125: After the disciple-acceptance ceremony concluded, all the disciples entered the sect.

Seeing this scene.

Numerous cultivators let out sighs of regret.

"Alas, becoming a Personal Disciple of the Sect Master of Qingtian Sect is truly difficult."

"Indeed, this little girl is already very strong, yet she could only reach over nine hundred steps."

"What kind of monster is a Personal Disciple of the Sect Master of Qingtian Sect, to possess the talent to ascend a thousand steps?"

A group of people looked at Huyan Xiaoyao, who could no longer move, with both regret and shock in their eyes.

After testing so many people, only Huyan Xiaoyao managed to ascend eight hundred steps.

Initially, seeing Huyan Xiaoyao's speed ascending the steps, they thought she could rush up a thousand steps and become a Direct Disciple of the Sect Master of Qingtian Sect.

Unexpectedly, she couldn't hold on after only nine hundred thirty steps. It seems that to become a Direct Disciple of the Sect Master, one must be a monster among monsters.

Soon, this test also concluded.

Li Big Saber called for those who passed to stand by the Mountain Gate and wait.

This time, besides the addition of Huyan Xiaoyao, an Inner Sect Disciple, the number of other Outer Sect Disciples was roughly the same.

Tens of thousands of Outer Sect Disciples stared curiously at Huyan Xiaoyao.

There was no other way; she was too prominent. Among so many Outer Sect Disciples, she was the only Inner Sect Disciple, making it hard not to be the center of attention.

Li Big Saber didn't care about any of this. After arranging everyone, he continued to start the next test.

With his command.

Countless young boys and girls once again rushed onto the testing Heavenly Ladder.

Each eliminated group was sent away.

The number of cultivators near the Qingtian Sect Mountain Gate grew smaller and smaller.

After three days.

All the young boys and girls who came to participate in the discipleship ceremony had been tested.

Most of the cultivators near the Mountain Gate had also left.

Only a lonely few hundred thousand figures remained, appearing somewhat empty compared to the previous scene of hundreds of billions of people, a vast sea of humanity.

"Hmm, not bad, not bad."

Li Big Saber looked at these hundreds of thousands of young figures with a smile.

No matter how many people were eliminated, it had nothing to do with the Qingtian Sect.

But these in front of him were different; as long as they passed the Illusion Demon Realm, they would be official disciples of the Qingtian Sect.

Although this discipleship ceremony took a few days, the number of disciples recruited was hundreds of times more than last time.

Among them, besides Huyan Xiaoyao, two more young boys joined as Inner Sect Disciples.

The number of Outer Sect Disciples reached an astonishing over two hundred thousand. Even if half were eliminated, it could still add one hundred thousand disciples to the Qingtian Sect.

"Alright, let's begin the next stage!"

Li Big Saber took out the illusion demon mirror and tossed it into the air.

After the mirror surface expanded, a white light enveloped these over two hundred thousand people, bringing them into the interior of the Illusion Demon Realm.

The battle illusion of defending the sect began.

As enemies came charging towards the Qingtian Sect.

These young boys and girls, who had become Qingtian Sect disciples in the illusion, displayed various behaviors.

Some defended the sect, some fled in fear of death, and some took the opportunity to plunder the sect's treasures and molest the sect's female disciples.

The elders waiting outside watched, shouting anxiously.

"Son, hurry and defend the sect! This is an illusion, you're not a Qingtian Sect disciple yet!"

"You beast! Why aren't you killing enemies at a time like this, but instead bothering those injured female disciples?"

"Go, daughter, go! As long as you defend the sect, you can become a true Qingtian Sect disciple, and no one in the entire Southern Domain will dare to touch our family."

Watching their juniors' performance in the illusion.

The faces of these elders were all filled with excitement.

They wished they could take out their weapons and rush into the illusion to kill enemies for their juniors.

They had spent a lot of manpower and resources to come to the Qingtian Sect for the discipleship ceremony. If they were eliminated in this final stage, the loss would be immense.

Little Lotus was also in the crowd, watching Huyan Xiaoyao nervously.

Seeing Huyan Xiaoyao take up her weapon and join the battle, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The Qingtian Sect's illusion was clearly a test of character, but Huyan Xiaoyao had been pampered since childhood, and when she got fierce, she would even hit her own grandfather. Little Lotus was truly afraid that Huyan Xiaoyao wouldn't pass the test.

The illusion demon mirror test didn't take long. When the disciples defending the sect had fought enough, Li Big Saber ended the illusion.

After all, by this point in the test, those who were going to defend the sect had already come out to defend it. As for the rest, no matter what their reasons were, they were not worth the Qingtian Sect's cultivation.

"Congratulations, everyone, for becoming official disciples of my Qingtian Sect. Now, follow This Elder into the sect."

After the eliminated disciples left with their elders.

Li Big Saber showed a benevolent smile and called for the disciples who passed the test to follow him into the Qingtian Sect.

The number of people who passed this test was about what was expected, a little over one hundred thousand.

And Huyan Xiaoyao and the other three Inner Sect Disciples were all among them, none missing.

"So excited! We've finally become true disciples of the Qingtian Sect."

"Yeah, my heart is pounding! I wonder what it's like inside the sect?"

"Hehe, the sect has Great Emperor Experts, so it definitely won't be bad."

Tens of thousands of disciples, filled with anticipation, followed closely behind Li Big Saber, walking towards the Qingtian Sect Mountain Gate.

Huyan Xiaoyao was also full of curiosity, following the large group into the Qingtian Sect.

She wanted to see what kind of scene the interior of a sect that could produce immortal crystals truly held.

As the group entered, screams immediately echoed in everyone's ears.

The team of over ten thousand people instantly erupted into chaos.

"Holy cow! Holy cow! The spiritual qi in our sect is so dense, I can barely breathe it in!"

"Oh my god, I'm suffocating, I'm suffocating! Elder, save me!"

"So dense, I can't take it anymore, I really can't!"

Tens of thousands of people clutched their necks, their faces red, looking as if they were about to collapse at any moment.

Huyan Xiaoyao was also filled with shock, choking on the spiritual qi and almost unable to breathe. If no one blocked the spiritual qi for her, she would faint at any moment.

"Hehe, little ones, don't be afraid. You'll be fine once you get used to breathing it in."

Seeing that the disciples were almost at their limit, Li Big Saber waved his hand, releasing power to block some of the spiritual qi for everyone, allowing them to slowly adapt.

"Phew, that was so scary just now. I even saw my mother waving at me."

"Indeed, I never imagined our sect's spiritual qi would be so dense. It truly lives up to being an Imperial Sect."

After everyone adapted to the spiritual qi absorption rhythm provided by Li Big Saber.

They all showed expressions of lingering fear.

Before entering the Qingtian Sect, they were all worried about spiritual qi being too scarce, hoping to find a place with abundant spiritual qi to cultivate.

They never dreamed that one day they would almost lose their lives because the spiritual qi was too dense.

If Li Big Saber hadn't intervened just now, they would definitely have exploded and died.

Huyan Xiaoyao regained her breath, but the shocked expression on her face not only didn't lessen but became even more astonished.

As the temporary President of the Tianbao Chamber of Commerce.

She could be said to have visited all the spiritual qi treasure lands in the Canglan Continent.

She had never seen any place where the spiritual qi was as dense as in the Qingtian Sect. Even if all the spiritual qi ancestral veins of the Central State Imperial Clan were combined, they couldn't compare to the spiritual qi of the Qingtian Sect.

She couldn't imagine what kind of spiritual pulse lay beneath the Qingtian Sect Mountain Gate to release such dense spiritual qi.