292: Climb the ladder, nine levels of trial

"Trialist, this Divine Stairway is 108,000 steps long and is the first trial. Passing this Divine Stairway and reaching the Ancient Moon Plaza counts as completing the first trial!"

"Retreating counts as failure. Those who fail will be sent out of the Legacy land!"

A grand and prolonged voice rang out!

Xu Yuan couldn't detect the source of the voice, and there were Restrictions against flying all around, making it impossible to cheat.

Since he was here, he would make the best of it!

So, he took a deep breath and stepped onto the Divine Stairway. As soon as he did, a special rule pressed down on Xu Yuan. He tried to resist, but couldn't, and his Cultivation instantly dropped from Peerless Quasi-Emperor to Saint Realm!

"Interesting!"

Xu Yuan discovered that his Body Refining Cultivation was also greatly suppressed, but it was slightly better than his Cultivation, still maintaining at Great Saint Realm!

"Boom!"

Immediately after, a huge gravitational force pressed in from all directions, as if trying to crush him flat.

"Is this the trial for this stage?"

Xu Qing murmured. He found that this gravitational force was aimed at the Physical Body. Just the first step was enough to crush an ordinary Saint!

However, for Xu Yuan, this level of difficulty was nothing!

Thus, he ascended step by step. With each step, the gravity doubled. He quickly passed three hundred steps, at which point the gravity changed again, reaching the standard of a Small Saint.

Upon reaching the thousandth step, the gravitational pressure reached Saint King Realm, and Xu Yuan frowned. He felt pain, which made him stop.

One must know, he Cultivated the Eight Nine Arcane Art. Even if his Body Refining Cultivation was suppressed, his Physical Body had been thoroughly tempered. Logically, he shouldn't feel pain from this pressure, yet he felt it at this moment.

"Could it be that that special rule also reset my Physical Body?"

Xu Yuan thought of something, took out his Emperor Sword, and slashed his palm, instantly creating a bloody cut!

"Hiss! What an overbearing Restriction! Is this the method of a Dao Lord?"

He looked up at the steps, his eyes firm!

Isn't it just a trial? Bring it on, this young master isn't afraid!

Xu Yuan continued forward, the gravity growing heavier and heavier. Later, he tried to activate his Cultivation Technique, attempting to alleviate the gravity, and found that this method worked.

He then tried to circulate the Eight Nine Arcane Art and was immediately overjoyed. The Eight Nine Arcane Art was also effective, so he frantically circulated the Eight Nine Arcane Art, mobilizing the power of his Qi and blood, circulating it throughout his entire body via his Meridians.

At the same time, he used the external gravity to continuously temper his Physical Body.

As time passed, he was surprised to find that his Physical Body had actually broken through. Although he was still a Great Saint, this Breakthrough gave him a feeling of rebirth!

Xu Yuan was overjoyed. As he circulated his Cultivation Technique to Cultivate, his own Cultivation also had a feeling of rebirth!

"What a great Opportunity! I never thought that re-Cultivating would have such a miraculous effect!"

"The current me is a hundred times stronger than I was then!"

Xu Yuan understood the true purpose of this stage; it was both a trial and an Opportunity!

So, he simply closed his eyes and began to Cultivate on the spot... While Xu Yuan was Cultivating, at the end of the Divine Stairway, a palace spanning ten thousand zhang stood across the clouds, surrounded by swirling Chaos Qi, like a miracle.

And within the palace, there was a figure enveloped in Chaos Qi.

At this moment, he opened his eyes, looked down, and saw Xu Yuan's figure, his eyes as calm as an ancient well.

"Strange! That sword this child had just now, why does it resemble Hao Yang's personal sword so much?"

"Also, this Legacy land has seen quite a few Heavenly King auras. Could it be that someone has obtained the Primordial Heavenly Pool?"

"Alas! External matters are not within my control. The opening of this Legacy land signifies the arrival of a great era. I should diligently seek out a Legacy holder for my master!"

His gaze moved from Xu Yuan and looked towards another star. There, a young man carrying a Yin and Yang Bagua diagram on his back was making rapid progress.

"Yin and Yang Bagua? This Bloodline aura? It seems to be the descendant of that person!"

After lingering on the young man for a while, he looked at other stars and saw strong-willed youths, each using their own methods to climb the Divine Stairway!

"Not bad! There are so many Bloodline Prodigies!"

He withdrew his gaze, then closed his eyes to rest.

Time gradually passed, and Xu Yuan opened his eyes. His Physical Body had reached Saint King Realm, and at this point, the surrounding pressure no longer affected him!

Taking a step, he reached the two thousandth step, and pressure once again assailed him. As he expected, it reached Saint Emperor pressure. Xu Yuan was unaffected and continued forward.

Gradually, Xu Yuan went further and further. Each time he reached a limit, he would sit down cross-legged and Cultivate, enduring the immense gravity.

In this state of Cultivation, he forgot the passage of time, immersed in the wondrous realm of rebirth.

After an unknown period, Xu Yuan finally reached the end of the Divine Stairway and arrived at an ancient plaza. Looking back at the path he had traveled, he couldn't help but feel some emotion!

How difficult that journey was, only those who experienced it would know. But the rebirth after re-Cultivating was incomparable to Cultivation in the outside world.

"The road is long and arduous! On the martial Dao, all thorns that obstruct me, I shall cut down with all my might!"

Xu Yuan's eyes were incredibly firm!

"Congratulations, trialist, for successfully passing the challenge. The next stage is on this plaza!"

As his voice fell, streaks of divine light bloomed in the air.

Amidst the shimmering divine light, one powerful golden-armored Divine General after another floated around the plaza. There were eighty-one golden-armored Divine Generals in total, and the aura of each one had already reached Quasi-Emperor Perfection!

"The second stage: defeat the Divine Generals. It is divided into nine trials. Each trial adds nine more individuals, up to eighty-one individuals for the ninth trial!"

"First trial: defeat nine Divine Generals, and you can leave the Legacy land with one Half-Emperor treasure; second trial: defeat eighteen Divine Generals, and you can take away one ordinary Great Emperor Legacy."

"Third trial: defeat twenty-seven Divine Generals, and you can take away a Supreme Great Emperor Legacy; fourth trial: defeat thirty-six Divine Generals, and you can take away an ordinary Transcendent being's Legacy!"

"Friendly reminder: the trial is a matter of life and death. Once the challenge begins, victory means life, defeat means death! If you are timid, you can leave the Legacy land through the spatial gate on the plaza!"

"Trialists can choose their challenge difficulty, either one by one or by skipping levels!"

The previous grand voice rang out!

"What if I challenge the fifth trial?"

Xu Yuan ignored the last sentence and asked instead.

The voice was not annoyed, but said indifferently: "Under the Ancient Moon Dao Lord, there are five Divine Lords and thirty-six Divine Lords! If the trialist passes the fifth trial, he can obtain the Legacy of any one of the last nine Divine Lords; if he passes the sixth trial, he can choose two Legacies from the last eighteen Divine Lords!"

"If he passes the seventh trial, he can choose three Legacies from the last twenty-seven Divine Lords; if he passes the eighth trial, he can obtain all Divine Lord Legacies; if he passes the ninth trial, he can choose one Legacy from the five Divine Lords!"

"Note, if the trialist passes the fifth trial, he can participate in the third stage of the trial, and there is hope of obtaining the Dao Lord's Legacy!"