The chill of Frost Sky Extreme Land had yet to fully fade when seven-colored Star Mist surged in like a tide, sweeping Lin Zhixia into its depths. In the next instant, she found herself within a dazzling Illusory Music Star Array—countless crystalline "Musical Notes of Joy" floated in the air, glimmering in seven colors of red, orange, yellow, green, and more. A soothing warmth filled the air, and every breath seemed to draw in pure delight.
"Third trial: Trial of Joy—Star Orbit Shadow Wing," the Will of the God Realm announced. "Fly along the nine star orbits to the top of the Drunken Joy Platform without being bewitched by pleasure, and you shall pass."
Lin Zhixia looked up. At the center of the array, the Drunken Joy Platform floated in midair, its body carved with intricate musical patterns. Nine silver-blue star orbits revolved around it, seemingly smooth and easy to traverse. The moment she spread her Star Orbit Shadow Wing, countless Musical Notes of Joy actively wound around her. As her fingertips touched them, intense pleasure surged through her body like an electric current.
Light and shadow shifted before her eyes, and she instantly fell into the Illusionary Realm of Joy—it was her childhood, laughing and playing with her companions on the grasslands of Shrek Academy, sunlight spilling over her shoulders; it was the wild joy of everyone cheering around her when her Soul Power broke through to Titled Douluo; it was the glory of raising the championship trophy alongside Tang San, Dai Mu Bai, and the others after winning the Elite Tournament. There were even warm, ordinary days she had never experienced before, with her parents by her side—her mother combing her long hair, her father teaching her to cultivate soul skills. The scenes were so real that her