84: Awakening of Immortal Body, Trials of the Celestial Palace!

Countless images flashed by one after another. Gu Qingchen’s entire body emitted a dazzling divine light, as brilliant as a scorching sun in the dark Void Realm.

His Origin strengthened again, and his potential rapidly soared.

Even his strength, driven by this, advanced two minor Realms from the eighth heaven of the Dao-Peeking Realm to Great Perfection in the Dao-Peeking Realm.

“Is this a Physique Awakening?”

Seeing this scene, An Zhiyu slightly parted her lips.

“Could it be that Xiao Gu still has some powerful Physique that hasn’t fully awakened, and this Three Lives Road just happened to help him develop it?

If that’s the case, how are other Prodigies supposed to live?

On the future Emperor Road, who else can contend with Xiao Gu?”

Even before Gu Qingchen’s Physique fully awakened, he was already the Human Race’s number one Prodigy, displaying Heaven-Defying combat power. With his Domain’s enhancement, he could even suppress Half-Saint level existences.

With this Physique Awakening again, he might directly become the number one Prodigy of all races.

While An Zhiyu was marveling, Gu Qingchen’s figure had already reached the depths of the Void Realm on the Three Lives Road, slowly disappearing into the darkness.

Before he completely vanished, she vaguely saw a blurry figure and also faintly heard a vague Dao sound.

“When Grandmist was unformed, I had already ignited the first wisp of Dao fire...”

...On the Three Lives Road.

Gu Qingchen was immersed in a peculiar state, neither fully awake nor fully enlightened, completely unaware of the passage of time.

After an unknown period, his mind became clear, and he slowly regained consciousness.

“This...”

He then realized that he had, at some point, reached the end of the Three Lives Road.

In front of him was a pulsating divine radiance.

In the depths of his being, he had a feeling.

If he stepped into that divine radiance, his Physique would fully awaken, and he would simultaneously arrive at the true Reincarnation Immortal Palace!

“The end of the Three Lives Road leads to the Immortal Palace? So, before this, I hadn't truly stepped through the great gate of the Reincarnation Immortal Palace.

And what were those incredibly real scenes on the road just now?”

Gu Qingchen frowned slightly: “Could it be... they were all my previous lives?”

This conclusion was incredible, but it was also the most reasonable speculation.

After pondering for a moment, Gu Qingchen finally shook his head: “No matter how many past lives I have, the current me is the true me, the authentic me!

Grasping the present is eternity!”

With this thought, he stepped into the divine radiance ahead.

In an instant, he felt countless mysterious and supreme energies surge into his body, and a sense of Reincarnation, eternity, and transcendence spread out.

Vaguely, the Universe, worlds, myriad spirits, all living beings... everything, seemed to be encompassed within Reincarnation.

And just as his Physique completely awakened, before he could react, his vision blurred, and he arrived in an incomparably magnificent and vast hall.

This hall was tens of thousands of meters high!

Above, a vast celestial river hung upside down, misty and green.

The ground, dazzling with light, was paved with immeasurable star dust.

At the central pivot of the great hall, several precious mirrors were suspended, reflecting the Myriad Phenomena Map of the Grand Void Universe.

In addition, auspicious clouds and wisps of Chaos purple Qi were drifting about.

Just by arriving in this great hall, Gu Qingchen felt his Primordial Spirit become clear, as if he was on the verge of breaking through to a new Realm at any moment.

“You’ve arrived.”

Just as Gu Qingchen was still marveling at the scenery inside the great hall, a light and ethereal voice sounded in his ear. Listening closely, it was very similar to the reminder he heard before embarking on the Three Lives Road.

He followed the sound and saw a girl of about eighteen slowly approaching.

The girl wore a pure white long dress and had a high ponytail. From afar, she exuded a sense of divine light piercing the heavens and pure Qi ascending to the sky.

Beside her, a rabbit-eared girl followed closely.

Seeing this, Gu Qingchen’s mind raced, and in an instant, he analyzed countless conjectures.

Then he chuckled: “So, it was Fairy who gave the reminder before?

Even the two of us, An Zhiyu and I, being brought into this Immortal Palace by the guiding light, was also your doing, Fairy?”

“That’s right.”

Hearing Gu Qingchen’s words, the girl nodded: “Four years ago, I accidentally stumbled into this Reincarnation Immortal Palace. After passing through the Three Lives Road, I gained control over some of the initial great arrays on the outermost perimeter of the Immortal Palace.

Among them was the Guiding Array.”

“Then I must thank Fairy for saving my life.”

Gu Qingchen said solemnly: “I owe Fairy a favor.”

The situation before was indeed very critical. Although it wasn't a matter of life or death, he was indeed saved by the girl in front of him.

Furthermore, since she already controlled the Guiding Array, without her permission, even if he reached the edge of the Immortal Palace, he probably wouldn't be able to enter.

At that point, with no other options, he might have had to use the exquisite myriad worlds map.

And once an Emperor Weapon was used, it would be hard to predict what might happen afterward.

“Just call me Su Anning.”

A hint of vague melancholy seemed to flash in the girl’s eyes.

She said softly: “Meeting a fellow Human Race member in this Black Calamity Abyss is already a rare occurrence, so how could I watch you be overwhelmed by those Demon Race members?

As for favors, let’s just forget about it.”

Hearing this, Gu Qingchen smiled slightly.

He was a person who clearly distinguished between gratitude and resentment; how could such a life-saving grace be simply forgotten?

However, there was no need to argue at this moment; he would simply keep this favor in his heart.

“Fairy Su has been in this Reincarnation Immortal Palace for four years, and still hasn’t managed to control it?”

“This Reincarnation Immortal Palace is of too high a grade; controlling it requires a series of trials.”

Su Anning shook her head, her expression seemingly a bit dejected: “Although I’ve been here for four years, I haven’t even passed the second trial, so how could I control it?”

“Oh?”

Gu Qingchen raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes.

“What kind of trials does this Reincarnation Immortal Palace have, that they are so difficult?”

Although he hadn't activated his Reincarnation Heavenly Eye, he could tell that the Su Anning in front of him was extremely powerful. Among the countless young Prodigies he had encountered, she could at least rank in the top five, or even top three!

Yet, even so, it took her a full four years to pass only one trial, which was enough to illustrate the problem.

“The first trial is the combat power test.”

Su Anning had no intention of keeping her knowledge to herself and shared all the information she knew.

“After the trial begins, you will fight an elemental creature of the same Realm.

The combat power of this elemental creature even surpasses ordinary Cultivators, comparable to a Genius who can fight across two or three levels.

If you can win, you will then be arranged to fight an elemental creature one minor Realm higher, and so on. If you can win ten out of ten battles, you will pass the first trial.”

“Ten out of ten battles?”

Gu Qingchen raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

It seemed that to pass this first trial, one’s combat power would at least need to be capable of crossing twelve or even thirteen minor Realms to have a chance?

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