Primordial Star Scripture

As both of them stood up at the same time, the cubic formation in the second training passage directly emanated two blue marks, which flew down onto Ye Chen and Long Li.

Ye Chen and Long Li had both completed the second level of the "Method of Fire Control" at the same time!

Such a situation, even Ye Chen and Long Li themselves hadn’t expected.

Ye Chen was rather calm about it; he knew Long Li was the top talent of the younger generation in the Divine Kingdom of the Wan Mu Mountain, so her fast cultivation speed was not a surprise to him.

But Long Li was once again surprised because of Ye Chen.

"It seems that Fellow Daoist Ye Chen is even more formidable than I imagined," Long Li said to Ye Chen with a gentle smile.

Looking at this petite girl whose height only reached his shoulders and who was younger than himself, praising him, Ye Chen smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Long Li is very impressive too!"

The two who were originally strangers, one whose fame echoed throughout the entire Divine Kingdom of Wan Mu Mountain, and the other a youth who had just arrived in the Divine Kingdom.

The two, who had almost no intersection, were now brought together by the extreme test of the "Blue Extreme Iceflame."

And their contention, surprisingly, neither of them conceded to the other!

Seeing Ye Chen’s relaxed demeanor, Long Li’s beautiful eyes stirred.

Most male martial artists, when speaking to her, didn’t have this kind of calm. Either they were mesmerized by her stunning beauty, or they were in awe of her power.

Ye Chen was the first to speak to her as an equal.

Long Li could tell that the strength inside this youth seemed not to be the least bit weaker than hers!

Moreover, with Ye Chen able to activate her "Star Luo God Ring," Long Li also had the thought of having a good competition with him: "Fellow Daoist Ye Chen, we completed the second layer of the ’Method of Fire Control’ in this second training place at the same time. Next, let’s see who can complete the third layer of the Method of Fire Control first, shall we?"

Long Li actually voiced the idea of a competition to Ye Chen.

If the countless martial artists of the Supreme Divine Institute knew about this scene, countless jaws would drop in astonishment.

They had never heard of Long Li being convinced by anyone or wanting to compete with anyone.

If those powerful sovereigns in the Supreme Divine Institute knew about this, they would probably pay great attention to Ye Chen.

And it was very likely they would preemptively take Ye Chen into the Institute for training.

After all, the ones who could match Long Li among the Divine Kingdom’s younger generation were very few!

"A competition?" Hearing Long Li’s proposal to compete in cultivating the third layer, Ye Chen was slightly taken aback.

Ye Chen hadn’t expected this young girl, known for her cool demeanor, to suggest a competition with him.

However, Ye Chen didn’t refuse, "Alright, let’s have a competition then!"

After exchanging a glance, they walked side by side towards the deeper levels of the Bottomless Fire Cave.

Just as they exchanged a glance and took their first steps, Yang Yun, who had just completed the first layer of the Method of Fire Control behind them, was rushing towards the second training area.

Yang Yun was thinking of hurrying to the second training place to cultivate, hoping to surpass Ye Chen.

But Yang Yun couldn’t have imagined that upon his arrival at the second training area, he would see Ye Chen and Long Li sharing a smile and moving forward shoulder to shoulder.

When he saw that smile from Long Li, which made heaven and earth pale in comparison, directed at Ye Chen,

When he saw Long Li and Ye Chen walking side by side,

Yang Yun felt as if his heart was being smashed by a hammer, filled with an immense sense of sourness.

The entire Supreme Divine Institute knew of his admiration for Long Li,

But he had never seen Long Li smile at him like that.

Now, Long Li showing such a smile to Ye Chen was a scene Yang Yun had never witnessed before.

"They both have completed the second layer of the Method of Fire Control?"

"I haven’t even started the second layer, and they’ve already finished cultivating?!"

"Are they going to cultivate the third layer of the Method of Fire Control together now!"

Yang Yun could no longer suppress the jealousy he had toward Ye Chen, which he had previously managed to keep under control, unlike Qin Feng’s obvious display.

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Yang Yun even had malicious thoughts welling up inside.

If he truly couldn’t compete with Ye Chen, he didn’t mind, he would kill Ye Chen in advance to remove one competitor!

After all, Long Li’s smile towards Ye Chen was a threat too great for him to ignore.

As evil thoughts stirred in Yang Yun’s heart, Ye Chen and Long Li walking shoulder to shoulder towards the deeper parts of the Bottomless Fire Cave seemed to sense something and simultaneously turned to look back.

Seeing the resentment in Yang Yun’s eyes that he couldn’t retract in time, Ye Chen also shook his head with a smile.

He knew that he might have offended Yang Yun again.

Of course, Ye Chen had no such intentions towards Long Li, his heart was only with Jiang Yao.

But he couldn’t ensure that Yang Yun wasn’t harboring mistaken ideas.

"Beauty is a curse; I suppose this is what they are talking about," Ye Chen mused with an inward chuckle.

However, he certainly wasn’t going to explain anything to Yang Yun just because of his jealous gaze.

The free-spirited Ye Chen wasn’t so concerned about Yang Yun’s feelings!

Long Li also seemed to have perceived something, but her naturally cool temperament didn’t allow her to care about these matters.

She was still very young, only sixteen years old.

Though her combat prowess was extraordinary, she had never been involved in any matters between men and women.

However, thinking that it was her proposal to compete with Ye Chen that had led them to travel together, which might bring trouble to Ye Chen, Long Li transmitted her voice to Ye Chen in a low tone, "Fellow Daoist Ye Chen, I apologize. Would you like me to..."

