Jiang Feng raised his head and glanced at the golden archway.
The archway was not large; it would already feel somewhat crowded with two people passing through side by side.
The golden curtain rippled like water, like a thin membrane stretched across the doorframe. It seemed as though a gentle puff of breath could make this membrane tremble.
The membrane was transparent, yet what lay beyond it was neither the other side of the Cloud Chain Bridge nor the lofty inner sect hall, but a faintly visible pocket dimension.
Clearly, the golden archway was not here merely for decoration.
Jiang Feng knew that this was the so-called inner sect assessment.
As long as one entered this golden archway, emerged from the other side, and continued toward the inner sect hall, it meant they had passed the assessment and become an inner sect disciple.
Jiang Feng extended a finger, intending to touch the golden membrane.
Yet his finger passed straight through it without any sensation at all.
After carefully sensing for a moment and finding nothing unusual, Jiang Feng lifted his foot and stepped into the golden archway.
At the outer sect hall, countless outer sect disciples were occupied with their own affairs.
Suddenly, a beam of golden light soared into the sky from behind the hall, piercing straight into the heavens.
The golden light entered the clouds, sending the white clouds rippling outward like spreading rings on water. The disturbance was slight, yet it drew the attention of everyone in the outer sect.
"Hm? That is...?" The disciples all looked up at the pillar of golden light.
"It came from behind the hall."
"Could it... could it be the Trial Gate on the Cloud Chain Bridge?"
"Impossible! I haven't heard of any outer sect disciple breaking through to the Two