Chapter 156

In her estimation, the forty-ninth layer was already the limit.

As for the fiftieth layer, Watching Ji Qingyi had not even dared to think about it.

That Jun Xiaoyao could set foot on the forty-ninth layer did not make Watching Ji Qingyi feel too surprised.

The mere figure of him standing with his back to the common people, which Jun Xiaoyao had manifested earlier, was enough to prove his talent and strength.

"Qingyi cannot fall behind others either," Watching Ji Qingyi said with a firm tone.

Although she was a woman, her personality was transcendent, like a female immortal.

Yet she still possessed a competitive heart.

After all, in this era of great contention, only by competing against others could one have the possibility of proving the Dao.

Watching Ji Qingyi also possessed a heart to prove the Dao.

She flicked her jade hand, manifesting the divine ability technique of the Renxian Sect, the Immortal Spirit Seal, and covered it toward the phantom.

Just as all the heaven's pride experts within the Heavenly Dao Tower were striving to set foot on the forty-ninth layer,

Jun Xiaoyao had already cleared the level.

He looked out, and in the distant desert, an ancient figure suddenly appeared.

That figure wore a hemp robe, shrouding a gaunt body.

Jun Xiaoyao's gaze flashed, and he stepped forward.

However, the closer he got to that withered, lonely figure, the more Jun Xiaoyao felt a sense of pressure.

At the same time, a peculiar power of reincarnation was permeating the air.

With every step Jun Xiaoyao took, the power of reincarnation grew a bit denser.

Jun Xiaoyao also noticed that his own life essence was rapidly flowing away.

Now, Jun Xiaoyao finally understood why this space appeared in the form of a desert.

Because under reincarnation, all things would fall into withering and collapse.

If it were anyone else here, they would likely have their entire body's Qi and blood decay, fall into weakness, and turn white-haired after just a few steps.

But Jun Xiaoyao was different; he was the Ancient Sacred Body, and the thing he lacked the least was Qi and blood.

It could be said that even the Qi and blood of a young True Dragon might not necessarily compare to Jun Xiaoyao's.

One step...

Two steps...

Three steps...

The closer he got, the denser that power of reincarnation became, and in the end, it even stacked exponentially.

"Is this the power of a Saint Spirit? Even with only a remnant skeleton left, it is impossible for one to approach," Jun Xiaoyao muttered.

He knew that the original body of this Saint Spirit was Reincarnation Dao Gold.

That such terrifying power of reincarnation was still permeating even after death was something Jun Xiaoyao had not expected.

In the end, Jun Xiaoyao was only a few dozen zhang away from that skeleton.

The power of reincarnation in this place was dense to the extreme.

If it were any other heaven's pride expert, like Watching Ji Qingyi or Jun Lingcang, they would likely be unable to withstand it and would age rapidly.

"No, it shouldn't be like this; the trial of the fiftieth layer has not ended!" Jun Xiaoyao suddenly realized.

The fiftieth layer had one final trial, which was to resist this power of reincarnation.

But the power of reincarnation was not something so easily dealt with.

Jun Xiaoyao pondered.

Suddenly, he noticed a withered little tree sprout on the ground.

He had also seen it when he first entered this layer.

"Reincarnation, rebirth, extinction, endless cycles..." Jun Xiaoyao muttered as if in a trance.

He suddenly sat cross-legged on the spot and began to contemplate.

Jun Xiaoyao's talent was beyond doubt; even without the system's blessing, he could be called peerless in the current age.

He could understand all kinds of Jun Clan divine abilities and profound arts at a single glance.

And now, inspired, he began to contemplate.

"Reincarnation is not just simple deathly stillness; living toward death, endless cycles—that is the true meaning of reincarnation."

Jun Xiaoyao fell into a state of enlightenment.

The Supreme Bone in his chest began to release brilliant radiance.

The dense power of reincarnation around him gathered toward the Supreme Bone like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.

Vaguely, it seemed as if a terrifying great divine ability was brewing within it.

At this moment, on the gaunt skeleton draped in the hemp robe, a tiny spark of light suddenly emerged, carrying a faint soul fluctuation.

"Is he a descendant of that lineage? Truly a monstrous talent, terrifying to the extreme..."

Fluctuations came from this spark of soul light.

Time passed.

