Three years had passed since the inheritance trial opened in Vajra Temple's Secret Realm.
At first, the matter had caused a great uproar, but then all news of it abruptly ceased.
Vajra Temple continued sending cultivators to participate in the war as usual. Only the forbidden grounds behind the mountain remained sealed. No one knew what had happened, much less whether the trial had ended after three years.
[Lifespan: 1058/6025] [Cultivation: Mid-Stage Spirit Transformation (65/100)]
Inside the cave abode, a piercing demonic sound raged invisibly, yet nothing nearby was affected in the slightest, as though it were merely a sound wave devoid of any life.
Around the cave abode's barrier, however, over a thousand densely packed soul flames went out one after another, despite the protective shield of restrictions.
"Three years, and I've finally broken through with another Divine Sense ability!"
[Soul Hooking Mystic Sound (Proficient 1/1000)]
At the center of the cave abode, Lin Chang'an slowly opened his eyes. Seeing the breakthrough in his ability, he smiled in satisfaction.
The surrounding Soul Lamps were not particularly powerful, but protected by the restriction barrier, they could not be harmed by the abilities of ordinary Spirit Transformation Cultivators.
Yet this area-of-effect Divine Sense ability could extinguish every Soul Lamp instantly. Its power was plain to see.
"With Mystic Soul Spike and Soul Hooking Mystic Sound cultivated to their current levels, and with my cultivation behind them, their power isn't far below that of a Late-Stage Spirit Transformation Cultivator specializing in Divine Sense."
Normally, Lin Chang'an could only have made his own estimates. But during these years of war, countless cultivators had displayed all manner of techniques, including numerous Divine Sense abilities from the Thousand Mechanism Sect.
By comparing them, he could naturally determine the present level of