Apotheosis

The Truth Competition was a must-have activity in the cultivation palaces.

These sword-shaped patterns reflected the level of the disciples' comprehension of the Truth of Godly Way. When disciples at the same level battled against each other in the Truth Competition, their desire to win would be aroused, and they would gain more insight about the Truth of Godly Way in the process.

In fact, it was common for disciples to make a breakthrough during the Truth Competition.

For example, Elgin and Beldene had been participating in the Truth Competition from the very beginning, and both of them had been trying their best to win. In just a short period of time, they had already surpassed a large number of disciples who had started cultivating at the same time as them, and become the most outstanding star disciples in the Sword Light Palace.

However, the disciples whose sword-shaped patterns were gathering around Zen's were quite hostile to him.

In particular, the disciples of the top two cultivation palaces, the Demon Sword Palace and the Burial Sword Palace, intended to uphold their reputation.

They wouldn't be nearly as hostile toward Zen if he was from another cultivation palace. However, he was a disciple of the Sword Dance Palace, which was regarded by all the other disciples as nothing but a trash heap. Besides, Zen was not from the Qiu Clan or the Yuebai Clan. The fact that he was allowed to participate in the Truth Competition was like an insult to all of them.

"Overtake him and step on him!"

"Force him to slow down!"

"If he continues to move up, I will stop and defeat him!"

These several people had also comprehended more than 3, 000 words of the Truth of Eternal Sword Intent. Their sword-shaped patterns were similar to Zen's, and some of them were even a little stronger.

As the sword-shaped patterns gathered together, the aura around the Lofty Sword became several times denser.

Bang! Clank! Clank! Clank!

When the sword-shaped patterns of the other disciples clashed against Zen's, crisp metallic sounds resounded in the area as if their weapons were physically colliding with each other. Wisps of truth aura passed through the cyan thread into Zen's soul.

Ordinary disciples would have a tough time standing their ground if they were attacked by many people at the same time. They would feel a sharp pain in their heads and would have to stop.

Zen, however, only slowed down a bit in the face of these attacks. He held a translation in one han

alace. "Haha. I got it..."

The man who had spoken was Wade Yuebai. He was the first disciple of the cultivation palace to challenge Zen.

Just now, when his sword-shaped pattern had hit Zen's, the truth aura had shot into his mind and produced a sharp pain, as if it was ripping his soul apart. However, when the pain finally faded away, he realized that he had been enlightened.

After he had comprehended 3, 100 words, his progress had been at a standstill for two whole years. After attacking Zen, however, he had been able to make a breakthrough easily. It was no wonder he was so excited. He almost couldn't wait to sit down cross-legged and silently read the translation. At this moment, his sword-shaped pattern on the Lofty Sword really started to grow.

And he wasn't the only disciple that this had happened to. Two other disciples had also gone through the same experience. With an incomparable excitement, they began to verify the comprehension in their minds.

"What?"

The leaders of the cultivation palaces were shocked by the peculiar behavior of these three disciples.

In order to make it possible for their disciples to enter the Sea of Truth, the palace leaders had done everything they could to cultivate them. However, no matter how much effort they put into it and how many methods they used, they hadn't been able to achieve their goal. Now, to their surprise, it seemed that these disciples had broken through the bottleneck just by competing against Zen during the Truth Competition.

"Maybe it's just a coincidence that these three disciples were able to make it..." Dalton, the leader of the Burial Sword Palace, said in a low voice.