"Boom...!"
On the starry battlefield, a palm imprint radiating five-colored light descended with crushing force.
Soaring rosy light illuminated the starry arena as the four true spirits let out agonized screams.
Gu Chenfeng, suspended in the void, did not hesitate.
As the palm imprint descended, with the energy in his body nearly exhausted, he mustered all his strength and unleashed Heaven's Mandate Nine Strikes and the Azure Dragon Secret Art.
He struck with everything he had, pouring his entire onslaught onto the four wounded true spirits pinned below.
"Rumble...!"
At last, the four true spirits' bodies of starlight exploded, and the radiant hand seal completely dissipated.
Gu Chenfeng fell back onto the arena, landing on one knee, his body limp and almost entirely drained of strength.
"Finally... I did it."
A trace of gratification appeared on Gu Chenfeng's face.
All the inhuman torment he had endured to raise his secret arts to their limits had not been in vain.
And using the Five Elements laws, he had created the still-immature yet astonishingly powerful "Sealing Heaven Hand Seal."
Together with the tactics he had devised, he had finally defeated those nine monstrous true spirits.
"Hey... that counts as passing the trial, right?"
Gu Chenfeng could not help looking up at the starry sky overhead.
Sure enough, in an instant, the Star River swirled, and a pair of eyes as bright as stars appeared in the sky.
"Congratulations on passing the first trial!"
As the voice faded, Gu Chenfeng's body, formed from starlight, flickered and shifted, gradually becoming flesh and blood again.
A moment later, he finally felt his physical body and Primordial Spirit merge once more.
His Storage Ring, Azure Dragon Reverse Scale, and the many treasures he had carried all returned to him.
"The second trial begins now. This is