Tang Yu observed for a moment and confirmed that it was indeed a rune he had mastered, and it was even more exquisite.

    The output rate was 120%, derived from a comparison with the rune reference provided by the Holy Domain.

    What about the promises of the Second Epoch conquering thousands of worlds and every industry reaching its peak?

    Are you sure you''re not fobbing me off with a substandard rune?

    The runes for the territory had three sources.

    One was directly purchasing rune diagrams from the market; the second was buying equipment diagrams that could be reverse-engineered to reveal the runes inscribed on them; the third was from followers like Kevin, who mastered the runes themselves.

    The "Burning" rune came from Kevin''s treasure collection.

    While the "Basic Sharp Rune" was one of the three basic runes that came with the workshop at the time of construction.

    Kevin Holy Domain System???

    ...

    In the runes category of the contest, Tang Yu advanced round after round; most opponents were merely at a basic rune master level, with some not even reaching that.

    The young scholar he met in the first round was one of the standouts.

    During the competition, Tang Yu finally encountered a basic rune he didn''t recognize and, after observing with the "Insight Eye," he committed it firmly to memory.

    This time,

    the rune masters who passed the preliminary selections in the territory numbered over a hundred, and the runes each person brought to each round were all different.

    After several rounds, he had learned about six runes that the territory didn''t yet possess.

    However, unfortunately, runes are difficult to remember.

    Apart from him, Eileen, and Kevin, who could forcibly memorize unfamiliar runes, others could only succeed in engraving runes without reference after countless practices.

    ...

    In the rune category, Tang Yu had five bouts and achieved five kills.

    In the potion category, the same, five kills.

    For the identification category, fewer people opted in, but the quota for entry was also limited; in five rounds, Tang Yu swept through, quite unreasonably, by leveraging the "Insight Eye."

    He once met an elderly specialist whose reading glasses nearly fell off.

    Quite sinful.

    But Tang Yu was quite delighted.

    Winning easily in martial combat was expected and brought him no thrill, but literary battles, as someone who was academically poor in college, trampling countless postgraduates, Ph.Ds., specialists, and professors... gave Tang Yu great satisfaction.

    Indeed, I am very talented!

    Bad grades in the past must have been the teachers'' and textbooks'' fault →_→.

    Eileen came over, holding a piece of demonized beast skin engraved with a blue rune.

    "Lord, look, this is the ''Eternal Freeze'' rune I just got. I optimized it, and it improved the energy utilization rate by 35%. Using it in the territory''s refrigeration equipment can save a lot of Source Crystals."

    Tang Yu: "..."

    He numbly nodded his head.

    Forget it,

    why bother learning runes.

    ...

    Continuous victories in literary battles made Tang Yu feel that he could gain access rights regardless of the category.

    Three categories? Maybe he could get three?

    At the end of the literary battles, when that mystical power descended, he knew he was thinking too much.

    For the runes, the gift was an intermediate rune, including the engraving precautions, each stroke reflected in his mind—ready to be directly engraved afterward.

    For potions, he randomly received a formula, some strong, some weak.

    For identification, the gift was some very obscure knowledge, enriching his knowledge base.

    Using this, a symbol representing entry eligibility appeared on the back of his right hand, adding one more over the existing ones.

    Two mysterious golden patterns overlapped. Sёar?h the n?velFire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    Although he did not get three additional eligibility entries as he imagined, "Can it really be obtained repeatedly? What''s the use of having an extra?"

    Thinking this,

    suddenly a surge of information appeared in his mind.

    It was a map of the Holy Domain.

    Their location in the East Eight Zone was just the outer space of the Holy Domain; the real Holy Domain... Tang Yu looked towards the north, beyond a barrier, shrouded in dense fog.

    There lay the real space of the Holy Domain.

    ...

    After the selection concluded, the others were not expelled from the Holy Domain space.

    Tang Yu instructed the corps'' leaders and municipal department officials on certain matters, converting the entrance to the Holy Domain into an integrated town, and taking the opportunity to recruit talents from various places.

    Then, he led those with qualification access to the north.

