As starlight submerged his consciousness.
An intense sensation of weightlessness swept over Gu Chenfeng, as though he had become a meteor.
Plummeting all the way down.
"Boom!"
A deafening roar rang through his mind.
Gu Chenfeng abruptly opened his eyes, only to discover that he had regained control of his body.
But hazy starlight shone across its surface, leaving it somewhat illusory, as though it were a body condensed from starlight.
He even held a Profound Ice Battle Axe condensed from starlight in his hand.
He tried circulating his own energy. Within his starlight body, Blood Qi Power, Heaven and Earth Origin Power, and even Divine Sense power...
Everything perfectly replicated the state of his true body.
He looked around again and discovered that he had descended onto an enormous platform.
Beneath his feet was a black crystal stretching beyond sight, its material seemingly identical to the black stone wall he had just cleaved.
"What the hell is this place? Who was the owner of that voice, and what was this trial he mentioned?"
Just as Gu Chenfeng's heart filled with questions.
"Roar!"
"Screee...!"
Earth-shaking roars and cries suddenly resounded overhead, shaking the starry sky.
Gu Chenfeng sharply raised his head and saw an astonishing sight.
A thousand zhang above him, an Azure Dragon coiled in the sky, a White Tiger roared at the heavens, a Vermilion Bird bathed in flames, and a Black Tortoise held dominion over the sea... There were also an utterly ferocious Qiongqi and a heaven-devouring Taotie.
Nine true spirits stared down at him like tigers eyeing their prey.
Their auras had not reached the Source Venerable Realm, but every true spirit possessed a pure, vast bloodline, its oppressive might far exceeding others of the same stage.
Like him, these true spirits had bodies shrouded in