Hun Lao Gui poio the curtain door. From the outside, it was impossible to see where the curtain led, only that beyond it was utter darkness, with not a single ray of light able to pee.

  "Where does that door lead?"

  "To the Hun Realm."

  "The Hun Realm?"

  Hun Lao Gui stood up like a zombie and slowly said, "This is a passage to the Hun Realm. Only soul bodies pass through it. However, you don't qualify to go to the Hun Realm yet. Therefore, you will be transported to the trial grounds of the Hall of Souls in the Bck-er Region."

  "The cultivation in the Hall of Souls is not only about cultivating Dou Qi but also pces emphasis on cultivating the soul and practig Soul Skills. You may also choose to undergo trials in Soul Skills, to battle with the soul."

  Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed as he looked at Hun Lao Gui. Although he was only sixteen years old, he knew quite a bit thanks to the mysterious ste ring.

  In addition to Dou Skills, there were also Soul Skills in this world, which were methods specifically desigo cultivate the soul and use Spiritual Strength to fight. However, Soul Skills were extremely rare; even among the numerous colles in the S, there were only a handful of books on the soul, and the Soul Skills were limited to a few inplete volumes that were impossible to cultivate from.

  For Xiao Yan, who was an alchemist, the strength of his soul was of the utmost importance. He had always wao find a suitable Soul Trainihod or Soul Skill to cultivate his soul.

  Yet, not to mention the whole of Wu Tan City, even the biggest trading house in the Jia Ma Empire, the Miteer , did not have any Soul Skills. Not even the Jia Nan Academy was known to have any Soul Trainihods or Soul Skills.

  He had inally thought that the Soul Trainihods and Soul Skills had been lost in the Dou Qi ti. Now, it seemed that they were not lost, but rather kept secret and not circuted!

  Thinking back, Xiao Yan realized that Hun Huzi had never used Dou Qi, but had always used Spiritual Strength. At that time, Hun Huzi was most likely just a soul body, not a physical entity.

  "Scared?"

  Xiao Yan just smiled and walked directly into the pitch-bck passage.

  He didn't ask what would happen if he couldn't pass the trial; he had thought about it for two years. At one point, he had even sidered being a frog, hiding at the bottom of the well that was the Jia Ma Empire for the rest of his life, and fetting about the rest.

  But as two years passed, his heart gradually filled with a sense of unwillingness. After living a life of mediocrity in his past life, how could he accept defeat again in this life?

  The momeered the Hun Realm passage, the token in his pocket automatically flew up aed a spiritual light that illumihe entire space.

  Xiao Ya a moment of dizziness as the light from the token enveloped him.

  Suddenly, a line of bck text appeared above the token:

  [Age: 16 years, Cultivation: 8-star Dou Practitioner, Cultivation Talent Evaluation: Low Huang Css.]

  "…"

  Xiao Ya a bck line f on his forehead as a look of helplessness appeared on his face. 'Low Huang Css' meant he was sidered the weakest! This was the first time in his life that someone had called his talent weak.

  One wondered what Xiao Yan would think if he khat some people were born with a strength parable to that of a Dou Aor.

  'Sigh, Xun Er was right. The world is indeed vast.'

  [Assigo the Low Huang Css Trial Grounds.]

  Xiao Yan didn't even have time to react. In the sed, he felt a sensation as if the stars had shifted. A wave of mental disorientation washed over him, and he instantly arrived in another space.

  When he opened his eyes, he found himself on a circur fighting ptform the size of a basketball court, surrounded by a special barrier with s.

  A buzzing sound annouhe appearance of a beam of white light, and not far in front of him, a man appeared.

  The man seemed to be in his thirties or forties, strong ahy, wielding a rge sword. After sing his surroundings, he fixed a fierce gaze on Xiao Yan.

  This was a bat trial, the first challenge of the Hall of Souls' trial ground.

  Xiao Yan's naive appearand curious gnces around, Zhang Hong Gua utterly fident. He ughed coldly, "Hahaha, just a little brat. What luck!"

  Xiao Yan caught the slowly falling token. The back of the token now had the words "Low Huang Css" and a number 1 underh it.

  "What treasure is that, kid?" The burly man approached step by step with a menag face, his gaze fixed on Xiao Yan like a hunter eyeing his prey.

  "Don't you have one of these? Then how did you get in here?" Xiao Yan picked up a bit of information instead and raised the Soul and to ask.

  "Why not let me take a look? Of course, you have nht to refuse!"

  Although the oppo looked like a brute, he was cautious and did not reveal anything more.

  The moment Zhang Hong Guang came within striking distance, his eyes fshed with a vicious glint as he said, "If you want to know, go ask the King of Hell iherworld!"

  Suddenly, his leg muscles bulged with power. He had actually cultivated a Huang Css Agility-Type Dou Teique, which allowed him a moment of explosive speed!

  Xiao Yan didn't take him seriously at all and leisurely put the token away. He had already guessed what was going on.

  "Die!" Zhang Hong Gua a sense of triumph seeing that Xiao Yan didn't react. He was an experienced member of a merary group, reended here by his group leader, who had told him that passing the trials of a relic would reward him with a powerful Dou Teique.

  With a shout, he unleashed a sword strike that sliced through the air like a raging fire in a ruthless and domineering manner, not holding back at all, aiming to decapitate Xiao Yan with a swift cut to the neck!

  Xiao Yan stepped forward instead of retreating. Zhang Hong Guang's movements were as trivial as those of a child in the face of his superior Spiritual Strength.

  g his five fingers into a fist, he smoothly dodged the ining bde and struck directly at Zhang Hong Guang's neck bone. He didn't hesitate to deliver a fatal blow.

  He showed no mercy like he would in a petition or a duel at Jia Nan Academy. The Hall of Souls was not a pce for kindness but rather governed by the most primal w of the jungle.

  Since you came here out of greed to attack me, I have no reason to spare you.

  Moreover, he could tell that there was likely no way to surrender on this fighting ptform.

  Zhang Hong Guang trembled on the ground for a few moments. Theopped breathing, and a wisp of his formless soul fragment was absorbed into the surrounding space. He couldn't form a soul body with his Dou Practitioner cultivation.

  The number on Xiao Yan's Soul and ged from 1 to 2.

  "So these are soul points."

  Xiao Yan firmed his specution. From his versations with Hun Huzi and Hun Lao Gui, he uood that they were members of the Hun , and the Hall of Souls was a filial anization of the Hun .

  The Xiao Wu Tan City had a simir setup. After ing of age, his two older brothers, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, took some basic Dou Teiques and Qi Methods, along with a small number of resources, to form a merary group in Rock Desert City.

  The goal of this merary group was to recruit members ahe valuable resources they obtained back to the , tinuously expanding the 's influence. He guessed that the retionship between the Hun d the Hall of Souls was simir.

  What Xiao Yan didn't know was that even the Jia Nan Academy was inally founded by a desdant of the Lei , a Dou God .

  Of course, the Hall of Souls was much rger than any merary group, and its influence robably hidden in every er of the Dou Qi ti. It was even possible that traces of the Hall of Souls could be found within the Jia Nan Academy.