Defeating the Purple Mansion Realm!

"Pfft!"

Xu Xuan spat out a swordlike jet of blood, then staggered several steps backward, only stopping when he crashed into something behind him.

"Are you all right?"

Luo Xiaotian helped Xu Xuan up and cast an icy glance at Lin Ru ahead.

"I'm fine..."

Xu Xuan shook his head slightly. The searing pain in his forehead was unbearable, but fortunately, Lin Ru had also suffered considerable injuries.

"How do you have a heaven-tier divine ability?!"

Lin Ru looked as though he had seen a ghost. Even the strongest divine ability he had practiced was only earth-tier. Heaven-tier divine abilities were treasures one could encounter but never seek, and they were extraordinarily difficult to cultivate. Mastering one would probably take at least a decade or two.

If Lin Ru knew Xu Xuan had mastered the first level of the Heavenly Secret Divine Ability after only a few days of contemplation, who knew what expression he would make?

Xu Xuan did not answer Lin Ru.

"I don't know why, but I feel like I can beat him..."

As Xu Xuan looked at Lin Ru before him, those words suddenly slipped out.

"You? Beat me?"

Lin Ru threw back his head and laughed as though he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"Hahaha! You'll make me laugh my teeth out! You don't actually think you can beat me just because you caught me off guard with a heaven-tier divine ability, do you? Divine abilities can bridge a certain gap in cultivation, but you're only in the Heavenly Mansion Realm. How much of a threat do you think your divine ability poses to me?"

"Since you refuse to accept it, I'll show you the gap between us!"

As soon as Lin Ru finished speaking, a yin-yang diagram appeared between his arms.

"Earth-tier divine ability, Yin-Yang Twin Convergence! Twin dragons, strike together!"

As he spoke, Lin Ru thrust both arms forward!

Roar!!

Amid a succession of dragon roars, two enormous dragons charged toward Xu Xuan's abdomen like mother dragons surging across a river.

"Pfft!"

Xu Xuan staggered, nearly falling.

"You bastard..."

Xu Xuan looked at Lin Ru in surprise. For some reason, the blood in his body had begun to boil.

"What's going on?"

Ding! System reminder: the serpent blood within the host is boiling. Serpents and dragons share a common lineage!

Xu Xuan was utterly bewildered, yet deeply shaken!

"Die!"

Lin Ru had no idea what was happening inside Xu Xuan. All Lin Ru wanted was to hurry up and kill the person who had dared provoke him!

Twin Dragons Emerge from the Sea pierced straight through Xu Xuan!

Boom!!

Xu Xuan was sent flying backward. Yet just as everyone thought he had been eliminated for good, two dragon silhouettes slowly emerged behind him.

"How... how is that possible?"

Lin Ru stared at Xu Xuan as though he had seen a ghost. "How is that possible?"

"That's my divine ability! Why is it behind you?"

Xu Xuan was equally dumbfounded. He, too, wanted to know what on earth was happening.

By all rights, even he had thought he was eliminated. He had never expected such a dramatic turn of events.

Not only had he avoided elimination, he even felt a wave of comfort wash through his body.

Ding! Congratulations to the host on comprehending the divine ability, Yin-Yang Twin Dragons!

The system notification sounded in his mind once again.

Yin-Yang Twin Dragons: earth-tier mid-grade divine ability. When activated, yin and yang converge. When unleashed, twin dragons emerge from the sea, displaying boundless might!

Although Xu Xuan had no idea how he had comprehended it, he suspected it had something to do with the serpent blood he had drunk.

"Yin-Yang Twin Dragons!!"

Copying his opponent's movements, Xu Xuan formed a yin-yang diagram between his arms. Yin and yang converged, and his face filled with smug delight!

Before Lin Ru could react, Xu Xuan thrust both hands forward!

"Die!"

"Twin Dragons Emerge from the Sea!"

The two enormous dragons behind Xu Xuan, brimming with his fury, blasted the dumbstruck Lin Ru straight into the sky!

Of course, that alone was not enough to defeat his opponent completely. The gap in their cultivation was still there, after all.

"Then try this move of mine again-Heaven-Burning!"

A third eye appeared in the center of his forehead once more, and heavenly fire surged from the clouds again!

"Heaven-Burning!!!"

He swept his arm down fiercely. Heavenly fire smashed down from the sky, and before Lin Ru could react, Lin Ru was done for.

Ding! Congratulations to the host on defeating Lin Ru across a full major realm gap and receiving a system reward!

Mysterious Spatial Ring!

"A spatial ring?"

Xu Xuan took several pills that restored spiritual energy from inside his clothes, then sat down to meditate and recover his strength.

But upon hearing the system's reward, he could not help raising his eyebrows.

"Take out the spatial ring!"

The moment he finished speaking, the spatial ring appeared in his hand on its own.

"What's this?"

Looking at the restriction within the spatial ring, he could not stop the corners of his mouth from twitching violently.

"This..."

"Why can't I open this spatial ring?"

Because a spatial ring requires a drop of blood to bind it to its owner. Only after this blood-binding process can the spatial ring be opened at will!

"All right..."

Gritting his teeth, Xu Xuan bit his finger and dripped blood onto it. Only then did the spatial ring open.

"A thousand square meters of space. That's pretty decent."

Xu Xuan nodded, fairly satisfied.

If Luo Xiaotian beside him knew that a thousand square meters of space only barely satisfied Xu Xuan, who knew what he would think?

His own spatial ring barely held three hundred square meters.

By the time Xu Xuan came to his senses, every disciple present was staring at him as though they had seen a ghost.

A core disciple in the Purple Mansion Realm had actually been taken out by a newcomer?

How was that possible?

Xu Xuan had been at the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace for less than a month in total, yet he had already reached the strength of a core disciple!

Ding! Yun Qingxue's admiration for the host has nearly reached the point of blind worship. Host's Fate Points +458!

Looking at his Fate Points, which had now reached three thousand, Xu Xuan grinned happily.

"Congratulations. You have successfully earned the chance to enter the sixth floor."

Just then, a projection appeared before everyone.

"The ninety-one of you present are eligible to enter the sixth floor, provided you pass my trial!"

After saying that, the projection vanished.

Nine large doors appeared in its place.

"Come on, let's go in."

Xu Xuan took Yun Qingxue's hand and went inside with Luo Xiaotian.

Inside the door.

"Hm?"

Xu Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly. At the sight of the golden-armored warrior before him, he instantly braced himself as though facing a formidable enemy.

Although he had taken pills to restore his spiritual energy, he still had not recovered to his peak condition.

"I'm afraid we'll have to rely on you again," Xu Xuan said, rather embarrassed.

The Golden-Armored Puppet in the middle possessed half-step Purple Mansion Realm cultivation.

The other two silver-armored ones were slightly weaker, but both were at least at the sixth level of the Heavenly Mansion Realm.

Luo Xiaotian nodded and looked at the other inner disciples, whom he did not know well.

"I'll handle the Golden-Armored Puppet alone. The remaining two Silver-Armored Puppets are yours."

After speaking calmly, Luo Xiaotian drew the dagger at his waist and charged straight toward the strongest Golden-Armored Puppet.