"His Immortal Essence alone has such power. Just how strong is he?!"
The Buddhist Heavenly Pride looked at Chu Kuangren, disbelief in his eyes.
Chu Kuangren paid no attention to everyone else's astonishment and walked toward the statue at the end of the grotto.
As he entered the Demonic Trial's range, scene after scene materialized before his eyes, and countless grotesque things came howling toward him.
It was as though they meant to drag him into endless darkness.
"So this is the Demonic Trial?"
Chu Kuangren murmured, then swept his sleeve, scattering the countless grotesque things before him.
These grotesque things conjured by the Demonic Trial's power had no effect on him whatsoever.
He walked toward the statue.
The closer he drew to the statue, the stronger the Demonic Trial's power became, and the greater its demands on his Dao Heart.
He saw countless monsters that made people cry out in terror. He also saw his loved ones die tragically before him and the empire he had built with his own hands fall...
The Demonic Trial used all manner of illusions in an attempt to destroy his Dao Heart.
Yet Chu Kuangren remained utterly unmoved before them, his steps light. Nothing could break the firmness of his Dao Heart!
To the cultivators watching from outside, Chu Kuangren appeared even more at ease than Buddha Son Hui Jue, leaving them marveling.
"What a powerful Dao Heart."
"As expected of Chu Kuangren."
"He's almost within a hundred paces of the Śarīra."
Within a hundred paces of the statue, not only did the Demonic Trial grow stronger, but there was also the World-Crossing Brahma Sound. Even Buddha Son Hui Jue could not remain entirely unaffected.
Yet to everyone's astonishment, Chu Kuangren's steps did not slow in the slightest after he entered that hundred-pace