Ultimate Trial: One Leap to Immortality

The Mysterious Man wearing Silver Mask, after fighting two top experts, remained calm and composed, raising his right hand without even raising his head.

But nothing fell.

"Come!" His fingers glowed and spread into the sky. He didn't think the other five experts needed to compete with him for the tattered animal hide.

However, the air was completely silent!

"Um?"

Something's not right.

It didn't fall down?!

He looked up abruptly, never expecting that the tattered, hole-ridden animal hide he had tossed into the air would cause such an accident.

A transparent silk thread drifted down slowly, the fishing hook hooked on the Pale Gold Animal Hide, and it was silently and rapidly lifted upwards.

How could this even be allowed? They dared to steal what he had already gotten his hands on; it's blatantly using a shovel to snatch food from a tiger's mouth. They're incredibly audacious!

He reacted swiftly, leaping into the air, his palms glowing with beams of light that crossed and covered the animal hide scroll in an attempt to intercept it.

However, the animal hide was thrown close to the barrier, which was like handing it over to him. It was too far away from him, and the people outside were pulling the fishing line without any attempt to hide it, pulling the line frantically!

The man wearing Silver Mask Divine Statue two icy pools. He slapped it down with all his might, and if he couldn't stop it, he would destroy it.

This isn't just about taking away his opportunity; the real issue is far worse. Someone is daring to mess with him—is this a silent act of contempt? They're trying to steal his things in public.

The barrier trembled violently, blurred by his slap, and a palm print bulged out, distorting the light screen as if it were about to explode.

The barrier was very strong; he couldn't break through it by himself.

The man wearing the Silver Mask landed silently on the ground.

The other five experts all showed surprise. Someone had tried to rob a peerless master.

Several people's faces twitched slightly as they suppressed their laughter. Without a doubt, the man wearing the Silver Mask was in an extremely foul mood. What kind of bizarre situation was this?

Someone was anchoring animal skins on the barrier above his head, which looked like a humiliation of being ridden on his head, leaving him staring blankly, unable to utter a single word.

The man wearing Silver Mask had a faint silver light flashing across his hands. If he could break through, he would definitely go on a killing spree immediately. It was outrageous!

Outside the barrier, the two people wore Silver Mask and looked down at the scene with indifferent expressions.

"How dare you, a mere imposter, lay a finger on my possessions?" Wang Xuan said calmly.

This was intolerable. The person in charge, wearing Silver Mask inside the barrier, raised his eyebrows. He wanted to kill those two. This was a blatant provocation.

"Come on!" Outside the barrier, Wang Xuan spoke again, and as if imitating the original, he stood there calmly and composedly, raising his right hand towards the sky.

Chen Yongjie tossed it lightly, and with a whoosh, the Pale Gold Animal Hide landed in Wang Xuan's hand. It trembled twice, and some ashes drifted out.

The person in question, wearing Silver Mask, cracked several times with a sharp sound, and his eyes snapped open, staring at the two people outside.

In the end, he didn't say a word. It was meaningless. He couldn't get close to the other person now, so any words would seem pale and would be beneath his dignity.

He naturally knew who it was. The moment the hook was pulled, the identity was revealed. The other party was taking revenge on him, and didn't care how strong he was, because they were convinced that he would be their mortal enemy.

"Fellow Daoist, I discovered that animal hide first, there's no need for you to be angry." The "Nether Blood Sect" member, who was inside the radiant blood wheel, spoke up, adding insult to injury.

The man wearing the Silver Mask turned away, ignoring him. He could only swallow his anger, unable to vent it for the time being.

He glanced at Wang Xuan and Chen Yongjie one last time, then ignored them.

"This is a dog that bites without making a sound. Be careful if you run into him again; that bastard is extremely vicious."

Outside the barrier, the two whispered to each other. Although they had vented their anger, they also knew that the mysterious man wearing Silver Mask harbored resentment towards them.

"It doesn't matter anymore. We're already sworn enemies anyway. Slapping him or smiling at him will have the same effect. So, I'll just find another opportunity to hook him up!"

Wang Xuan and Chen Yongjie ran off to the side, hiding in the clouds, to study the animal skin. It really looked very old; they wondered how many years ago it was.

It is about one foot square and has two holes burned into it. Touching it is like touching a thick history book, giving you a heavy feeling.

The God Slaying Banner twitched slightly, causing Wang Xuan's heart to resonate instantly, and his eyes immediately burned with fervor.

He put the two things together, but nothing happened. What was going on? Was there any connection between the two?

Wang Xuan studied it for a while, then took the Silver Beast Skin Book off himself and touched them together, but he still couldn't put them back together. He was lost in thought for a moment.

