The Transcendents participating in the Wash Heart Pool Trial began to immerse themselves in the guidance of their dreams.
The Grand Elder manipulated the barrier, observing the dreams of each trial participant.
The waters of the Wash Heart Pool carried a certain mental pressure, so Transcendents with insufficient mental strength simply had no way to Enter Dream... That was why the Judicators had mentioned "those who withdraw" earlier. However, this usually happened to unaffiliated cultivators with no backing. Their aptitude was mediocre, and their strength was nothing special.
The trial participants sent by these delegations were all quite gifted.
Before long, they all entered their dreams.
Though tormented by "calamity," the Grand Elder would not take this trial as an opportunity to recklessly spread his own "tainted blood." The reason was simple: every one of these delegations had powerful forces behind them.
The matter of distributing tainted blood...
Was better left to those devout believers of the Church of Light.
If those believers died, they died. He had absolute control over them. If he took this chance to spread calamity on a large scale and someone discovered the clues, it would instead bring unnecessary trouble to the divine hall.
Thus, the Grand Elder's primary target this time was Song Ci!
He fixed a Mental Lock on Song Ci... Among this group undergoing the Wash Heart Pool Trial, Song Ci was the strongest, yet he was also the slowest to enter a dream!
A layer of hazy mist shrouded the skies above Song Ci's Mental Sea.
The Grand Elder had no other choice. All he could do now was wait.
Song Ci sensed a familiar summons.
Sitting beside the Wash Heart Pool, he closed his eyes as he always did when meditating, entering a state where self and surroundings