Back in the Immortal Realm, Mo Fei and the others had used an Order Divine Artifact to create a virtual world. Cultivators entered it in their Primordial Spirit state and fought their own illusions. The illusions were masters of all the cultivators' secret arts, and matched them in combat skill and awareness. This was how they tested cultivators. When Ling Tian learned that Feng Yue excelled at illusions and realized that Fengyun Pavilion's recruitment trials tested combat awareness and skill, he had easily deduced how they would do it.
"That's right. After testing the cultivators' resistance to lightning, Martial Sister will use illusions to test their combat awareness and skill, just as you said." Feng Qing's expression turned slightly serious. "A genius may find it easy to defeat others, but defeating and surpassing oneself is much harder. This trial tests more than combat awareness and skill; it also tests a cultivator's potential. Only by surpassing oneself during the trial can one defeat one's own illusion."
Ling Tian had experienced something like this back in the Immortal Realm, so he was quite familiar with it. He nodded. "Exactly. Surpassing yourself is the most important thing—it matters even more than defeating your enemy."
"Master often says that a cultivator's greatest enemy is themselves. So that's what he means." Fairy Sword Ji looked enlightened. She gazed toward the place where Feng Yue was cultivating. "I'm starting to look forward to this trial. It'll be interesting, and we'll benefit a great deal from it."
"All right, get some rest. The next two trials will become increasingly difficult," Feng Qing said. Then he left, leaving the three of them behind.
Ling Tian and the others said no more. They rested and prepared to face the next two trials in peak condition.
Time flowed on, and