"Is something still missing?" He felt that the flag, animal hide, and other items he had obtained should be connected, but he couldn't assemble them.

"Perhaps these are all products of the experimental process, with cause and effect, but they are difficult to truly reconcile," Chen Yongjie said.

Wang Xuan nodded and said, "That makes sense. It's questionable whether this seemingly top-tier and powerful mythological civilization actually managed to forge the Dao Control Banner. Don't tell me they failed in the end."

"Keep it for now; there might be something strange about it."

Inside the barrier, the six experts searched again, clearing away the mountain of ashes and picking up various pieces of paper that had not been completely burned, which they studied carefully.

They were even more unwilling than Wang Xuan. According to legend, this civilization's foundation surpassed that of all previous mythological civilizations, and it should have left behind the most powerful treasure!

But the final result disappointed them; there was no Dao Control Banner in the ashes.

According to the records in the fragments they obtained during the excavation, a civilization had indeed gathered its power here to refine treasures.

"Revisiting the old scenes!"

The six sat down cross-legged, their brows glowing, and together they traced the past events of this place, hoping to see if they could forge a true Dao Control Banner.

Wang Xuan immediately moved closer to the barrier, opening his Spiritual Heavenly Eye to the fullest extent, not wanting to miss that magnificent and grand scene.

"It was indeed successfully forged, but the furnace exploded!" The man, whose body was covered in golden light, said in a deep voice, slightly excited. There must be Dao Control Banner in this world.

In the void, a massive bonfire burned so fiercely that the heavens collapsed and space and time were distorted. It was fueled by the endless Daoist scriptures, which contained not only the Dao principles of that civilization but also the scriptures of other extinct mythological civilizations that they had collected.

Runes intertwined, rules spread, and a blurry little flag floated in the firelight. Even across the vast expanse of history, countless years ago, it still took people's breath away. Even peerless powerhouses felt their hearts pound and were filled with intense unease when they faced it.

Bang!

Finally, the flag soared into the sky, the bonfire exploded, and everything disappeared from sight.

The six masters shook violently, and the final impact caused some of them to cough up blood, their spiritual light dissipating.

"In the Real World, we are ultimately suppressed. Forcibly resonating with the Dharma body in the grand curtain and using our supreme cultivation to trace back to the past is still easy to result in severe damage," someone said.

Wang Xuan was awestruck. Could these peerless masters really do this at such a critical moment? Each and every one of them was an extremely dangerous individual.

Chen Yongjie said, "It's alright. They seem to need a long time to prepare, and they'll have to pay a considerable price. In a real battle, who would patiently wait for them to resonate?"

"That is..." Inside the barrier, the man in black robes suddenly opened his eyes and once again exerted all his strength to make the last blurry scenery appear, and the others also worked together.

After the Dao Control Banner was raised, the bonfire exploded and dimmed. A long time later, a rough, blood-stained hand carved a blurry map on the spot.

"Bang!"

The man covered in golden light was the first to make a move, followed by the man wearing Silver Mask, who also slapped forward, ruining the scene.

The others either reached out to stop it or stepped back, ignoring it.

"Those two bastards are too selfish. They destroyed it after reading it themselves." Chen Yongjie stared wide-eyed as he memorized a small corner of the place.

Wang Xuan closed his eyes, and the complex map replayed in his mind, appearing before him. Even with his Spiritual Heavenly Eye, he could barely finish looking at it and imprint it in his mind.

Inside the barrier, the six experts rose and thoroughly surveyed the area. Confirming that nothing had been overlooked, their expressions were strange, each harboring their own thoughts, and they did not mention the Dao Control Banner again.

That map is most likely related to the Dao Control Banner!

"Even the bonfire of civilization and the Dao Control Banner are on the ninth level of the Spiritual Ruins. It's hard to imagine what's on the tenth level. Let's go and take a look," the man wearing Silver Mask said.

The tenth level of the ruins is currently unknown. Without truly opening the portal and activating it, it remains a blurry, silent mess, and everything you see and feel is problematic.

The six masters joined forces and made their final move, hoping to take advantage of the special period when the supernatural was decaying and the restrictions were ineffective to open a path.

This time they struggled greatly, expending their spiritual energy to fiercely shake the portal standing in the void, but they couldn't break through it at all.

"Countless ages have passed, yet it remains so sturdy; it should have fallen into the void."

For two whole days, the six masters were studying the situation, either using techniques to break it, researching the ancient formation, or directly bombarding it with their overwhelming power.

The effect was minimal; they encountered difficulties and were blocked from progress.

