Federation.

    Today is the day for the large-scale deployment, the day to enter the Nine States.

    After entering the Nine States, these young Martial Artists will not return, but will await quietly for three days after competing for their spots before directly entering the Inheritance Ancient Road!

    Looking down at the hundreds of True Seed Realm Martial Artists gathered below, Ning Fengyuan stood with his hands behind his back, with Heavenly Human Martial Artists such as Yao Heshan standing behind him.

    "Our batch of Martial Artists, although few in number compared to the Nine States civilization, excel in quality, at least all above the Group Stars level, with dozens at the Arrogant Sun level, and some Martial Artists have not fully realized their potential, hoping to advance further on the Ancient Road!"

    "This is the golden age that belongs to our Federation, as prophesied by Marshal Ji, where each family has exhausted the resources and heritage hidden for thousands of years, all for seizing the last opportunity."

    "Hope these youngsters can seize the opportunity too, it''s not that we ask them to be dazzling, but we hope that they can quickly get past the plateau period of Divine Travel on the Ancient Road, so that in ten years, the Federation might welcome its first batch of Heavenly Pride Martial Artists to challenge the Heavenly Person status..."

    "Dazzling... with Ji Jingqiu, the Ancient Road will not be lonely. Speaking of which, why isn''t Ji Jingqiu present?"

    "Hehe, probably like Qin Qingjue and the others, has already entered the Ancient Road in advance. Among this batch of seeds, only the member of the Ji Family had their journey delayed and did not enter in advance."

    "The Ji Family member is also very promising, possessing a demeanor similar to Marshal Ji in his early years, having recently led the Federation to first place in the exchange competition, outperforming other first-rate civilizations."

    "Previously, I had the same view of Qin Qingjue and Ke Pingluan, if not for the birth of a millennium''s first this era."

    "Hope they can journey smoothly on the Ancient Road, as the Nine States are filled with formidable individuals; even Ji Jingqiu might encounter formidable opponents..."

    Heavenly Human Martial Artists sighed as they looked at their own or other families'' youngsters.

    Ning Fengyuan interrupted them blandly: "Alright, the time has come, the pool does not raise True Dragons, let them go and shine on the Ancient Road."

    Below.

    The "deployment" ceremony began.

    Leading the group was none other than Ji Anquan, the strongest among those present.

    He scanned the crowd with his gaze and noticed keenly that not only Ji Jingqiu was absent, but Shi Xuanzhen from the Dragon Tiger Dojo as well.

    This discovery set him thinking.

    Thinking that he had already asked Brother Anyu to deliver a message to Ji Jingqiu, Ji Anquan thought to himself that it was good; with Ji Jingqiu there, having subdued that madwoman, the Federation''s plans could continue. S~ea??h the n?velFire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    At this moment, he somewhat understood his ancestor.

    His ancestor and Marshal He emerged from the same planet, and in the early days traveled a vast distance together, both magnificent talents; they simply chose different paths in the end.

    In the manuscripts left by his ancestor, he had often affectionately berated Marshal He as a "fool" and a "bastard", claiming he had ruined his plans more than once.

    The relationship between the two was extraordinarily complex - comrades-in-arms, yet they found each other''s actions intolerable...

    Ji Anquan found himself secretly thinking—

    Did his ancestor, like him now, view Marshal He as a trump card (the strongest fighter), although frustrated by his constant derailing of plans, would think of Marshal He first whenever a crisis truly emerged...

    ...

    ...

    When two days arrived.

    Lu Tong personally led Ji Jingqiu into the Spirit Realm.

    After entering the east district, they gazed into the distance and saw a towering mountain piercing Heaven and Earth, with stone steps extending from the foot of the mountain to the summit on all four sides.

    This was their destination, the Undying Mountain.

    Ascending this mountain would grant them a spot to enter the Inheritance Ancient Road.

    According to the Nine States'' various powers'' speculations, this Spirit Realm and the Inheritance Ancient Road were one and the same; otherwise, it wouldn''t have developed a selection mechanism due to the excessive number of participants.

    For example, in the view of the Nine Palaces, the Inheritance Ancient Road was a genius selection mechanism from before the Nine States cosmos'' demise, and it was at the cosmic level.

    Based on this theory, the Boundary Mountain was also assumed to be somehow connected.

    Feeling that the Spirit Realm was indistinguishable from the outside world, Ji Jingqiu couldn''t help but inquire in his heart if it was the existence that left this Spirit Realm that was powerful, or if Lady La was stronger.

    Today, Lady La remained aloof as usual.

    But after hearing his question.

    Lady La raised her chin slightly and coldly responded: "A thing that couldn''t even dodge a cosmic catastrophe is not worthy to be compared with me."

    Ji Jingqiu was surprised; Lady La was stronger?!

    Well, he wasn''t ruling out that there might be some boasting involved...

    Ji Jingqiu wanted to continue probing, but Lady La resumed her aloofness, ignoring his inquiries.

    Beside him, Lu Tong lamented: "It''s such a shame that Senior He was still unknown before entering the Ancient Road and never left his name on the mountain summit; otherwise, you might have had the chance to meet him across ten millennia."

    Ji Jingqiu nodded; according to Aunt Mu, Senior He was too hasty back then and never climbed onto the Taboo Sequence, missing an important opportunity. Even though he later made up for the missed Dao Foundation, it could not be compensated for.

    Those of their group were pioneers who walked their own paths from the start, always at the risk of going astray.

    However, this also meant that Ji Jingqiu couldn''t expect to see Senior He''s message at the mountain summit.

    But he could look forward to the Ten Thousand Ancient Stele on the Ancient Road.

    Lu Tong soon added: "Of course, although Senior He only stopped before the Taboo in the True Seed Realm, he caught up later in the Divine Travel Realm, surpassing countless predecessors. You must take this as a warning, not to rest on your laurels due to temporary superiority, for the contention of Martial Arts has never been decided in a moment--your real opponent is always the next second''s more perfect self!"