Nine Chimes, a Divine Son Rises

"Dong..."

Just as Xiao Yun used his moment of enlightenment, the Chaos Bell began to ring.

At once, the youths in the square who had yet to be tested turned toward Xiao Yun with faces full of envy.

Clearly, they knew that Xiao Yun had passed the assessment.

Even a single chime was enough to join the Chaos Holy Land.

On the high platform, Elder Jieyin glanced at Xiao Yun and lightly shook his head. He saw no astonishing physique in Xiao Yun; clearly, he was no genius. He would probably only make the bell ring once.

But at that moment—

"Dong..."

Another chime rang out. The Chaos Bell trembled, releasing waves of golden light.

The untested people in the square could not help looking at Xiao Yun with jealousy written all over their faces.

Two chimes were enough to become an inner disciple.

On the high platform, Elder Jieyin looked at Xiao Yun in surprise. He had not expected this seemingly ordinary youth to make the Chaos Bell ring twice. He had misjudged him.

"Dong..."

The third chime rang out.

This time, not only were the youths in the square stunned, even Elder Jieyin on the high platform revealed a look of astonishment.

"What is going on? He appears to possess no special physique, and his spiritual energy is insufficient. Making the Chaos Bell ring once was already surprising enough—how could he make it ring three times?"

Elder Jieyin was baffled.

At his realm, there was no need for the Chaos Bell's test at all. His discerning eyes alone were enough to see through an ordinary person's talent.

In fact, the talents of all the youths tested before had fallen within his expectations.

He had accurately calculated who could strike the Chaos Bell and how many times it would ring.

Yet this ordinary youth before him was the one exception. He had calculated wrongly.

"By all reason, this child should not even have been able to make the Chaos Bell ring once. How has it rung three times?" Elder Jieyin asked, his face full of confusion.

Just then—

"Dong..."

The fourth chime rang out.

The entire square erupted into an uproar. Everyone was dumbstruck.

Even Elder Jieyin on the high platform was slightly moved. The look in his eyes as he watched Xiao Yun grew increasingly solemn.

Four chimes. According to the rules, this already qualified him to become an elder's disciple.

Someone like this could absolutely be called a peerless genius.

But what puzzled Elder Jieyin was that he could not see the slightest trace of anything extraordinary in Xiao Yun.

"What is happening? Have I used my discerning eyes too often? Have they become clouded with dust?" Elder Jieyin could not help washing his eyes with spiritual energy. His gaze immediately flared with brilliance as he once more fixed his eyes on Xiao Yun and examined him closely.

Yet in his eyes, Xiao Yun still appeared utterly unremarkable and ordinary, nothing like some peerless genius.

"Dong..."

The Chaos Bell rang for the fifth time.

Everyone in the square had already been shocked numb.

Elder Jieyin could no longer remain calm. He rose to his feet, fiery divine light blazing in his eyes as he stared intently at Xiao Yun.

At the same time, several powerful divine senses swept through the void from within the Chaos Holy Land, probing toward them.

Clearly, the five chimes of the Chaos Bell had alarmed some of the experts within the Chaos Holy Land.

"Dong..."

The sixth chime rang out.

Xiao Yun, standing beside the Chaos Bell, slowly floated into the air. His once ordinary body began to emit waves of faint golden light.

"Th-this is a blessing!"

"The Chaos Bell is actually bestowing a blessing upon him!"

"How is this possible?"

In the sky, powerful divine senses probed out one after another from the Chaos Holy Land. Ancient murmurs continuously echoed through the void.

Clearly, the six chimes had thoroughly alarmed the Chaos Holy Land.

After all, according to the rules, such a genius could already become the Chaos Holy Land's Divine Son.

If fortune favored him, he might even become the Holy Lord of the Chaos Holy Land one day, wielding authority over one of the Six Great Sacred Lands.

"I misjudged him. I truly misjudged him. Who would have thought that such a plain and ordinary youth could make the Chaos Bell ring six times?"

On the high platform, Elder Jieyin gazed at Xiao Yun beside the Chaos Bell, his face filled with delight and his heart surging with excitement.

Six chimes. Such aptitude was already comparable to that of a monster. Even if no more geniuses appeared afterward, Elder Jieyin would no longer be disappointed.

After all, one monster was worth ten thousand geniuses.

"Dong..."

Yet before Elder Jieyin could rejoice for long, the Chaos Bell's seventh chime rang out.

Elder Jieyin's expression changed drastically.

The Chaos Bell in the square suddenly released beams of golden light, illuminating heaven and earth.

Xiao Yun, meanwhile, closed his eyes and sat cross-legged beside the Chaos Bell, his body continuously cleansed by its golden radiance.

A vast white sphere of light gradually enveloped Xiao Yun, making him look like an infant still within his mother's womb.

"Cleansing the sinews and marrow, returning to the mother's womb—this..." On the high platform, Elder Jieyin stared fixedly at Xiao Yun, his face filled with shock.

The seventh chime!

The Chaos Bell was actually taking the initiative to cleanse this child's sinews and marrow, washing away his acquired impurities and returning him to a prenatal state, like an unborn infant in its mother's womb.

"It is actually cleansing his sinews and marrow..."

"The Chaos Bell has rung seven times. It has been so long since such a monster appeared in our Chaos Holy Land. Heaven truly blesses our Chaos Holy Land."

"Hahaha! I had only just emerged from seclusion, and such a monster has come to join our Chaos Holy Land. I am taking this boy as my disciple. No one is allowed to fight me for him."

"Undying Ancestor, if you want to snatch my, Thunder Ancestor's, disciple, you are still far too lacking."

"Who is afraid of you!"

As the Chaos Bell's seventh chime rang, terrifying divine senses swept over from within the Chaos Holy Land.

Two of those dreadful auras in particular were like primordial beasts awakening, radiating towering might that tore apart the clouds above the heavens.

The space above the Chaos Holy Land was also shattered like fragments of glass as a black fist collided with a streak of purple lightning.

"Hiss—even the Undying Ancestor and the Thunder Ancestor, who have slumbered for years, have been alarmed."

On the high platform, Elder Jieyin felt those two terrifying auras and was deeply shaken.

Those two ancestors were supreme powerhouses from the ancient era. They had slept for a thousand years, yet they had still been roused.

This showed just how rare seven chimes of the Chaos Bell were.

"Quick, find out this child's name and where he came from!" Elder Jieyin sent a message to the stewards below while looking toward Xiao Yun in the distance.

"Dong..."

The Chaos Bell's eighth chime rang out.

Elder Jieyin's entire body trembled. He looked at Xiao Yun with utter disbelief, his eyes filled with shock.

The eighth chime.

How many years had it been since the Chaos Bell had rung eight times in succession?

How many years had it been since such a monster had appeared in their Chaos Holy Land?

"Now all those old monsters will come out to fight over a disciple," Elder Jieyin muttered.

As if confirming Elder Jieyin's words, deep within the Chaos Holy Land's forbidden grounds, coffin lids exploded open one after another. Aged, pallid hands stretched out from the pitch-black coffins.

Those living fossils of the Chaos Holy Land all crawled out of their coffins at that moment, summoning battle souls from the dark abyss as they unleashed powerful ripples of soul energy.

"This is my disciple! Whoever dares to snatch him, I will suppress him beneath a latrine for ten thousand years!" A domineering voice rang across the entire sky, and the myriad Great Daos trembled along with its words.