I am the Thunder Emperor in the fight

The night falcon's voice was soft, yet it echoed clearly in this shattered void.

The black general paused slightly in his hand seals, a hint of surprise flashing in his deep eyes.

He looked at the Night Falcon, as if to re-examine this young man who was already exhausted but had uttered such words.

"Hidden strength?" the Black General said slowly, his tone tinged with amusement.

"At this point, you still dare to spout such grandiose words? Your spiritual energy is clearly exhausted, and seven or eight out of ten of your meridians are damaged. What do you have to fight with?"

The night falcon did not answer.

He simply closed his eyes slowly.

The next moment, his mind sank into the deepest part of his dantian, where an ancient rune floated silently—the Dark Ancestral Rune.

This treasure, personally crafted by the original owner, has been in a semi-dormant state since he entered the Black Heaven Ancient Clan, only occasionally releasing a trace of its primordial power to help him defend against enemies.

But no one knew that deep within this ancestral symbol lay the energy he had accumulated over the past three years!
That was the trump card that the Night Falcon had sealed inside, prepared for a crucial moment!
"Ancestral Symbol... Open!"

Night Falcon murmured inwardly!

boom!
An indescribable terrifying aura erupted from the depths of his Supreme Sea!
It was like a giant beast that had been sleeping for ten thousand years suddenly awakening, like magma buried deep in the earth erupting with a roar, instantly shattering all the remaining shackles in his body!

The night falcon's originally pale face regained its rosy color at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Under the influence of that vast energy, those damaged meridians healed and reshaped at an incredible speed, becoming even stronger and wider than before!

His aura surged wildly, as if he had been propelled by a rocket!

Peak of the Half-Step Great Perfection!
The Great Perfection of the Earthly Supreme!

The pinnacle of the Great Perfection of the Earthly Sovereign!

In just three breaths, his cultivation broke through several realms, directly crossing the chasm that countless powerful people could not cross in their entire lives, and steadily stepped into the peak of the Great Perfection of the Earthly Sovereign!

The aura was so powerful that it even formed visible dark ripples around him. Wherever the ripples passed, the void twisted, and even the suspended, broken continents began to tremble violently!
For the first time, the black-clad general's expression changed.

Even he felt a sense of oppressive power emanating from the Night Falcon.

The night falcon opened its eyes.

Those pure black eyes now seemed to have turned into two bottomless black holes, slowly rotating and swallowing all the light around them.

The dark spiritual energy surging around him was extremely pure and condensed, each strand of which was enough to crush the void!

He looked at the black-clad general, a faint smile curving his lips.

"Now, we can truly fight."

As soon as he finished speaking, Night Falcon took a step forward!
boom!
His figure vanished from the spot in an instant, so fast that even Black General could only catch a blurry afterimage!

Black General's pupils contracted sharply, and he instinctively crossed his arms to protect his chest!

boom!
The Night Falcon's fist slammed solidly into his arms!

That seemingly simple punch contained terrifying power enough to shatter stars!
Hei Jiang was sent flying backward like a cannonball, crashing hard into the void barrier a hundred feet behind him, causing countless spiderweb-like cracks to appear on the sturdy barrier!
The black-clad general steadied himself, his arms trembling slightly.

He looked down and saw that his protective dark spiritual power had been cracked by the punch!

"Good! Good! Good!" Black General said "good" three times in a row. Instead of anger, his eyes were filled with a fierce fighting spirit.

"That's more like it! That's more like a worthy opponent!"

He roared to the sky, and his aura surged as well!

The already terrifying pressure had now reached a new level!
He formed a hand seal, and the void behind him suddenly tore open, revealing a giant sword that was pitch black and a hundred feet long!

"This sword is named Night Demon. It is formed from the rules of the secret realm and can cut down all things!"

Black General grabbed the sword hilt and slashed down at Night Falcon!
Wherever the giant sword passed, space was torn in two, leaving a black crack that could not be healed for a long time!

Before the sword even arrived, its extremely sharp sword intent had already enveloped the Night Falcon within a hundred feet, sealing off all his space to dodge!
The night falcon looked up at the giant sword that could cleave the heavens and the earth, without the slightest fear in its eyes.

He slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers loosely clenched.

"Thousand threads... transform into a sword."

