This time, Ye Xuan merely snorted coldly and took the lead in entering.
The others did not hesitate much either and followed close behind.
Xu Chen naturally did the same. Before long, he crossed the spatial vortex and arrived before the final palace.
Inside this palace, Xu Chen saw everything he had been able to see in his previous life.
It was a pile of shattered objects—more precisely, puppets.
They were dismembered puppets, lifeless parts floating in the air.
Every single component even looked rather similar.
It was impossible to tell which puppet any piece belonged to, making one suspect that these puppets were all different from one another.
At the same time, they saw a woman seated upon the throne in the palace, looking incomparably gentle.
She wore white robes and possessed peerless beauty. Her hands rested at her waist, and her bearing was exceedingly dignified.
Her three thousand strands of hair fell straight down, accentuating her slender waist and curvaceous figure.
The moment everyone saw her, they immediately felt that she was undoubtedly the most beautiful among all the examiners.
No, they were probably all equally beautiful, but her gentleness was beyond compare.
If they had to choose one woman among them as a Dao Companion, they would undoubtedly choose the woman before them without the slightest hesitation.
She was far too perfect, completely flawless.
At this moment, the woman spoke.
"The test for this stage is very simple: assemble a complete puppet. No mistakes are allowed.
"My name is Lin Qingruo. I can tell at a glance whether a puppet is complete."
Looking at the densely packed, nearly identical puppet pieces, everyone immediately felt their heads swell.
This was far too chaotic. They had absolutely no clue where to begin. The difficulty of such a task was