"What's going on?"
"He's coughing up blood?"
"Could it be that the Nine Steps to Heaven will injure one's foundation?"
The trial disciples, who were originally filled with anticipation, were instantly shocked beyond belief.
How powerful was a Immortal Lord?
But such a powerful being would cough up blood just by walking up the stairs? If they were in his shoes, would they die on the spot?
Everyone's eyes were filled with confusion, worry, and shock. The joy they felt from passing the first three trials and thinking that they would soon become a disciple of the Tiandao Clan disappeared by seventy to eighty percent.
After coughing up blood, the Immortal Lord seemed to want to try again and walked up to the eighth step. But this time, he was only a third of the way up when he seemed to have been hit by some kind of power. He was thrown into the air and landed heavily in front of everyone!
"Hehe …"
Chuckles came from all around. It was clearly not the first time the disciples of the Tiandao Clan had seen this. But the immortals who planned to participate in the fourth trial paled when they saw this.
Cough, cough …
He coughed up another two mouthfuls of blood.
"The seventh step."
Ji Xuanling said calmly.
"I want to try again!"
The Immortal Lord stood up slowly, his eyes flashing with reluctance.
"If you can't go up, you can't. Even if you're an Immortal Emperor, you can't change that. Your foundation has already been injured. If you try again, you might die."
Ji Xuanling said calmly.
"I …"
The Immortal Lord flinched. After a few moments of consideration, he stood to the side and began to regulate his breathing. But he was still a little embarrassed. Out of the seven Immortal Lords who went up, he was the first to be eliminated and could only reach the seventh step. It was far from what he had expected!
Suddenly, his gaze landed on Emperor Bai and shock flashed through his eyes. Unlike the other five, Emperor Bai had already passed the eighth step and was on the ninth step, about to reach the top!
"Emperor Bai is indeed as powerful as the rumors say. He's indeed talented to be able to walk so leisurely on the ninth step!"
Many disciples of the Tiandao Clan were in awe.
"If Mo Xie, who ranks first on the Immortal Lord Board, was here, he would've already reached the ninth step. I wonder why the ancestors didn't take all the prodigies on the Heavenly Dao Ranking into our Tiandao Clan."
"You're the one who passed the trial and joined the Jiang Clan, right?"
"Exactly." "Then your understanding of the Heavenly Dao Family isn't thorough enough. It's very likely that there are quite a few remnants of the ancient immortals in the immortal world. That's why the patriarchs have their own methods of distinguishing them. If they aren't marked, it means that there's a slight chance that they're the reincarnation of an ancient immortal.
Wouldn't the human race be inviting a wolf into the house? As for these immortals that were selected to participate in the trial, the possibility of them being the heirs of the Ancient Immortal Clans has been eliminated through the Ancestor's methods! "
"I see! Thank you, Senior Brother, for dispelling my doubts! "
"You're welcome."
Ning Qi's ears twitched as he heard the conversation between the Jiang Family's disciples. His expression was a bit strange. According to what they said, the Heavenly Dao Clan's Ancestor Huagu had his own special method to prevent the imprint from landing on someone related to the Ancient Immortal Clans.
However, he was standing here openly, preparing to participate in the fourth trial!
Moreover, different from the other immortals who participated in the trial, Ning Qi noticed that most of the people here only had one imprint. A few had two or three imprints. These were the overlapping methods of the patriarchs, but there were very few who had more than six imprints. To be able to have six brand marks meant that one's talent and Karmic Luck were extremely strong. Otherwise, there wouldn't be six brand marks stacked on top of one another. As for Ning Qi, there wasn't a single person who had nine brand marks. If the Heavenly Dao Family were to know of this, they would most likely have some suspicions towards the methods of the Ancient Transformation Ancestor.
Hesitation.
While Ning Qi was deep in thought, the White Emperor had already reached the top of the ninth step. He stood at the top, looking down at the crowd.
As for the remaining five Immortal Monarchs, after struggling bitterly, three reached the eighth step, and two fell back to the seventh step like the previous one. The faces of Lu Yuan and the rest of the Immortal Monarchs gradually turned unpleasant. They initially thought the seven of them had a high chance of reaching the top of the ninth step, or at least three of them. They did not expect only one of them to reach the top of the ninth step. If the elders were to find out about this, they would probably vent their anger on them.
They!
"I didn't expect this batch of trial disciples to be so lacking in talent."
Jiang Hao shook his head.
"I want this disciple. Don't fight with me. In the past few batches of trials, every time someone reached the ninth step, they were always snatched away by you. It should be our Lv family's turn, right?"
Lv Yuan smiled at the crowd.
"That's not how it is …"
The other Immortal Emperors spoke up.
Ji Xuanling frowned slightly and said indifferently, "The trial isn't over yet. If you want to fight, wait until the trial is over!"
After saying that, Ji Xuanling gently waved his hand. The Immortal Monarchs who hadn't reached the ninth step immediately appeared in front of him. Only the White Emperor was still standing on the ninth step.
"Next, Taiyi."
Ji Xuanling said indifferently. When the Primordial Unity Immortals heard this, they looked at the Nine Steps to Heaven with a solemn expression. In the end, a Primordial Unity Immortal was eliminated on the first step. He could not even finish the first step before vomiting blood and being seriously injured. Just like the Immortal Lord before him, it was as if he had been hit hard by something.
In an instant, he was sent flying.
"What's going on?"
The Taiyi was dumbfounded.
"He can't even pass the first step. This person will probably die young …"
Meng Dangkong said with slight mockery.
Ji Xuanling ignored him and looked at the Taiyi. "Logically speaking, if you can't pass the first step, you don't have the right to stay in the Tiandao family. You can't even become an outer sect disciple. However, I'm lacking an alchemy boy. Are you willing to help?"
"Yes, I'm willing!"
The Taiyi quickly nodded. He didn't care about anything else in the current situation. He was willing to do anything as long as he could stay in the Tiandao family!
He forced his injured body to quickly walk behind Ji Xuanling and stood respectfully. At the same time, he gave Ning Qi a fawning smile …
Two hours passed. In the end, only twenty Taiyi made it to the seventh step. None of them reached the eighth step. The rest of the Taiyi were at least at the first step.
"Next, Mystic Immortal."
Ji Xuanling waved his hand and grabbed all the Grand Unity Immortals. He then said calmly and glanced at Ning Qi as he spoke.
"It's Big Brother Beixuan's turn!"
A hint of anticipation flashed in Qi Ye's eyes.
Jiang You, Jiang Hao, Meng Dangkong, and the other Immortal Emperors also looked at Ning Qi. Ji Sijun stood at the side and sized Ning Qi up with her peripheral vision. She planned to let Ning Qi go first.
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