Chapter 420

In the small palace hall belonging to Wu Beihong.

"Beihong!"

"Jiang Shan and the others have gone to enter; Baili Teng and Jiang Jun are all there." Someone in the palace hall immediately pointed it out to Wu Beihong.

Just as many God Fire Palace members surrounded Jiang Shan, similarly, with Wu Beihong's strength and background, many powerful Heaven-Flying Demigods also befriended him.

"Hmph!"

Wu Beihong sneered: "That Jiang Shan and Baili Teng enter every year, and every year they stop at the ninth realm. They really aren't ashamed... Xu Yuan, on the other hand, has the strongest combat power, but I don't know about his soul willpower."

At another inconspicuous elegant table, Leng Yan was also there with his good friends and servants.

"Xu Yuan has gone to enter," Ji Ming said in a low voice.

"Heaven-Flying level, and he actually dares to take the risk?" Leng Yan frowned. "With his strength, joining the Juexing Ancient City is easy; there is no need to take risks in the Nine Sounds Realm. Does he still intend to be accepted as a disciple by the Nine Sounds True God?"

Although Leng Yan was angry at Li Yuan.

But he was not stupid; he knew very well that Li Yuan's talent and strength were extremely high, and wanting to be accepted as a disciple by a True God would be easy.

Nine Sounds True God? In the Yuan Nation, he naturally attracted countless Heaven-Flying Demigods to seek apprenticeship... but among the many True Gods in Juexing Ancient City, he was definitely not in the top tier.

If he were truly a top-tier True God, why would he come to follow Jiang Yuan True God?

"He has started entering."

A flash of surprise suddenly crossed Ji Ming's face: "Jiang Shan is entering so fast. He is worthy of being number one on the Demigod Ranking."

Almost everyone was watching the light spots flickering on the surface of the Nine Sounds Tower... because there were very few people entering now.

And the seven people, including Jiang Shan and Li Yuan, entered one after another.

Therefore, countless viewers could judge the identity of the challengers from the order in which the red and purple light spots appeared.

Especially Li Yuan, who was the only "red light" among the seven.

After entering the Nine Sounds Pagoda.

"Boom!" The purple light spot belonging to Jiang Shan was almost constantly breaking through, and in just a few dozen seconds, it had already rushed past the third level and entered the fourth-level area.

This scene made countless viewers gasp.

It was simply too fast, forming a sharp contrast with the thousands of pagoda challengers before.

Baili Teng followed closely behind and also quickly passed the second level.

"Worthy of being number one on the Demigod Ranking."

"Baili Teng is also in the top ten of the Demigod Ranking; he is indeed powerful."

"Frontal combat is powerful, and soul willpower is also extremely strong," countless viewers whispered.

"Xu Yuan, on the other hand, seems to be lagging behind; he is still on the first level."

"Not surprising. He is only at the Heaven-Flying level; do you expect him to enter faster than Jiang Shan and the others?"

"High law comprehension and high star pulse do not mean that soul willpower is necessarily strong."

That's right.

Among the seven people entering the Nine Sounds Pagoda at the same time, Li Yuan was indeed the most inconspicuous one.

When Jiang Shan rushed into the fifth level in one breath, Li Yuan was still staying on the first level.

Inside the first level of the Nine Sounds Pagoda.

"Truly profound."

"This way of constructing illusions is completely different from the 'Observing the Great Sun Starry Sky Sutra'." Li Yuan was still immersed in the illusion.

With his soul willpower, he could break free from the layers of illusions on the first level with just a single thought.

But Li Yuan's purpose for this trip was not to see how many realms he could pass; he simply wanted to hone his own soul willpower.

There was no need to rush to enter.

"The illusions of the 'Observing the Great Sun Starry Sky Sutra' permeate my heart silently, stirring up the deepest desires in my heart, making me sink into them, unwilling to wake up for a long time," Li Yuan thought thoughtfully. "It is to expose the weaknesses of my heart."

"When experiencing some illusions, even if I know they are fake, I still can't help but sink into them."

Just like in the Seven-Star Civilization, many people are addicted to games, addicted to video chatting... who doesn't know they are fake?

But the fake ones feel more joyful than reality.

Knowing they are fake, they still fly like moths to a flame.

The layers of illusions that Li Yuan fell into when touching the Great Sun were a thousand times, ten thousand times more terrifying than some temptations in reality.

