Chapter 8: The True Legend of the Heavenly Rankings in Ten Years

  "We must take that child as our true disciple!" At this moment, Su Mingyue, Murong Xian, and Sun Wuyi simultaneously shouted out.

  On the stairs to heaven, a pair of beautiful eyes looked at Xu Lin lying in Fu Yao's arms, and golden light flashed in her eyes. But Xu Lin felt a strange warmth surrounding him, under Di Ju's eyes, which were the most beautiful between heaven and earth, everything about him seemed to be seen through.

  "Ten years, ten years later, if you can set foot on the fifth step, I and Tian Gui will give you the sixth page, the seventh page of the Sealed God Book fragments, and protect you to find the secrets within." After staring at Xu Lin for a moment, the ground suddenly opened its mouth lightly and said, with a clear and pleasant voice, ringing like a bell.

  "Ten years? Shards of the Sealing God Book? What does it mean?" Upon hearing these words, Xu Lin felt a sense of bewilderment. He only understood that he was being told to enter the Divine Step within ten years, transforming from an ordinary ten-year-old child into a great master of the Divine Step. As for the shards of the Sealing God Book, he had no idea what they were.

  "What does it mean? Hehe... little guy, you'll understand later." With a chuckle, he didn't explain. Turning his head to glance at Tian Gui, he nodded slightly, and then the two of them suddenly burst into golden light. In an instant, two streams of golden light flashed by in the distance, and after a moment, they vanished without a trace.

  As they walked away, the pressure around them suddenly disappeared, and Fu Yaozi and others only felt a lightness on their bodies, as if they had shed a huge mountain.

  Taking a light breath, Fu Yaozi looked at Xu Lin's face again, and there was an added solemnity: "Xu Lin, the two seniors have already made a ten-year agreement with you. You must enter the fifth step within ten years, you must."

  "Oh!" After hearing Fu Yao's words, Xu Lin nodded his head, although he was still confused.

  Two disciples in luxurious brocade robes next to them exchanged a glance, wiped away the cold sweat on their temples, and then took a step forward together. They bowed to Fuyao and said: "Xiao Yishui has seen the Ancestor!" "Xiao Yishui has seen the Ancestor!"

  "Alright, no need for more courtesy, you two return to the Law Enforcement Hall!" Fu Yao waved his hand at the two disciples and said.

  "Ah...!" Xiao Yishui and Xiao Qianshui exchanged another glance, somewhat hesitant, their lips moved, but they couldn't say anything.

  The cave was filled with light, and as a major sect of the Xian Dao, there were naturally many rules to follow. Especially within the cave, all true disciples were cultivating inside, so there were rules that could not be disturbed, and the shout from Fuyaozi just now had obviously violated the rules of the cave, which was why they came from the Law Enforcement Hall.

  However, they did not expect that the noisy person was the ancestor of Dongtian, the Fengyaozi who took the heavenly steps. These two disciples, Xiao Yishui is in the middle realm of the fifth step of Shenling, and only one Shenling has condensed in the Xuan Palace, but this Shenling is still blurry and not complete, only at the peak can it be fully condensed, and begin to merge with the intuition of Shenling, understanding a higher level. Xiao Shuishui was also the same.

  Facing an ancestor from a higher realm who was at least twice as strong as themselves, the two of them hesitated.

  At this time, however, only a wave of spatial fluctuations came from the end of the Tongtian Stage and spread throughout the Canghua Heavenly Palace. A deep, majestic voice rang out.

  "Alright, you two can go down now. Fuyao, bring this child to the Cang Hua Tian Gong."

  "It's the True Person of Zhāng Jiào!" Xiao Yi Shui and Xiao Mò Shuǐ were shocked, recognizing Su Ming Yue's voice. They hastily bowed towards the Cǎo Huà Tiān Gōng, then transformed into two rainbow lights and flew away.

  Fu Yaozi, Zi Chai and Yu Long bowed respectfully towards the Cang Hua Tian Gong. Fu Yaozi said a word "yes", then turned back to Zi Chai and Yu Long: "You two return to your caves first, I'll take Xu Lin to see the Zong Jiao True Person."

  "Yes!" Zi Chai and Yu Long chorused in unison as they bowed, transforming into a rainbow light that flew towards the pavilions on the left side of the crescent moon.

  Fuyao Zi helped Xul in up, saw that there was no longer a hint of pain on Xul in's face, and only then pulled Xul in to step over the Tongtian stairs, heading towards the Canghai Heaven Palace.

  The higher he went, the more curious Xu Lin was at first, but as he approached the Cang Hua Tian Gong, a solemn, majestic and vast aura made him feel uneasy all over his body.

