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Chapter 18: Chapter 18: Xiahou Yu's trial! (2)

"However, it doesn't necessarily means that one's potential would upgrade when they reach a higher realm!" explained Ling Yu.

Duan Li had previously made the assumption that each potential correlates to each realm. Thus, hearing that its not the case, he became curious once more.

"Really?.. why is that?" he asked.

Ling Yu turned towards Wang Guozhi as the latter nodded.

"Well, for example is between me and senior teacher Ling Yu here, she is of the Earth grade potential, while I am at the Nascent grade potential. But, we are both of the Nascent soul realms!" explained Wang Guozhi.

"However, a lower potential could only go so far.. thus, even if we are of the same realm, our fighting prowess is entirely at a different level!" he continued while sounding proud.

Ling Yu at the side seemed to pout a little bit.

"That's right.. haa.. " Ling Yu sighed as she felt a little bit saddened by it, and then continued explaining;

"While we are both of the same realm, I am only at the Early-stage while he is at the Middle-stage.. eventhough I cultivated more diligently than him, this is as far as I can go without my potential upgrading to the nascent grade!"

"Furthermore, at the nascent realm, each stage becomes much more difficult to attain. And the trend seemed to be like this.." Ling Yu took out a paper and a pen as she drew something.

Earth grade -> Early stage.

Nascent grade -> Middle stage to Late stage.

Sky grade -> Late stage to the Pinnacle stage.

Seeing this, Duan Li finally understood. The difficulty level leaped by many folds as one reached the nascent soul realm it seems.

And by the looks of it, to reach the Immortal ascension realm would definitely requires the Immortal grade potential without a doubt!

It is of this moment that a spark of fire were lit within the hearts of Duan Li, as he vowed to reach the Immortal ascension realm in this lifetime.

...

"Ohh.. take a look, it seemed that she succeeded!" said Wang Guozhi as the thunder tribulation began to settle down and the dark clouds slowly disperse.

Xiahou Yu whom was sitting on the boulder slowly stood up, as a wide smile appeared on her face.

"I.. have finally reached the Nascent Soul realm!"

Looking at the screen, Duan Li asked; "Is the test finally over?"

Wang Guozhi shook his head.

"No.. its not over yet, what the test just now did was to test her will to withstand the pain of the thunder tribulation to ascend to nascent soul realm.. what comes next is a little bit more harder.. the test to measure one's own spirit!" he replied as he pointed to the screen.

"Take a look.."

The bright face of Xiahou Yu suddenly went dark as she coughed up blood.

"W-what? Qi deviation?!" she said feeling shocked.

She gritted her teeth as she sat back down on the boulder cross-legged to use spiritual Qi breathing technique.

"Right now, she is undergoing a spiritual tempering from the trial of Qi Deviation! This happens to someone who had succumbed to their inner demons, practiced the wrong techniques, consuming pills or using treasures to forcefully ascend into the higher realm!" explained Wang Guozhi as his countenance turned grim.

"Qi deviation is extremely dangerous in the real world, if one does not tide through it, they risk of falling down into a lower realm.. or even worse.. losing their cultivation entirely and had to start from the beginning!" added Ling Yu.

Duan Li nodded as his face turned serious. He then asked, "Would my trial be the same as her's?"

Ling Yu shook her head.

"Every student will face random trials to temper their spirit and wills. The runic formation will assess your potentials and possible realms you will achieve in the future, and create a scene for it. It does not necessarily be trying to breakthrough to another realm like she is doing now.." she explained.

"Is that so.. what if she failed in this trial?" asked Duan Li.

If he were to face the same scene.. breaking through to the immortal realm?

That is extremely scary for him right now.

"Hahahaha! Don't worry boy! The runic formation will test you of the most difficult tribulations and trials first. If the students failed, their memory of it will be wiped out and will start another of a lower difficulty than before!" laughed Wang Guozhi as he explained.

"However, you will only have three chances in total, if you fail them all.. then naturally, you failed the second test!" he added.

The lady called Ran Yang stepped forward at this point, of which Ling Yu looked towards another direction, avoiding her line of sight from being the same as her.

"If I may add a few more points, the runic formations will plant you plausible artificial memories so that there is no incongruicy during the test which may harm the mental state of the student." she said.

"Furthermore, the runic formations used ancient inscription of time magic that could slightly peer into one's lifetime.. thus, the artificial memories planted are true to some extent.." she added with a smile towards Duan Li.

"Right. In other words, when you are in the illusion, you will feel like you have lived a lifetime when in fact, you are not." Continued Wang Guozhi.

...

After a while..

The berserk aura surrounding Xiahou Yu finally began to calm down as she slowly reined in her aura back.

"It seems that she had managed to put her spiritual Qi back under control! As I expected, she is quite talented like me! Hahahaha!" laughed Wang Guozhi happily.

