Chapter 984: Purification of the Soul (Requesting Monthly Votes)

Within the Tai Chu Sacred Ground.

Very quickly, the news that Lin Qi had passed the second trial spread throughout the entire Sacred Ground, whether in the outer regions or the core area.

It also stirred up a huge uproar among all members, sparking widespread discussion.

“The Spear Demon has gone too far—he’s already passed the second trial?”

“Has his progress really been this fast?”

“I remember the legendary geniuses of the past needed thousands of years to pass.”

“Yet Lin Qi accomplished it in just over a thousand years.”

“He has more time than any other legendary genius ever did.”

“It seems Lin Qi will most likely pass the third trial.”

“Because he has plenty of time to prepare.”

“That’s an advantage no other legendary genius had.”

“The Master of the Deep Void Academy may soon have another disciple.”

“But the third trial is no easy task—it’s a combat trial against title-ranked beings of the fifth cosmic realm.”

“Each one is immensely powerful.”

“Those who have reached our realm can truly feel just how strong they are.”

“For Lin Qi to pass, it won’t be easy.”

“But he has plenty of time to prepare slowly.”

“This is the gap between true strength and talent.”

“Lin Qi is only around two thousand years old—he’s still so young!”

“At his age, I hadn’t even comprehended a single complete law. The gap is too great.”

“If I were a Supreme Being, I would have taken Lin Qi as my disciple long ago—no need for hesitation.”

“The Master of the Deep Void Academy is no ordinary figure; many Dominators believe that, aside from the three Sacred Ground Lords, he has already surpassed them.”

“Perhaps even become stronger.”

“But this individual hasn’t fought in a very long time—no one knows just how strong he truly is.”

“True enough—the combat power of a Supreme Being is beyond our capacity to discuss.”

“They never strike lightly.”

“The Sacred Grounds ahead will gradually grow more lively.”

…

In the core area, within a luxurious estate—a waterside villa filled with countless rivers.

These formed unique aquatic lakes, connecting the entire estate.

Many heavenly treasures and various fish species were cultivated within the waters.

A figure sat cross-legged in the lake, clad in a fitted blue robe, her figure slender and elegant, her features refined.

Her ears bore fin-like shapes, adorned with blue special scales.

She bore white-and-blue mystical patterns, and a chill aura swirled around her body.

Around her also floated wheel-like mental weapons.

Around her body surged immense fluctuations of Water Law and Space Law.

On her forehead was a mark of white, blue, and silver.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes, revealing a pair of blue-golden irises.

“Slip!”

A fully blue, dragon-like intelligent lifeform leapt from the lake.

“Master!”

“Your friend Xi Lan Huang is looking for you.”

“Ding!”

As she spoke, a large-screen projection appeared before her.

On the other side stood a beautiful woman, tall and well-proportioned, dressed in a blue-gold robe.

Her pupils were purple-gold; upon seeing the woman, she greeted:

“Xi Lan, have you heard?”

“Another genius, Lin Qi, has passed the second trial of the Master of the Deep Void Academy—in less than fifteen hundred years.”

“He still has over two thousand years left to slowly prepare for the third trial.”

“If he truly passes, he’ll have passed.”

“Xi Lan, you once underwent the trials yourself—you were over ten thousand years older than Lin Qi.”

“If you’d focused all your attention on Space comprehension back then, you might have passed the third trial.”

“You wanted everything.”

“You comprehended three laws, spent vast amounts of time cultivating mental secret arts, and trained as a mental mind master.”

“It’s such a pity.”

Xi Lan shook her head:

“It has nothing to do with that—even if I’d devoted all my energy to Space comprehension.”

“Passing all trials would still have been impossible.”

“Even legendary geniuses aren’t guaranteed to pass.”

“The difficulty is extreme.”

“Even if I were given several more millennia, I’d still struggle to pass.”

“The Master of the Deep Void Academy’s trials are meant to filter out only the absolute peak among legendary geniuses.”

“Someone like me—a common legendary genius—he probably wouldn’t even notice.”

“Take Yan Zun, for example—she gained terrifying power the moment she broke through.”

“In just tens of thousands of years, she became humanity’s strongest invincible being.”

“Now she’s preparing to break into the sixth cosmic realm.”

“Compared to her, my gap is too vast.”

“And now Lin Qi is also such a genius.”

Xi Lan Huang, on the other side, sighed:

“I never knew legendary geniuses could be ordinary.”

“This talent already stands at the very peak of the pyramid.”

“I don’t even have a fraction of it.”

Xi Lan continued:

“Actually, the third trial is the hardest—and you only get two chances.”

“Yet many legendary geniuses mistakenly believe they failed because they didn’t have enough time.”

“In truth, even if given several more millennia, they’d still fail.”

“Otherwise, it wouldn’t be the third trial.”

“So I think for Lin Qi, passing the third trial won’t be easy.”

“Even so, his probability of success is far higher than mine.”

…

Time passed slowly, and before long, another hundred years had gone by.

In Tianhai Residence, beneath the Void Tree.

Lin Qi sat cross-legged, before him projected several large screens displaying various physics knowledge.

He rapidly absorbed the information.

After a moment, he took out Volume Five of the Void Book and began studying it.

Around his body, countless Space mystical patterns emerged.

Simultaneously, countless insights arose in his mind, merging with the Yu Guang Mi Jie.

He correlated them, applying the profound essence of the Laws, deepening his comprehension further.

【You observed the Void Book and significantly improved your comprehension of Space Law—successfully grasped the 20th essence of Space Law’s Warping Essence!】

…

Lin Qi nodded silently at the information on his panel.

In a hundred years, aided by heavenly treasures, studying chaotic wonders, and learning physics knowledge,

his comprehension of Space Law had advanced rapidly.

Now he had mastered twenty more warping essences—faster than he’d expected.

He had already mastered one-eighth of them.

These essences had greatly boosted his combat power.

Lin Qi slowly rose and strolled through the garden.

Breathing in the fresh air, his mood improved considerably.