The guardian behind the bronze door Soya chose was, like Bigge, a blade cultivator. He was indeed quite formidable.
After obtaining the right to challenge him, Bigge battled the guardian for over an hour before defeating him and stepping through the bronze door.
Only then did the members of the Gu Ding Pirate Crew and Soya crush their Jade Cocoons, all forfeiting this trial.
At this point on the Path of the King, only five people entered the Fifth Level.
They were Gu Ding, Bigge, Elsa, Andrina, and Koude Bulade.
The moment Gu Ding stepped through the door, he found himself at the foot of a small mountain.
The mountain was not tall, only a few hundred meters at most. Its forests were lush and thick with dense trees, and not far ahead of Gu Ding was a winding stone stairway.
The stairway was only about a meter wide, entirely built from ancient bluish-green stone. It did not run straight, but twisted and turned as though it had been painstakingly constructed by hand.
Gu Ding looked toward the end of the path and saw a wooden door at the top of the stairs.
It was an utterly ordinary-looking wooden door, without even a single Heavenly Dao Secret Rune. Gu Ding could clearly see the marks time had left upon it.
As Gu Ding studied the wooden door, the female voice prompt rang out in the sky once more.
"I never thought someone could be unlucky enough to choose the Gate of Reincarnation..."
"The Gate of Reincarnation? What is that?" Gu Ding raised his brows upon hearing the prompt.
"This final level of the Path of the King tests one's will. Most of these Twelve Bronze Doors assess the firmness of one's resolve. Only this Gate of Reincarnation is different... The