For two full months, the trialists fought countless battles, large and small, in the Nine Heavens Divine Demon Spirit Realm. More than once, they had clawed their way out of heaps of corpses.
Jiang Yun had killed many Saint Kings, but that meant little to the trialists, who were still overwhelmingly outnumbered. If anything, it had only deepened the hatred the cultivators of the three kingdoms bore them.
Besides, the trialists kept raiding outposts of every size and scouring them for Divine Source and other resources.
The alien races of the three kingdoms agreed: these were the most infuriating trialists they had ever encountered. None had come close.
"Dong, dong..."
Two months had passed. Bells rang out, their lingering notes echoing across the ancient battlefields of the Divine Demon Spirit Realm to mark the end of the trial.
Fresh red bloodstains remained everywhere on the battlefield!
Countless people had died here over the past two months. It had been like a nightmare they could not escape, and surviving it was a feat in itself.
"Dong, dong..."
The ancient bells carried in every direction, urging the trialists onward. A vast Altar appeared in the void, shedding dazzling light.
It swept across the sky, appearing over each ancient battlefield. The trialists rose into the air, ready to begin a new journey.
"The Second Pass! We've finally made it farther down the road. Two months of fighting have improved me enormously. I finally broke through the Emperor's Tower's Standard Mode and reached the Eight Forbidden Domain!"
A purple-robed cultivator leaped onto the Altar, flicked open a folding fan, and sighed with elegant satisfaction.
"I can't wait. When will the Emperor Lord bring the Source Ring to the Second City? The Source Ring Forum only covers the First City right now. What a shame!"