"Of course not!" Zhuyuan Great Emperor said at once. "Our Celestial Court only intends to borrow the space…"

Su Yuan waved his hand. "Fine. I'm not stingy either. I'll give you the chance to buy slots. One Tai Chi Star Coin per person. They can compete inside for the Law Root Qi without restrictions—everything depends on themselves. How about that?"

One Tai Chi Star Coin—that equaled an eleven-star coin, which in turn equaled ten thousand ten-star coins! And one ten-star coin could grant a Hunyuan powerhouse a year of sudden comprehension! That cost was equivalent to an opportunity to gain insight for ten thousand years! Five hundred Tai Chi Star Coins would be roughly the value of one Lower-grade Acquired Supreme Treasure. A single Tai Chi Star Coin was not a trivial value. The price was enormous! But if even one person managed to seize a sliver of Law Root Qi, the return could easily cover at least a thousand Tai Chi Star Coins! If thousands entered and even one succeeded, it would still be profitable! Hunyuan great powers could not be measured by Star Coins alone!

Zhuyuan Great Emperor brightened immediately. "No problem! The Celestial Court will purchase a thousand slots to try first!"

Su Yuan arched a brow. "Your clone has already exchanged sixty thousand Tai Chi Star Coins with me. I forgot to mention it—can you sense that?"

Zhuyuan Great Emperor blinked. "That many?"

"Yes." Su Yuan nodded.

"Then I'll spend them all at once!" Zhuyuan Great Emperor declared generously.

Su Yuan's mouth twitched. The true body had no idea how hard the clone had fought;

the clone had risked everything to obtain sixty thousand Tai Chi Star Coins, only for Zhuyuan Great Emperor to squander them immediately. After Zhuyuan Great Emperor set the example, the other sects watching could no longer sit still! Soon representatives from other sects arrived.

The Taiyi Sage Lord himself appeared in his true body as well, buying a full three thousand slots! Other sects exchanged varying amounts too. The disciples they brought were elites among elites—imposing presences whose chances of breaking through to Hunyuan Great Luo were genuinely non-negligible!

Before long, all sects, major forces, and races had assembled one hundred thousand people! Su Yuan had them enter the plaza and stand alongside the one hundred million Seven Stars Sect disciples. Every one of these scenes was visible to the disciples present. All the Seven Stars Sect disciples were ecstatic—until now they had no idea how valuable their slots were. A single slot was worth an eleven-star coin;

unimaginable wealth for them. They dealt in four-star and five-star coins, at most touching six-star coins. One eleven-star coin equaled ten thousand trillion six-star coins! Only then did the Seven Stars Sect disciples realize the magnitude of their slot's value!

Of course, that wasn't the practical way to calculate returns. Other forces were willing to pay such high prices because they were sending elites with real chances of seizing the Law Root Qi inside the secret realm. The value of Law Root Qi was obvious. So the fee for the slot was essentially payment to obtain a chance at Law Root Qi while also getting training opportunities for their disciples. In that sense, the major powers were actually profiting. But in truth, the biggest winner was Su Yuan himself.

Among the one hundred and eight disciples who broke through to Hunyuan, nearly half achieved Dao-proving through the Star Rule! Their Law Root Qi had originated from Su Yuan. The Star Ancestor's star-source Dao surged upward. So many cultivators improving and the feedback of their wills pushed Su Yuan's Star Rule to the fulfillment of the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal state—only one step away from proving Dao to Tai Chi. Those Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortals also provided him with Eternal Fame Points. It was gains all around.

He glanced at the system panel.

[Name]: Su Yuan

[Region]: Boundless Multiverse Realm Sea

[Level]: lv2: (399/1000)

[State]: Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal (complete) (100/100)

[Eternal Title 1]: Star Ancestor

[Eternal Title 2]: Tear of Eternity

[Eternal Title 3]: Locked

The rapid rise in Eternal Fame Points was exactly what Su Yuan wanted to see, so he didn't mind offering up some slots. Under the gaze of all those great powers, Su Yuan absorbed the one hundred million plus one hundred thousand people into the Chaos Pearl. Su Yuan entered as well to continue contemplating the rules and refining his foundation, preparing for the breakthrough to Tai Chi Realm. The strong figures from other forces did not leave;

they remained to wait. A century was nothing to them—they could afford to wait longer.

Only one month later, the gateway above the plaza opened. Purple Star Emperor stepped out bathed in starlight, his expression full of emotion. The Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal aura he radiated was blinding;

every cultivator turned to watch him. Zhuyuan Great Emperor exclaimed, "Zi Xing, congratulations on your breakthrough!"

Zi Xing bowed respectfully. "Thank you for the emperor's guidance!"

"You worked for this yourself. Go back to the Celestial Court first and consolidate your realm!"

"Very well!"

Zi Xing left with composure. The great powers present were full of awe. "I didn't expect the Seven Stars Dao Sovereign would really share resources to let outsiders obtain them!" "The Seven Stars Dao Sovereign is magnanimous!" "The Celestial Court recouped a thousand Tai Chi Star Coins on this one!" "You can't calculate it so simply—Law Root Qi isn't something you can buy at will." "It still depends on the cultivator's effort. The opportunity has been given;

whether they break through depends on them!"

After that, people exited the spatial gateway periodically. At first they were elites sent by major forces. Some entered already at the Hunyuan Golden Immortal level;

with resources they quickly broke through. In the first year alone, thirty-three people achieved Dao-proving to Hunyuan! That number was absurdly high! Previously, the appearance of one Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal would have rocked the entire Realm Sea. Now, with over a hundred Seven Stars Sect Hunyuan Great Luo already present, those thirty-three seemed tame by comparison. But great powers were still great powers—their strength was undeniable!

The Celestial Court had the most gains, with fifteen practitioners returning in one wave and earning back over thirty to forty thousand Tai Chi Star Coins—already more than half the investment in the first year! Other forces reaped varying returns. Taiyi Sect gained two new great powers and immediately recouped its costs, entering pure profit afterward. The Taiyi Sage Lord should have been jubilant, but seeing other forces increase their Hunyuan numbers, he realized that even with two additional great powers, Taiyi Sect comparatively appeared weaker. Another's single new great power doubled their strength;

their two only increased their strength by forty percent...

"It seems we must increase investment. Next round we must send more elite disciples and strengthen cultivation at the lower levels!" the Taiyi Sage Lord resolved. He noticed the Seven Stars Sect's cultivation approach: they sent people from every level to enter. Among those who broke through previously, many had been lower-level cultivators when they entered—proof that potential mattered above all! He immediately ordered the selection of elite talents from every realm.

Others made similar moves. In an instant, the culture of 'outcompeting' spread, and before long the entire Immortal-Demon Realm Sea was swept up in the craze.