"Bang!"
The Magic Treasure struck the desert without anything unusual happening, sinking slightly into the black sand. Six ancient stone gates stood before him, but Li Yi couldn't make up his mind. After gathering information from various sources, he knew that, of the Nine Trials of the Yellow Springs, only the Ghost Gate Pass and the Eternal Sacred Palace were mandatory. The other trials were largely random, and he didn't necessarily have to clear them all.
Moreover, the six trials before him were connected; they weren't isolated from one another.
For example, if you chose the White Bone Palace before entering, your next trial might send you to the Life Seizing Arena, the Soul Severing Ravine, or somewhere else.
The one thing that was certain was that you had to pass through at least two of these six trials in a row to reach the World-Separating Passage and the Eternal Sacred Palace at the end.
Generally speaking, though, there was a ninety percent chance of ending up in the Eternal Sacred Palace.
The World-Separating Passage was the strangest trial in the Underworld Realm, and also the least dangerous. Rather than an adventure, it was a tremendous stroke of fortune.
That was because the World-Separating Passage possessed a mysterious Exotic Power that could awaken a person's memories of a past life. Of course, this meant only a partial awakening, and you had to have had a past life in the first place. If your life imprint had only come into being in this life, then naturally, there would be nothing to awaken.
Imagine a cultivator who could awaken memories of a past life and recall everything from all their previous lifetimes. Even if they had been ordinary people in every one of those lives, they would still gain countless experiences, which