The feeling of chaos and stillness returned as the twisted life-form departed.
Zhou Heng came to his senses. Looking at the glowing "Torch of Transcendence Will" deep within the "Mind Corridor," his gaze flickered, as though he had more or less understood something.
He did not observe the scenes within the "Mind Corridor," but immediately looked around instead.
He was still that little boy of about eight.
The village was still the same village nestled between the mountains and the water.
The only difference was that the entire village was stained with boundless blood, as though a sky-piercing blade had slashed across the area.
"The All Beings Music trial hasn't ended..."
"Then what is the Music Apostle's 'All Beings Music' trial primarily meant to screen for?"
Zhou Heng pondered this as he inspected the houses one by one.
The entire village was in exactly the same state as the home of his false body. Everything had been severed by something like a blade sweeping across it, and blood had splashed like thrown water, staining the wooden houses crimson.
Ten households!
Twenty households!
Fifty households!
A hundred households!
Zhou Heng observed everything along the way until he reached the end of the village. There was a fairly large square here, with a statue standing at its center, radiating starlight that obscured its appearance.
Directly in front of the statue stood a stone tablet about three meters tall.
A couplet was carved on the tablet.
First line: Boundless starlight forever illuminates the Sea of Stars.
Second line: Endless years soothe the Abyss.
Horizontal inscription: Boundless Endless
Directly in front of the tablet knelt the skeletal remains of a man, both arms raised high, but his head and hands had all been sliced off.
Zhou Heng approached the man's skeletal remains and