    Holy Domain Space - East Eight Zone.

    Barriers surrounded them on all sides, with most facing other outer spatial areas.

    Tang Yu had speculated that some areas could not be correlated to real locations on Earth, either existing in alien spaces or having completely vanished during the upheavals of the Third Epoch.

    On the north side, the barrier faced a patch of gray fog.

    As they neared, the golden pattern engraved on the back of his hand faintly glowed.

    The fog on the opposite side stirred, opening a path broad enough for two people walking side by side, yet very long and with no sight of the end.

    The barrier in front of him shimmered with ripples like those of water waves, and perhaps one could simply walk up to it and pass through.

    The Green Shadow''s light column was located in the middle of the Eastern Eighth Zone, and when Tang Yu and his group arrived, some people had already entered.

    But the area was large, and the northern barrier stretched for at least a hundred kilometers, making it difficult to see other people, only the slowly dissipating foggy pathways revealing that someone had passed through here before.

    After a pause,

    Tang Yu stepped forward.

    Behind him were hundreds of uniformly dressed Awakeners.

    ...

    Holy Domain-East Seventh Zone.

    The current Clan Leader of the Ancient Spirit Royal Family, Gu Yi, had a smile on his lips as he glanced at the countless royal descendants and the talented Awakeners they had recruited.

    Everything was ready,

    And they were resolute in obtaining the Saint''s inheritance!

    ...

    Holy Domain-West Fifteenth Zone.

    Hero Club.

    They were few in number, but each was among the very best, and not lacking in Transcendents.

    A blond powerhouse covered in lightning let out a hearty laugh, then strode forward, crossing the barrier and stepping into the mist.

    ...

    Southern Thirty-Third Zone.

    Mage Alliance.

    An old man wearing a pointed mage hat touched here and there at the barrier until it started flickering with erratic light, like a face constantly changing between cloudiness and clearness.

    The old man chuckled dryly and reluctantly withdrew his hand.

    "Let''s go, let''s go. Restore the glory of the old Floating City."

    ...

    Eastern Eighth Zone, another location.

    The leader of the Sky Wolf Hall, Nishimura, along with a few executives who had escaped assassination, arrived at the barrier.

    The mist cleared, and with a somber face, Nishimura stepped forward.

    In his arms,

    Was a small bead from a mysterious person, swirling with a strange light.

    ...

    Outside a certain light column.

    Red fog pervaded.

    This was a forbidden zone for Awakeners, with Demonized Beasts howling below.

    A rotting wolf roamed, suddenly touching a light-green light column with its paw.

    Tss—

    The next second, the rotting wolf''s entire body turned into countless particles and dissipated.

    Several figures appeared, standing not far from the light column on the Void.

    The air around the figures warped, making their appearances indiscernible.

    One of them extended a hand, like an insect''s limb, and forcefully smashed Source Power onto the light column.

    In the next instant,

    The person controlled the Transcendent Force Field and rapidly flew backward, while the others also retreated swiftly.

    A pale green Light Shield spread out, enveloping the sky and covering the land...

    Within its range, all Demonized Beasts, buildings, and plants were turned into dust.

    Only the light column remained, with the surrounding ground empty.

    "The barrier laid by those Saints cannot be broken by brute force alone—"

    A hoarse voice echoed.

    The acting Alien Race was indifferent.

    "Prepare yourself, the real Holy Domain space has opened, and the timing will soon be ripe..."

    ...

    The foggy pathway was very long.

    Tang Yu walked leisurely through it, his feet not on the ground but on an endless Void; however, no flight was needed, and anyone could walk as if on flat ground.

    The outer space and the real Holy Domain space were separated by not just a thin barrier, but a lengthy space.

    Inside it, Tang Yu did not dare to quicken his pace.

    After about ten minutes,

    Light emerged from the end of the fog.

    Tang Yu quickened his pace, Source Power circulating, ready to respond to any breakthrough situations.

    Whoosh—

    As if bursting through the water''s surface, the view before him suddenly opened up.

    Sunlight filtered through, scattering across the land.

    Tang Yu stopped, looking around in astonishment.