Xiahou Yu is his niece, thus he is extremely satisfied with her performance in this trial.

"Not just that.. look at her aura.. she had already consolidated her foundation to reach the Early stage of nascent soul realm in one go.." said Ling Yu in surprise.

It usually took an average on one week to consolidate the foundation of the early stage in nascent soul realm, but the fact that she had completed it after undergoing a trial meant that her talent and luck is extremely high!

The monitor then turned misty as it slowly reverted back into a normal reflective mirror.

The body of Xiahou Yu who was sitting at the center between the four pillars jolted a bit.

Her eyelashes trembled as she slowly opened her eyes.

"I.. I did it.. Haa.." she exhaled as she wiped the sweat off her forehead.

"That was.. it seemed so real.. the memories of it is still intact in my mind.." she said.

"En! And this will prove beneficial for you in the future during your breakthrough to the nascent soul realm as you already remembered what it feels like! Consider this as a gift for passing through the most difficult trial for you!" laughed Wang Guozhi again with crossed arms.

"Duan Li.. its your turn now.." said Ling Yu.

Honestly, she was quite worried with Duan Li. His potential is already of that in the Sky grade.. who would know what scene would the runic formations decided to show him later on?

No one has ever yet been tested with sky grade potential and he would be the first one in the Jiu Empire throughout its history to experience it.

Furthermore, eventhough the runic formation is of low-level and harmless.. it has its drawbacks as well. Which is control factor.

The four students sitting on the pillars will act to stop the illusion magic from going out of control. But so far, everything was within the standard operating procedure.

What if an anomaly like him were to be in it?

After some contemplation, she shook her head slowly thinking that she was worrying too much.

...

Duan Li walked forward and sat on the center of the formation as he relaxed to breath slowly.

Ran Yang repeated the previous conditions for the hypnosis magic on Duan Li as she flicked her finger to start the test.

Flick!

Duan Li's body jolted.

...

In a kingdom far away, in a royal palace, an old man wearing delicate white robes with long white beard was meditating on his chair with serene and calm expression. His white hair danced mysteriously as the cool breeze blowing on him through the big open window from the balcony.

(Author's note: This is the same old man whom appeared on chapter 1)

However, his relaxed face suddenly contorted and he fell off from his chair.

Putong!

Aiyoh!

"W-what? Another anomaly?" he said with bated breaths as he used his arms to support himself onto the chair.

He looked towards the ceiling where various constellations of the stars in heaven and earth were drawn intricately. This is also where he previously saw the stars of the Nine heavens to merged together.

As he looked closely, his beard trembled as his eyes and mouth opened wide in horror.

"T-the position of the stellar bodies have randomly swapped - ouchh!" he bit on his lips after speaking while stuttering.

What the hell is going on?!

...


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
_Ram_ _Ram_

Here is the second part! the next will be Duan Li's trial! Im excited to release it tomorrow because im sure it will mindblow you guys out! huehuehue! Enjoy and dont forget to put a review on the main page to help me! thankss! ;)

Chapter 19: Chapter 19: Duan Li's bizarre trial! (1)

Mist.. mist was everywhere as Duan Li opened his eyes.

"What.. what happened?" he said, trying to recollect his memories as the mist slowly dissipated.

He was sitting cross-legged atop one colossal boulder that extended far downwards like a steep slope. Still in a daze, he turned his head to look at his surroundings as he frowned. From the East to the West were stretches of mountains that seemed to extend far into the distance.

"This is.. the mountains bordering the Jiu and Liu Empire?" he thought to himself.

Duan Li stood up as he flew into the air slowly with his expression that still looked confused. After some distance away, he stopped mid-air to gauge his bearings and look back towards the place where he sat before.

His eyes opened wide in astonishment due to the ridiculous scene that he saw.

"T-that is not a boulder!" his mouth agaped.

Gulp!

"That is.. "

"T-the shell.. of an extremely colossal crab!" he exclaimed shockly.

The shell of this monstrous crab looked extremely tough and ancient, its hardness and appearance looked no different than the cliffs and rocks of a mountain!

He put on his guard as he observe this colossal crab. After a while, he realized that it was not moving at all.. it seems that it has died!

Duan Li flew and circled to the front of this crab and he was shocked once more.

This dead crab was actually..

Splitted in two!

And what he was seeing right now was just its other half!

Where is the other half?

Becoming extremely curious, he turned towards his surroundings while scanning the mountain ranges with his heavenly senses before he found out what he was looking for..

Just that this other half was..

About 50 kilometers away..!!

"A.. giant crab.. was split in two.. "

".. this size.. if the two was merged together.. its width would have easily reached five kilometers wide and about two kilometers in height!"

Duan Li swallowed his saliva.