Chen Yongjie stared at the man wearing the Silver Mask and whispered, "He's very strong, even stronger than we anticipated. It seems he didn't intend to kill you outright in the Gobi Desert last time; he's eyeing your body, he's really envious."

Wang Xuan was speechless. What kind of nonsense was this?

"Could it be Zheng Yuantian?" he wondered. At present, this guy was most interested in his physical body and had "invested" a lot in him, giving him heavenly medicine, Five-Colored Soil from Mount Buzhou, and Immortal Nectar all at once.

Moreover, he learned from the Zheng family that Zheng Yuantian seemed to be "raising pigs," and it didn't matter whether it was Zheng Wu or him, Wang Xuan, who controlled this body.

Looking at it this way, the peerless master Zheng Yuantian will most likely appear in the end, cutting leeks and killing pigs!

"You just wait, I'll beat you to death sooner or later!" Wang Xuan muttered to himself.

These past two days, they have been consolidating their spiritual realm because they have made such rapid breakthroughs recently. Both of them have been reciting scriptures and studying the writings of predecessors to solidify their spiritual practice.

To this end, they opened the "Immortal Bone Can" and sat in the Inner Scenery Realm, not to enhance themselves with the rich Mysterious Factor, but simply to let "time" settle them down.

Of course, the so-called time was an illusion. They used two pieces of Ascension True Bone to elevate their spiritual perception to the limit, gain enlightenment, read Daoist scriptures, recited bamboo slips, and examined Buddhist texts.

In a daze, it was as if they had borrowed ten years of time. This kind of luxurious enlightenment, this kind of cultivation Daoist Master who opened the Inner Scenery Realm with immortal bones and made his mental thoughts run at high speed, was indeed terrifyingly efficient and had great benefits for them.

"The Eighth Stage has long been completed. My foundation is solid and not superficial. I named it 'Pioneering'." Wang Xuan recalled his cultivation process in the Misty Land.

He brought life to the Land of Nothingness with divine medicine and sparked vitality. He also worked his way through meteorites, truly like Pioneering. He was like a diligent miner.

For several days in a row, Wang Xuan and Chen Yongjie were cultivating, making their foundations extremely solid. For this, they did not hesitate to activate the third piece of Ascension True Bone.

"The Inner Scenery Realm corresponding to this immortal bone is indeed decaying at an accelerated rate. The Mysterious Factor are becoming increasingly diluted, and the interior is riddled with cracks. Perhaps in a few months, it will be unusable."

Chen Yongjie said in a deep voice, "This means that the myth is really going to disappear completely, and the trend is irreversible."

"By the way, now that you've stabilized your realm, you should try again, take that new path, and try to knock that grandson with the Silver Mask down. Otherwise, if he corners us next time, we might die a terrible death; his actual combat strength is extremely terrifying!"

He urged Ancestor Wang to take drastic measures, suggesting that since they couldn't defeat the enemy, they should find another way to bring them down from their lofty position to the ground.

"That makes sense." Wang Xuan nodded. The coincidences, one after another, had made him suspicious, and he felt that there was definitely a big problem involved.

He kept pondering whether it was because his cultivation had disturbed the treasure in his life-sustaining soil— the Nurturing Life Furnace —which in turn inexplicably triggered the Carefree Boat and the Ascension Banner. Multiple treasures appeared together and resonated violently, thus shaking down the cultivation of those with weak foundations.

"When a whale falls, all things come to life. New paths emerge, and the old world decays. Perhaps some kind of balance is being broken, or a transition is underway," Chen Yongjie said.

"Perhaps it's not those circumstances," Wang Xuan shook his head.

A deafening sound echoed, causing even the most precious treasure within Wang Xuan's life-sustaining soil to tremble slightly. In the Real World, those whose cultivation is unstable experience swaying bodies and rumbling life-sustaining soil, indicating they are about to drop in cultivation level.

"There are so many variables and multiple layers of reasons?!" Chen Yongjie was shocked. This time, it wasn't Wang Xuan's fault.

Wang Xuan's heart was in turmoil. Was someone turning against him? The treasure within his body was shaking and roaring.

"It was caused by them opening the tenth layer of the Spiritual Ruins!" Wang Xuan stared at the barrier, where all six experts had been blasted away, coughing Primordial Spirit Blood and falling to the ground.

Even Fang Yuzhu and the Red-Clothed Demon Lord were no exception. Despite their strength, they were both severely injured and lay on the ground, their bodies radiating light and rain.

The void gate opened, revealing the final layer of ruins. Within the gate, powerful Spirit Imprint resonated with them, and incredibly dense, almost tangible matter surged forth.

"The final path, the true source, a leap to immortality!"