Li Qing looked over the situation in the main hall. He knew that once he offered incense, he would be marked. To pass, he had to withstand the mark.
His gaze swept across the rest of the hall. "No one. Does that mean I can go around this place?"
The question flashed through his mind, and Li Qing decided to give it a try.
He walked into the main hall and soon reached its rear.
The doors at the back of the hall stood wide open, seemingly allowing him to leave with ease.
Li Qing narrowed his eyes and strode forward. In the next instant, he was about to step through the doors.
But at the very moment he stepped out, an incomparably terrifying power erupted directly from within the Divine Body.
The smoke produced by offering incense in the previous three halls began to undergo violent mutations.
It was as though some dreadful thing was spreading out from within it.
Li Qing sighed inwardly. "Sure enough, it wouldn't be that easy."
In the next instant, the Divine Body exploded into pieces, turning into pure power of desire.
The power of desire vanished, and all the smoke lost its host, instantly turning to ashes and disappearing.
Outside the mountain gate of the Heavenly Gang Daoist Sect, the Divine Body gathered once more. This new Divine Body contained no smoke.
Li Qing continued controlling the Divine Body and stepped upward.
After offering incense three more times, he arrived at the fourth hall.
Standing inside the hall and looking at the statue before him and the incense placed upon the altar, he knew there was no avoiding this trial, no matter what.
He sighed softly. "Then let's give it a try."
He picked up the unlit incense from the altar and lit