233: Chedi Tower

After Cang Lan continued flying through the snow-covered North Pole ice for two full days, one by one, the powerhouses noticed a deep, black cave in the distance.

Outside the deep cave, atop a thousand-meter giant stone emanating an ancient aura, the three characters 'Che Di Pagoda' were inscribed, like a lonely Old Man, silently watching the changes of time.

"Che Di Pagoda was established by the first generation of ancestors. Its purpose was to test the strength of all beings on the Blue Star Surface heading to the Inner Realm, to better assign where they would go and what status they would obtain.

Nowadays, the so-called status in the Inner Realm and destination assignments are gone. Only the strength test remains. Che Di Pagoda has projections of seven ancient powerhouses. Golden Pixiu, go down and test yourself. Remember to act according to your ability."

Hearing Cang Lan's introduction, everyone present instantly looked towards the distant, massive, black ice cave.

After Golden Pixiu entered the ice cave with a carefree attitude, Cang Lan looked at everyone again and spoke.

"You can roughly sense some of the energy fluctuations from the combat power test using your own perception. Sense it well."

Just as Cang Lan spoke these words, beneath the ice layer, intense energy fluctuations had already begun.

In less than ten minutes, after the massive energy fluctuations instantly stopped, Cang Lan immediately smiled and said, "Not bad, the first level is cleared."

As soon as he said this, at least half of the many powerhouses present changed their expressions.

"What? Such massive energy fluctuations, and it was only the first level?"

"This... this..."

"What happens if we can't pass this test?"

"..."

As everyone spoke one after another, Cang Lan's expression gradually turned cold, and he said directly and mercilessly, "Can't clear it? That's fine too."

It's just that when you go to the Inner Realm, you'll descend while retaining your strength and consciousness."

Hearing this sentence for the first time, it seemed like nothing, but because Qingyang had previously entered the Inner Realm, he immediately knew that this seemingly light sentence had actually stripped away flesh and blood, and the qualification of "initial".

In other words, if you can't even pass this first level, even if you are at the peak of the sixteenth stage, when you descend to the Inner Realm, you will only be at the peak of the sixteenth stage.

Flesh and blood will still disappear, but compared to the fourteenth stage, there is the added preservation of strength. Of course, this is just Qingyang's current conjecture.

Just as Qingyang was contemplating, the second wave of energy fluctuations began again.

According to the energy fluctuation sensing, Qingyang's black-gold vertical pupils couldn't help but contract.

"It's five times stronger than the energy fluctuations of the first level."

This time, it took a full hour before the energy fluctuations slowly ended.

Next was a long wait. It seemed Golden Pixiu was working hard to recover his energy.

Three days later, when another energy fluctuation had just appeared for less than five minutes, Golden Pixiu's figure shot out of the ice cave instantly with a "whoosh".

Subsequently, everyone present widened their eyes and looked at Golden Pixiu.

At this moment, Golden Pixiu's entire body was experiencing violent energy fluctuations, and his aura was unstable, but the most terrifying thing was Golden Pixiu's body.

At this moment, Golden Pixiu's thousand-meter-sized body had more than half of its flesh and blood missing, looking exceptionally horrifying, like a creature crawled out of hell.

"Not bad. Alright, you should go down now. Is there a passage you can use to descend?"

Cang Lan's words instantly made Golden Pixiu think of the faction Qingyang had told him about regarding the passage issue, so he subconsciously blurted out immediately.

"Ge Xing Islands passage."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cang Lan nodded as expected and glanced at Qingyang.

"Alright, well, you few are from Ge Xing Islands. Do you need a ride?"

As soon as he said this, Xuan Ming and Little Luan immediately shook their heads. As for Qingyang and Ba Qing, they slowly nodded.

Seeing this, Cang Lan also directly said to everyone, "Alright, disperse. Remember, at the moment you reach the peak of the sixteenth stage, you have a one-month deadline. I'm too lazy to run around, so just pass the word down."

If anyone makes me personally invite them, then I won't be happy."

As he spoke, the figures of Qingyang, Ba Qing, and Golden Pixiu instantly began to blur.

This scene left all the powerhouses present shocked and at a loss.

On the mountaintop of Ge Xing Islands, Qingyang only felt a sense of dizziness. It seemed that the moment space had layers of ripples, he had already returned to Ge Xing Islands.

Instantly, Qingyang's understanding of Cang Lan's strength was elevated by countless levels again.

On the mountaintop of Ge Xing Islands, after Cang Lan appeared, he looked at Qingyang and Ba Qing, and finally turned his gaze to Golden Pixiu and said.

"This passage is the territory of the East Sea God, which is the East Lin City City Lord. With your strength, after you descend, you will definitely be detected by him immediately. But it seems this little black dragon doesn't get along with that East Lin City City Lord. You figure it out yourself."

As he spoke, a deep blue light instantly shot out from Cang Lan's eyes.

Subsequently, the calm pool of water, as if it had encountered something, quickly began to ripple.

The blue light shone towards the pool of water. As the reflection in the pool shone directly onto Golden Pixiu, Golden Pixiu's entire body seemed to enter the pool directly, as if out of his control, until he completely disappeared and the pool returned to calm.

After everything returned to calm, Cang Lan looked at Ba Qing and said with a hint of irrepressible excitement, "You too, hurry up. A Super Divine Beast! I'm really looking forward to giving the Inner Realm a little shock."

The next second, Cang Lan's figure instantly disappeared.

Golden Pixiu was completely gone, heading to the Inner Realm.

Witnessing his former companion head to the Inner Realm with his own eyes, Qingyang couldn't help but softly say, "A bigger stage, greater opportunities, but also accompanied by greater dangers."

At this moment, Qian Hao sensed the massive energy fluctuations and quickly came to the mountaintop.

But unfortunately, Qian Hao did not see Golden Pixiu leave, nor did he see Cang Lan.

Seeing Qian Hao, Qingyang immediately said, "Over in the West Sea area, Little Luan and Xuan Ming are advancing together. It's estimated they can finish it in three months."

Hearing this, Qian Hao slowly nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. I need to go to some places with Ba Qing."

Qingyang did not object to Qian Hao's request.

Therefore, in the following days, the combination of Ba Qing and Qian Hao frequently appeared in the four sea regions. No one knew what they were doing.

Three months and twenty days later, Little Luan and Xuan Ming returned to the North Sea and South Sea respectively, but they had completely unified the West Sea.

In other words, the four sea regions of Blue Star are now completely controlled by Ge Xing Islands.

After nearly ten months of clearing the sea regions, You Yue and Qian Yunjing, with the deliberate help of Little Luan and Xuan Ming, have now broken through to the sixteenth stage and can be said to be ready to go to the Inner Realm at any time.

As for Bull Demon King, Huang Shan, Bu Bai, Pan Lin, Yin Li, Ming Tian, and Blood Town, their strength also began to rapidly break through to the sixteenth stage. The atmosphere of the entire Blue Star also became increasingly tense, like a wound-up clock.