"What.. what kind of a monstrous crab is this?!" he said feeling astonished and horrified at the same time.

Suddenly, his body shook.

Prick!

"URGH!!"

Duan Li clutched his head together as it suddenly feels like he was having a migrain attack!

Slowly, some memories began to surface onto his mind one after another.

"This monstrous crab.. is actually.. "

".. the mythical being from the deep ocean.. "

Million years old Hermit King, Crastesauros!!

He had read about this creature in a mural painted on the walls of a ruin during his expedition before.

His eyes flashed as he look towards the dead colossal crab and realized another startling factor;

"And it seems like.. "

".. the one.. who killed it.. "

".. was.. was.. "

".. me..?"

He stuttered in his words and struggled to finish that final sentence as if he could not believe it!

How?!

Prick!

More memories flooded into his brain as the pain increased by folds.

"ARGHH!" he shouted out.

Memories that he was actually undergoing trials right now and that this was just an illusion had alerted him back as the pain slowly subsided.

"I.. I remember now.. " he said.

It seems that he was undergoing the second test.. but he wasn't supposed to realize that this was a test..

And at the same time time..

That memories seemed to be from the distant past to him..

What is going on?

Duan Li felt extremely puzzled!

In his confusion, a voice suddenly spoke within his mind.

"This.. "

".. is not a test!" said the voice that seemed ancient and archaic.

"W-what!? Who's there!" exclaimed Duan Li in surprise as he put on his guard stance in a reflex.

"I am.. Ancestor Zong.. you do remember.. boy..?" said the voice.

Knowing that it was just Ancestor Zong who had just spoke, Duan Li exhaled a sigh of relief.

"Ancestor Zong, how are you.. able to speak to me.. in my head? Where are you now?" asked Duan Li as he look at his surroundings to find the ancestor.

Ancestor Zong chuckled.

"I.. never thought.. that you really are.. haa.." he said halfway in his sentence, ending it with a regretful sigh.

He then continued;

"I have already.. become the guardian spirit.. of this empire.. thanks to you.. boy.. thus.. speaking to you.. telephatically is not a.. problem.. as long as.. you are within.. the empire.. " replied Ancestor Zong.

Guardian spirit..?

"What do you mean Ancestor Zong..?"

Duan Li was becoming more and more confused. He tried to listen to the ancestor but at the same time, his brain was still throbbing as numerous random memories and information surged into his mind one after another, slowly piecing them together.

"Ancestor.. are you okay?" asked Duan Li as he noticed the voice to be extremely weak.

"Listen boy.. this is more.. important.." replied the ancestor.

"This is.. the future.. of the original timeline.. right now.. the whole Tian continent.. are fighting all out.. against the abominations.. "

"Nine Hermit Kings.. each are.. of colossal size.. they are the abominations.. that I have told you about.. eight years ago.. "

"You have slayed.. the first hermit king.. Crastesauros.. the weakest of them all.. currently.. the others are being.. assaulted.. on each borders of each empire and kingdoms.. they are holding back.. for now.. but they will soon collapse.. !"

"You have to go.. to the northern-most Kingdom.. "

".. and make.. the last stand..!!"

Hearing what the ancestor just said, the final memories slipped inside his mind into place as everything became connected.

Duan Li's hazy eyes slowly turned clear, but before long, his lips quivered and his heart palpitated..

His eyes opened wide..

He refused to believe it!

"The.. Jiu empire.. "

".. was.. destroyed..? " he said slowly. His expression unsightly.

...

Based on his memories of this future him, he was actually on his way to the kingdom on the further South as they suddenly requested an emergency assistance from him.

However, just as he had departed and was already halfway through his journey, one of the jade slip in his dimensional inventory within his ring..

Cracked and turned to ashes!!

He immediately stopped in his tracks startled, because that jade slip contained the spiritual Qi signature of Shen Lu, his martial arts teacher that was tasked to guard the gate of the Triding river town!

Realizing that something has gone wrong to the empire, he turned around and quickly bolted back to return to the empire.

But..

On his way back, more and more jade slips cracked and turned to ashes..

Ju Hai..

Ling Yu..

Dai Li..

Wang Guozhi..

Xiahou Yu..

and finally..

Meng Yue.. his mother!!!

Something has gone terribly wrong within the empire!

Realizing the dire state of the empire and the people he knew, Duan Li used numerous skills at his disposal to increase his speed, and he was bolting the Tian continent at an unprecedented speed closed to 100,000 kilometers per hour!

These caused intense vibrations in the air wherever he passed.

Sonic booms followed by flashes of lightning and flames threatened to split the skies apart!

And then..

When he finally arrived at the borders of the Triding River Town gate.. what he saw was no more the same familiar scene of bustling atmosphere full of numerous activities and crowded people by the market, but instead..

