Time flew by like a shuttle. Ten thousand years passed just like that.
To many peerless experts, ten thousand years was a very short period of time. Typically, the Sinkhole would not experience any changes in ten thousand years.
However, many major events happened in the past ten thousand years.
With Yi Yun's return and the restoration of the Heavenly Dao as a symbol, the three ancient Godly Monarchs, King Mirage Snow, and King River of Forgetfulness, recovered their strength and became peerless experts of the Sinkhole.
Following that, several Godly Monarchs were born one after another.
The birth of a new Godly Monarch was something that might not even happen once in a hundred million years in the Sinkhole.
The Sinkhole's Martial Dao was becoming more and more prosperous.
However, a warrior's vision largely determined their future achievements. The Sinkhole was only one of the many worlds in the universe after all. If one was satisfied just because of the Ascendant in the Sinkhole, it would be difficult for one to achieve great things in the future.
Under such circumstances, Yi Yun opened a passageway from the Sinkhole to the Chaos Heavens.
Sinkhole geniuses could head to the Chaos Heavens for experiential training!
Be it the Sinkhole or the Chaos Heavens, they followed Yi Yun's lead. Yi Yun only needed to say the word for it to be carried out smoothly.
Therefore, every three hundred years, the Sinkhole would hold a martial trials for the younger generation, choosing a batch of geniuses to be nurtured.
The most outstanding people even had a chance of receiving Yi Yun's guidance.
This was not only a great honor, but also a great opportunity!
Sinkhole geniuses, regardless of their background, would flock to the tournament.
If a commoner warrior obtained a good result, they would definitely soar and obtain sufficient resources for growth!
It could be said that the present Sinkhole was the best era for warriors. As long as one had talent, they could rely on themselves for everything. It was unlike the past where it was useless no matter how high one's talent was. Not only could one not obtain any heritage, but they would also be restrained by the incomplete Heavenly Dao.
This time, the first martial trial began once again. Elites from all walks of life were already rubbing their palms in anticipation.
The venue of the tournament was still the Mirage Sea Realm!
After Huan Chenxue regained her strength, people finally understood why Huan Chenxue was able to live for hundreds of millions of years as a mortal despite being severely injured and losing all her strength in ancient times. It was because Mirage Snow King was just too powerful.
Monarch Mirage Snow cultivated in the laws of illusion and snow. After she recovered her strength, she created a gigantic illusory psyche world.
This was in fact an independent psyche universe. The entrance to the psyche universe opened in the Mirage Sea Realm.
All the geniuses would take the test in this spiritual universe.
At that moment, on a floating spirit boat outside the Mirage Sea Realm, about eight youths were gathered. All of them had powerful auras and deep foundations. All of them were dragons and phoenixes among men!
"I've been waiting for this day. Nan Xuanyu, I was cheated by you the last time we made a bet. This time, I'm going to get back at you. Let's set a wager for this tournament. Whoever can't pass the fifth round of assessment will be considered the loser."
The man who spoke wore a jade crown and was handsome. He could be described as a gentleman as jade. This handsome youth was one of the few core disciples of the First Beginnings Immortal Gate. He was also Sacred Horizon Divine Lord's grand-disciple — Awakening Heaven Sword. It could be said that he had an illustrious background!
As for Nan Xuanyu, he came from the Nanxuan family clan. The Nanxuan family clan was originally a small family clan in the White Lunar Divine Empire that dealt in herbs. However, back when Yi Yun went to the White Lunar Divine Empire's Martial Numinous continent, he befriended the Nanxuan family clan's Nanxuan Luoyue. With Nanxuan Luoyue's help, Yi Yun was able to enter the ancient battlefield. Yi Yun naturally would not forget this debt of gratitude. With Yi Yun's present strength and status, repaying the debt was a simple matter.
As a result, the Nanxuan family clan received special attention from the White Lunar Divine Empire. Later on, the Nanxuan family patriarch was rather adept at managing the clan. Gradually, the Nanxuan family clan became one of the few large family clans in the White Lunar Divine Empire.
As such, although Nan Xuanyu's background was slightly inferior to Awakening Heaven Sword's, it was not too far off.
"Pass the fifth round of the trial? You sure are confident. Do you know that the chief examiner for this tournament is Felicitous Rain Lord!? The test set by Felicitous Rain Lord is notoriously difficult. From my point of view, anyone who can pass the fourth round will be in the top ten. As for the fifth round, only two or three people have a chance. "
Nan Xuanyu said those words nonchalantly. Upon hearing that Felicitous Rain Lord would be the examiner, the young elites present were taken aback.
Of the three mighty figures that had broken through to the Godly Monarch realm in the past ten thousand years, two of them were Sacred Horizon Divine Lord and Eclipse Arhat, who had been stuck at the Divine Lord realm for too long due to the lack of the Heavenly Dao.
As for the third person, he was Felicitous Rain Lord, who had walked out of the Ten Thousand Fey Empyrean Heaven.
