Asura Divine Sword!

Asura Divine Sword!

"Is this... the Spirit Road?"

Zhao Chen opened his eyes and found himself in a vast forest formed by countless Towering Trees. He could not see his surroundings clearly at all, nor could he find any sign of a city.

He frowned and quickly inspected the area. Only after finding nothing amiss did he finally relax.

"Strange. Where did Mu Chen go?"

Zhao Chen muttered to himself. He had entered the Starry Sky Gate together with Mu Chen, so they should have appeared together as well.

Yet now, Mu Chen had vanished.

He rubbed his chin and analyzed the situation. "Could it be that the Spirit Road Space deliberately scatters everyone's positions, preventing them from forming teams right away and thereby increasing the difficulty?"

That was most likely the case.

Just as Zhao Chen was preparing to move, a streak of black light descended from the sky and arrived directly before him.

It was a pitch-black metal token, engraved with a blood-red character: "Spirit."

Zhao Chen pondered for a moment before grabbing the Crimson Token.

A stream of information entered his mind.

Everyone who entered the Spirit Road would receive a Crimson Token belonging to them.

The Spirit Road was filled with countless terrifying Spirit Beasts and danger lurked everywhere.

These Spirit Beasts had reached at least the Spiritual Movement Realm. They were far beyond comparison for those who had just entered the Spirit Road.

There was nothing that could be done about it. Only those below the Spiritual Movement Realm had a chance to obtain qualifications for the Spirit Road.

The cultivation realms of the Great Thousand World were divided into the Sensing Realm, Spiritual Movement Realm, Spiritual Wheel Realm, Divine Soul Realm, Three Heavens Realm—Heaven Merging Realm, Heaven Transformation Realm, and Heavenly Passage Realm—Supreme Three Minor Tribulations—Fleshly Body Tribulation, Spiritual Energy Tribulation, and Divine Soul Tribulation—Supreme Realm—Supreme, Earth Supreme, and Heavenly Sovereign—and Dominator Realm!

Zhao Chen was still only at the late stage of the Sensing Realm, merely sensing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Only after breaking through to the Spiritual Movement Realm could one absorb spiritual energy into the body and use Spiritual Energy, greatly increasing one's strength.

At this stage, he was still focused on improving his Physical Quality and raising his Spirit Body level.

Within the Spirit Road Trial Space, everyone could only use the strength of their physical bodies and was unable to use any other energy.

The information stored within the Crimson Token indicated that several Guardian Lands established by the Five Great Academies existed inside the Spirit Road Trial Space. They prevented attacks by Spirit Beasts, allowing people to recuperate.

To enter a Guardian Land, possessing a Crimson Token was a mandatory requirement, but there was also a limit on the number of entries.

Each person only had three chances to enter.

Moreover, each opportunity could not exceed three days.

Once the three days were exceeded, points would be deducted from the Crimson Token. When there were no more points to deduct, the Guardian Land would erase that person.

If one wanted to survive the Spirit Road Trial until the end and receive better Spiritual Energy Empowerment, one had to collect more Crimson Tokens, thereby obtaining a higher final ranking.

These rules of the Spirit Road Trial meant that aside from the Spirit Beasts posing a tremendous danger, the other participants would also become unavoidable threats.

There were only a few ways to collect Crimson Tokens.

One could make others hand over their Crimson Tokens willingly, or make them hand them over unwillingly.

As for the circumstances surrounding the acquisition of a Crimson Token, that depended on the situation.

Zhao Chen loosened his wrists and stretched his muscles and bones.

The Spirit Road Trial had existed for several hundred years.

Moreover, it was an important opportunity to enter the Five Great Academies.

Those who could come to the Spirit Road were all young prodigies from the Hundred Spirits Continent.

Some people had known of the Spirit Road's cruelty long ago and had made extensive preparations.

Others had just arrived and had yet to understand even the most basic circumstances of the Spirit Road.

Their starting lines seemed identical, yet were actually different.

Zhao Chen looked around, then climbed up a Towering Tree. When he reached the treetop, he surveyed the surrounding area.

He discovered a winding stream not far ahead, and immediately found a direction in which to proceed.

