"This is our Trial Hall."
Ci Nian pushed open the two heavy doors of black jade.
Beyond them lay an exceptionally vast circular hall. A massive soul-conducting crystal hung high from the dome, radiating a pale golden halo that illuminated the entire hall as brightly as day.
At the center of the hall was a sunken circular arena, surrounded by twelve stone pillars. Atop each pillar was embedded a fist-sized silver crystal core, slowly rotating.
"This hall shares some similarities with the Tang Sect's Hero Hall." Ci Nian raised a hand and pointed to the sunken arena in the center. "The difference is that the Hero Hall summons projections of the Tang Sect's predecessors, while our Soul Planning Hall's Trial Hall summons the powerful figures from Soul Planning Hall's history.
"You can fight the powerful figures of the past here and experience the battle styles and uses of soul skills from different eras.
"Actual combat experience is only the most basic part. Anyone who defeats an opponent in a trial will receive a special blessing bestowed by the Angel God statue, temporarily increasing their cultivation speed, Soul Power recovery speed, or spiritual power. Of course, the duration is limited. It usually lasts for a day, depending on the individual."
Xie Xie had been exhausted to the point of nearly falling apart, but the moment he heard that, he perked right up.
"Seriously? Defeating one gets you that kind of effect? Then if I beat ten in a row, can I break through my bottleneck directly?"
"You can try. But the opponents here will be difficult. There is no penalty for losing, but if you are killed by a projection, you will still feel an equivalent degree of pain mentally.
"Moreover, the projections will automatically adjust their difficulty according to the