Outside the Abyss of Death, everyone was speculating how many planks Chi Yuan would have to walk across before he stopped.

The minimum soul impact intensity of the bridge planks is at the first level of the Spirit King. If the cultivation level is above the first level of the Spirit King, the starting soul impact intensity will be as high as the cultivation level. And if you take one step without stopping, the soul impact intensity will increase by one level every ten bridge planks.

Chi Yuan's cultivation level is at the peak of the Spirit King realm. The initial intensity of his soul impact is also at the peak of the Spirit King realm. If he doesn't stop in the middle, the intensity will rise to the first level of the Spirit Emperor realm, the second level of the Spirit Emperor realm, and so on, until the highest level, the ninth level of the Spirit Emperor realm.

"I remember Ye Chen stopped at the forty-fifth board, right? I guess Chi Yuan will probably stop between the forty and fiftyth boards as well."

"Impossible! Improving one's soul is much harder than improving one's cultivation. To reach forty or fifty boards in one go, one would need a soul realm at the fourth or fifth level of the Spirit Emperor. His combat power is already so outrageous, how could his soul realm also be so high?"

"I think so too. Ye Chen is a genius that only appears once in ten thousand years. How easy is it to find a second one? Besides, he's in the same sect. The chance of that is even lower than the chance of a god-level physique appearing. I think he'll stop at the thirtieth board at most."

"Great minds think alike, at most thirty strokes!"

...

While the crowd was discussing, Chi Yuan was already crossing the bridge at high speed.

Ten boards...

Twenty boards...

Thirty boards...

When they reached the thirtieth board, Chi Yuan still showed no signs of stopping, which instantly silenced those who were certain that Chi Yuan would stop at the thirtieth board.

Immediately afterward, Chi Yuan reached the fortieth board, and everyone held their breath. Even Ye Chenxin was on edge, as his record was forty-five boards, and it seemed that Chi Yuan was about to break his record.

As expected, as Chi Yuan crossed the forty-fifth plank, the record that Ye Chen had just set, which was considered a myth in the history of Yingyue Sect, was broken by Chi Yuan in one fell swoop.

"Hiss... Ye Chen's record has been broken?"

"Is this really necessary? Ye Chen alone is already enough to make people despair, and now there's someone even more abnormal?"

"Give me a break! It took me almost two days to get halfway through this trial, and he probably didn't even take twenty breaths! Are you trying to kill me?!"

...

Seeing Chi Yuan easily break Ye Chen's all-time record for crossing the bridge, many disciples of the Yingyue Sect were greatly disappointed.

Look at them, they walk so leisurely and with such ease. On the other hand, look at them, they walk with trepidation, as if treading on thin ice, as if they are not even in the same boat.

However, this was only the beginning of the blow; even greater blows were yet to come.

After breaking Ye Chen's record, Chi Yuan continued forward, crossing the fiftieth plank in the blink of an eye. He then showed no sign of stopping, crossing the sixtieth and seventieth planks in succession.

Seeing this, not only the disciples at the King and Emperor levels, but even the sect elders and venerable ancestors were dumbfounded. Reaching the seventieth board in one go meant that Chi Yuan's soul realm had reached the seventh level of the Spirit Emperor!

It's important to know that the Abyss of Death has a mechanism to detect possession. If it's a soul that has been possessed, it will be detected immediately. However, Chi Yuan did not exhibit this behavior, which indicates that Chi Yuan's soul realm is genuine and not the result of possession by some old monster.

But it was precisely because of this that everyone found it hard to believe, and their understanding was even overturned. How could someone's soul be seven minor realms higher than their cultivation level?!

Is this reasonable?

Before everyone could even process the shock of the seventy boards, the impact of the eighty and ninety boards came one after another.

Everyone was stunned into silence, with only one thought in their minds: Is this even human?

After passing the ninetieth plank, the intensity of the soul impact had increased to the level of the ninth level of the Spirit Emperor, but this still could not stop Chi Yuan's steps in the slightest. As he crossed the last plank, he successfully passed the first test, the Bridge to the Underworld.

Outside the Abyss of Death, all was silent.

No one expected this to be the outcome.

Chi Yuan didn't stop for a single moment the entire time!

With his peak Spirit King cultivation, he actually withstood the soul impact of a peak Spirit Emperor!

Moreover, after clearing the level, he still seemed completely unfazed, as if it hadn't taken any effort at all.

They simply couldn't fathom what kind of powerful divine soul this was!

Could it be that Chi Yuan's spiritual realm has reached the Spirit Sect level?

"My martial uncle is too incredible!"

Wenren Bingying blinked blankly. When she first passed this test, it took her five days to recover and rest, while Chi Yuan probably took less than fifty breaths. The difference was so great that it was beyond words.

"I'm far inferior to Yuanlang..."

Yunmeng sighed inwardly. She had taken a day to pass this test, which she considered quite fast, but compared to Chi Yuan…

"How is that possible?"

Ye Chen was completely stunned, his face filled with a look of utter disbelief. This blow was even a hundred times stronger than when his combat power was crushed by Chi Yuan earlier. After all, the soul is independent of combat power. Chi Yuan's soul was so much higher than his, which meant that his talents in other aspects were also far superior to his. This made his most confident talent a complete joke in front of Chi Yuan. How could he not be shocked?

Gan Yang was equally dumbfounded. She had considered that Chi Yuan's talent might be better than Ye Chen's, but she never imagined the gap would be so large...

Gan Jing's face was pale. Could it be... that he really bet on the wrong horse?

Gan Hong's heart was heavy. Only now did he truly realize how terrifying this mere Spirit King was...

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