What he saw was a scene of utter carnage and destruction!!

Buildings were flattened..

Flames was spread everywhere engulfing the majority part of the town..

Smokes were rising and billowing to the air similar to the eruption from a raging volcano!!

Countless dead bodies, dismembered and disfigured as if being trampled to their deaths by something colossal were laying everywhere!!

Witnessing this scene, Duan Li felt that this situation was like a nightmare..

He scanned the surroundings and could see familiar faces that were no longer alive..

His mind became blank as he advanced forward among these unfamiliar atmosphere that he was in.

Everything was destroyed..

When he finally reached the city of the empire.. the final glimmer of hope in his eyes dimmed entirely..

Dead bodies..

Flattened buildings..

Flames and smokes..

Utterly desolate..!

Almost bursting in insanity, Duan Li scanned his surrounding once more using his heavenly senses to search for any survivor so he could ask what has happened for the empire to be destroyed in a day..

To his surprise, he found the spiritual Qi of someone most familiar to him..

His mother!

Her life signature was extremely weak and this made his heart palpitated in fear.

Wasting no time, he bolted towards the location, his face paled like a white sheet as he found his mother laying weakly on the floor among the rubbles.

Her body was riddled with deep scars and fresh blood spewed out from her mouth. Her breathing grew increasingly weak with each exhalation.

His mother realized he was at her side in that moment, although she could no longer see or even hear, the senses of a mother goes beyond anything else.

She turned her head towards him and only managed to say a single sentence;

".. Run.. and survive.. mother.. Loves you.. "

Her eyes grew dim as her heartbeat halted to a stop.

His mother.. had passed away..

At that moment, time seemed to stop for him as countless memories of his cheerful mother, and sometimes strict, her adorable expression and unbounded love flashed within his mind.

Thud!

Duan Li fell to his knees as the sky turned dark and the clouds rumbled with thunders and flashes of lightning. Heavy rain began to fall.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

Realizing that he had lost his mother, Duan Li bellowed to the sky!!

His heart was filled with extreme grief..

Such that if it bleeded out blood, it would be enough to flood the Tian continent numerous times over!

His eyes turned red in rage and vengence with tears of blood flowing down his cheek!

"AHHHHHHH!!" he roared with clenched teeth and fists.

He bolted to the sky as high as he could, sounds of shockwave blasted the clouds and sky apart as he extended his heavenly sense to the maximum to scan for the one who was responsible for all that has happened.

When he finally found the source, not even caring the colossal size of the enemy that he had picked from his heavenly senses, he bolted straight to it as streaks of lightning encompassed his body.

He encountered the Hermit King Crastesauros and it was trying to cross the borders by trampling against the mountains.

With extreme rage burning within him, Duan Li focused all of his spiritual Qi within his dantian into a single needle point on his finger.

"One finger starlight slash!"

A burst of light beam streaked across the sky as it it hits the hermit king on the middle.

This is his strongest attack!!

That colossal crab was immediately pierced and split into two like hot butter, and the other half flew away due to the sudden cutting impact resulting that accursed creature to die in but an instant.

Breathing heavily, Duan Li stopped to rest at the top of the slained Crastesauros to absorb spiritual Qi to refill his empty dantian.

And after that, the situation is as now..

...

"Everyone.. is dead?" said Duan Li as his expression blanked out.

"Calm youself..!" yelled Ancestor Zong in his head.

"This is.. but a future.. that has not happened.. for you yet..!"

The ancestor started to breath haggardly.

"Now listen.. I do not have.. much time.. left.. go to the Northern most.. kingdom.. and fight.. to the last.. only then.. will your this ends.. "

"For the other empire.. and kingdoms.. it is already.. too late.. they are doomed.. go north.. make the last stand.. and witness yourself.. the terror.. of the Ancient One..!"

"Remember its strength.. our deaths.. our griefs.. our indignance.. and avenge us..!"

"Change the future.. do not let this.. happen.. once more.. only you.. the miracle.. can stop it.. "

"Goodbye.. boy.."

The voice of the Ancestor Zong then slowly disappeared as it finally went silent.

Duan Li knew, that as of that day, everyone he knew in the Jiu Empire, including the Ancestor Zong is of no more..

With both of his memories from the present and past merged together, Duan Li had become one in this future, and his eyes turned determined!

"I must.. change this future!"

Boom!

He then quickly bolted to the sky to reach the northern kingdom as soon as possible.

Pshewww!

...


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
_Ram_ _Ram_

Morningg my fellow loyal readers! So here is the chapter everyone is waiting for! Im sure it will give a lot of impact to you guys as I've edited it countless times so that the atmosphere could be felt deep in your hearts! where is the second part you say? huehuehue perhaps today.. perhaps tomorrow.. mwahahahaha!! Enjoyy!! ;)

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