565: A teacher for a day is a father for life.

"Big brother, don't be like this. I've really always been of one heart with you."

Chen De sheathed his saber, indicating he had no hostility, and then explained to Lu Li while drenched in sweat.

"Since you won't be dignified, I'll help you be dignified." Lu Li didn't bother wasting any more words with Chen De and swung his long halberd at him.

Bang!

Then, the sound of something shattering and exploding came from Chen De's chest.

In that instant, his aura surged countless times over.

Simultaneously, Chen De suddenly drew his saber and slashed forward, a blood-red saber beam striking directly at Lu Li.

Lu Li also felt the terror of this strike. He couldn't dodge, so he hurriedly held his halberd horizontally to block.

The saber qi sliced the long halberd into two pieces on the spot and slashed through Lu Li's body with unstoppable momentum, exiting from his back.

Lu Li held a staff in one hand and a halberd in the other; he never expected he would die so suddenly.

He thought this revival match was already a sure thing. After all, the more Descenders died, the stronger he became, reaching what could theoretically be called his strongest state.

He didn't expect that with just a single slash, he would be finished.

"Boss, go in peace."

At this moment, Chen De sheathed the ten thousand beast saber with a look of compassion.

He really didn't intend to kill anyone; everything he did was just for self-preservation.

"Good, good, good!"

At the final moment, Lu Li said the word "good" three times.

"Once would be one thing, but here I've died at your hands twice in a row."

"Yan Zhi, oh Yan Zhi, losing to you, I have no regrets!"

Lu Li wasn't angry; instead, he praised Chen De, saying he did well, did wonderfully.

Whether it was sincere or to resolve the tension between them, Lu Li said those words.

After this battle, Yan Zhi would become Ancestor Wuguang's disciple.

At that time, although they would both be in the Immortal Law Realm, their status, position, and strength would no longer be on the same level.

Why make one's future difficult over things that have already happened?

To cultivate to the Immortal Law Realm, one wouldn't be the kind of fool who acts on impulse.

They would naturally make judgments that best suited their interests based on the current situation.

For example, if Chen De went out now, Wu Dan would surely greet him with kind words and perhaps even gifts.

"Congratulations," Lu Li smiled.

"Likewise," Chen De responded with a smile.

At this time, clusters of light spheres began to emerge from Lu Li's body and rise into the air.

Gradually, he could no longer maintain his form and completely dissipated.

Along with the other three Legends, Lu Li from the revival match was completely eliminated.

Now, only Chen De remained; Ancestor Wuguang had no other choice.

He didn't know if there were more trials ahead, but currently, it seemed unnecessary.

But it also depended on what Ancestor Wuguang thought. What if he held the mindset of 'better to have nothing than something subpar' and insisted on him completing all the trials?

If he failed to complete them, and the Ancestor would rather not take a disciple this time than take him, that would be too ironic in the end.

Suddenly, the world seemed to change again.

This time, it wasn't just the sky changing; the ground was also changing significantly.

It seemed Chen De's guess was correct; there was indeed another trial.

Truly... Then he touched his chest, where the blood sphere previously placed was now gone.

Lu Li was merely a collection of the strongest states of all Descenders when they were alive in this world.

But the blood sphere was the condensation of a hundred and twenty years of hunting and collection, along with the blood of the entire world's human race.

The power contained within was naturally terrifying beyond measure, far exceeding the scope of a Legend.

To be safe, Chen De had unleashed the power of the entire blood sphere at that time.

With such massive power gathered in that single slash, it was simply not something Lu Li could withstand.

Now another stage had appeared; he really didn't know what kind of heaven-defying thing would be thrown at him.

Before Chen De's eyes, the world seemed to be undergoing an evolution.

A blurred figure emerged in the world, gradually becoming clear.

Its appearance was exactly that of Ancestor Wuguang, whom Chen De had seen outside.

Chen De's eyes darted around, and he immediately knelt in a full prostration, saying, "Disciple pays respects to the Ancestor!"

The phantom formed by Ancestor Wuguang moved, and he smiled, "What, are you still calling me Ancestor?"

Hearing this, Chen De's face was full of excitement and agitation. He vigorously kowtowed three times and performed several formal bows, "Disciple pays respects to Master!"

"Good!" Ancestor Wuguang stroked his beard. "Disciple, rise quickly."

"Yes."

Following his master's words, Chen De stood up straight.

In his eyes, a master was like a foster father; both titles contained the word 'father'.

Looking back now, the only foster father he had truly bowed to was the Shadow Wolf King.

Unfortunately, to help Chen De, it had ultimately sacrificed itself; at that time, Chen De couldn't save it even if he wanted to.

As for others with 'father' in their title, he mostly just called them that halfway through.

But now, there was another being whom he called Master after a complete formal process.

Teacher for a day, father for a lifetime!

At this moment, Chen De swore he would treat him with filial piety just as he did his foster father.

"Disciple, although you have now become my disciple..."

"However..."

"You haven't completed all the trials yet. Now you can choose to leave or continue with the remaining trials."

After Chen De stood up, Ancestor Wuguang's phantom continued.

What kind of talk was that?

As soon as Chen De heard it, he knew Ancestor Wuguang clearly wanted him to continue the trials; otherwise, the scene wouldn't have been set up before he even appeared.

If he really wanted to ask Chen De's opinion, he could have waited until after asking to set up the scene; wouldn't that save some trouble?

So, without hesitation, Chen De said decisively, "Master, I am willing to go."

"To be honest, I would feel it was a regret not to complete all the trials."

"Now that Master is willing to fulfill my wish, I couldn't be happier."

"Hahaha." Ancestor Wuguang's phantom laughed heartily.

"Not bad, you have ambition. As expected of my, Ancestor Wuguang's, disciple—you have drive!"

"Since that's the case, I won't say more. Go then."

"If you complete this final trial, Master will have an even greater additional reward."

Chen De was incredibly excited. "Yes, thank you, Master!"

"Being able to complete the trial is already more than I could ask for; how could I ask for a reward?"

"Good, as expected of my disciple!"

Ancestor Wuguang's phantom was very satisfied with Chen De's answer. "In that case, I will tell you about the next trial."

Although he said "tell," it wasn't really communication through speech.

The phantom pointed out a stream of light that entered the space between Chen De's brows, containing information about the next trial.

Chen De quickly finished digesting it and opened his eyes. "Master, I'm going."