Evaluation

"Stupid Bullhead, what are you saying? This is His Highness Muxuan from the Outer Battlefield. Is there anything His Highness Muxuan cannot do?" Beside the minotaur, the Snake Woman, whose figure was as ethereal as mist, gazed at Ye Muxuan with watery eyes, her translucent gauze dress making her alluring figure appear and disappear.

"Your Highness Muxuan, the rules for clearing the Tongtian Mountain are simple. You just need to fight your way up from the foot of the mountain, slaughtering the Gatekeepers at the foot, the waist, and the summit. Once they are all dead, you have cleared the Tongtian Mountain." The lean Ape-man, covered in golden fur and carrying a pitch-black bamboo pole on his back, spoke with a solemn expression, "We three are the Gatekeepers!"

Ye Muxuan looked at the three Gatekeepers before him.

The most burly and imposing minotaur had a terrifyingly shaped giant battle axe resting by his feet; the lean, golden-furred Ape-man had a pitch-black bamboo pole on his back; and the Snake Woman in her translucent gauze dress appeared to have no obvious weapons on her, likely belonging to a combat type that did not require them.

Based on Ye Muxuan's over one hundred thousand years of combat experience in the Outer Battlefield, the minotaur was a warrior, and that giant axe was clearly his weapon. The Ape-man was a Spirit Controller, and that bamboo pole was undoubtedly some form of telepathic weapon. As for the Snake Woman, she was either a Spirit Illusionist or an apothecary; only these two types rarely revealed their weapons.

Of course, there might be others who did not use weapons, such as beast tamers or artifact refiners. But this was the Tongtian Mountain, a place used to test the laws comprehension of core members; there was no need for such flashy things. Thus, the most likely roles were warrior, controller, and illusionist.

With the three of them joining forces, even if each one was slightly inferior to Ye Muxuan, their combined strength would be enough to bridge that gap.

Ye Muxuan rested his right hand on the hilt of his Wind Shadow Blade, his long fingers tightening slightly as he gripped it, and said, "Junior Muxuan, I ask the three seniors for your guidance!"

Whether clearing the Heavenly Bridge or the Tongtian Mountain, the external conditions were identical! The test was one of law comprehension and application. Neither Soul Brilliance nor Wind Severing could be used here. Ye Muxuan was the same as everyone else; the only difference lay in "consciousness" and "willpower"!

The Snake Woman was slightly startled. Although she wore a veil, she raised a hand to cover her mouth and nose, casting a glance with her watery eyes, her gaze rippling with charm, "His Highness Muxuan is truly interesting!"

Suddenly, her purple eyes flashed, and an invisible spiritual force transformed into an illusion, silently descending upon him!

At the same time, the exaggerated giant axe that had been on the ground was now in the minotaur's hands, and an earthy-yellow blade of energy cleaved through space, leaving a pitch-black trail.

"Hehe." The bamboo pole on the lean Ape-man's back broke into nine segments, connected by invisible, transparent threads, instantly lengthening. It was the "Arc Snake," a common type of Tier 5 telepathic weapon.

The right hand gripping the hilt of the Wind Shadow Blade paused for a moment, and in the next instant, Ye Muxuan's wrist flickered—he drew his blade!

First form, Wind Severing!

Primordial Tongtian Mountain, summit.

Ye Muxuan pulled the Shadow Admiration Blade from the lean Ape-man's body, the hilt striking out in an arc with terrifying force to slam into the Snake Woman's chest. In the next instant, the blade flashed, slicing the flying Snake Woman in two!

"Congratulations, Your Highness Muxuan, for clearing the World Lord level Primordial Tongtian Mountain!"

"Congratulations, Your Highness Muxuan!"

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

"We look forward to the day you clear the Primal Tongtian Mountain, Your Highness! Only by clearing that mountain can one be considered to stand at the very pinnacle among the many geniuses in human history!"

At the summit, the three Gatekeepers revived once more, offering their congratulations to Ye Muxuan with immense surprise and respect!

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

"Being able to kill us is your ability, but why was my illusion useless against you?" The Snake Woman, with her human torso and snake tail, gazed at Ye Muxuan with her watery eyes, asking with curiosity.

Among the three Gatekeepers—warrior, controller, and illusionist—the Snake Woman had felt inadequate at every stage. The illusions she cast with all her might felt like mere child's play. Nominally, it was three against one, but it felt as if they were a person short.

"Your illusions are simply not strong enough," Ye Muxuan said calmly.

Of the three, the one he found most troublesome was the controller, and the most dangerous was the warrior. As for the illusionist, it was exactly as she felt—not much of a problem. This was because Ye Muxuan's willpower and consciousness had long reached the Peak King Level; the resistance he possessed against illusions was far beyond what an illusionist who had barely reached the eighteenth level could threaten.

Indeed, in the three stages of the Tongtian Mountain, the trio at the foot had barely reached the sixteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge, their combined power slightly stronger than a typical sixteenth-level fighter. At the waist, they were barely at the seventeenth level, and similarly, at the summit, they reached the eighteenth level. However, due to the nature of consciousness and willpower, they were only at the level of having just passed the eighteenth level.

Clearing the Primordial Tongtian Mountain was based on passing the eighteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge. Because his consciousness and willpower were stronger, Ye Muxuan successfully cleared this mountain and officially entered the Primordial Secret Realm, becoming a formal core member of the Virtual Universe Company's Primordial Secret Realm.

This news was first known to the high-level Venerables of the Virtual Universe Company who managed the four secret realms, and then it swept through the entire upper echelon of the Human Race.

The Tongtian Mountain—anyone who clears any one of them can reach the heavens!

Following that, all core members of the Virtual Universe Company's four secret realms were informed, and then the core members of the five major powers were informed as well.

The last genius to clear a Tongtian Mountain was hundreds of thousands of epochs ago: Kodi, the personal disciple of the Chaos City Lord.

Although Ye Muxuan cleared the Primordial Tongtian Mountain while Kodi had cleared the Primal Tongtian Mountain, by now, no one questioned Ye Muxuan's talent!

Chaos Ruins, two gentle pairs of eyes looked at the young man on the terrace of the small gray building.

"Your junior sister has a good eye," the Chaos City Lord said after a long while. "This little fellow's progress over these years has surpassed even Kodi's back then."

"Her eye has always been good." Beside him, a gentle man in white robes nodded. His gaze shifted, landing elsewhere, a soft smile on his face. "It looks like it's almost time. She will likely take that step faster than the others."

"Her gains on the Primal Star this time were quite good. She must be planning to exchange for that supreme treasure. I intended to give it to her directly, but she refused," the Chaos City Lord said, looking at his teacher beside him. "She is very proud. She returned most of the treasures you gave her back then, wanting to rely on her own accumulation to silence others. It is not easy for me to intervene directly."

This gentle man in white robes was the true pillar of the Human Race, the one who had single-handedly led the entire race from a powerful group to a peak group, occupying one of the best territories in the Primal Universe!

He was not the one who ignited the fire of human civilization, but he was the true protector of the fire of human life!

Original Ancestor!