  Finally, Fu Yaozi led Xu Lin to complete the last step, and the two stopped on a vast purple jade square. The vast purple jade square was filled with a haze of purple color. Nine ancient tripods were neatly arranged in the nine palaces formation above it. All nine ancient tripods were three-legged, two-eared, and round. One tripod, two ears, three legs, symbolized the Taoist philosophical idea that "Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, three gives birth to all things, all things are in a state of constant change, and life is endless." The number nine represented the ultimate extreme, representing the meaning of extremity.

  To the right of the Ziyu Plaza, a gigantic screen over 10 meters high and dozens of meters wide is shining with colorful lights, while various competitive, striving, inspiring and upward atmosphere is circulating around.

  At the very top of the gigantic screen were four large, ancient-style characters: "True Transmission Heavenly Rankings!" Below these four characters were names, along with their corresponding cultivation levels and affiliated palaces.

  Xu Lin looked up and saw that the first place was occupied by a person's name written in golden characters: "Hong Yu, Sixth Step Unbroken Lower Peak, affiliated with Hong Yang Hall." Next was: "Zi Chai, Fifth Step Spiritual Upper Peak Perfection, affiliated with Xuan Ji Hall." Then came: "Yu Long, Fifth Step Spiritual Upper Peak Perfection, affiliated with Xuan Ji Hall." Behind them were a string of names that went all the way to 199th place. Among these 199 people, even the one with the lowest cultivation was at the Fifth Step Spiritual Lower Boundary.

  "Master, what is this?" Looking at the names on top and their cultivation levels behind them, Xu Lin asked Fu Yaozi beside him. As soon as they entered the Shake Light Cave Heaven, Fu Yaozi let Xu Lin call her Master, apparently really intending to take Xu Lin in.

  "This is the true transmission Tianbang of the Shaking Light Cave Heaven, which means a ranking list of true transmission disciples. This list records all the information of the true transmission disciples, allowing the monitoring elders in the cave heaven to pay attention to each true transmission disciple at any time. Every ten years, this list will change once, and every time it changes, the last three true transmission disciples in the top ten will be demoted to inner door disciples and sent to the Shaking Light Branch Institute. Three inner door disciples will be selected to replace them as true transmission disciples. As for other true transmission disciples, every five places they advance, they can cultivate a new technique, while the top three not only can cultivate high-quality techniques but also receive personal guidance from the True Person of Palm Teachings." Fuyaozi smiled and looked at Xulin, muttering to himself.

  "For thousands of years, the Shaking Light Cave Heaven has only had one hundred and ninety-nine true transmission disciples. Now that you have come, the True Transmission Heavenly Ranking will soon have its second hundredth true transmission disciple. The last ranking was a year ago, which means you still have nine years to cultivate. If in these nine years you cannot advance to the fifth step and squeeze into the top one hundred and ninety-seven, you will also be demoted to the Shaking Light Separate Institute and become an inner sect disciple."

  "Nine years?" Xu Lin muttered to himself after hearing Fu Yaozi's words. He then recalled the Heavenly Rules, the distance between heaven and earth, and the ten-year agreement he had made with Tian Ji. A surge of unprecedented confidence burst forth from Xu Lin's small eyes, firm and unwavering.

  "I can do it, I will do it. Master, I will definitely advance to the fifth step within nine years and also squeeze into the top ten in the ranking battle after nine years. I will definitely make it!" Xu Lin raised his small head, looking at Fu Yaozi, with an unwavering determination on his face that was unmatched.

  Fu Yaozi looked at the determined look on Xu Lin's face and was slightly shocked in her heart. A child who was only ten years old, who still didn't know what cultivation was, who didn't know how difficult it was to cultivate, yet had such a firm conviction. How could she not be shocked?

  "Great! Great! Great! You're definitely going to make it." After the shock, it was admiration. Fu Yaozi stroked Xu Lin's little head, and the admiring color in his eyes was released without hesitation.

  "Alright! Now I'll take you to meet the True Master of Palm Teachings. Only after meeting the True Master, paying respects to the ancestors and the lineage, can you truly be considered a member of the Yang Guang Cave Heavens." Fu Yaozi smiled, then pulled Xu Lin's small hand, passing through the True Transmission Heaven Chart, heading towards the Creation Heaven Palace.

  (PS: In the previous version, Shen Ling was written as the fourth step, now it's changed to the fifth step. The fourth step is Yuan Shen. Also, Luo Yue has finished dealing with recent matters, so I believe updates will speed up. Probably from the day after tomorrow, there will be two updates a day. Sorry about that.)