Clearing All Trials

Inside the Azure Flower Grotto-Heaven was a vast hall, in which three enormous fruit trees grew. The fruits of these three trees would be extremely precious to an ordinary Dao Lord, but they were nothing special to Zhou Zheng.

After picking a fruit at random, Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning continued to walk inside.

Soon, they came across two Eternal Emperor playing chess.

"Master, the last time I came here, I walked right to this spot!" Ji Ning said.

"Um!"

Zhou Zheng nodded. At this moment, the two Eternal Emperor in the distance also looked over.

The two men had vastly different auras; one was an old man with silver eyes whose aura was relatively gentle, while the other was an old man in black robes who exuded a domineering aura.

"You've only played a few games of chess, and you're already here again?" The silver-eyed old man looked at Ji Ning and shook his head.

"Judging from your aura, you're still Dao Lord, right? I told you long ago, even if Dao Lord is extremely talented and can get past us two old guys, the challenges ahead are extremely dangerous. You'd better come after you've reached the Dao Merge!"

"Thank you for your kind offer, but I'm not here to try and pass the test!" Ji Ning said with a smile.

"Ji Ning, wait for me here!" Zhou Zheng turned to Ji Ning and said.

There's no rule that only one person can enter the Azure Flower Grotto-Heaven, but Ji Ning's strength is indeed lacking at the moment, so it's highly unlikely that he can pass all the tests in the Azure Flower Grotto-Heaven.

The trials in the Azure Flower Grotto-Heaven are indeed Life Technique- threatening; it would be unwise to attempt them without being confident of success.

Ji Ning naturally understood this principle.

At this moment, Ji Ning didn't say much. He simply nodded and said, "Master, be careful!"

"Um!"

Zhou Zheng crossed an arched bridge and came to a grassy area.

At this moment, the Eternal Emperor, dressed in black robes, stood up.

"Since you won't listen to advice, then let me test you!" The Black-Robed Emperor Lord didn't waste any words and directly struck out with a palm from a distance.

"Too slow!"

Zhou Zheng also struck out with his palm, instantly distorting layers of space and time.

Boom!

A terrifying power instantly erupted from the chest of the black-robed Eternal Emperor, causing him to fly backward until he crashed into a rockery fixed by an array, finally coming to a stop.

However, the old man's body had been transformed into Puppet body, so although he was blasted away, he was not seriously injured.

"Your strength?"

The old man clutched his chest as he flew down from the artificial hill, his eyes filled with shock.

How could a Dao Lord be this strong?

"Have we passed this hurdle?" Zhou Zheng asked.

"Of course you passed. With your strength, you might actually be able to pass all the checkpoints!" The old man in black robes didn't say anything more. He stepped aside, and Zhou Zheng continued to walk inside.

After Zhou Zheng had walked for a while, suddenly, a white-robed old man with a slightly cold aura appeared.

"I am the Grotto-Heaven Spirit!"

The old man revealed his identity directly, and then gave Zhou Zheng a Life-Bound Dao Talisman as a reward for passing the First Trial.

This Dao Talisman is very magical; it can bring Dao Lord back to life. Ji Ning has one of these Dao Talisman, but it is useless against an Ultimate Dao Talisman Ultimate Dao Lord.

But just because it was useless to Zhou Zheng didn't mean it wasn't a treasure, so Zhou Zheng naturally accepted it.

"My master has set up three great challenges within this cave. Whoever can pass all three will naturally be rewarded with a great opportunity!" The old man led Zhou Zheng forward, saying as they walked:

"However, each of these three challenges is more dangerous than the last, and each one carries the risk of death!"

"I see!"

Zhou Zheng nodded. He already knew all this, so he didn't have many questions at the moment.

Soon, Zhou Zheng arrived outside a square led by the old man, where hundreds of Eternal Emperor had gathered.

This is the second hurdle. If Eternal Emperor were to come here, he would need to push open a Silver Gate in the distance while being blocked by all the Eternal Emperor. But Dao Lord only needs to be blocked by the ten weakest Eternal Emperor.

"Hmph, so he's a Dao Lord. In that case, it'll be a fight with all ten of us combined!"

"It's been a long time since I've made a move. Let this Dao Lord know how powerful I am!"