Before entering a Guardian Land, he needed to ensure that he had relatively safe conditions in which to survive.

The area beside a stream was undoubtedly a good choice.

"Within the Spirit Road, I can only temper my physical body and improve my Physical Quality."

As Zhao Chen walked forward, he pondered and murmured, "Physical Quality is divided into levels one through nine. Right now, I only have the lowest First-Level Spirit Body. If I encounter a Spirit Beast, it'll probably be troublesome."

Unlike those who had prepared for the Spirit Road Trial long ago, he had not specifically tempered his physical body. Naturally, his Spirit Body level was also very low.

According to Zhao Chen's understanding of the Spirit Road, increasing his Spirit Body level here was actually quite simple.

He only needed to search for heavenly treasures, kill Spirit Beasts, and obtain their essence souls.

The Crimson Token could absorb Spirit Beast Essence Souls and feed their power back into the body, thereby improving one's Spirit Body.

"Right, I still have a sign-in opportunity that I haven't used."

Zhao Chen recalled one of the rewards from the Beginner's Gift Pack: a sign-in opportunity. Earlier, time had been tight, and the divine artifact Mirror of Judgment had also been scanning the area. Worried that something might be discovered, he had not used it.

Now that he had arrived at the Spirit Road Trial Space, he could use it.

"System, I want to sign in!"

"Ding! Sign-in in progress. Sign-in location—Spirit Road. Sign-in successful!"

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, on signing in successfully. Sign-in reward obtained—Asura Sword!"

Zhao Chen's eyes lit up, and he extended his hand.

A blood-red halo flashed, and a pitch-black, razor-sharp longsword appeared in his hand. It was decorated with streaks of blood-colored sword-groove markings, and faintly radiated an indescribably terrifying killing aura.

At the front of the hilt were two extremely complicated and obscure ancient characters, which seemed to read "Asura."

He carefully examined it and discovered that the Asura Sword's sharpness far exceeded his expectations.

Zhao Chen pondered for a moment. Then, without using any strength, he swung the Asura Sword at a nearby tree.

A blood-red sword ray burst forth instantly, cutting the bowl-thick tree in half.

He approached and touched the cut. It was incredibly smooth.

"What an excellent sword."

Zhao Chen was extremely satisfied with the Asura Sword. With such a weapon in hand, he had much more confidence in passing the Spirit Road Trial.

He simply did not know what grade of Spirit Tool the Asura Sword was.

The existing treasures and divine objects of the Great Thousand World were divided into Spirit Tools, divine artifacts, Sacred Objects, and Peerless Sacred Objects.

On the Hundred Spirits Continent, possessing a divine artifact was already an extraordinary achievement.

The Mirror of Judgment, jointly controlled by the Five Great Academies, was a genuine and powerful divine artifact.

Below divine artifacts, Spirit Tools were divided into low-grade, Medium-Grade, high-grade, and Top-Grade Spirit Tools.

Zhao Chen had never obtained a Spirit Tool before, so he could only roughly guess that the Asura Sword was at least a Medium-Grade Spirit Tool.

It could not possibly be some kind of divine artifact, right!?

With that thought, he considered the matter for a moment. In the end, he still bit his finger and dripped a drop of fresh blood onto the Asura Sword.

Recognizing its master through blood!

There was no other way. He could not leave a Spiritual Energy imprint on the Spirit Tool, so he could only use this method.

Before long, Zhao Chen felt the feedback from the Asura Sword, and his face filled with delight.

This Asura Sword was no ordinary weapon.

It was a divine artifact. It really was a divine artifact!

However, he currently had no way to unleash even a fraction of the Asura Sword's power.

Zhao Chen was still quite satisfied. Relying solely on the Asura Sword's sharpness was enough to protect himself within the Spirit Road Trial Space. It would also allow him to grow stronger by killing Spirit Beasts and obtaining their essence souls.

"I still have to go to the stream. Even Spirit Beasts need water, so they'll definitely go there!"

With that thought, Zhao Chen quickened his pace.

At the same time, the system's notification rang beside his ear.

"Ding! Sign-in mission triggered: Kill one Low-Level Spirit Beast to obtain one sign-in opportunity!"