Before the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, the surf roared in wave after wave.
Bo Saixi stood before the Sacred Pillar, her hands clasped before her chest, her gaze sweeping over everyone in turn.
"The Sea God's trials are bestowed according to each person's strength, potential, and character. There is no need to be nervous, nor to deliberately conceal your power."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Wu stepped forward.
"Xiao Wu will go first," Qian Xunji said.
Xiao Wu walked willingly up to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, tiny ripples spreading through the seawater beneath her feet.
Bo Saixi raised both hands.
A wisp of azure light gathered between her palms, then suddenly burst forth. As though answering a summons, the intricate patterns on the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar lit up one after another. Blue light climbed along them, reaching the pillar's summit in the blink of an eye.
The next moment, a blue pillar of light descended from the sky, enveloping Xiao Wu completely.
Xiao Wu felt the sounds around her suddenly recede. The seawater beneath her feet, her companions behind her, even Bo Saixi's presence all became indistinct in that instant. It was as though she had been lifted into a warm tide. Her body was utterly weightless, yet her soul power began circulating on its own, drawn along by that force.
The blue pillar of light soon turned white, then yellow. Immediately afterward, purple light shone through it.
The purple deepened steadily, finally turning a vivid scarlet.
The red patterns on the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar slowly climbed upward, only coming to a gradual halt near the summit.
Seven red screens of light flew out of the Sacred Pillar and unfolded before Xiao Wu one after another.
Mysterious golden writing appeared on each screen. The first