Three Trials!

"Ding! Warning, warning! The system has detected that the host is in the vast starry expanse."

"Ding! Generating the Starry Sky Garment. Does the host wish to receive it?"

The system's slightly urgent voice rang out in his mind.

It left Xu Xuan a little dazed.

"Isn't this an illusion?"

Xu Xuan was puzzled.

He tentatively took two steps forward, only to find his body terribly unsteady. Here, he could not even walk normally.

"Ding! System notice: walking through the vast starry expanse requires sufficiently powerful cultivation. Otherwise, it is impossible. Only those in the Purple Mansion Realm can barely manage it!"

"Those in the Heavenly Mansion Realm can only fly briefly and walk through the void, not through the starry expanse!"

"Only those in the Saint Realm possess the ability to travel freely through the stars!"

"So this was designed specifically for people who haven't broken through to the Purple Mansion Realm?"

Xu Xuan glared in anger. "Fine, I want the Starry Sky Garment. But what does it do?"

"Ding! The Starry Sky Garment allows the wearer to travel freely through the stars without any impediment. It can also enhance the wearer's abilities in every respect and raise their cultivation by one level for a short time!"

"It's that good?"

Isn't that a priceless treasure? Xu Xuan thought.

"Ding! Extraction of the Starry Sky Garment is being completed..."

"Please choose whether to equip it immediately!"

"Equip it right now!"

Xu Xuan shouted inwardly without the slightest hesitation.

Suddenly, Xu Xuan felt a wave of scorching heat sweep through his entire body, and the Starry Sky Garment appeared on him...

Looking at the garment that had suddenly appeared on his body, Xu Xuan nodded cheerfully.

Mm, not bad...

Pretty comfortable.

"Hmm? Boy, what is that thing you're wearing?"

The old man at the center of the vast starry expanse looked rather bewildered.

He had lived for nearly ten thousand years, yet had never seen anything like it.

"Senior, this is a treasure of mine-a treasure that can get me through your trial."

Xu Xuan spoke with a cheerful smile.

Then, under the old man's astonished gaze, he walked steadily toward the center of the vast starry expanse, one step at a time.

"You... you aren't affected?"

The old man was stunned. Inner Disciples had come here before, but even those at the seventh or eighth heaven could not reach him.

Apart from those at the Ninth Heaven of the Heavenly Mansion, no one below that level had ever passed his trial.

Yet this unknown boy before him, merely at the third heaven of the Heavenly Mansion Realm, was not affected in the slightest!

"Wait, your constitution..."

The old man's eyes suddenly widened as he stared fixedly at Xu Xuan. "A chaos body?"

"How is that possible? How could you possess the legendary, one-in-ten-thousand chaos body?"

Watching Xu Xuan draw closer, the old man remained unable to calm himself for a long time.

Only when Xu Xuan was about to reach him did he give the boy a long, searching look.

"All right, you may enter."

With that, the old man vanished on the spot, leaving only a bewildered Xu Xuan behind.

"Does that mean I passed?"

Xu Xuan smiled wryly, but obediently continued forward.

Reaching the gap in the doorway, he stepped inside.

Outside the Nine-Story Palace.

Sure enough, Yun Qingxue had been transported out.

She could not even fly normally, so how could she possibly stand in the vast starry expanse?

It was simply impossible!

Thus, like the others, she had fallen and been transported out.

Yun Qingxue was not disappointed by her expulsion.

She waited for a while, but Xu Xuan did not emerge. Instead, almost all the other Inner Disciples were transported out.

Only a handful had managed to pass that trial.

Watching the scene, the Palace Master of the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace nodded lightly, looking reasonably satisfied. "Not bad this time. Apart from those nine Core Disciples, five Inner Disciples and even one newly arrived disciple managed to pass. Very good."

"Master."

Yun Qingxue walked obediently up to Mo Tianji.

"Hold on. Shouldn't you explain yourself?"

Just then, Elder Bai strode over with the other elders, his head held high and his chest thrust out.

"Explain? Explain what?"

Yun Qingxue was utterly confused, unable to understand just what Elder Bai wanted her to explain.

"What, are you still trying to play innocent?"

Elder Bai sneered repeatedly. "You used hidden weapons against Inner Disciples to seize an opportunity. Tell me, shouldn't you be punished?"

"If this hadn't happened inside the Nine-Level Palace, wouldn't they have died? Tell me, do you admit it or not?"

Elder Bai suddenly widened his eyes and shouted, trying to frighten Yun Qingxue into a daze.

But the effect was nowhere near as good as he had imagined.

Yun Qingxue merely froze for a moment and instinctively looked toward Mo Tianji, who nodded to her.

"I truly don't know what Elder Bai is shouting about. If you dislike me, Elder Bai, you can simply say so. There's no need to do this."

Bai Jie's beard gave a sharp tremble in anger. "Fine, you little wench! You still dare deny it?"

"Xing Yun, come here."

Xing Yun slowly approached from nearby, then lightly cupped his hands toward the elders. "Elders, it was this witch! She spread her bewitching lies and misled others, inciting them to attack me with hidden weapons and try to kill me. If we hadn't been inside the Nine-Level Palace, I'm afraid they would already have murdered me!"

Xing Yun delivered it all in one breath before stepping aside, even wearing a trace of smugness on his face.

Yun Qingxue laughed. "You were clearly the idiot who tried to hurt us with hidden weapons, only to blast yourself out instead. And now you're blaming us?"

"Enough!"

Unable to watch any longer, the Palace Master of the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace rebuked them quietly. He gave Mo Tianji a long look. "Elder Mo, this is a private matter between you. There's no need to air it here. Whatever grievances or dissatisfaction you have, take them to the Punishment Hall. They will pass judgment there!"

"Yes, Palace Master."

Bai Jie nodded, then cast a reluctant glance at Yun Qingxue before finally withdrawing.

Inside the seventh floor of the Nine-Level Palace...

"Senior Brother Ye, are we really going in?"

Zi Yun hesitated as he gazed at the pitch-black darkness before them.

Ye Qin, whom he had addressed as Senior Brother Ye, said nothing. She reached out and lightly touched the space before her.

She was the publicly acknowledged foremost genius of the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace, having reached the Purple Mansion Realm at twenty. Now, she had successfully broken through to its seventh heaven.

She was the foremost Core Disciple and the leader of the three Holy Sons!

"Mm."

"We're going in. Why wouldn't we?"

A faint smile rested on Ye Qin's lips. "Come on. A great opportunity awaits us in there."

Though Zi Yun was somewhat puzzled, he still nodded respectfully.

"Yes, Senior Brother."