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"Stupid Bullhead, what are you saying? This is His Highness Muxuan, who came from the Outer Battlefield. Is there anything His Highness Muxuan can't do?" Beside the minotaur, Snake Woman's figure seemed as hazy as mist. Her big, dewy eyes gazed at Ye Muxuan, and her translucent gauzy dress revealed glimpses of her alluring figure.

"Your Highness Muxuan, the rules for passing Tongtian Mountain are simple. You just need to fight your way up from the foot of the mountain and kill all the Gatekeepers at the foot, halfway up, and summit. Then you'll have passed Tongtian Mountain." The lean ape-man, covered in golden fur and carrying a black bamboo pole on his back, spoke solemnly. "The three of us are the Gatekeepers!"

Ye Muxuan looked at the three Gatekeepers before him.

The most massive of them was the minotaur, with a huge, fearsome-looking battle-axe at his feet. The lean ape-man, covered in golden fur, carried a black bamboo pole on his back. Snake Woman wore a translucent gauzy dress, and he couldn't see any obvious weapon on her. She was probably the kind of fighter who didn't need a weapon.

Based on Ye Muxuan's more than a hundred thousand years of combat experience on the Outer Battlefield, the minotaur was a Fighter, and the giant axe was clearly his weapon. The ape-man was a Spirit Controller, so the bamboo pole had to be some kind of psionic weapon. As for Snake Woman, she was either a Spirit Illusionist or a Pharmacist. Those were the only two types of people whose weapons were rarely spotted.

Of course, there might be others who didn't use weapons, such as beast tamers or artificers. But this was Tongtian Mountain, a place for testing the Core Members' Law Comprehension. There was no need for anything fancy. So the most likely combination was a Fighter, a Controller, and an Illusionist.

Even if each of the three was a little weaker than Ye Muxuan, the three of them together could easily make up the difference.

Ye Muxuan rested his right hand on the hilt of the Wind Shadow Blade at his waist. His long fingers tightened around it as he said, "I'm Muxuan, a junior. I ask the three seniors to instruct me!"

Whether one challenged Heaven's Bridge or Tongtian Mountain, the external conditions were exactly the same! The test was of Law Comprehension and its application. Neither Soul Brilliance nor Treading Wind could be used here. Ye Muxuan was just like everyone else; the only difference lay in his "consciousness" and "will"!

Snake Woman paused. Though she wore a veil, she raised a hand to cover her mouth. Her dewy eyes glanced at him, her gaze alluring and full of charm. "Your Highness Muxuan, you're quite interesting!"

Suddenly, her violet eyes flashed. Invisible Spiritual Force formed an illusion and silently swept toward him!

At the same time, the outrageous battle-axe that had been on the ground somehow appeared in the minotaur's hand. A yellow earthen blade cleaved through space, leaving a pitch-black gash.

"Heh." The bamboo pole on the lean ape-man's back broke into nine sections, connected by invisible, transparent threads. It instantly stretched out, revealing one of the common Fifth-Order Psionic Weapons: the Arc Snake.

The right hand gripping the Wind Shadow Blade's hilt paused for a moment. The next instant, Ye Muxuan's wrist flicked. He drew his blade!

First Form, Wind Severing!

At the summit of Primordial Tongtian Mountain.

Ye Muxuan pulled the Shadow Admiration Blade out of the lean ape-man's body. With a casual swing of the hilt, he traced an arc and struck Snake Woman in the chest with tremendous force. The next instant, the blade swept past, cutting her in two as she flew backward!

"Congratulations, Your Highness Muxuan, on passing the World Lord Level Primordial Tongtian Mountain!"

"Congratulations, Your Highness Muxuan!"

"Congratulations, Your Highness Muxuan. The last person to pass Tongtian Mountain was His Highness Kedi of the Primal Secret Realm."

"We look forward to the day Your Highness Muxuan passes Primal Tongtian Mountain! Only after passing that mountain can one be counted among the very greatest geniuses in human history!"

At the summit, the three Gatekeepers revived once more. They congratulated Ye Muxuan with delight and respect.

"And thank you three seniors for your guidance!" Ye Muxuan sheathed his blade and bowed slightly to the Gatekeepers.

"Killing us was a testament to your ability. But why didn't my illusions work on you?" Snake Woman, with a human torso and a serpent's tail, gazed at Ye Muxuan with her big, dewy eyes and asked curiously.

The three Gatekeepers were a Fighter, a Controller, and an Illusionist. At each checkpoint, Snake Woman had felt powerless. She had given everything to cast her illusions, yet they were as good as fake. It was supposed to be three against one, but now it felt like they were one person short.

"Your illusions aren't strong enough," Ye Muxuan replied calmly.

Of the three, the Controller had actually given him the most trouble, while the Fighter had posed the greatest danger. The Illusionist, as Snake Woman herself had sensed, hadn't caused him much trouble. Ye Muxuan's will and consciousness had long since reached Peak King Level. His resistance to illusions was far beyond what an Illusionist who had barely reached the Eighteenth Layer could threaten.

Yes, at the three checkpoints on Tongtian Mountain, the Gatekeepers at the foot of the mountain had barely reached the Sixteenth Layer of Heaven's Bridge. Their combined strength was a little greater than that of an ordinary Sixteenth Layer challenger, but not by much. Halfway up, they had barely reached the Seventeenth Layer, and together they were slightly stronger than an ordinary Seventeenth Layer challenger. Likewise, at the summit, their combined strength reached the Eighteenth Layer. But because of the difference in consciousness and will, their actual level was only around that of someone who had just passed the Eighteenth Layer.

The minimum requirement for reaching the summit of Primordial Tongtian Mountain was passing the Eighteenth Layer of Heaven's Bridge. With his stronger consciousness and will, Ye Muxuan had passed the mountain with ease. He had also officially entered the Primordial Secret Realm, becoming an official member of the Virtual Universe Company's Primordial Secret Realm.

The news first reached the Venerables in charge of the Virtual Universe Company's Four Great Secret Realms. Then it swept through the upper ranks of the Human Race.

Tongtian Mountain—anyone who passed any one of them could reach the heavens!

Soon afterward, all the Core Members of the Virtual Universe Company's Four Great Secret Realms learned of it. Then the Core Members of the Five Great Powers learned as well.

The last genius to pass Tongtian Mountain had done so tens of thousands of eras ago: Kedi, a direct disciple of the Chaos City Lord.

Although Ye Muxuan had passed Primordial Tongtian Mountain while Kedi had passed Primal Tongtian Mountain, no one doubted Ye Muxuan's talent now!

Chaos Ruins. Two warm gazes rested on the young man standing on the rooftop of the gray building.

"Junior Sister has a good eye," the Chaos City Lord said after a long while. "This young fellow has made more progress over the years than Kedi did at the same age."

"Her eye has always been good." The gentle man in white beside him nodded. His gaze shifted to the other side, and a warm smile appeared on his face. "It looks like she's close. She might get there before the others."

"She made a decent haul on the Primal Star this time. She's probably come here to exchange it for that Supreme Treasure. I'd planned to give it to her outright, but she refused." The Chaos City Lord looked at his teacher beside him and continued, "She's proud. She even returned most of the Supreme Treasures you gave her back then. She wants to build up her own resources step by step and silence the naysayers. I can't just step in and help her."

This gentle man in white was the true pillar of the Human Race. With his own strength, he had once raised the Human Race from a powerful race to a peak race, securing for them some of the finest territory in the Primal Universe!

He hadn't been the one to kindle the flame of human civilization, but he had truly protected the flame of human life!

The Original Ancestor!