Nine Trials of Space

"This should be close to the depths of Mizong Grand Canyon." Liu Xiaoxiao slowly walked farther in.

Before long, Liu Xiaoxiao felt the surrounding space distort, and then he arrived in a place shimmering with silver light.

The streams of silver light shifted unpredictably, strange and mysterious.

"This is..." Liu Xiaoxiao seemed to grasp something. He immediately calmed himself and entered a meditative state.

Silver light gradually flowed into Liu Xiaoxiao's body, while impurities continuously seeped out from within him.

If anyone had witnessed Liu Xiaoxiao's transformation at that moment, they would have immediately understood that he had entered the deep meditation all Soul Masters could only dream of encountering.

Time passed quickly. One year, then two years—the days slipped away.

During this time, Chen Fang and the others called Liu Xiaoxiao several times, but never received any response. It was as though Liu Xiaoxiao had vanished from the world. They could only worry helplessly.

On this day, Liu Xiaoxiao's body suddenly began to tremble slightly.

Then, Liu Xiaoxiao opened his eyes, which emitted a flash of silver light.

After that, Liu Xiaoxiao stood up. Compared to two years ago, he had undergone earthshaking changes in both bearing and demeanor.

How long have I been meditating? Liu Xiaoxiao shook himself after waking up.

"You're finally alive again." Chen Fang's voice came from deep within his mind. "There's been no news from you for two years."

"Two years..." Liu Xiaoxiao replied. "Sorry. I fell into deep meditation and made you worry."

"Deep meditation?" Qi Xiaomin said in surprise. "You really are lucky. I've never heard of anyone remaining in deep meditation for two years. What exactly happened?"

"I don't even understand it myself right now. We'll talk about it later." Liu Xiaoxiao ended the call and then examined his condition.

The moment he checked, Liu Xiaoxiao was startled.

His Soul Power had risen to the Level 60 bottleneck, which was within his expectations. However, how much it would rise after he obtained a Soul Ring was beyond his knowledge.

In addition, his Spiritual Power had also increased considerably.

But most importantly, all of his Eight Extraordinary Meridians had been opened. This would bring tremendous benefits to his future cultivation.

"This really is miraculous. Where exactly is this place..." Liu Xiaoxiao raised his head and looked at the space before him, filled with silvery-white radiance, looking somewhat lost.

Within this space, Liu Xiaoxiao had no sense of direction and could only choose a direction and keep walking.

About half an hour later, a mysterious white tower nine stories tall appeared before Liu Xiaoxiao.

"That is..." Just as Liu Xiaoxiao was feeling puzzled, the first floor of the mysterious white tower suddenly lit up.

Then the second, third, and fourth floors lit up in succession, all the way to the ninth. A sheet of silvery-white light then shot out from the white tower and shone onto Liu Xiaoxiao's forehead.

Liu Xiaoxiao felt an immense yet indistinct flood of information enter his mind. Then he heard a voice coming from the white tower: "Nine Trials of Space. The first six trials shall be carried out by Sea God Island on my behalf."

Another burst of white light enveloped Liu Xiaoxiao. Then, amid a Space Wave, he vanished from the mysterious space.

Liu Xiaoxiao suddenly appeared beside a lake within Mizong Grand Canyon.

"What exactly is going on?" Liu Xiaoxiao shook his head and looked at the lake beside him, only to see his current reflection in its surface.

"I seem to have become much more handsome? It's like I'm a completely different person?" Liu Xiaoxiao's face was full of delighted surprise.

"Wait, what's that on my forehead..." Liu Xiaoxiao stared at his reflection. On the forehead of his mirror image was a mysterious hexagram mark.

"The Nine Trials of Space should be the Nine Trials of the God of Space. I never expected my luck to be this good. They'll probably all be jealous of me." Liu Xiaoxiao chuckled. "This hexagram mark is probably the symbol of a divine inheritance."

"Wait, why do I feel like my Martial Soul has changed too?" As Liu Xiaoxiao pondered this, he released his Martial Soul.

The two Moon Blades in his hands had both changed. Silver radiance covered them, making them especially eye-catching.

"It looks like my Martial Soul has mutated." Liu Xiaoxiao beamed. "Since it mutated under the inheritance of the God of Space, I'll call it the Space God Blade."

"My Soul Rings seem to have changed too." Only then did Liu Xiaoxiao notice that the colors of his Soul Rings had changed as well.

Black, black, black, black, black—five Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings circled around Liu Xiaoxiao's body, accentuating his current imposing presence.

"It seems it's not just the Soul Rings. My soul skills have changed too." Just as Liu Xiaoxiao was thinking, an Emerald Demon Bird suddenly appeared before him.

"An Emerald Demon Bird?" Liu Xiaoxiao was startled. "This Emerald Demon Bird must have at least Fifty Thousand Years of cultivation. It would be suitable as my Sixth Soul Ring, and I can also test my altered soul skills. But with my current cultivation, I might not be able to deal with it."

A figure suddenly descended from the sky. Chrysanthemum Douluo, Yue Guan, appeared beside him.

"Looks like I'll have to test my soul skills another time." Liu Xiaoxiao sighed inwardly, while outwardly revealing no flaw.

"Your Soul Power has reached the bottleneck?" A hint of surprise appeared in Yue Guan's eyes, but he did not say anything further.

"Senior Chrysanthemum Douluo, I wish to use this Emerald Demon Bird as my Sixth Soul Ring," Liu Xiaoxiao said respectfully.

"Oh?" Yue Guan looked at the Emerald Demon Bird. "Are you sure? Although I can't determine its exact age, it has at least Thirty Thousand Years of cultivation. Moreover, Emerald Demon Birds are naturally vicious. Are you truly confident you can absorb it?"

"I am. Please lend me a hand, Senior," Liu Xiaoxiao said.

Yue Guan's Seventh Soul Ring lit up as he unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar. Then his Ninth Spirit Ring lit up as well. His Martial Soul scattered into petals that filled the sky, forming a massive tornado that enveloped the Emerald Demon Bird.

Against an assassin as troublesome as an Emerald Demon Bird, Yue Guan used his strongest killing move from the very start.

The tornado dispersed, revealing the Emerald Demon Bird collapsed on the ground. With a wave of his hand, Yue Guan bound the bird and threw it before Liu Xiaoxiao.

The Space God Blade appeared in Liu Xiaoxiao's hand. He brought it down in a single slash, completely killing the Emerald Demon Bird. A Soul Ring as black as ink appeared above it.

Liu Xiaoxiao drew the Soul Ring toward himself and began absorbing it.

About half an hour later, Liu Xiaoxiao stood up. Feeling the changes within himself, he could not help but feel astonished.

"Rank 13. It seems the benefits I gained this time really are enormous," Liu Xiaoxiao thought.

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan brought Liu Xiaoxiao outside Mizong Grand Canyon, where Ghost Douluo Gui Mei and Chen Fang were waiting ahead.

"Looks like the other four are all dead," Gui Mei said with an eerie laugh.

"It doesn't matter. If those people are dead, then they're dead. As long as the Golden Generation is still alive, it's fine," Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan said.

The two exchanged a glance, then led the other two away into the distance.