The Mystic Sun Domain is one of the ten great human domains, but it ranks at the bottom among them. Its spiritual energy and natural treasures fall far short of the other domains.
Even so, the Mystic Sun Domain is still hundreds of times larger than the Main World.
In this world with no internet, making your name known throughout the domain isn't easy. Luckily, this time the System hasn't set a time limit for his quest.
He estimated that to truly become famous across the Mystic Sun Domain, it would take at least three to five years.
At the same time, he knew he needed to plan carefully about how to make his name resound throughout the Mystic Sun Domain.
But before all that, he had to boost the overall strength of the Chu Family.
He spent half a day setting up a large Qi Gathering Formation in the Chu Estate. Although he only used lower-grade spirit crystals for the array, the spiritual energy inside the estate became ten times denser than outside.
Cultivating inside, efficiency was at least five or six times faster than outside.
He also handpicked a group of loyal guards, passed down several King-Grade Techniques to them, and gave each a Marrow-Cleansing Pill.
As a result, in just one week, three guards broke through to the Divine Sea Stage one after another.
Half a month later, the number of guards who had advanced to Divine Sea Stage reached fifteen.
After a month, all thirty selected guards had advanced to Divine Sea Stage, and the Chu Family's last two elders both reached Divine Sea peak.
Meanwhile, Conrad Wu broke through again and reached late Origin Core Stage.
Lena Wei, driven by relentless cultivation, advanced to mid Divine Sea Stage.
During that month, Ian frequently entered the Divine Temple for seclusion training, and his strength advanced to mid Sigilforge Realm—his power now rivaled late Fusion Realm cultivators.
He speculated that once he reached late Sigilforge, his strength would definitely be comparable to a tribulation-stage powerhouse.
Aside from cultivation, he also researched the major powers within the Mystic Sun Domain.
The Mystic Sun Domain is home to a tangled mix of powers—some are sects, some are clans, and some are nations.
There are countless sects, at least ten thousand in number.
As for clans, they're even more numerous—like in a small place such as Gracefield Town, there were originally four martial clans, while the towns under Maplecloud City number over a thousand.
Maplecloud City itself is just a small city.
Finally, there are nation-level powers—over a thousand in total.
The smallest nations have just one city, while the largest control hundreds.
Of all these, the seven strongest are known as the Seven Great Nations.
The original owner of this body, Evan Chu’s mother Lydia Zhu, married the Prince of Jin of Valeguard Kingdom—one of the Seven Great Nations.
From Ruby Nie’s casual conversations, it’s said that every one of the Seven Great Nations has experts beyond the Sun-Soul Realm, and the total number of Sun-Soul cultivators exceeds a thousand.
That’s exactly why the Zhu Family is so wary of the Prince of Jin.
Ruby Nie only stayed at the Chu Estate for two days before leaving, but she solemnly promised that if Ian ever needed her, he could send a message to a certain place and she would come.
In just one month, word spread that Ian had killed the Zhu patriarch, a Sun-Soul elder, and two Sun-Soul experts from the Lei Family—making his name known.
Rumor had it, he might make the Soaring Dragon Ranking.
Any young martial artist who makes the Soaring Dragon Ranking, so long as they don’t fall along the way, is destined for greatness.
Naturally, countless people want to curry favor with them.
In a border city of the Mystic Sun Domain.
Chu Lei dragged his weary body back to the barracks, where several soldiers from his unit were gathered, watching something.
What are you all looking at?
Chu Lei asked in a low voice.
"Captain, you’re back—the Soaring Dragon Ranking has been updated!" one soldier said with a grin, handing him a copy of the register. "Want to take a look?"
After years in the military, starting as a foot soldier, Chu Lei now led a squad of twenty. His cultivation had also advanced through battle, reaching the late peak of the Divine Sea Realm.
Oh? The ranking’s been updated?
Chu Lei’s eyes lit up, his fatigue vanishing as he eagerly flipped through the register. Seeing the name “Chu Fan,” he paid it no mind—after all, there were plenty with the same name.
His cousin was just a wastrel—how could he possibly make the list?
But when he finished reading the entry, he couldn’t help but feel puzzled, his gaze landing on Chu Fan’s portrait.
He hadn’t returned to the Chu Family in years, but something told him this portrait really was his disappointing cousin Chu Fan. Instantly, he was struck by the absurdity of it all.
Young Master Chu, this is the latest Soaring Dragon Register!
Manager He hurried over and handed Ian a finely crafted booklet.
A Soaring Dragon Register cost ten taels of gold, which wasn’t a small sum. The register was updated once a year, with each run producing ten million copies.
But for the Mystic Sun Domain’s population of hundreds of billions, ten million copies were far from enough.
Small cities like Maplecloud only received a hundred or so copies.
Thank you for your trouble!
Ian tossed Manager He a hundred taels of gold and flipped open the register.
To his surprise, the very first page was about him.
Besides the text, there was a portrait—black and white, but uncannily lifelike.
His entry described his extremely high formation attainments, listed his true realm as early Sigilforge, and said his strength was comparable to veteran Sun-Soul cultivators.
It also described his usual weapon and his mysterious movement and teleportation-type divine ability.
Reading the entry, Ian frowned slightly. The register hadn’t exposed all his secrets, but at least half. It would be much harder to ambush people with formations now.
The summary line simply called him: Potential: immense.
He turned to the second page—a young woman. Skimming quickly, he saw seventy-three men and thirty-seven women among the hundred listed.
Ninety percent had reached the Sun-Soul Realm; only a handful, including Ian, were still at Sigilforge on paper.
Finishing, Ian tossed the register into his Storage Ring and had Lena Wei check out of the inn.
Not long after Ian and Lena left, heads of Maplecloud City’s martial clans arrived at the inn hoping to pay him a visit. Learning he was already gone, they sighed in disappointment.
Any young martial artist who makes the Soaring Dragon Ranking, so long as they don’t fall along the way, is destined for greatness.
Naturally, countless people want to curry favor with them.
In a border city of the Mystic Sun Domain.
Chu Lei dragged his weary body back to the barracks, where several soldiers from his unit were gathered, watching something.
What are you all looking at?
Chu Lei asked in a low voice.
Captain, you’re back—the Soaring Dragon Ranking has been updated! one soldier said with a grin, handing him a copy of the register. 'Want to take a look?'
After years in the military, starting as a foot soldier, Chu Lei now led a squad of twenty. His cultivation had also advanced through battle, reaching the late peak of the Divine Sea Realm.
Oh? The ranking’s been updated?
Chu Lei’s eyes lit up, his fatigue vanishing as he eagerly flipped through the register. Seeing the name “Evan Chu,” he paid it no mind—after all, there were plenty with the same name.
His cousin was just a wastrel—how could he possibly make the list?
But when he finished reading the entry, he couldn’t help but feel puzzled, his gaze landing on Evan Chu’s portrait.
He hadn’t returned to the Chu Family in years, but something told him this portrait really was his disappointing cousin Evan Chu. Instantly, he was struck by the absurdity of it all.