Compared to the Sinkhole, the cultivation environment in the 12 Empyrean Heavens was much worse. The Sinkhole already had a lack of the Heavenly Dao, much less the 12 Empyrean Heavens. However, Felicitous Rain Lord was a genius. With the conditions of a commoner, he had become a Royal Sealed Divine Lord through his perceptivity and nomological understanding. Furthermore, he was one of the cream of the crop among Divine Lords of the same cultivation level. Furthermore, he was still young.
If not for the restrictions of heritage, resources, and the lack of the Heavenly Dao, Felicitous Rain Lord could have easily become a Godly Monarch.
Only after Yi Yun returned did all the restrictions break. Felicitous Rain Lord, who had been suppressed for years, finally soared!
People had also heard that Felicitous Rain Lord was once Yi Yun's master.
Back when Yi Yun was in the Ten Thousand Fey Empyrean Heaven, Felicitous Rain Lord had done him a great favor.
Yi Yun's temporal laws had been learned from Felicitous Rain Lord. Apart from that, the extremely important Primordial Chaos laws that Yi Yun used to supplement the Major Destruction laws was also thanks to Felicitous Rain Lord's help.
Felicitous Rain Lord had brought Yi Yun to the Azure Wood Great World.
Furthermore, when the Celestial bronze giant appeared in the Azure Wood Great World, Felicitous Rain Lord had protected Yi Yun's life and even allowed Yi Yun to obtain the Azure Wood Divine Tree.
The favor of being his master and saving his life was naturally repaid with gushes of spring.
After Yi Yun found Luo Huo 'er, he went to the Ten Thousand Fey Empyrean Heaven to find Felicitous Rain Lord and gave him the Heavenly Dao nomological fragment left behind by the Ancestor God.
At that moment, Felicitous Rain Lord, who was a dragon in the deep abyss, no longer had any restrictions! His nomological insights progressed at a rapid pace, and he broke through the Godly Monarch bottleneck in one fell swoop!
Although Felicitous Rain Lord's breakthrough came later than Sacred Horizon Divine Lord and Eclipse Arhat, it was publicly acknowledged that Felicitous Rain Lord was the strongest Godly Monarch other than the three ancient Godly Monarchs, King Mirage Snow, King Snake, and King River of Forgetfulness!
Of course, Yi Yun was not one of them. People had subconsciously categorized Yi Yun as a realm above the Godly Monarch realm.
Similarly, Lin Xintong's strength was a mystery.
People had vaguely heard that Lin Xintong had cultivated a powerful cultivation technique a thousand years ago and completed her ninth reincarnation. Her life form had undergone a complete metamorphosis, and she was similarly a flawless body and a Sacred Body Dao fetus. This had already exceeded the understanding of many people.
Felicitous Rain Lord was the examiner, and the test questions were truly difficult. But conversely, if a peerless genius managed to understand Felicitous Rain Lord's test questions, they would usually be able to learn many things from it.
Unfortunately, people with such abilities were few and far between.
"So it's Felicitous Rain Lord being the examiner … Felicitous Rain Lord was once Senior Yi's teacher. If one obtains Felicitous Rain Lord's recognition, there's even a tiny chance of receiving Senior Yi's guidance."
It was a rare opportunity to receive Yi Yun's guidance!
Not only was it an excellent opportunity to gain nomological insights, under normal circumstances, Yi Yun would also bestow treasures. The value of the items given by Yi Yun was obvious!
According to the rules of the first martial trial, the top geniuses among warriors could receive Yi Yun's guidance.
However, in fact, it was common for more than a decade that no one was recognized as a 'top genius'.
Over the past ten thousand years, there were only five people who received Yi Yun's personal guidance.
The first person was the Young Goddess of the Nethersky Divine World, Fairy Yourou. She was first in the first martial trial and her results were far ahead.
Not only that, Fairy Yourou was Yi Yun's good friend.
They had gotten to know each other in the ancient battlefield's test and had helped each other. Later, Fairy Yourou left her name on the Ancient Ruins world's World Monolith. As for Yi Yun, he lost the opportunity to leave his name in his battle with Primordial Chaos Daolord and company. He went missing for sixty years.
Later, Yi Yun and Fairy Yourou met at Lin Xintong's coronation. With Yi Yun being surrounded by enemies, only the Nethersky Divine World supported Yi Yun because of Fairy Yourou.
Later, Fairy Yourou became the absolute first in the first martial trial. Yi Yun also met Fairy Yourou and personally taught her for a year. He also gave Fairy Yourou a fragment of the Ancestor God's laws for her to study.
Although it was an insignificant fragment, it was a gift a hundred times more precious than a Godly Monarch Royal Seal.
In the past, Fairy Yourou's goal was to fuse with a Godly Monarch Royal Seal to become an expert like her master. But now, with this fragment and Yi Yun's previous guidance and her own talent, it was inevitable that she would become a Godly Monarch.
There were rumors that Fairy Yourou's breakthrough would happen in the next few years.
