After Chu Xisheng led Zhou Liangchen and the others through the path some twenty zhang long, the space ahead opened up again.
At the sight before him, Zhou Liangchen could not help raising his thick eyebrows slightly.
"Four paths: gods, ghosts, demons, and devils?"
Chu Xisheng was also examining what lay ahead.
Beneath their feet was another broad White Jade Plaza.
Twenty zhang ahead of them stood four enormous stone tablets, each about five zhang tall.
Inscribed upon them in order were the four large seal-script characters for "god," "ghost," "demon," and "devil," their strokes dancing like dragons and phoenixes.
Behind the tablets were four valley passages as narrow and winding as sheep's intestines.
The passages led in different directions, wreathed in clouds and mist that obscured what lay within.
Here, too, a "Divine Ao Rogue Person" stood atop the tablet inscribed with "god."
At the same time, a message entered his mind.
"This trial tests your destined opportunities! So-called opportunities are bestowed by heaven and seized through strength. Those who can safely traverse the four paths of gods, ghosts, demons, and devils within two hours share a destined connection with me."
The corner of Chu Xisheng's mouth promptly twitched.
The legendary Divine Ao Rogue Person had been domineering and unreasonable, making strength the measure of everything.
He believed a person's "fortune" was strength: with sufficient strength came sufficient fortune.
Thus, throughout his life, Divine Ao had seized and plundered, robbing countless people of their opportunities and fortune.
The nature of this trial offered a glimpse of his views on opportunities and fortune.
Chu Xisheng then looked toward the foot of the four stone tablets.
The nearly five hundred Ninth Rank Martial Cultivators who had entered the Secret Realm, including Lu Chen, Ying Haobai, and the other two Azure Cloud