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Chapter 186: Innate Dao Body
"Whew."
Watching the distant prodigy's phantom dissolve into specks of light, Chen Beiwu exhaled a breath of turbid air.
His goal was to clear four consecutive trials of the Strife Realm, earn a double grade-A evaluation, and apply for the Immortal Examination to enter the Five Great Grotto-Heavens.
Yet the cultivator's phantom in the third trial of the Strife Realm alone had forced him to exhaust every means at his disposal and drain all the magic power in his body.
Even though the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book that Chen Beiwu cultivated possessed the Breath Tracing trait, allowing him to recover magic power far faster than other cultivation techniques, returning to peak condition in a short time remained difficult.
Was this as far as he could go? Chen Beiwu looked toward Golden Egg.
"Gurgle."
Golden Egg swam through the air, fierce fighting spirit shining in his eyes.
He indicated that he was in excellent condition and could use the Gilded Gold Body to buy Chen Beiwu time to recover his magic power.
Chen Beiwu nodded and looked ahead.
Buzz!
Just then, the Strife Platform suddenly changed. The seventy-two chains hanging down around the void frantically converged, extending before Chen Beiwu before finally condensing into a cultivator's phantom.
Her dark hair fell like a waterfall, her exquisite nose was straight and elegant, and her skin was like congealed cream. Dressed in a flowing moon-white immortal gown, with phoenix eyes as deep as autumn waters, she seemed untouched by the smoke and fire of the mortal world.
``` [Challenger]: Chen Beiwu
[Cultivation]: Qi Refining Beyond the Limit
[Strife Realm opponent]: Gu Qinghan, Immortal Alliance examination candidate of the class of 23996 (cultivation: Foundation Establishment Peak, currently suppressed to Qi Refining Beyond the Limit)