"But the illusions of this Nine Sounds Pagoda amplify 'fear,' making living beings permeated unknowingly in extreme fear, and subsequently covering up many cognitions..." Li Yuan realized: "Fear of losing strength, fear of death..."

"Fear makes people no longer rational."

"Fear makes people lose courage."

Many people were scared to death.

"Extreme fear is also a type of illusion flow. Interesting." Li Yuan smiled.

Coming to the Nine Sounds Realm was the right choice.

Li Yuan was not in a hurry to break through the layers of illusions, but instead enjoyed them, letting the invisible illusion completely shroud his heart.

To defeat an enemy.

One must first understand the enemy.

"Three days, no rush. Only ten minutes have passed." Li Yuan was very patient.

His soul willpower was immensely powerful. Even as the invisible soul fluctuations of the first level shrouded him, Li Yuan's heart remained absolutely clear.

In the void high above the Nine Sounds Pagoda, Void Gods radiating auras gathered here. They were also observing the situation of the challengers in the Nine Sounds Pagoda and communicating with each other.

A full thirty-plus Void Gods.

For an annual event like the Nine Sounds Realm, logically, it would not be too much of a concern for Void Gods.

"Quite a few are free this year."

"Even Donglin has come," a woman in fire-red robes laughed. "With so many people coming, it seems the Juexing Ancient City is about to recruit a new round of members. It is indeed eye-catching."

"Are they all here to see Xu Yuan? Or Jiang Shan?"

This woman in fire-red robes was the true controller of the Nine Sounds Tower and also a follower under the Nine Sounds True God.

"Those who entered this year are all average."

"Of the thousands before, not a single one reached the minimum standard. A pity." How high was the vision of these Void Gods?

If they could reach the minimum standard for the Nine Sounds True God to give a gift, they would all be willing to accept them as disciples.

Strong soul willpower represented an extremely firm heart. Even if the cultivation speed was slower, they could continue to progress, and the probability of eventually becoming a Void God was also extremely high.

It's just a pity.

Not one could catch their eye.

"Jiang Shan and Baili Teng are indeed rushing fast. Jiang Shan has already rushed into the eighth level. How much time has passed? No wonder the Nation Lord values him so much."

"The Wushan King has indeed given birth to a good son." These Void Gods commented.

"Xu Yuan, on the other hand, is a bit disappointing. How much time has passed, and he has only passed the third level? Although soul willpower and law comprehension are not linked, he seems too weak."

"He is only at the Heaven-Flying level."

"I have already checked his data; he seems to be less than forty years old."

"Less than forty? So young? No wonder his soul willpower is relatively weak." The dozens of Void Gods present all suddenly understood.

Usually, the longer one lives and the more tempering one has, the stronger one's willpower will naturally be.

"It looks like he should be able to pass the third level. I don't know if he can pass the fourth level," a Void God judged. "I thought he could pass the fifth level."

"Yes."

"Logically, with such high law comprehension, it shouldn't be difficult to reach the Nine Sounds True God's standard for taking on disciples," another Void God also wondered.

So many Void Gods had come.

Besides seeing if there were any good seedlings worth cultivating, another reason was to see this Xu Yuan, who had become very famous in the past few days.

"Everyone, it's better not to jump to conclusions," the old man in purple robes laughed. "This Xu Yuan, I'm afraid, will exceed your expectations."

"Donglin's meaning? Xu Yuan's soul willpower is very strong?"

"Donglin, what do you know?" The other Void Gods were suddenly a bit curious.

Donglin Void God was the person in charge of Juexing Ancient City in the Yuan Nation.

In terms of strength, many Void Gods present were not inferior to Donglin Void God, but in terms of intelligence capability, they were far inferior.

"Cannot say. Let's watch slowly," Donglin Void God smiled mysteriously.

In fact, Donglin Void God did not know how strong Li Yuan's soul willpower was.

"To be able to make Jing Kui think he is the strongest Heaven-Flying level cultivator in soul willpower he has ever seen," Donglin Void God muttered secretly. "This Xu Yuan should be able to pass the seventh or even eighth level."

Another half hour passed.

Baili Teng, Jiang Jun, and the others had all finished entering one after another, and in the end, they only passed the seventh or eighth level.

"Xu Yuan and Jiang Shan are still entering?"

"Xu Yuan is entering the fourth level? That shouldn't be!"

Xu Yuan's situation made Baili Teng and the others a bit confused. Although they hadn't confirmed that Li Yuan was at the Void God level of willpower, just based on a vague sense, they judged Li Yuan's soul willpower to be extremely strong.

