Sea of Clouds World.
Lotus Peak.
After rising from the sea of clouds, Yuanshi stood there silently without moving for a long time, prompting heated discussion both up and down the mountain. Some believed the Aptitude Candidate was adapting to the power of a Legend; after all, she had only been an ordinary Archwizard who had recently advanced, so the fact that she could make this Giant God Soldier move at all was already astonishing. Others thought something might have malfunctioned inside the Giant God Soldier. Such an enormous alchemical creation contained millions of interlocking components; it would have been stranger if nothing went wrong. Still others wondered whether this was part of the test as well. Who said a legendary test had to be like those ordinary Giant God Soldiers, hopping around and hunting in the Silent Forest?
"—Perhaps the real test is taking place in the River of Destiny."
At the foot of the mountain, a wizard in white robes gazed enviously at the giant flickering in and out of view amid the clouds, his tone filled with yearning. "I've heard my elders say that Legendary Wizards are fundamentally beings from an entirely different dimension than us. What manifests in reality is merely a small part of their immense bodies... or rather, a 'cross-section.'"
"Exactly! If ordinary wizards like us could understand a Legend's thoughts and actions, then Legends would no longer be legends or miracles." His companion immediately nodded in agreement.
Another wizard in black robes beside them sighed and joked half-seriously, "—What a shame. I'd originally wanted to see whether a Legend really stepped hard enough to crack space when walking."
Compared with the wizards at the foot of the mountain, who were all merely registered-level wizards,
On Lotus Peak,
The terrace, which had expanded into