Gu Ding remained on the twelfth floor of the virtual domain for over half a month, winning more than three hundred consecutive battles. At last, he had elevated himself to an unprecedented peak, his fighting spirit and killing intent both reaching their zenith.
That day, he finally sought out the twelfth floor's gatekeeper.
The gatekeeper of the twelfth floor had been created using an Eternal True King of the Angel Race from the Primordial Era as a template. Although that Angel Race expert had not been a powerhouse who suppressed an entire era, he had still been one of the most outstanding Prodigy Experts of his time, pushing the power of his Lord-level cultivation to its absolute limit.
Even in later eras, the virtual character created from his data could still suppress the Eternal True Kings of every major race. One could only imagine how powerful he had been in his day.
In Gu Ding's era, over the span of nearly a hundred epochs, dozens of Eternal True Kings had challenged the gatekeeper, yet not a single one had succeeded at the Lord realm.
Gu Ding was not even an Eternal True King. Though his more than three hundred consecutive victories had displayed astonishing Combat Strength, no one thought highly of him. Almost no one believed his challenge against the gatekeeper would succeed.
Gu Ding paid no attention to the voices of others. After adjusting himself to peak condition, he arrived at the end of the twelfth floor of the virtual domain.
Looking at the holy man before him, who appeared no different from a human aside from the twelve pairs of white wings of light behind him, Gu Ding issued his challenge. "Gatekeeper, I am Gu Ding of the human race. I challenge you!"
"Welcome, young man!"
The gatekeeper