Chapter 1137

Hu—!

At this moment, Fang Yu had entered another scene.

He was now on a vast grassland, and as far as his eyes could see, nothing but grass.

"My body only has ten thousand jin of punch power; the Three Thousand Great Dao paths seem hardly usable here. Grasping the Law of Creation is still too difficult. To comprehend the Law of Creation, my body must first grow strong enough."

Fang Yu sensed the virtual space's assigned body—this body was pitifully weak: it had never consumed any Celestial-grade elixirs, never been nourished by the Eightfold True Dragon Qi, nor had it received enhancements from the Great Five Elements Art, Great Divine Enthrallment Art, Great Life Art, Great Soul Art, Great Primordial Art, Great Blood Soul Art, Great Devouring Art, or any other Great Dao techniques—just a simple human body.

Here, hoping to comprehend the Law of Creation seemed futile, but refining one's spiritual will was slightly possible, and attributes like power output and amplitude could still be improved.

Fang Yu sensed that this trial tower primarily targeted human attributes such as power output, combat amplitude, and various abilities when facing monster swarms—movement, attack, defense, emergency response, and comprehension.

"So I've been thrown back to before I even began cultivating."

Fang Yu shook his head, when suddenly an electronic voice rang out, asking him what weapon he desired.

Fang Yu directly selected a sword.

Among the Three Thousand Great Dao paths, many Great Dao techniques could not be activated at all in a normal body—such as the Great Five Elements Art, Great Yin-Yang Art, Great Blood Soul Art, Great Soul Art, Great Universal Salvation Art, Great Entanglement Art, Great Freezing Art, Great Illusion Art, and so on—but some Great Dao techniques could still be used.

The Great Killing Art of the Three Thousand Great Dao paths could be used.

"I never thought I'd have to wield Meng Shaobai's most habitual technique—the Wu Sheng Killing Sword, the Great Killing Art."

A sword appeared on the grassland ground; as soon as Fang Yu grasped it, his aura instantly changed, as if he had become a god of slaughter.

At that moment, a hundred Mung Cattle appeared on the distant grassland; the electronic voice announced: if Fang Yu killed all of them within thirty minutes, he would pass the trial.

"Wu Sheng Killing Sword, Great Killing Art—slaying Mung Cattle?"

Fang Yu found it almost miraculous, but his physical strength had been reset to pre-cultivation levels; he could no longer use any Great Dao techniques, and relied solely on the sword in his hand.

With a single sword in hand, Fang Yu stood imposingly, yet he did not unleash any sword qi—only the plain sword itself.

A normal human body simply could not generate sword qi.

Yet as the Mung Cattle charged, Fang Yu moved, slashing with his longsword—each strike precise yet simple, profound yet unadorned, embracing yin and yang, balancing hardness and softness; in an instant, the blade pierced a Mung Cattle's eye, killing it outright.

"Throughout heaven and earth, there is always a thread of life. The Great Expansion number lacks one to remain dynamic; but the Wu Sheng Killing Sword extinguishes all life—it is the sword of absolute annihilation, wielded by an absolute annihilator to enact absolute annihilation."

Fang Yu's body left countless afterimages in the void; each thrust of his sword struck precisely at the Mung Cattle's vulnerabilities—even when he thrust into empty air, the next moment the Mung Cattle would blindly rush forward, as if offering itself to die.

"Wu Sheng Killing Sword—its blade flows like light, a light-sword!"

As Fang Yu moved, he gained insight: the Great Dao techniques he could now use were few—only the sword and the surrounding light existed around him; the sword in his hand seemed fused with the light of heaven and earth, each thrust impossible to guard against.

In an instant, the so-called Mung Cattle herd suffered heavy losses, and soon were all slain by Fang Yu.

"Time taken: three minutes. All one hundred Mung Cattle slain. Congratulations, Daoist, you have passed the trial. Enter the second level trial?"

The electronic voice echoed across the entire grassland.

"Since you're already here, let's continue."

Fang Yu grunted.

Since he was here, he might as well have some fun.

The trial began again; this time, the void around Fang Yu was no longer a grassland, but a desert.

An endless desert.

It gave off an oppressive feeling.

"This trial: kill fifty 'Low-Level Beast General' Iron-armored Scorpions within ten minutes. Good luck."

The virtual space's electronic voice echoed across the entire desert.

Iron-armored Scorpions were a common monster in desert regions, the most numerous among scorpion-type monsters. Due to their small size, ten or even twenty Iron-armored Scorpions could swarm a single human—this was why the second level's difficulty far exceeded the first.

In the first level's trial, the Mung Cattle, though powerful, could only be faced in numbers of two or three at a time; a cultivator could easily slay them as they charged, securing victory.

This was why elite students of this world could pass the first level—they knew nothing of the Great Killing Art, nothing of the Wu Sheng Killing Sword, or the Great Expansion Sword Art, and so on.

