He stepped onto the bluestone path again. Unless something unexpected happened, there would be more ahead.
Sure enough, a golden figure awaited him up ahead.
Golden hair flowed from his head all the way to the backs of his knees. The sight was all too familiar, and Shi Yi recognized the being at a glance. It was He Wushuang, the leader of the Foreign Realm's younger generation at the end of the Immortal Ancient Era, and the final disciple of the Undying Giant Kundi.
He had crushed the younger generation of the Primordial Ancient World and was hailed as peerless beneath heaven.
This was not Lunar Essence Shi Yi's first encounter with him. In the Ultimate Trial Grounds of the North Sea Stone Forest, he had traveled through time and space using the power of Undying Peak and fought He Wushuang. That battle had been truly fierce. Both had exhausted their means and fought themselves into a frenzy. In the end, Lunar Essence Shi Yi had slain He Wushuang with his own hands and emerged victorious.
This time, he and He Wushuang met again in the Self-Severing Realm. Of course, this golden-haired figure was not the real He Wushuang, but the Immortal Ancient He Wushuang manifested by the Ten Fiends Qilin.
At the end of the Immortal Ancient Era, this leader of the Foreign Realm's younger generation had slain far too many young experts of the Primordial Ancient World, leaving a deep impression on its higher-ups. Across the entire Ancient Realm, not a single being could be found who could contend with him.
Now, the Ten Fiends Qilin had set three trials, each harder than the last. He Wushuang was the final hurdle. If Shi Yi could pass it, that would mean he had surpassed the prodigies of the Immortal