Ultragene Warlord

Chapter 1518: A Lavish Formation

The man introduced, "You still don't know who these people are, do you? This is Feng Xian, the pride of Starbright Academy; the rising star of this generation of Holywings, Sheng Gu; the child of Divinity Qinglian, Qingyue Ge; the favored disciple of the Lightning Domain and the seniormost disciple thereof, Leiting Ya."

"What a name..." Li Feng breathed out.

Sheng Gu smirked. "Do you know about the legend of our very own Leiting Ya? He once had sex with his master's wife, then was chased out of the sect by his former master all the way outside the Lightning Domain. There, he successfully took on and killed his former master. Seeing his potential, the Lightning Domain ultimately chose to bring him back into the sect—but the very next year, he was expelled again.

There was a lightning-shaped scar on Leiting Ya's left eye. He licked his lips. "I didn't do much—I just had sex with the wives of all my junior brothers and the wives of the disciples of my master's generation."

Zhang Lie and the members of Team Zenith were taken aback.

"Actually, I quite like the Lightning Domain. I wouldn't have left if I could have helped it. Everyone within is talented and kind. They hailed me as a genius, and when I had sex with the wives of the disciples of my master's generation, those cultivators who weren't affected would always try to help persuade those that were to forgive me."

Fang Yi couldn't help himself from asking, "If you liked the Lightning Domain so much, why would you—"

Leiting Ya pursed his lips. "I thought they were all generous people, but when I had sex with all their wives, they all banded together to chase me out of the sect. Shouldn't they have chosen to forgive me?"

Zhang Lie and the members of Team Zenith were speechless. To think that such... interesting... cultivators existed in the fifth realm...

Leiting Ya shrugged. "Regardless, I'm happy now. I'll let bygones be bygones."

The man in a dark green robe continued to introduce those around him. He pointed at a man with a golden mask. "This was the first cultivator to enter the heart of this realm, and is exceptionally strong. In appreciation of his strength, I recruited him to my cause. I'm sure you're familiar with the final cultivator."

Zhang Lie frowned. "Resplendent Sun?"

The cultivator who looked like Resplendent Sun shook his head. "Unfortunately, I'm not the Resplendent Sun you're aware of."

Zhang Lie wasn't too surprised. The man before him was far stronger in aura and power than Resplendent Sun. If Resplendent Sun were still a sun-in-training, then the cultivator before them had already graduated to the ten-sun level.

"I think you've likely heard my name before. I'm Radiant Sun."

Zhang Lie sucked in a deep breath. Not only had he heard of his name, he had even fought Radiant Sun within Bu Wentian's memories.

The man before him was none other than Resplendent Sun's father and the chieftain of the Solarvines, Radiant Sun.

Zhang Lie was flabbergasted. Radiant Sun was rumored to have devoured the Redgold race, once one of the peak forces of the fifth realm. The Redgold race had become subordinate to the Solarvines ever since. In terms of strength and achievement, he was one of the peak existences in the fifth realm.

According to Zhang Lie's hypothesis, Radiant Sun had successfully made it into the tournament proper after defeating Bu Wentian in the qualifiers.

There, he obtained incredible treasure and rose into significance. That was the start to his development as the chieftain of the Solarvines.

The members of Team Zenith had all fought Radiant Sun from countless years ago within Bu Wentian's memories, and they couldn't help but grow serious.

Radiant Sun had been a force to be reckoned with countless years ago; how strong would he be now?

Yang Ze cried out, "That's impossible! He's far beyond the age limit for the tournament."

Radiant Sun replied coolly, "Nothing in this world is impossible. You simply have to pay a sufficient price. Ordinary cultivators wouldn't be able to afford it, but it's not a problem for the supreme forces of the realm."

The Immortal King's substitute said, "Of course, there would normally be no reason for the supreme forces to do so."

The Galactic Rising Stars Cup was meant to be an opportunity for the younger generation of the fifth-realm cultivators, as well as those geniuses raised by the supreme forces, to interact with each other and fight for opportunities in order to nurture a new generation of fighters. After all, those who perished in this realm were able to revive; even if they were defeated, it would be no great loss.

There was little reason for any of the supreme forces to foot the hefty bill required to send an expert beyond the hundred-year-old requirement into the tournament.

The supreme forces had a reputation to maintain, after all, and none of them would be happy to see an established cultivator bullying members of the younger generation.

Radiant Sun shrugged. "I wouldn't have shown up here if I could help it, but I owed His Highness a huge favor from many years ago. I was also curious to see just who could have defeated my son."

"This is cheating!" the members of Team Zenith shouted.

How were they supposed to fight against a cultivator of this magnitude?

Zhang Lie's gaze was sharp. "If I'm not mistaken, your strength will be restricted by what you incurred to get in here."

"Excellent deduction. You're quite right. I had to expend quite a bit of resources to get into this realm, and I'm using one of the discarded physical bodies from a member of my clan at present. It's barely a ten thousandth of my strength," Radiant Sun replied frankly, not hesitating to reveal what might otherwise be considered sensitive information.

He was confident and proud of his own strength.

Even a ten thousandth of his strength would be sufficient to deal with the cultivators before him. He was the chieftain of the Solarvines, the winner of the Rising Stars Cup of his generation, and he didn't deign to stoop to Team Zenith's level.

So what if they knew of his strength? They were hardly going to be able to withstand it.

Zhang Lie grew increasingly curious about just who the robed man was. He had to have some impressive background considering that even the chieftain of the Solarvines had to do him a favor and pay the price to enter this realm against his best interests and desires.

Although Radiant Sun hadn't interfered with the other cultivators' collection of resources within the tournament, the fact that he was under the green-robed man's employ spoke volumes as to the man's strength.

The man continued, "The final cultivator doesn't come from a supreme force, but managed to obtain a divine solar lantern while exploring space. He isn't a bad fellow. I won't introduce the remaining cultivators and beasts—they're all strong cultivators, along with two wild beasts I tamed in the heart of this realm."

Zhang Lie narrowed his eyes. "You've really put in significant effort for this."

The cultivators before him were all from impressive pedigrees, and they would have been the pride of the supreme forces within the fifth realm who raised them. However, the man before them had been able to gather all these genius-like cultivators before him. Just how strong was the man, and who was he? Even the Solarvine chieftain was obeying his orders! He had to be of higher status than anyone else present.

Zhang Lie didn't have a strong understanding of the fifth realm, and simply didn't have a clue as to where the man came from.

Of course, he was even more curious as to what such a man was doing here.