"The Nightmare Trial is so difficult. I wonder if anyone can pass it."
A powerful cultivator standing guard outside the Legacy Ground gazed at the towering palace in the distance and sighed softly.
Another cultivator beside him slowly shook his head, his sleeves stirring in the breeze. "Hard. Far too hard. Even at the Fifth God Kingdom's height, only one person passed it every hundred thousand years on average, let alone among forces like ours."
He paused, swept his gaze over the other factions' camps, and continued, "But Jun Changge of the Heavenly Order Divine Kingdom might have a chance. His talent is extraordinary. Few can compare."
A trace of envy flashed in his eyes as he spoke.
If only their country could produce a genius like Jun Changge.
The cultivators from the various factions gathered in twos and threes, talking in low voices.
They all hoped one of their own Supremes of the Same Level would pass the Nightmare Trial and obtain the finest Divine Art inheritance.
But they knew the chances were slim.
The wait for the inheritance dragged on. Clouds gathered and scattered overhead, then scattered and gathered again.
According to those who had been eliminated, the first two stages did not take long, but the final stage could take decades or even longer.
The higher a challenger's cultivation, the harder the trial and the later they would emerge.
In the fifty-third year after the Legacy Ground opened, the ancient runes on the palace doors suddenly glimmered.
A Thunder Eel wreathed in dazzling lightning appeared at the palace entrance.
Its enormous body nearly blocked half the doorway.
"This king has emerged!"
Thundercrash raised his head and let out a low roar, releasing his powerful aura without restraint and whipping up a gale.
He made no attempt to