"Heaven's gate opens and closes—can it be feminine?"
The Stone Gate swung open, and the Mother Qi of All Things circulated within, dissolving an Ancestor King's final struggle before crashing down heavily and dragging its body, eyes still wide in death, into the gate.
"The last one... Finished at last. That means I passed the trial, right?"
"You have done even better than I originally expected."
After Adam passed the trial, the Beginningless Bell's attitude clearly improved considerably:
"I originally thought you would use an imperial weapon at the end, or begin crossing a heavenly tribulation."
"I originally thought I would have to use an imperial weapon too. Looks like I'm a little stronger than I thought."
Adam sighed. He had never been good at fighting and killing; he had always relied on overwhelming force. Now, he had at least been tempered somewhat by this damned world.
"As for crossing a heavenly tribulation, I hadn't considered that."
Imperial weapons possessed their own consciousness, so heavenly tribulations could naturally recognize them. Thus, the rule that they could not intervene in someone else's tribulation also applied to imperial weapons.
If an Immortal Stage Two Great Power intervened in a lightning tribulation, it would bring down a Great Power tribulation. If an imperial weapon intervened, it would bring down an imperial tribulation!
Amid rumbling thunder, a mountain peak in Purple Mountain shattered. The Beginningless Bell slowly shrank and flew before Adam.
"From this day onward, I will protect your path."
With that, the Beginningless Bell trembled and delivered a small spatial pocket into Adam's hand.
"Consider this my request. If you can become an emperor in the future, there is something I would like to ask you to do."
"Hm?"
The small spatial pocket had merely been forcibly opened with Magical Power. Adam