An ancient, dilapidated Great Hall.
Shen Ye appeared without a sound.
Just like last time, he waited until almost everyone had entered before teleporting in.
The Great Hall in the ruins was deserted.
The other disciples had already accepted their trial missions and hurried away.
Standing alone in the Great Hall, Shen Ye patted his Storage Bag and took out a Demon-Subduing Pestle.
-the Formation-Breaking Saint Pestle.
Yun Ni had left it behind. It was a gold Legendary treasure.
It could break through every great array and barrier of the Supreme Dao Palace.
Thinking it over carefully, Yun Ni had been sealed inside the God Statue last time, and he had needed to smash the statue with the Demon-Subduing Pestle-
Could she have been unable to get out in the first place?
Was that why she had been forced to rely on her doppelganger, Peipei?
Only after using that doppelganger, Peipei, to discover that he was an inheritor of the Heaven-Piercing Art had she been released. That information had probably counted as a major contribution.
Seen that way, she really had been at odds with the Saint Venerable.
But she was already dead.
The Demon-Subduing Pestle, however, was still usable.
First, it let him see all hidden Dharma Forms;
second, it was a treasure forged jointly by Yun Ni and Xiatelai's doppelganger, specifically to break every Magic Array and Restriction of the Supreme Dao Palace.
Shen Ye gripped the Demon-Subduing Pestle and looked around.
Good-
Just like last time, this place was not covered by the Supreme Binding Fate Soul-Refining Palace.
That was finally something to feel relieved about.
Outside the Great Hall, in the square.
A statue missing its upper body stood in the center of the square.
As Shen Ye walked out, the statue spoke:
"The following trials