Chen Xuan took a deep breath and drove his time great dao origin seal to the limit of the sixth layer. Within three feet of him, time abruptly slowed to dozens of times slower than outside. The moment the incoming sword lights entered that range, the temporal field affected them, slowing them by dozens of times as well.
He quickened his pace, bounding up several steps at a time.
Another storm of condensed sword intent poured down from the summit. This time, dozens of sword lights shot toward him simultaneously from different angles.
Chen Xuan activated his matter great dao origin seal. The stone steps beneath his feet suddenly rose, forming a curved rock wall that enclosed him.
Dozens of sword lights struck the wall at once, sending stone chips flying. After holding for roughly two breaths, the wall shattered with a crash, but it had worn away most of the sword lights' momentum. The few that struck Chen Xuan left only shallow cracks in the protective divine radiance covering his body.
He passed through the rubble and lingering sword light, then leaped onto the summit.
At the summit was only a platform a few dozen feet across. A flag bearing the emblem of Exquisite Heaven stood at its center, snapping in the wind.
Behind him, three or four disciples were still struggling a hundred feet below the summit, while farther down the mountainside, several figures continued their slow ascent.
Chen Xuan was the first to reach the summit, earning a place in the Immortal Sword Domain.
Before long.
The Sword Mountain trial ended.
Chen Xuan's name circulated both within and beyond Exquisite Heaven for a time.
He had reached the summit first, taken less than an hour, cultivated three origin seals simultaneously, and was not yet a hundred years