Apart from Fairy Yourou, the youth from the Luo clan, Luo Yan, had also received Yi Yun's guidance. Luo Yan could even be considered Yi Yun's in-name disciple.
The other three were the young monk Wuji from the Mahayana Monastery, the swordsman Fan Chen from a commoner background, and Felicitous Rain Lord's last disciple, Yu Ling 'er.
Among them, Yu Ling 'er was ranked first in the previous martial trials.
Yu Ling 'er was impressive. She had become famous in the Sinkhole long before she participated in the martial trials. She was a proud daughter of heaven among proud daughters of heaven, and she was admired by countless young warriors.
Although Yu Ling 'er was Felicitous Rain Lord's disciple, she had participated in the trials anonymously to avoid using Felicitous Rain Lord's connections. She had obtained first place, and her results were far ahead.
Later, she received Yi Yun's guidance, and due to her astounding perceptivity, she became half an in-name disciple of Yi Yun. She even came into contact with a tiny bit of Destruction and Primordial Chaos laws.
Yu Ling 'er was talented and she cultivated assiduously. Her hard work put many geniuses her age to shame.
People guessed that Yu Ling 'er would become a Godly Monarch in the next five thousand years!
At that moment, many elites on the spirit cruiser were discussing the five geniuses that Yi Yun had personally guided. When Yu Ling 'er was mentioned, people could only sigh at their inferiority.
Proud and arrogant people like Nan Xuanyu and Awakening Dragon Sword also felt powerless. It was said that even Yi Yun had personally praised Yu Ling 'er.
As for them, they were still fretting over passing Felicitous Rain Lord's fifth round of assessment. They were on a completely different level.
"We know the backgrounds of all the major factions in this martial trials. It's likely that no one will stand out and catch Senior Yi's eye. It all depends on whether there are any dark horses among the commoner warriors."
Awakening Heaven Sword sighed. And at that moment, the door to the Mirage Sea Realm's mental universe had already opened.
The Divine Lord experts responsible for maintaining order in the assessment had already appeared at the entrance. They were directing everyone to enter the mental universe.
Awakening Heaven Sword, Nan Xuanyu, and company followed with awe and nervousness …
No one knew that five kilometers away from the entrance, there was an invisible void. A black-dressed man stood in the void, watching everything silently.
The man was none other than Yi Yun.
Standing beside Yi Yun was a white-dressed woman with an ethereal body. She was none other than Bai Yueyin.
"Have you decided?" Bai Yueyin said faintly.
"Yes … I never expected to find a way to open the spatial barrier so quickly. It's all thanks to Senior Huan Chenxue. I studied her mental universe and sensed that this set of laws came from a person … And this person is someone I once met in the Graveyard of Gods and Demons. She is someone who has a deep relationship with Senior Lin. She told me that her name is Divine Dream … Divine Dream is probably the person with the highest attainments in mental laws that I know. She is in no way inferior to Senior Lin.
"In recent years, I have returned to the Graveyard of Gods and Demons. In addition to studying the mental universe that Huan Chenxue cultivated in, I finally managed to vaguely sense Divine Dream through mental laws. However, the multiverse barrier separates us, making the connection too weak …
"Finally, this weak connection points me in the right direction. I plan on using Senior Divine Dream as a coordinate to head to the 33 Skies. That is also the multiverse that Senior Lin grew up in. Although Senior Lin is no longer there, I still plan on taking a look. "
Upon hearing Yi Yun's words, Bai Yueyin felt mixed emotions.
The 33 Skies … was once her obsession. Just as Yi Yun said, Lin Ming was no longer there, but she did wish to take a look.
Bai Yueyin sighed and said, "I can't remember how many years it has been. I'm finally leaving the Sinkhole Universe, but when the day really comes, I can't describe my feelings either. Besides … Yu Ling 'er, did you not notice this young lady?"
Bai Yueyin's words left Yi Yun slightly taken aback. He gave Bai Yueyin a glance but did not say a word.
"You have been teaching her for more than two hundred years, right? In fact, I see a shadow of me from back then in her. She treats you exactly like how I treated Senior Lin back then. "
"It was also you who taught her and gave her the true Martial Dao."
"She worked very hard and suffered many injuries for it. She endured many inhuman tribulations to have her present accomplishments. Yes … it was the same for me. Back then, I worked so hard, and on careful thought, it was probably because I wanted to win his praise …"
Bai Yueyin said calmly. Yi Yun fell silent when he heard that. After a long while, he said, "Hundreds of millions of years ago, the Sinkhole's Martial Dao was desolate. Senior Lin guided eight disciples. They were the eight ancient Godly Monarchs. Now, I can be considered to have guided five disciples … Perhaps in the distant future, the five of them will do something astounding. Yu Ling 'er might even come looking for me like you …"
"Everything in the world has its own destiny. Let them choose their own paths. The Sinkhole Universe has its own life trajectory and destruction. I'm just a passerby. "
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