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At this moment, ten Eternal Emperor flew up, staring at Zhou Zheng with unfriendly gazes.

These challenges are all life-threatening, which means that these Eternal Emperor will show no mercy when they attack.

"Superior!"

"Kill!"

"Little one, if you have someone to blame, blame the Grotto-Heaven Master for setting up such rules. Don't blame us for being ruthless!"

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A series of cold shouts rang out as the ten Eternal Emperor unleashed their ultimate moves and attacked.

In an instant, attacks from all fields and all kinds of forces surged toward Zhou Zheng.

Seeing this, Zhou Zheng shook his head slightly. He took a step and instantly disappeared from his original spot. The next moment, ten Zhou Zheng appeared simultaneously in front of the ten Eternal Emperor.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Ten roars erupted simultaneously, and in an instant, the ten Eternal Emperor transformed into streaks of light, crashing violently into the surrounding walls.

Call!

Zhou Zheng landed steadily in front of the Silver Palace Gate and pushed it open with a sudden shove.

Rumble!

The massive, long-sealed palace doors slowly opened.

Upon witnessing this scene, apart from the ten Eternal Emperor who were blasted away and were still in shock, all the other Eternal Emperor watching were stunned.

"These ten guys may be the weakest among us, but they are still top-tier Eternal Emperor, yet they were defeated in an instant?"

"This Dao Lord's moves are extraordinary, in no way inferior to my Dao."

"This Dao Lord is already as good as you even when he's just casually making a move. If he were to go all out, what could you possibly use to compete?"

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One by one, the Eternal Emperor discussed among themselves, and the White-Robed Cave Mansion Spirit, who had previously appeared as an old man, reappeared in front of Zhou Zheng.

"You've chosen the Ultimate Dao?" The Cave Mansion Spirit looked at Zhou Zheng with some surprise.

The moves cannot be faked. The moves Zhou Zheng used could not possibly be created by peak Dao Lord. Even if peak Dao Lord is very powerful when combined with the Three Powers Unity Technique, he still cannot reach such a level in terms of the mystery of the moves.

"Right!"

Zhou Zheng nodded directly.

"Reaching the fourth level of the Ultimate Dao is already quite remarkable!" said the white-robed old man's illusory figure. "The reward for passing the Second Trial is also a scroll of the Ultimate Dao."

As the old man spoke, he handed a jade tube to Zhou Zheng.

This is the Dao left behind by a Four-step Dao Lord who cultivated the "Ultimate Flame Dao". After failing to Dao Merge, he met the Supreme Being Qi and entrusted his Dao to the Supreme Being Qi for safekeeping.

After Zhou Zheng made a vow not to reveal it to outsiders, he carefully studied this volume of the Ultimate Dao.

The Ultimate Dao emphasizes comprehensiveness and completeness.

Flames, in terms of their attributes, can be gentle or violent, cold or intense. In terms of their functions, some flames can burn through space and time, some contain endless Life Technique and can create all things, and some flames devour everything to grow stronger.

"Every step onto the Ultimate Dao is fraught with immense difficulty!" Zhou Zheng thought with a slight sigh after finishing reading this volume on the Flame Dao.

However, Zhou Zheng only sighed. As the Ultimate Dao of the fourth level, this volume of the Ultimate Flame Dao at most broadened his knowledge, but did not help him much in achieving Dao Merge.

Zhou Zheng didn't think much of it and quickly followed the old man to the Third Trial.

The requirement for this challenge is to blast an Eternal Emperor, a Holy City Lord, out of a massive palace.

The strength of this Holy City Lord is probably no less than that of the City Lord Feixue. If peak Dao Lord were to come here, he would need the Three Powers Unity Technique, and the Three Powers Unity Technique would have to reach the third stage to have any hope of success.

Fortunately, Zhou Zheng was the Ultimate Dao Lord. He had directly killed the City Lord Feixue, so it was easy for him to blast away an Eternal Emperor who was similar to the City Lord Feixue.

Zhou Zheng easily passed this hurdle.

The white-haired old man wasn't too surprised by this. After discovering that Zhou Zheng was the Ultimate Dao Lord of the Fourth Step, he understood that even the Third Trial couldn't stop him.