In the Zhenlong small world, in the Lingxu market.

The Lingxu Market at this time had undergone tremendous changes compared to before. Pavilions and towers sprang up from the ground and spread towards the direction of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower. After absorbing many small gathering places, it almost turned into a city.

The trade in the city is prosperous. Not only are there practitioners practicing and trading here, but there are also a large number of ordinary people who reside here and provide services to the practitioners in exchange for rewards.

There are almost hundreds of thousands of people in the entire city, among which the number of practitioners accounts for at least one-third of the population, and this is just one of the three major cities under the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower.

The scale of Chongyue and Tingchao markets is not inferior to Lingxu market.

The most important reason for the expansion of the three major market towns to such an extent is this Xuanhuang Linglong Tower trial.

According to historical records, a Xuanhuang Linglong Tower trial usually takes less than half a year, and no longer than a year.

The Xuanhuang Realm is vast, and the middle and lower-level practitioners are not well-informed. Only half a year is not enough for the news of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower to reach the ears of the lower-level practitioners and allow them to rush to the trial site.

However, this time, a full eighteen months have passed since the opening of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, which can be said to have broken the longest record of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower trial.

Moreover, there is no sign of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower being closed so far, which has attracted countless people to flock to it, wanting to see this legendary fairy treasure.

Lingxu Fairy City and all the major chambers of commerce and treasure pavilions naturally increased their investment in Lingxu Market, and even took the initiative to use the extradition fairy boat to bring a large number of people into the Zhenlong small world, which has created the current glory of the market.

In addition, the various information about this Xuanhuang Linglong Tower trial was full of surprises.

Ever since an unknown genius succeeded in breaking through twelve levels on the tenth day, this Xuanhuang Linglong Tower trial has attracted the attention of the entire cultivation world's upper echelons.

Faced with this change that had never happened in the past tens of thousands of years, one after another of the great immortals in the blessed lands, and even the True Lord Lianxu, turned their attention to the Zhenlong small world. Some True Lords even avoided the restrictions of the Zhenlong small world and sent down their incarnations to check it out in person.

Many people with ulterior motives claimed that a genius had broken through twelve levels in a row and had been recognized by the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower. After this trial, the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower will choose its master.

Just when everyone was looking forward to the final result, the development of things was beyond everyone's expectations.

Ever since geniuses from all sides reached the thirteenth floor on the tenth day, the progress of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower trial has been stuck at the thirteenth floor, and no one has been able to break through to the next level.

The Taoist who had a blessed land was unwilling to give up, and with his cultivation in the late stage of Spirit Transformation, he wanted to step into the thirteenth floor to find out what was going on. However, he was eventually completely lost in the trial on the twelfth floor. He entered the trial several times over a period of three months, but was unable to step into the thirteenth floor.

The thirteenth floor was like a natural barrier, blocking everyone at the lower level of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower.

In the end, it was a saint girl from the Holy Land of Cave Heaven who took action. With her cultivation level of the middle stage of Spirit Refining, she forcefully suppressed the residual image of history and finally successfully stepped into the thirteenth floor.

However, after entering the thirteenth floor, the saint suddenly discovered that the door ahead was lost, and she had no choice but to retreat from the thirteenth floor.

This news quickly spread throughout the Zhenlong small world, and everyone speculated that this matter must be related to the breakthrough of the twelve levels that occurred on the tenth day.

The unknown genius who broke through twelve levels in a row, the three saints of the Dongtian Holy Land, and the third prince of Dayin entered into a strange trial, which led to this situation.

This situation put an end to the idea of ​​the geniuses and saints to fight for it, but instead caused a sensation among the lower-level practitioners.

For a full eighteen months, there has been endless debate about the fate of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower.

Some people believe that the third prince of Dayin has the qualities of a heavenly warrior emperor and can become the host of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower.

There are also people who support the three holy sons of the sacred cave land, believing that such immortal treasures will not interfere with the general trend of humanity and should be managed by the blessed cave land.

Even the unknown genius in Lingxu Market has gained a large number of supporters.

Almost every day one can see practitioners quarreling over similar remarks, or even fighting each other.

All the major blessed places and even the Dayin Dynasty sent people to guard under the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda, waiting for the final result to be revealed.

On this day, a rich golden light suddenly descended in front of the gate of the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda facing the Zhongyuefang City, and then a young man wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and a crown slowly emerged from the golden light.

The young man had just steadied his feet and seemed not yet to adapt to the impact of the change in space. The powerful aura of the peak of spirit refining spread to the surroundings without reservation. Several low-level cultivators who were about to step into the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower felt a suffocating feeling of oppression.

But in just a moment, a cultivator in a black robe tore through space and appeared here, putting a hand on the young man's shoulder.

Then the distorted space swallowed up the two of them and they disappeared in front of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower.

After getting rid of the suffocating and terrifying pressure, all the low-level practitioners came back to their senses as if awakened from a dream. Then they looked at each other in shock and said:

"It's His Royal Highness the Third Prince!"

"His Royal Highness the Third Prince has returned from the trial?"

"Did the trial fail?"

