The Five-Colored Divine Light at the Taiqing Formation Eye gradually subsided. Kong Xuan and Jinpeng had both become disciples of Taiqing Laozi, an honor that left the Dao seekers in the valley both envious and admiring.
But the Great Heart-Questioning Formation did not stop there. Its three formation eyes continued to turn slowly.
Clear light cycled without cease. Several hundred Dao seekers were still struggling to hold on within the formation, waiting for their own destined opportunity.
Yuanshi Tianzun stood on the raised platform, his steady gaze sweeping over the Yuqing Formation Eye.
Unlike the lonely, protracted trial of the Taiqing Formation Eye, the Yuqing Formation Eye used the light of Chaos as its foundation. Countless law runes filled the formation, layered upon one another like a labyrinth built from laws.
Stepping inside meant entering a contest against one's own Dao attainment.
Whether they could discern the patterns governing the laws within the labyrinth, whether they could identify the most fundamental truths of the Great Dao amid myriad runes-these were the core criteria by which the Yuqing lineage accepted disciples.
In Yuanshi Tianzun's view, the responsibility of expounding the Dao lay in elucidating the laws and order of the Great Dao for all living beings. Thus, the disciples he accepted had to possess an extraordinary sensitivity to and understanding of laws.
Clear light rose and fell within the Yuqing Formation Eye. Each flicker represented a Dao seeker contending with the law runes inside.
Yuanshi Tianzun's gaze lingered briefly on one particular ray of clear light.
Though it was not the brightest, it was exceptionally steady, without the slightest fluctuation, like an ever-burning lamp that would not flicker even in a gale.
A moment later, a young man in gray-white Daoist robes walked steadily out of the formation eye.
His face