It was no wonder the cultivators' eyes shone with excitement and hope. Hongguang himself had explained why he had gone in first: he had no confidence in surviving his next Heavenly Tribulation. If he failed, the chances of his falling were considerable. His only hope of saving his life was to break through his bottleneck and reach the Heaven-and-Earth Realm. He had been stuck at that bottleneck for tens of thousands of years and had already weathered more than a dozen Heavenly Tribulations. The power of this next, final tribulation was easy to imagine-it would be far beyond merely terrifying. So when Hongguang heard there was a chance to break through to the Heaven-and-Earth Realm, he went in without another word, even ignoring Ning Mozi and the others' attempts to hold him back...
And yet!
Only a little over ten days had passed.
Hongguang had already advanced to the Heaven-and-Earth Realm inside the Trial Tower. How could the cultivators not be utterly astonished? Envy and jealousy stirred in their hearts, and they wished they could all charge straight in. Still, they needed to calm down and confirm with Ning Mozi whether it was true...
Just then!
"Ahem! Fellow Daoist Ning, is what you said true?" Even Prince Modong could barely contain himself. Though his status as a prince of the Devil Race was far from low, advancing to the Heaven-and-Earth Realm would put him on an entirely different footing. Naturally, he desperately wanted to advance as well, and he gave a light cough before questioning Ning Mozi.
"Well, I'm not entirely certain myself!" Ning Mozi answered ambiguously with a frown. Seeing everyone staring intently at the red-glowing pearl in his hand, he hurriedly explained, "But Junior Brother Hongguang's soul and life aura have indeed grown several times stronger. Otherwise, his