Liu Que's eyes were vacant as he carried the Sword of Flaws on his back and headed toward the clouds. He slowly passed Nong Si Niang, then Qing Feng, and then one Cold Immortal Sect disciple after another. While the three disciples watched with ugly expressions, he passed Xia Shen Guang and Wang Xiao Fan as well, steadily closing in on Bai Weiwei.
The students from Yixian Academy were thrilled. Compared to Bai Weiwei and the others, Liu Que might have been cold-faced, but he was still an outsider to the Four Sides Heavenly Balance. They would much rather see him pass Bai Weiwei.
Unfortunately, Liu Que stopped a thousand zhang below Bai Weiwei and failed to pass her.
"What a pity. If he had another chance, Liu Que could definitely surpass everyone. Perhaps he could even touch the clouds," Mr. Tang said regretfully.
Bai Su smiled at Mr. Tang. "Sir, you don't know much about Beyond Heaven. In truth, the final ten thousand zhang are the real trial. Everyone qualified to take part in the Beyond Heaven trial is a peerless genius. Take those who passed ten thousand zhang, for instance: given another chance, they might surpass twenty thousand zhang. So the final ten thousand zhang are what truly determine the trial."
"Throughout history, more than a thousand Trial Takers have surpassed twenty thousand zhang. But only twenty or thirty have ever given people reason to think that touching the clouds was possible. Those twenty or thirty have all made their names in the annals of history."
As he spoke, the trial ended, and everyone descended to the ground.
Everyone watched them anxiously, afraid they might go mad or start acting strangely. Fortunately, none of them had changed at all.
Then Bai Su suddenly spoke. "Would Mr. Hao Yu