But the second level's difficulty was immense; very few elite students could pass it.

As Fang Yu now held a second longsword, countless dark-red armored scorpions emerged from the endless desert; each had a dark-red carapace and a long, needle-like tail of jet-black hue, clearly venomous.

If Fang Yu had arrived with his true body, he could have instantly unleashed the Great Poison Art to make them understand true poison—but this ordinary human body could not master the Great Poison Art in such a short time; in fact, a normal person attempting to cultivate the Great Poison Art would be poisoned and killed outright.

The Three Thousand Great Dao paths were not easily cultivated.

The Minor Destiny Art, with its life-exchange cultivation, was truly invincible.

A fleeting thought flashed through Fang Yu's mind, and he unleashed another sword technique—the Wu Sheng Killing Sword—each strike radiating killing intent that left no trace of life; when wielded by Fang Yu, it was truly the sword of absolute annihilation.

Three more minutes passed, and Fang Yu passed again.

He ascended higher; the void before him changed once more—the desert vanished, replaced by a new environment, new beasts.

Fang Yu fully mastered his physical form; each sword strike targeted the beast's weakness, until finally, one thrust came like a comet striking the moon, an eagle diving upon a hare.

No beast could offer any resistance.

He was even bullying the beasts.

Using the Wu Sheng Killing Sword against beasts with no instinctual inheritance was indeed bullying them.

He ascended steadily until the seventh level, where the scenery changed again, revealing the image of the cosmic star-river—far more captivating than the beasts.

"The virtual space simulating the cosmic star-river is better—this might benefit my cultivation base."

In the seventh level, Fang Yu moved, his swordlight flowing as he slew all the beasts, while his gaze fixed on the surrounding cosmic star-river—this was indeed more captivating than the beasts.

He liked how the virtual space simulated environmental changes; if it could adapt to one's will, it would greatly aid in comprehending the Dao.

During the Star Change Realm, Lei Wei observed the cosmos and, witnessing the natural movements of stars and constellations, comprehended the Star Change Art.

Now, in this world, Fang Yu could travel to the cosmic void to observe, or use this virtual space to observe cosmic changes and comprehend the Law of Creation.

The fifth stage of Immortality—the Creation Realm—requires comprehension of the Law of Creation, a sudden enlightenment that follows mastery of space and time, a single step crossing into the realm of a Creator.

In the boundless void, stars themselves are Creators.

Observing cosmic and stellar transformations inherently aids in comprehending the Creation Realm.

As Fang Yu observed the star-river's changes here, outside, a great uproar had already erupted.

Because the Trial Tower's record had been broken by someone.

Hong's record, right after Hong's arrival, was broken by a Daoist Priest.

All the elite academies watched the leaderboard's changes, feeling it was inconceivable.

On the current leaderboard, one person's name had suddenly appeared.

Daoist Priest.

Just those two words: Daoist Priest.

It didn't say who this Daoist Priest actually was, nor any other information about him. The Daoist Priest, as Daoist Priest, occupied first place on the leaderboard, occupied first place in the Trial Tower, and after breaking the record, all the martial artists were in an uproar.

"Daoist Priest? The great Hong, his record was actually broken by Daoist Priest? Who is this Daoist Priest?"

"Inconceivable, truly inconceivable. Even Hong, our humanity's number one, never reached the seventh floor of the Trial Tower. Yet this Daoist Priest actually reached the seventh floor — is he even human? Where did this Daoist Priest come from, so ferociously powerful!"

"Today I think I saw the hall master invite a Daoist Priest to come, didn't expect him to be this amazing!"

"Truly too inconceivable — an extraordinary Daoist Priest who could break Senior Hong's record has appeared. This Daoist Priest must be a Daoist Priest of our great Eastern nation, our Huaxia is invincible!"

"How could this be possible? Hong is already the number one under heaven. Could that Daoist Priest actually be even more powerful than Hong?"

Everyone felt shock, astonishment, disbelief. Even Lu Gang and Zhu Xi, who had accompanied Fang Yu this time, upon seeing Fang Yu break the Trial Tower's record, showed expressions of shock on their faces.

"That senior truly is an invincible existence."

"Yes, even with only an ordinary person's body, ordinary person's strength, ordinary person's speed, he could actually reach such a level? I had thought that once senior returned to being an ordinary person, he would become weak."

"The Trial Tower can temper many things, but it cannot temper the Daoist Priest in any way. I wonder if we humans still have anything useful for the Daoist Priest. I truly look forward to what level senior will reach after breaking through the realm."

"Yes, that senior of the Weidao Sect said he needs to break through, to awaken a certain principle. I wonder how one can awaken that principle? And what can we do? I truly look forward to the changes after senior comprehends that principle."

Lu Gang and Zhu Xi discussed.

And at this moment, Fang Yu came out of the Trial Tower.

All the martial artists rose in solemn respect.