High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

"Something you've gained?" Chen Xuan's loud voice rang out from the side. "You've caused so much trouble, and this is what you call 'something you've gained'?!"

Chen Xuan strode over, his sword aura becoming even more refined, with faint phantom images of the Sword Realm floating behind him.

Su Jie glanced at him and said, "Senior Brother Chen's Sword Realm Seed is developing quite well; it's almost fully formed, isn't it?"

"Just one last step," Chen Xuan grinned. "I was originally planning to try my luck on the eighth floor of the Trial Tower to see if I could find an opportunity. But now that you're here..."

He patted Su Jie on the shoulder: "You're definitely going to clear the level, right? You'll have to look out for your senior brother then!"

"No problem, no problem," Su Jie said with a smile.

As the three were talking, Yu Hengzi, Jian Wuhen, Xuan Jin and others also came over.

Yu Hengzi cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoist Su, since the secret realm appeared, only three monstrous geniuses have cleared the ninth level of the Trial Tower. Those three geniuses later became supreme beings who shook the Chaos Sea."

"Oh?" Su Jie raised an eyebrow. "Who are they?"

"The first is 'Hongyi Daozu,' the head of the ten Dao Ancestors of the Dao Clan; the second is 'Dijiang Zuwu,' the patriarch of the Wu Clan; and the third is 'Xuanyuan Zhizun,' the human race," Yuhengzi said in a deep voice. "If Fellow Daoist Su can truly pass the test, he will be the fourth."

Su Jie nodded: "Then let's give it a try."

He looked at the tower gate.

The tower gate, hundreds of feet high, was tightly closed at the moment. There was a groove on the gate, which was probably where the token was placed.

"Only one challenger can enter the Trial Tower at a time," Jian Wuhen suddenly said. "I'm currently in first place, having passed the eighth floor, and am resting to prepare for the ninth floor."

He looked at Su Jie, his gaze complex: "Would you... like to wait until I've finished trying first?"

He put it tactfully, but the meaning was clear: he wanted to try to clear the game first and didn't want Su Jie to steal the spotlight.

Su Jie glanced at him and smiled, "Sure, you go first."

Jian Wuhen was taken aback, not expecting Su Jie to be so easy to talk to.

He took a deep breath, walked towards the tower gate, and pressed a trial token into the groove.

"Buzz—"

The tower gate slowly opened, revealing the pitch-black space inside.

Jian Wuhen glanced back at Su Jie before stepping inside.

The tower gates are closed.

The square immediately erupted in discussion.

"Sword Without Trace is already on the eighth floor; maybe this time he can actually clear it!"

"It's hard to say. The guardian of the ninth level is said to be a projection of a 'Primordial God and Demon.' Although it's suppressed to the Weaving Law Realm, its realm is too high."

"If he can clear the game, he'll be the fourth person to do so, enough to go down in history!"

Su Jie found a corner, sat down cross-legged, and closed his eyes to rest.

Chu Qingli walked over and whispered, "Are you really not in a hurry?"

"What's the rush?" Su Jie opened his eyes and laughed. "If the ninth level were that easy to pass, there wouldn't have been only three successful testers in nearly a hundred epochs!"

"That's true!" Chu Qingli agreed.

Ten breaths later, the tower gate suddenly shook!

"boom--!"

A figure was blasted out and crashed heavily onto the square; it was Jian Wuhen.

He was covered in blood, with a deep, bone-revealing sword wound on his chest, and his breath was extremely weak.

"I failed." Jian Wuhen struggled to sit up, and said with a wry smile, "The guardian of the ninth level... is too strong. I couldn't even withstand one move."

The crowd erupted in uproar.

Everyone knows Jian Wuhen's strength. The current leader of Shangqing Sword Pavilion couldn't even withstand a single move?!

What kind of monster is on the ninth floor?

"What is the strength of the guardian of the ninth level?" someone couldn't help but ask.

Jian Wuhen remained silent for a moment, then slowly uttered four words:

"The core of a god-level world, the master of a one-star origin world."

This short sentence stirred up a storm in the hearts of everyone present!

Those present were mostly top geniuses of the Dao Clan, and they were very clear about the realm divisions of the Lord of the Origin Realm.

The Lords of the Origin Realm are subdivided into one-star to one hundred-star based on the size and stability of the nascent worlds they nurture within them.

Each star upgrade signifies a tremendous leap forward in the very essence of the world.

Its combat power is fundamentally determined by the quality of the world's core!

The core of the world is divided into four levels: Heaven, Saint, God, and Super God, and the amplification multipliers they provide are vastly different.

Heavenly level: ten times; Saint level: thirty times; God level: one hundred times; and the legendary Super God level... is a terrifying thousand times increase!

Where did the prefecture-level realms go? No, those kinds of grotto-heavens couldn't even support the stable existence of a nascent world, so they weren't even qualified for discussion.

So, what does it mean for a one-star Origin Realm Lord to possess a super-god-level world core?

This means that, disregarding all the bonuses from bloodline, physique, secret techniques, and supernatural powers, the nascent super-god-level world within its body alone can provide a normal basic combat power equivalent to ten million worlds!

This is an astronomical figure that most living beings in the world can only look up to for a lifetime.

"The foundation of ten million realms... is this just the beginning?" A Taiqing disciple's voice trembled.

"If you add to that their own physical constitution, bloodline bonuses, or certain explosive talent techniques..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but everyone understood.

That means its true combat power will easily break through the billion-level barrier!

The entire room fell silent.

"No wonder..." Yu Hengzi murmured, "A guardian at the core level of a god-level world, three levels higher than us, how could any of us possibly pass this test?"

Everyone looked at the tower gate, and their expressions changed.

No wonder only three peerless geniuses have passed through nearly a hundred eras; those three are simply on a completely different level compared to them!

"Now it's my turn."

Su Jie smiled as he stood up and walked toward the tower gate.

All eyes immediately focused on him.

"Su Jie is going to challenge him!"

"Can he handle it? His opponent is a god-level one-star Origin Realm Lord!"

"Maybe... he really could!"

Su Jie pressed his trial token into the slot.

The tower gate opened.

Su Jie stepped inside.

The first floor inside the tower.

This was a vast, white space, with a golden-armored puppet holding a long spear standing in the center.

"Defeat me to enter the second level," the puppet said in a mechanical voice.

Su Jie didn't even look at it, and casually waved his hand.

"Bang!"

The golden-armored puppet exploded into countless fragments.

[Reward for clearing the first level: 10 Low-grade Chaos Crystals.]

The tower spirit's voice rang out.

Su Jie shook his head: "So stingy."

He stepped onto the stairs leading to the second floor.

The second layer consists of ten golden-armored puppets.

Su Jie waved his hand again.

All ten puppets exploded simultaneously.

[Passing the second level, reward: 10 Medium-grade Chaos Crystals.]

The third level consists of a hundred puppets.

Su Jie snapped his fingers.

The hundred puppets vanished into thin air.

[Passing the third level rewards you with 10 high-grade Chaos Crystals.]

And so, Su Jie swept through everything in his path.

The fourth level is filled with a thousand puppets, each one defeated in a single move.

The fifth level, with its myriad puppets, can still be defeated in a single move.

Outside the tower, everyone stared at the light screen on the tower.

Each time you pass a level in the Trial Tower, the corresponding level will light up.

At this moment, the first layer lights up, goes out after a moment, and the second layer lights up.

In another breath, the third layer lit up.