Su Mo was all too familiar with this method of assessment.
It was exactly the same as in the original story.
The pressure of Sea God's Light was essentially an all-around body-tempering process. Its refining effect on the meridians, bones, muscles, and Soul Power was stronger than any simulated cultivation environment.
But it was nothing to him. His physique had been tempered by Immortal Herbs and continuously strengthened through repeated Ring Detonations. To him, the pressure of Sea God's Light was about the same as soaking in a hot spring.
He swept through the energy flow patterns of Sea God's Light with his Fiery Golden Eyes. Once he confirmed that this pressure would benefit Xiao Wu's physique, he had her begin immediately.
In the days that followed, Xiao Wu climbed the steps early every morning.
After spending all these years by Su Mo's side, her physique had long been nurtured far beyond that of Soul Masters at the same level through various cultivation techniques, Immortal Herbs, and dual cultivation. On her first attempt, she charged all the way to the thirtieth step in one go.
On her second attempt, she reached the fiftieth step. On her third, the sixty-fifth. On her fourth, the seventy-eighth. On her fifth, she crossed the assessment line at the one hundred and eighth step.
Bo Saixi stood beside the Sacred Pillar Group, watching Xiao Wu pass the one hundred and eighth step on her fifth attempt. She remained silent for quite some time.
When she had completed the first trial back then, it had taken her a full two months. Xiao Wu had taken five days.
Although Xiao Wu's cultivation far surpassed hers from back then, the difficulty of the Top-Level Eight Trials automatically adjusted according to the examinee's cultivation.
For Xiao Wu to complete