They were not the only ones who saw this scene. Every day, hundreds of practitioners paid attention to the people coming and going from the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower. After realizing that the third prince of Dayin had returned, they immediately spread the news to the outside world.

The third prince of Dayin, who was taken away by the black-robed monk, finally recovered from his previous disordered perception of space.

When Ji Zhaoyang, who was sober, saw the black-robed monk beside him, he bowed and said:

"Zhaoyang meets the Third Uncle!"

The black-robed monk is the King of Pingxi of the Dayin Dynasty, a peerless figure who possesses the cultivation level of a True Lord Lianxu. Although Ji Zhaoyang is extremely talented, he is just a junior in front of the King of Pingxi.

However, what puzzled Ji Zhaoyang was that the Zhenlong small world could not accommodate the arrival of a true lord, so how did the King of Pingxi appear here?

King Pingxi looked at Ji Zhaoyang with displeasure and said coldly:

“He is at the peak of spiritual cultivation, but his foundation is weak and his life span fluctuates. He must have been to a small world with incomplete rules.

The small world has never been integrated with the Xuanhuang Realm. The flow of time within it is different from that of the Xuanhuang Realm, and the rules of heaven and earth are also in their infancy. This should be a good opportunity to comprehend the rules of heaven and earth.

But you, a fool, actually chose to break through in the small world. After returning, you have to spend a lot of time to make up for your foundation. You really wasted such a good opportunity!"

Ji Zhaoyang was stunned for a moment. Only then did he realize that he had actually reached the pinnacle of spirit refining.

Before he could speak, an old monk beside him burst into laughter and said:

"Why is the King of Pingxi so angry? His Royal Highness the Third Prince was able to trigger the abnormal changes in the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda, which is already extraordinary among the trial-takers of all generations.

Moreover, I see that His Royal Highness the Third Prince has great luck in humanity, so he must have gained even more during the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower Trial."

"That's right! If His Royal Highness the Third Prince can take this opportunity to gather his harvest and master the destiny of humanity, he will definitely be able to make further progress."

Only then did Ji Zhaoyang notice that he was now in a luxurious attic.

In addition to him and the King of Pingxi, there are three practitioners with aura as vast as the ocean gathered here. They are all Lianxu Zhenjun who dominate the world of cultivation.

The Lord of the Zuoshen Youxu Tianxing Palace is Shentu Ming, the Law Enforcement Elder of the Ziyu Qingping Tianxing is Mo Zhenhai, and the Great Law Transmission Elder of the Xiaoyou Qingxu Tianxing is Yu Changming.

In the absence of the Taoist masters and supreme elders of the major sects, these people almost represent the will of the top leaders of the major caves and blessed lands, and are the most powerful figures in the world.

With so many top experts gathered in this small attic, even Ji Zhaoyang, the third prince of Dayin, couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

Hearing the consolation from Yu Changming and Mo Zhenhai, the King of Pingxi frowned and cursed:

"You two old bastards, don't think I don't know what you are thinking.

Isn't it just that the younger generation of your sect has not yet come out, and my third nephew has already withdrawn from the list of competitors, so you pretend to be a winner and say a few words of comfort?"

"Although my third nephew lost, your younger generations may not win either!" Yu Changming, who was wearing the Qingfeng Baiyun robe, stroked his beard lightly, and said calmly with a kind face:

"King Pingxi is wrong. The Xuanhuang Linglong Tower seizes the fortune of heaven and earth. If the younger generation can control it by chance, it is naturally his fortune. But if he fails, I will not have any opinion."

Mo Zhenhai nodded lightly and said, "If I get it, I'm lucky. If I lose it, I'm doomed!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two golden lights appeared in front of the gate from the direction of Tingchaofang City.

These two people are He Zhen, the contemporary saint of Ziyu Qingping Heaven, and Yu Ke, the substitute saint of Xiaoyou Qingxu Heaven.

Yu Changming, who had been calm and composed at first, widened his eyes upon seeing this scene, and pulled out a strand of his beard with his right hand without even realizing it. On the other side, Mo Zhenhai, the law enforcement elder of the Purple Jade Qingping Heaven, also had a frozen expression on his face.

Upon seeing this, King Pingxi burst into unbridled laughter.

"Your juniors are out, why don't you go pick them up quickly?"

Yu Changming and Mo Zhenhai looked unhappy. Among the people present, only Shen Tuming, who remained silent, had a hint of joy on his face.

But just a few breaths later, a ray of golden light fell again in front of the gate of Chongyuefang City, and the contemporary saint of Zuoshen Youxu Zhitian, Dong Youzi, had also returned.

At this moment, even the King of Pingxi, who loved to gloat over other people's misfortunes, could not laugh.

Everyone frowned and looked at the pagoda light that had been staying on the thirteenth floor.

The three Lianxu Zhenjun disappeared one after another, and after a few breaths, the three holy sons were all brought into the attic.

Before the three of them could recover from their changes, Yu Changming asked anxiously:

"What happened to you? Why did everyone fail the trial?"

After these words were spoken, Ji Zhaoyang and the others looked at each other, and they all saw the same confusion in each other's eyes.