How could he only be at the fourth level?

"Jiang Shan is entering the ninth level and has been inside for a long time. I don't know if he can pass."

Jiang Shan's performance was as stable as ever.

"Boom!" The entire Nine Sounds Tower suddenly surged with light, and immediately after, a purple light flew into the sky along the top of the pagoda, dazzling and endless.

"Passed the ninth level?"

"Jiang Shan passed the ninth level?"

"Worthy of being number one on the Demigod Ranking." This scene immediately made countless viewers feel shocked.

Pass the Nine Sounds Realm? There hadn't been many in the Yuan Nation for over a thousand years.

This required extremely high soul willpower.

Like Jiang Shan, even though he was number one on the Demigod Ranking, many people didn't think he could pass. After all, for the past ten-plus years, he had come every year but stopped at the eighth level.

"Pop!"

In one of the palace halls, the cup in Wu Beihong's hand shattered instantly. His face was livid: "Bastard! This guy can actually pass the ninth level? What a load of crap!"

But Wu Beihong knew clearly that there was no possibility of cheating to pass the Nine Sounds Realm.

It could only mean that in terms of soul willpower, Jiang Shan had completely surpassed him.

..."Actually able to pass the ninth level?"

"Jiang Shan, this kid, is indeed powerful."

"With such strong soul willpower, once he joins Juexing Ancient City, he will grow even faster," many Void Gods above the Nine Sounds Tower sighed.

"Haha!"

"Tempering again and again is indeed effective." Jiang Shan was in high spirits as he flew out of the Nine Sounds Pagoda and landed beside a group of good friends, laughing: "In the ninth level, seeing that I was about to fail, my willpower unknowingly broke through and crossed into the Void God level."

"Void God level willpower?"

"Powerful." Baili Teng, Jiang Jun, Yan Long, and the others stepped forward to congratulate him, also feeling a bit surprised.

For a Demigod, whether it was wanting willpower to break through or the soul to break through to the Void God level, it was extremely difficult.

Relatively speaking.

Willpower breakthrough was more difficult than soul breakthrough.

"Willpower breakthrough! The hope for the soul to break through to the Void God level will greatly increase," Baili Teng said. "Jiang Shan, if you can make your soul break through again, perhaps in the future you can awaken the Eight-Star Pulse!!"

"Void God level soul? Difficult!" Jiang Shan shook his head: "Eight-Star Pulse... is even further away."

Jiang Shan didn't dare to think about awakening the Eight-Star Pulse.

"Hmm? Where is Brother Xu Yuan?" Jiang Shan scanned, but didn't find Xu Yuan's figure.

"Brother, Brother Xu is still in the Nine Sounds Pagoda," Jiang Xuan pointed to the Nine Sounds Pagoda in the void.

"Still in the Nine Sounds Pagoda? Which level?" Jiang Shan asked in confusion.

At this moment, there were still dozens of red light spots in the Nine Sounds Pagoda, and he couldn't tell which one was Li Yuan.

"Fourth level," Jiang Xuan said.

"Brother Xu Yuan is only at the fourth level?" Jiang Shan became more confused, frowning: "That shouldn't be."

"Let's wait and see."

"By my estimation, Brother Xu Yuan is perhaps entering for the first time and wants to stay a while longer. He will definitely pass the sixth or even seventh level later," Baili Teng laughed.

Time passed.

Half an hour later.

"Xu Yuan has passed the fourth level."

"Xu Yuan has passed the fifth level and has reached the minimum requirement to receive a gift."

"Number one on the Heaven-Flying Ranking, barely qualified."

Another two hours passed.

"Xu Yuan has passed the sixth level and has reached the minimum standard for the Nine Sounds True God to take on disciples."

"Worthy of being number one on the Heaven-Flying Ranking."

Eight hours later, Heaven-Flying cultivators and Demigods were still entering the Nine Sounds Pagoda.

But whether it was the countless Heaven-Flying Demigods or the group of high-and-mighty Void Gods, everyone's gaze had already fallen on the red light spot representing Xu Yuan.

Because!

Xu Yuan had been moving slowly all the way, actually rushing past the seventh and eighth levels, and had now been staying in the ninth level for a long time.

Heaven-Flying level.

Rushing to the ninth realm of the Nine Sounds Realm? What kind of heaven-defying feat was this!

Now, everyone wanted to know if Li Yuan could rush past the ninth level in one breath.

If he passed, he would create a miracle in the history of the Yuan Nation.

(End of chapter)