Seeing that Long Li was about to say something more, Ye Chen raised his hand to stop her words, "Let’s go. It’s still most important to cultivate. The Method of Fire Control has a total of twenty-two levels, and we don’t have that much time to care about what others think."

"Mm." Long Li nodded and continued to move forward with Ye Chen.

Long Li didn’t care about these trivial matters in the first place. If it weren’t for Ye Chen, she might not even have voiced her concern.

As for Ye Chen, he knew that it was useless to explain too much to people like Yang Yun or that Qin Feng. The only way not to fear those with such dark thoughts was to truly elevate one’s strength.

Ye Chen certainly wasn’t going to waste time on this!

Seeing Long Li and Ye Chen whispering to each other and then walking away shoulder to shoulder, Yang Yun’s jealousy blazed even more fiercely.

After Long Li and Ye Chen had disappeared without a trace, he clenched his teeth viciously, his eyes dark, contemplating something unknown.

At the very edge of the "Method of Fire Control," where the first layer was located.

Qin Feng had just completed the cultivation of the first layer of the Method of Fire Control and was standing up when a light screen suddenly appeared in the void.

This light screen directly showed that Ye Chen and Long Li had passed through the second cultivation site and completed the cultivation of the second layer of the Method of Fire Control. They were heading towards the third layer of cultivation deep in the Bottomless Fire Cave.

When Qin Feng saw this, the joy he felt from just completing the first layer of the Method of Fire Control instantly vanished, and he couldn’t believe what he exclaimed, "How is it possible, this kid has finished the second layer of cultivation too?! And this time, with Junior Sister Long Li at the same time?!"

And the remaining cultivators like Mu Ling and Mu Xiao were also agape, exclaiming in amazement, "My heavens, this time, Fellow Daoist Ye Chen is on par with Fellow Daoist Long Li?!"

"They are both heading to the third layer of the Method of Fire Control cultivation site deeper down?"

"We haven’t even finished cultivating the first layer, and they’re going to the third?!"

Zhu Qianqian and Zhu Qingqing, on the other hand, covered their mouths in shock.

Seeing Ye Chen follow after Long Li in cultivation had already surprised the two women.

This time, seeing Ye Chen and Long Li advancing together further shocked them to the core.

A single instance of leading didn’t prove much.

But completing the cultivation so quickly for two consecutive times made the women realize that this Four Tribulations True God youth might really be able to compete with their incredibly talented sister, Long Li!

It was the first time the two women felt pressure.

At this rate, the outcome of the struggle for the "Blue Extreme Iceflame" really couldn’t be predicted!

"Let’s keep looking down."

In the end, Zhu Qianqian exhaled deeply, shook her head and said to herself, "It’s a competition of twenty-two layers after all, one really can’t tell what the final result will be."

"No matter what, Junior Sister Long Li will probably make it to the end."

"But as for that youth, whether he can reach the end remains to be seen."

"If he does make it to the end, it would mean his comprehension skills are definitely not weaker than Junior Sister Long Li. Perhaps this youth shouldn’t simply be considered a Four Tribulations True God, and it wouldn’t be impossible for him to attract widespread attention in the Divine Kingdom in the future!"

Zhu Qianqian pondered as she looked down.

The others also harbored the same thought.

While they were cultivating on their own, they also paid attention to the progress of those leading, like Ye Chen, Long Li, Yang Yun, and others.

This challenge of the Bottomless Fire Cave was quite unique, with each cultivation site announcing breakthroughs with a screen of divine consciousness.

It was unclear whether the extremely perceptive Blue Extreme Iceflame was trying to stimulate or encourage others by broadcasting everyone’s progress.

What happened next could only be described with the words "unimaginable" and "shockingly inexplicable."

The unimaginable part was that aside from Long Li, who continuously advanced, completing the "Method of Fire Control" and heading deeper into the Bottomless Fire Cave with an ever-deepening comprehension of its techniques, the other nine amongst the ten God Kings had all come to a halt.

Yang Yun, ranked second on the "God King List" of the Nine Divine Institutes, could progress no further beyond the seventeenth layer of the cultivation site for the Method of Fire Control.

As for Yang Yan, he only reached the fifteenth layer.

Qin Feng, like Yang Yan, also managed to reach the fifteenth layer.

Zhu Qingqing, Zhu Qianqian, Mu Ling, Mu Xiao, Hong Ming, and Hong Yi, however, all stopped before the thirteenth layer, completely confounded by the increasingly difficult Method of Fire Control.

Eventually, these individuals spent an entire hour at their respective cultivation sites and, failing to fully comprehend their layers, were all transported back to the very first cultivation site.

Moreover, the cubic formation broadcasted with divine consciousness that these individuals had failed the cultivation test and had lost the qualification to continue!

For nine out of the top ten God Kings to be eliminated so early was indeed unimaginable.

The "shockingly inexplicable" aspect was that there was still one person, like Long Li, who was continuing to advance.

This person was none other than Ye Chen!

The nine eliminated God Kings, through the immensely perceptive messages of divine consciousness from the Blue Extreme Iceflame, knew of Ye Chen and Long Li’s cultivation progress even without seeing them. They were astounded to find that Ye Chen’s performance was in no way inferior to Long Li’s, with the two of them continuously competing neck and neck.

At the third layer, Ye Chen was ahead of Long Li.

At the fourth layer, Long Li overtook Ye Chen again.

Both had reached the twentieth layer—equaling their scores up to that point!

And now, with only the last two out of the twenty-two layers of the Method of Fire Control to go, who among the two could truly make it to the end was something the eliminated nine God Kings couldn’t predict, nor did they dare to!