The dark threads that shot out from his fingertips no longer attacked in a scattered manner, but instead gathered, compressed, and condensed wildly!
In the blink of an eye, countless threads condensed into a jet-black longsword over ten feet long, with pure energy flowing on its blade, the same as that of the Ancestral Symbol!

He held a black sword and met the attack head-on!
clang!
The two swords clashed, unleashing an extremely piercing metallic clang!

The terrifying shockwave exploded in a ring, shattering all the surrounding floating continents into dust!
Night Falcon swayed slightly, while Black General took three steps back!

"What?!" Black General's pupils shrank sharply.

His sword strike, imbued with the dark power of the secret realm, was actually repelled head-on by the opponent?!
Night Falcon gave him no chance to breathe. He unleashed a sword strike, the momentum flowing continuously like a surging river, unstoppable!
clang clang clang!

The dense sounds of swords clashing were like a torrential downpour hitting banana leaves!
When the tenth sword strike landed, the Night Demon Sword in the Black General's hand finally let out a mournful cry of being unable to bear the weight, and countless fine cracks appeared on the blade!
A glint of light flashed in the Night Falcon's eyes, and he seized the opportunity to thrust out his sword!
This sword strike embodies all his strength, all his will, and all his fighting spirit!
"break!"

puff!
The black sword pierced through the Night Demon Sword, its momentum undiminished, and thrust straight towards the Black General's chest!

The black-clad general retreated rapidly, but it was too late to completely dodge.

The sword tip grazed his chest, leaving a deep, bone-revealing wound! Black blood gushed from the wound!

The black-clad general looked down at the wound on his chest and remained silent for a long time.

Then he smiled.

That smile held a sense of relief, a feeling of contentment, and a touch of liberation.

“Throughout thousands of years, you are one of the few who have been able to hurt me.” He looked at the Night Falcon, his eyes full of admiration.

He slowly put away the remains of the Night Demon Sword, his figure gradually becoming ethereal.

"Go, through the gate of light behind me, lies the third trial." His voice grew fainter, yet it still reached the Night Falcon's ears clearly.

"Remember, the third trial is called Disillusionment. There, you will face your deepest fears and desires. Only those with a will as firm as a rock can overcome it."

"Good luck... Successor."

As soon as he finished speaking, the figure of the black general completely vanished, turning into specks of light and merging into the void.

Night Falcon stood with his sword in hand, gazing in the direction where the Black General had disappeared, and bowed slightly in salute.

He did not win this battle easily.

If he hadn't held back his trump card and broken through to the Great Perfection at the crucial moment, the outcome would have been uncertain.

No wonder that for thousands of years, almost no one in the Black Sky Ancient Clan has been able to inherit the Night God Ancient Body; such a test is indeed thorny.

He took a deep breath, turned around, and strode towards the towering pillar of light.

The third trial: disillusionment.

The moment the Night Falcon stepped into the pillar of light, it felt dizzy and the scene before its eyes shattered and reassembled like a mirage.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself standing in an endless white void.

There was no sky, no earth, no direction, no sound.

Only pure, breathtaking white, stretching to the horizon.

Then, a figure slowly appeared before him. It was someone who looked exactly like him.

The same face, the same figure, the same pure black eyes, even their aura is exactly the same!
"You are...?" Night Falcon asked, his eyes narrowing slightly.

The man smiled slightly, a smile that was exactly the same as his usual expression: "I am you, or rather, the reflection of the deepest part of your heart."

He paced slowly, circling the night falcon once, his gaze sweeping over the man's entire body as if it were a tangible thing: "Let me see... how many secrets are hidden deep within your heart."

"An undercover agent who infiltrated the Black Sky Ancient Clan, an avatar possessing the power of the Dark Ancestral Symbol, and a traitor disguised as a loyal one."

The night falcon's pupils constricted slightly!

What a terrifying trial in the secret realm! It can actually see through my deepest hidden secrets!

Even Hei Tian and Hei Di, who were both Saint-level Heavenly Sovereigns, were kept in the dark by him!
At this moment, the man continued, "You think your disguise is flawless? You think that old bastard Hei Ming really has no suspicions about you? You think Hei Yuan bestowed upon you the Dark Source Star Marrow because he admires your talent?"

