Challenges among the Illusionary Gate's prodigies naturally had their own set of rules.
First, one had to possess prodigy status before being eligible to challenge other prodigies. That was the threshold.
Some Heavenly God Realm disciples had failed the prodigy trial when they first took it and had not obtained prodigy status. Even if they later encountered a fortuitous opportunity and their strength soared, they still could not challenge a prodigy.
More often than not, an opportunity came only once. Once missed, it was nearly impossible to make up for it.
That was true within the Illusionary Gate, and even more so throughout the entire Xuan Yu Realm.
Chen Fei was challenging Xing Shengjie, the tenth-ranked prodigy, this time because he could only challenge the tenth position at present. Only after taking the tenth spot would he be qualified to challenge the nine ahead of it.
In other words, Chen Fei first had to clear Xing Shengjie's hurdle and prove his own strength before he could continue forward.
Within a cave residence in the southwestern region of Spirit Illusion Peak.
"This Chen Fei wants to challenge me?" Xing Shengjie's untrimmed stubble was dark and blue-black, and a lazy smile rested at the corner of his mouth.
"Yes. This Chen Fei possesses extraordinary talent. When he first joined the sect a little over a month ago, he was merely at the Early Heavenly God Realm. After three sessions of comprehension beneath the Enlightenment Tree, he has now reached the Heavenly God Realm Peak," an Inner Sect Disciple surnamed Wang beside him said in a deep voice.
Breaking through three realms in such a short time was still a step behind those who could break through three realms in a single day, but among the Illusionary Gate's Heavenly God Realm cultivators, it