After a while, Ji Zhaoyang bowed and said with a wry smile:

"My dear seniors, I really don't know what happened in the trial."

He Zhen also spoke up:

"My memory only stops before I entered the trial. As for what happened during the trial, I have no memory of it at all."

Yu Ke nodded and said, "I feel the same way."

Only Dong Youzi frowned slightly as if he was sensing something, and then said in a cold voice:

"I seemed to have left information about the trial on the spirit platform during the trial, but it was completely erased along with my memory. I can't be sure what happened during the trial."

As soon as these words came out, the four Lianxu Zhenjun present were all shocked. Shen Tuming seemed to have remembered something and asked in a surprised voice:

"You entered the Earth Gate Trial?"

"Only the Earth Gate Trial has the ability to erase memories."

Dong Youzi said calmly: "After we reached the thirteenth floor on the tenth day, we found that the human gate of the thirteenth floor had been lost, and only the heaven and earth gates were left.

After discussing with a few of us, we decided to enter the Earth Gate Trial to seek a breakthrough.

All memories of what happened during that time were erased, and the next thing I remembered was what happened outside the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower."

"It turned out to be the Earth Gate Trial. No wonder such a situation occurred." The faces of the four Lianxu Zhenjun changed from gloomy to bright.

The Zhenlong small world could not allow the True Lord Lianxu to come to the world. They only came to this small world reluctantly after the sects and dynasties behind them spent a huge price.

They came to this world to protect the younger generation of disciples, to prevent them from getting huge benefits and then being killed by strong men from other hostile forces.

According to the original plan, several people could trigger the changes in the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, and even if they failed in the end, they could still obtain a lot of valuable information.

However, they entered the Earth Gate Trial. If they failed, all their memories would be erased, and they would not be able to obtain any valuable information.

This means that they spent a huge amount of money to descend into the Zhenlong small world, but it was all in vain.

Yu Changming asked somewhat unwillingly:

"Don't you really have any valuable clues?"

Yu Ke's eyes lit up slightly when he heard this, and then he said loudly:

"Reporting to Elder Zu Yu, we are not the only ones who have entered the thirteenth floor. There is also a guy named Shen Yuan.

He only has Qi training skills, but he claims that he has completed the Earth Gate Trial and reached the thirteenth level, and he used words to lure us into the Earth Gate for the trial."

"I have reason to suspect that he is directly related to the changes in the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower. It is very likely that he was secretly behind our failure in the Earth Gate Trial. Elder Yu, please capture Shen Yuan and interrogate him!"

Dong Youzi and He Zhen frowned and glanced at Yu Ke, but didn't say anything.

The third prince on the side was already furious and said:

"It's obvious that you were severely injured by Fellow Daoist Shen and you hold a grudge against him, so you deliberately slandered him with words!"

Yu Ke smiled coldly and asked:

"Then how does the Third Prince explain that the four of us have failed the trial, but he is still stuck in it?"

“Although our cultivation base is superficial, whether it is magical skills or secret manuals and magic weapons, we can dominate the realm of soul refining.

Shen Yuan was just from the obscure Luoyun Sect, and his cultivation was only at the Qi training stage, not even reaching the peak of Qi training.

With such a level of cultivation, he could last longer than us in the trial. He must have secretly plotted to harm us and knocked us out early!"

Yu Changming's eyes narrowed, and he asked Yu Ke:

"Is that person really only at the Qi training stage? And he is not from some blessed place?"

Yu Ke said solemnly: "To be precise, he is in the late stage of Qi training and has not even reached the peak of Qi training.

As for the Luoyun Sect he came from, I have never heard of it. It should be a small sect in the Ten Directions Forest."

Yu Changming made a decision after hearing this: "When he comes out, we will capture him directly!"

Ji Zhaoyang heard the barely concealed malice between the two and laughed in anger:

"You are so reckless and you confuse right and wrong. What a candidate for the Holy Son who has a little bit of a clear mind!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Ke smiled calmly and said:

"Your Highness, all of this is just a reasonable guess based on the information available.

He secretly made trouble to get us out early, which is the closest result to the truth. I really can't think of a second possibility."

At this point, Yu Ke paused and said with a hint of meaning:

"Could it be that His Royal Highness the Third Prince really believes that a mere Qi training stage person can complete the trial and become the host of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower?"

Even Ji Zhaoyang could not refute these words.

However, at this moment, everyone in the room suddenly felt something and looked in the direction of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower.

On the thirteenth floor of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, the precious light that had stayed there for eighteen months finally changed. A ray of light like the bright sun fell from the sky, constantly burning itself, carrying the precious light and rapidly rushing towards the upper level.

The fourteenth and fifteenth layers of precious light rose rapidly, easily crossing a height that no one had reached in tens of thousands of years.

The dark yellow energy above the sky transformed into a canopy that enveloped the entire Zhenlong small world. Its myriad auras gave birth to endless vitality and opportunities, and that ray of precious light also stopped at the eighteenth layer at the moment when the sun's brilliance burned out.

Climbing to the top of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower is unprecedented in history!

There was dead silence in the attic where the True Lord and the Holy Son gathered!