Song Qingxing had never really understood how this so-called Trial Road helped one break through to the Golden Core Stage.
According to Sunset City, regardless of one's aptitude or whether one had completed one's own Five Elements Dao Rhyme beforehand, as long as one passed through the exit of the Trial Road, one could achieve a successful breakthrough with absolute certainty.
The principle behind this was truly thought-provoking.
At the very least, Song Qingxing and Song Changsheng had only heard of one method: a Deity Transformation Stage cultivator condensed their own cultivation into fragments of Law Dao Rhyme and directly infused them into another's body, raising them at most to the Golden Core Stage.
The Trial Road's method of breakthrough was unheard of. Moreover, disciples of the Boundless Sword Sect itself never participated; it was entirely open to outsiders. It looked selfless and impartial, yet the more one pondered it, the more something seemed off.
Could the ultimate secret Li Yuxia spoke of have been this?
"I know what concerns you most. That thing resembled a die, its entire body radiating a deep azure glow. It suddenly fell from the sky, as magnificent as a meteor.
"At first, we did not know what it was and merely thought it was some treasure. Later, Zhengchun said he vaguely sensed that the die was guiding him toward a certain direction.
"Only then did we realize that it might be connected to the trial.
"Later, while following the die onward, we repeatedly encountered pursuit and assassination. From one captive, we learned that they too had been guided here by some mysterious force.
"Before Brother Zhengchun fell, he handed that mysterious die to me. Following its guidance, I entered a door and passed five trials within: the Path of Thorns, Flame Demon Purgatory, Boulder