liang had already started fighting.

With Mo Wuji's strength at the Second Level of the Celestial God Realm, he could clearly see that Jin Tao was no match for Ha Liang at all. There was also a very large gap between their divine abilities. Ha Liang's divine abilities had touched upon the true laws of the heavens and earth, just like Gai Ji. Jin Tao's divine abilities were mostly simulating the laws of the heavens and earth of others.

As expected, in just a little over half an incense stick of time, Jin Tao's head was cleaved open by Ha Liang, and even his primordial spirit didn't escape. Jin Tao's ring was directly taken away by Ha Liang. Before Jin Tao's corpse could fall to the ground, a ball of flames turned Jin Tao into nothingness.

Mo Wuji sighed in his heart. It was indeed a world where the strong preyed on the weak. There was no logic to be found.

Ha Liang didn't step down. Someone still went up to challenge him. This time, the one challenging Ha Liang was an equally skinny Celestial God Ninth Level cultivator.

What surprised Mo Wuji was that this Celestial God Ninth Level cultivator wasn't much weaker than Ha Liang. The two fought for at least an hour before Ha Liang barely defeated his opponent. However, it was impossible to kill him.

After this battle, Ha Liang also stepped down from the dueling platform. Following him was a man who looked like a white-faced scholar. This man cupped his fists and said, "Ju Shen is here to ask for guidance. Duels with me cost one resource token and win two hundred. The minimum bet is ten tokens."

"Who is this Ju Shen?" Mo Wuji asked a cultivator next to him.

This cultivator sized Mo Wuji up and down with a strange expression before saying, "Ju Shen is the leader of the Nirvana Learning Academy's Ten Great Celestial Gods. You don't recognize him?"

Mo Wuji chuckled dryly, "Just joking."

This cultivator gave Mo Wuji a disdainful look and ignored his joke.

Even though duels against Ju Shen offered two hundred resource tokens for every resource token bet, no one went up for a long time. This made Ju Shen feel very helpless. Every time he came up, it was only to give his companions time to rest. He didn't need to take action at all. Very few people were willing to duel him. Until now, he had only fought seven battles.

Even if he didn't kill, few were willing to come on stage and fight him.

Just as everyone thought no one would come on stage, a calm voice said, "I'll come and learn your divine abilities."

Following this, a tall, disheveled man landed on the dueling platform. It was as if he had stepped in from the outside.

A powerful aura spread out, shocking almost everyone. How could there be a Divine Lord expert here? This aura was definitely not something a Celestial God cultivator could possess.

"You've already advanced to the Divine Lord Realm?" Ju Shen's expression changed. The difference between Celestial Gods and Divine Lords was a chasm. At least, he had never heard of a Celestial God defeating a Divine Lord.

That Gai Ji boasted about killing a Quasi-Divine Lord, but that was just a Half-Step Divine Lord. In fact, he was just a Celestial God late stage expert. No matter how late a Celestial God was, he was still a Celestial God.