Chapter 1355

More than a month passed in the blink of an eye. Gu Ding and the others stayed in the Hidden Dragon Dimension to cultivate and did not leave.

After more than a month, Gu Ding's cultivation remained at early-stage Nine-star Lord. There was no substantial improvement in his strength, but he had a slight clue about the evolution of the fifth god sequence chain. Gu Ding estimated that he would be able to complete the evolution of the third level in a month at most. If he was fast, he might be able to complete the evolution of the third level in a week.

Currently, the four god sequence chains that he had evolved to the third level were:

God Elephant Chain, corresponding to Power Order.

God Eight Wilderness Chain, corresponding to Space Order.

God Mirror Chain, corresponding to Mirror Order.

God Destroyer Chain, corresponding to Massacre Order.

The fifth god sequence chain that was about to evolve to the third level was the God Time Chain, corresponding to Time Order.

The other members of the Gu Ding Pirate Crew were not weak either.

Biggie, Elsa, Phaser, Hark, and Lilliath were all late-stage Nine-star Lord.

Neptune, Mi Ko, Becca, Sawyer, Dockett, and Faust were all mid-stage Nine-star Lord.

Neptune and Mi Ko might only be mid-stage Nine-star Lord, but their deductions of god sequence chains had reached an extremely terrifying level.

Neptune had already deduced eight god sequence chains to the third level, and Mi Ko had also deduced seven god sequence chains to the third level. Both of their deductions of god sequence chains far surpassed Gu Ding's.

They had not encountered any bottlenecks in their deductions of god sequence chains. If they were given another month or two, both of their nine god sequence chains would be deduced to the third level.

Biggie, like Gu Ding, had four god sequence chains that had evolved to the third level.

Lilliath, Elsa, Phaser, Hark, and Sawyer each had three god sequence chains that had evolved to the third level.

Becca, Dockett, and Faust each had two god sequence chains that had evolved to the third level. They were considered top-notch powerhouses among the Nine-star Lords.

On the third day before the exchange, Qian Duoduo finally contacted Gu Ding and the others again to reconfirm the participants and briefly explain the exchange.

When Gu Ding asked about the exchange, Qian Duoduo's answer was, "I don't know."

Gu Ding and the others were speechless when they heard the answer.

However, Qian Duoduo then explained that the contents of every friendly competition were different. Even the Clan Heads of the twelve top clans did not know the contents of the assessment. They were only responsible for suggesting the assessment.

After the Five Great Imperial Clans received their suggestions, they began to set up the contents of the trial.

However, as for how the Five Great Imperial Clans would set it up, it was not something that the aristocratic families would know. Sometimes, they would refer to the suggestions of some aristocratic families, but sometimes, they would completely ignore the suggestions of the aristocratic families and come up with their own questions.

Although Qian Duoduo didn't give any valuable information, he brought a rather shocking piece of news — it was said that the juniors of the Emperor Clans would be participating in this friendly competition.

Merely, Qian Duoduo did not know which Imperial Clan would be coming, or which Imperial Clans would be participating in the competition. He only said that no matter who it was, their strength would not be inferior to the top three experts on the Transcendent Ranking.

"Emperor Clan …"

After listening to Qian Duoduo's news, Gu Ding finally felt the pressure.

"To protect the younger generation, the young members of the Five Great Imperial Clans who have not reached the True King Realm, as long as they are of direct bloodline, are not allowed to enter any ranking in the Chaotic Universe. The Transcendent Ranking does not have any direct bloodline members from the Five Great Imperial Clans. "

"Moreover, in the Chaotic Universe, all traces of their military exploits will be erased. Only when they reach the True King Realm will they be exposed. "

"Just like that unparalleled genius of the Gu family — Gu Firmament. Before reaching the True King Realm, no one knew about him at all. However, after reaching the True King Realm, all the big things that he had done before were exposed, and everyone knew that he was the one who did it. "

Gu Ding and the others had heard of Neptune's explanation before, but it was not as detailed.

"I remember that the guy who ranked second on the Transcendent Ranking is called Di Lingtian. Isn't he from the Di family?" Liliath asked curiously.

"Di Lingtian is just a member of the Di family's branch. In addition to the main bloodline of the Five Great Imperial Clans, some of the branches are also very powerful. There are even a few that are strong enough to compete with the Twelve Top Aristocratic Families. Di Lingtian is from the first branch of the Di family, "Neptune explained.

"If that's the case, I'm guessing that the people from the Imperial Clans this time should be from the Di family's main bloodline. With a super genius from a branch participating, the Di family's main bloodline should take the opportunity to show off the strength of the main bloodline. There's also the Di family's sworn enemy — the Gu family. They probably won't let go of this opportunity, "Mi Ke Ke gave her own speculation.

"The Gu family …" Hearing Mi Ke Ke's analysis, Gu Ding's heart sank again.

Since the last conversation with the woman named Nina, Gu Ding had vaguely guessed that he was most likely a descendant of the Gu family. However, listening to Nina's words, it seemed that the Gu family did not like him. Therefore, he had some ambivalence toward the Gu family.

"Gu Ding, are you okay?" Neptune suddenly asked. He noticed Gu Ding's abnormality after hearing about the Gu family.

"I'm fine."

Gu Ding shook his head. He did not intend to tell Neptune about Nina for the time being. If he let Neptune investigate, he might be able to find out something about his background. However, he was not sure if he wanted to know the truth of the matter. He planned to wait until he sorted out his thoughts before making a decision, so he chose to hide it for now.

Seeing that Gu Ding was unwilling to tell, Neptune did not force him. He knew Gu Ding very well. Gu Ding had his reasons for not telling him.

Knowing that there would be members of the Imperial Family participating, everyone in the Gu Ding Pirate Crew felt an unprecedented pressure.

Over the next few days, they began to seriously prepare for battle.

Two days later, Qian Duoduo sent twelve activation codes and informed Gu Ding that he could log in in eight hours. As for the exchange competition, it would begin ten hours later.

After receiving the activation codes, Gu Ding distributed them.

After a few hours of adjustments, everyone in the Gu Ding Pirate Crew followed the instructions given by Qian Duoduo and logged into the virtual world.

When Gu Ding and the others came to their senses, they found themselves in a reception hall. Their clothes, equipment, and even their Inventory Spaces had not changed. They had been completely replicated in this world.

Gu Ding and the others soon saw Qian Duoduo and met up with him.

"This number is a little low. Are there still a lot of people who haven't arrived?" Gu Ding looked around. There were less than a thousand people.

"This is just our Qian family's reception hall!" Qian Duoduo laughed when he heard that. "Each of the twelve top aristocratic families has a thousand slots. The other aristocratic families have a maximum of a hundred slots. The smaller, unknown aristocratic families only have one or two slots. However, in total, there are more than twenty thousand people participating in the championship. "

"When everyone is here, our chief will say some encouraging words later. After that, we can go to the official competition square to gather. When we get to the competition square, we can see the real powerhouses of the aristocratic families. We can even see the guys sent by the Imperial Family to participate this time! "