Inside the Heavenly Dao Tower, heaven's pride experts were being teleported out one after another due to failing the trial.

After all, not everyone could be like Jun Xiaoyao, clearing levels all the way with the force of a bamboo being split.

The Yin-Yang Son, Xia Lan, Hua Xiqing, and others stopped at the thirty-eighth or thirty-ninth layer.

Logically speaking, this result was already quite good.

After all, in the past when the Heavenly Dao Tower opened, heaven's pride experts who stepped onto the fortieth layer were few and far between.

But this time, the Great Elder could not be happy at all.

Not to mention the anomaly that was Jun Xiaoyao.

Other Jun Clan sequences, as well as the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, Ye Xingyun, the Little Western Heaven Buddha Son, and others, all performed extremely brilliantly.

The Jun Clan members, even the weakest, Jun Linglong, were on the same level as the Yin-Yang Son and others.

The other sequences had all stepped onto the fortieth layer without exception.

By comparison, the performance of these Academy sons and daughters was truly somewhat awkward.

When the Yin-Yang Son and others walked out in high spirits and saw Jun Xiaoyao at the peak,

their expressions were simultaneously stunned.

Subsequently, the Dao hearts of the Yin-Yang Son and Xia Lan suffered a fatal blow once again, unable to recover.

Hua Xiqing's eyes revealed unprecedented admiration.

"The Jun Clan's Divine Son is truly a god-like figure; he has actually created an impossible miracle."

Thinking of how Jun Xiaoyao had agreed to discuss the Dao with her, Hua Xiqing was so excited she could barely stand.

And when the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, Ye Xingyun, Fa Hai, and others came out, before they could be smug about their own results, they saw the cruel reality.

"How is this possible?" The Golden-Winged Little Peng King's mood could not be calm; he completely doubted his life.

He had thought he could compete with Jun Xiaoyao, but as it turned out, the other party had long since broken the eternal record.

This result was something he could not accept.

The Golden-Winged Little Peng King had cleared the forty-fifth layer, which was already considered monstrous, but compared to Jun Xiaoyao, he was nothing!

Sharing his feelings were Ye Xingyun and Fa Hai.

Their faces also stiffened, turning as black as the bottom of a pot.

A sense of powerlessness spread through their hearts.

And within the Heavenly Dao Tower, the most eye-catching ones were naturally Jun Lingcang and Watching Ji Qingyi.

The two of them—one was a Double-Pupil bearer and the Jun Clan's first sequence.

The other was the Ji Clan's Goddess and the Renxian Sect's Saintess.

If not for Jun Xiaoyao being the jade before them, the most brilliant ones today would have been them.

What made everyone gasp was that both Jun Lingcang and Watching Ji Qingyi had broken through the forty-eighth layer and reached the forty-ninth.

"The Jun Clan's first sequence is truly extraordinary and peerless."

"Indeed, I really envy the Jun Clan for producing so many heroes."

"The Ji Clan Goddess's talent is also stunning; I wonder if they can break through to the fiftieth layer?"

"I think it's unlikely; after all, not everyone can compare to the Jun Clan's Divine Son. The Divine Son is a monstrous anomaly."

While everyone was discussing, the result came out.

The two of them indeed stopped at the forty-ninth layer.

However, this result was already extremely astonishing, representing that they both had the bearing to crown their generation.

"What a pity..."

Jun Lingcang stepped out of the Heavenly Dao Tower with his hands behind his back, his eyes still covered by a cloth.

But everyone could vaguely feel that Jun Lingcang's aura was even more powerful.

Inside the Heavenly Dao Tower, Jun Lingcang had also obtained an opportunity, and his Double Pupils had undergone a great transformation.

On the other side, Watching Ji Qingyi also stepped out with light lotus steps.

She shook her head slightly and murmured, "That ghost-masked girl is indeed powerful and strange; wanting to defeat her is too difficult."

Turning, Watching Ji Qingyi thought of the anomaly in the Heavenly Dao Tower earlier.

"Could it be that Jun Xiaoyao really cleared the forty-ninth layer?" Watching Ji Qingyi subconsciously raised her eyes to look.

At this look, her jade face rarely revealed a look of astonishment, and her whole person seemed to have lost her soul.

"The fiftieth layer?" Watching Ji Qingyi could not help but cover her red lips with her jade hand.