The first round of open selection had narrowed millions of applicants down to fewer than ten thousand. These ten thousand were brought away from Douluo Continent by a guiding divine light and arrived in a strange space they had never imagined.
This was not the Myriad Manifestations God Realm, but an independent trial plane temporarily created by Qin Mo using the authority of the Elemental God King. Flowing rainbow auroras filled the sky, while the ground was formed from all manner of elemental crystals. Mountains wound through the distance, forests spread densely across the land, and everything was steeped in mystery and the unknown.
The ten thousand appeared on a massive platform. Before it floated several figures radiating vast divine might. Though they were not here in person, merely projections of divine power, the terrifying pressure still made every talented young man and woman feel their souls tremble.
At their head was Qin Mo's projection. His gaze calmly swept over the ten thousand below, and his voice rang clearly in everyone's ears:
"Congratulations on passing the preliminary selection and entering this place. But the road to the God Realm has never been smooth. This round of trials is called the 'Myriad Manifestations Stairway' and the 'Illusory Heart Forest.'"
"The Myriad Manifestations Stairway tests your perseverance, potential, and your ability to sense and absorb the energy of heaven and earth. The higher you climb, the greater the benefits you receive, but the greater the pressure you must endure. Those who cannot persist will be automatically teleported away and deemed eliminated."
"Those who pass the stairway may enter the Illusory Heart Forest. There is nothing within the forest except your own hearts. You will face the deepest desires, fears, and obsessions in your hearts. Those who succumb will be eliminated. Those who