An hour earlier.
The Spirit Realm's three great powers suddenly announced.
In three days.
The Immortal Abandonment War would officially end.
At that time.
The three great powers would finalize scores based on the prodigies' recent performances, thereby determining the quotas for entry into the Spirit Realm.
The Immortal Abandonment War had progressed this far.
Yet this was the first time the Spirit Realm's three great powers had shown themselves.
More precisely.
It was their first proclamation.
An enormous gray scroll hung across the boundless blue sky, eclipsing mountains, rivers, sun, and moon.
Divine radiance blazed.
All for one purpose.
To announce it to the world.
To proclaim the Spirit Realm's will.
"What? Three days? I haven't even glimpsed the shadow of a single wondrous treasure, and the Immortal Abandonment War is already nearing its end?"
"No! Give me just a little more time, and I'll definitely..."
"With all these dragons gathered, what could you accomplish even with ten years? The only ones who ever had a real chance of competing for entry into the Spirit Realm were the three suns and seven moons. No, there's also the dark horse, Sword Demon... Xiao Chen!"
"Xiao Chen? That's ancient history! Why bring him up? After his battle with the Double-Pupil Sacred Physique, that brat vanished without a trace. He's probably gravely wounded and languishing, with no hope of reaching the top!"
Once the Spirit Realm Edict appeared, wails filled the Immortal-Abandoned Land.
This time.
The Spirit Realm's trial was exceedingly difficult.
The Strange-Treasure Badlands were unfathomable, harboring supreme savage races, brutal great fiends, and sinister aberrations.
Never mind seizing treasures.
Merely venturing deep inside.
With the slightest misstep.
Could scatter one's soul to the winds.
And obliterate one without a trace.
After all, Hidden Lanterns were limited.
Without a Hidden Lantern's