He leaned closer to Night Falcon and said, slowly and deliberately, "They are just... using you, using your talent, using your potential, using you to compete for the Night God Ancient Body. The day you succeed will be the day they close the net."

"You are nothing but a pawn."

These words, like a sharp blade, pierced the deepest part of the Night Falcon's heart, causing his expression to constantly change.

The words spoken by the person who looked exactly like the night falcon seemed to have a magical power, drawing people in irresistibly, even the night falcon was mesmerized.

Fortunately, Night Falcon quickly regained his composure and coldly said, "The Trial of Illusion, is this such a low-level trick? To deceive with words?"

The man laughed: "Of course not."

He raised his hand and waved it gently.

The surrounding white void suddenly transformed!
The Night Falcon spotted a magnificent palace, the Palace of the Thunder Emperor.

He saw Mo Yu himself sitting on the Thunder Throne, surrounded by boundless lightning, majestic as a god.

He himself knelt before the hall, covered in blood, barely breathing.

Mo Yu himself looked at him coldly: "Mission failed, identity exposed, what use are you now?"

The scene changes again.

He saw Elder Heiming standing in the Youxuan Hall, his eyes blazing: "Night Falcon, where did the power of the Ancestral Symbol within you come from? What is your purpose in infiltrating my clan?!"

He saw countless members of the Black Sky Ancient Clan staring at him with angry, hateful, and contemptuous eyes, pointing and whispering: "Damn traitor!"

"Undercover agent!"

"Kill him!"

……

Those sounds, like countless needles, pierced the mind of the night falcon!
In the hallucination, the person who looked exactly like him reappeared, standing in front of him with an exceptionally bright smile.

"See? This is your end. No matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, you will always be an outcast, someone who is not trusted."

"Mo Yu used you, the Black Sky Ancient Clan used you, from beginning to end you were just a pawn."

"Give up."

"Give up resistance, give up the struggle, give up this futile persistence."

"Once you give up, there will be no more pain."

The man's voice, as if possessing some strange magic, kept penetrating the depths of Night Falcon's mind, shaking the very foundation of his will.

The night falcon's eyes began to glaze over.

Yes… he’s right… no matter what I do, I’m just a pawn… no matter how hard I try, I can’t change my fate of being used…

Since that's the case... then why persist...?

Give up...

give up…

Just as his will was about to completely collapse!
Deep within the Supreme Sea, the Dark Ancestral Symbol suddenly erupted with a burst of intense light!

That light pierced through my meridians, through my flesh and blood, and rushed straight to my brain!

The night falcon shuddered, and the dazed look in its eyes vanished!

He raised his head, looked at the person who looked exactly like him, and a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"What a disillusionment trial," he said slowly. "I almost fell for your tricks."

The man's smile froze: "You..."

“I am a pawn, that’s right,” Night Falcon interrupted him.

"But I am also... a player!"

He took a step forward, his aura soaring like a rainbow: "I am the true self, and I am the true self!"

Therefore, no one can force me! No one can take advantage of me!

"I am the Night Falcon, and I am also a black feather!"

"My destiny is in my own hands!"

boom!
As he finished speaking, an unprecedentedly terrifying aura erupted from his body!
The sheer power of that aura shattered the surrounding white void!

The person who looked exactly like him looked terrified, and his body began to disintegrate!
"No! Impossible! How could you possibly do this!"

Before he could finish speaking, his figure vanished completely.

The white void, like a shattered mirror, peels away piece by piece.

The night falcon opened its eyes.

He still stood in that pillar of light, surrounded by altars, floating continents, and shattered void.

Nothing has changed.

But everything is different now.

He looked down at his hands and felt an unprecedented clarity and determination.

He survived the trial of disillusionment.

At the center of the altar, the jet-black orb of light suddenly burst forth with dazzling brilliance!

A warm and vast power surged into his body, nourishing his newly broken and still unstable foundation, making his Great Perfection realm completely stable, without any trace of superficiality!

At the same time, an ancient and majestic voice resounded in his mind.

"Congratulations, you have passed the triple trial."

"You are qualified to enter the Land of Inheritance and receive the final recognition of the Night God Ancient Body."

"Come, inheritor."

The beam of light suddenly contracted, enveloping the Night Falcon, and shot towards the deepest part of the void! (End of Chapter)