Grassland.
This was a vast, boundless grassland.
Above it, shimmering colors of time filled the sky, like a starry river of time stretching across the entire grassland.
Qin Hao abruptly appeared on the grassland.
Almost the instant he appeared, a White Tiger roughly ten feet tall materialized before him.
"A time beast?" Qin Hao asked in surprise, gripping the Setting Sun Sword.
"Roar!"
The White Tiger roared, its savage gaze fixed on Qin Hao.
"It's not a time beast. It must be an illusion created by the Time Sword Lord."
Qin Hao frowned slightly, sensing the White Tiger's aura.
Traces of temporal energy flowed from the White Tiger, giving him a sensation much like the passage of time.
It was remarkably similar to the passage of time Qin Hao had comprehended within the River of Time.
As for the White Tiger's cultivation...
"The peak of the ninth layer of the Meridian Opening realm."
Qin Hao breathed a sigh of relief.
While constantly traveling through the Nether Demon World, his cultivation had also broken through to the peak of the ninth layer of the Meridian Opening realm.
Lingxiaozi had been right. Whatever Qin Hao's cultivation was, his opponents would have the same cultivation.
But...
"I don't know the exact rules of this assessment. Killing the first White Tiger should count as passing the first wave, but what will the second wave be like?"
"Twice as many as the first wave?"
He had entered the Myriad Treasures Hall's assessment too abruptly, and time had been desperately short. Qin Hao had had no chance to ask Lingxiaozi about its rules.
"There's not much time!"
"Ziqing, wait for me!"
"Kill!"
Qin Hao gripped the Setting Sun Sword with both hands. In the next instant, his entire body became a streak of light, charging straight