"It's her again…"
Jun Xiaoyao was already all too familiar with that ghost mask, which seemed neither to cry nor to smile.
From the Ghost-Masked Woman in the Heavenly Dao Tower, to the Ghost-Masked Woman on the altar in the Lower Realm, then to the Bronze Immortal Palace, and now before his eyes.
Though Jun Xiaoyao had never truly seen her, he felt as if she was everywhere.
Her footsteps had been left in many places.
She seemed to wander through the ancient history of the Immortal Realm, as if searching for something.
And at this moment, her gaze swept over him.
Even a powerful being like Jun Xiaoyao felt vaguely as if he was being seen through.
He didn't like this feeling.
"I am a Transmigration, and in this world, I am not entangled in any Karma. If she is looking for someone's shadow, then she can only be disappointed," Jun Xiaoyao thought to himself.
He was he, Jun Xiaoyao.
Past, present, and future, he would not be anyone else.
Although he had never seen the Ghost-Masked Woman, the Ghost-Masked Woman had already formed a Destiny connection with him through various Opportunities.
Of course, Jun Xiaoyao didn't need to care about her attitude towards him.
He believed that the great figures of the Jun family would not allow certain forbidden existences to interfere with his Dao.
Then, some scenes that appeared before Jun Xiaoyao's eyes surprised him.
This was indeed a place of Opportunity, an Opportunity that Luan Gu the Great had found in his youth.
He seemed to have seen the Ghost-Masked Woman as well.
And then, it was merely a peerlessly beautiful back figure.
Luan Gu the Great, in his youth, was almost forced to his knees.
This left Jun Xiaoyao speechless.
A single back figure almost made Luan Gu the Great kneel!
That Ghost-Masked Woman was terrifying to the extreme, absolutely a forbidden existence from ancient history!
Of course, this did not mean that Luan Gu the Great was weak.
After all, at that time, he had not yet proven the Dao and become Luan Gu the Great.
However, he was already strong enough, in the crucial stage of impending transformation.
"No wonder, could it be that Luan Gu the Great obtained the Opportunity from the Ghost-Masked Woman, thus undergoing a transformation?" Jun Xiaoyao guessed.
Although Luan Gu's life was full of hardships, he also had many Opportunities.
It was rumored that he had obtained more than one Great Emperor Opportunity.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to accumulate so much and finally forge his own path and create his own technique.
His technique was called the Chaotic Heaven Secret Technique!
"If that's really the case, then it's troublesome…"
Jun Xiaoyao furrowed his brows, not feeling relaxed at all, but rather finding it even more troublesome.
In this trial, wouldn't he have to defeat this Ghost-Masked Woman to reach the thousandth floor?
And who was this Ghost-Masked Woman?
She was very likely one of the most astonishing and brilliant figures in the ancient history of the Immortal Realm.
Facing such a figure, Jun Xiaoyao couldn't afford to be careless.
He certainly had confidence, but that didn't mean he was arrogant.
A single back figure, perhaps just a residual imprint, could almost force Luan Gu the Great, in his youth, to his knees.
She and the Luantian Seven Heroes from the previous floor were simply not on the same level of existence at all.
Just as Jun Xiaoyao was pondering whether he should directly make a move.
The Ghost-Masked Woman suddenly extended her hand.
Her five fingers were slender and as fair as jade.
A bronze ring was on her jade finger.
In her hand, she seemed to be holding a ball of light.
Jun Xiaoyao was puzzled, stepped forward, and slowly extended his hand.
He touched the hand of the Ghost-Masked Woman.
It wasn't an illusion as he had imagined; there was a warm and delicate sensation.
Jun Xiaoyao was surprised, was this a true Immortal Master?
Or had she touched him through the river of time?
Afterward, the ball of light dispersed, leaving behind a flower.
A flower that looked ordinary and unremarkable.
Even with Jun Xiaoyao's profound insight, he couldn't immediately identify what kind of flower it was.
But what surprised Jun Xiaoyao the most was this.
This flower was not an illusion, nor was it an imprint.
Instead, it was a truly existing flower!
This was extremely bizarre.
One must know that the figures within the Chaotic Ancient Tower were all imprinted by Luan Gu the Great using supreme methods.
Logically speaking, everything should be illusory; there should be no real existence!
But the flower given by the Ghost-Masked Woman was real.
Jun Xiaoyao felt it was somewhat inconceivable.
This kind of method exceeded his understanding.
If it wasn't Luan Gu the Great's arrangement.
Then it could only be that this Ghost-Masked Woman, through some means, ventured into the river of time and sent this flower to him.
Jun Xiaoyao looked at the Ghost-Masked Woman again.
The Ghost-Masked Woman's figure retreated.
Then, a misty haze enveloped everything.
"Wait…" Jun Xiaoyao stretched out his hand, but caught nothing.
The Ghost-Masked Woman said nothing, only gave him a flower, and then disappeared.
Jun Xiaoyao took a light breath, examining the flower in his hand.
It was pure white and flawless, with faint Dao patterns flickering.
Jun Xiaoyao couldn't make anything out of it for a while.
It didn't even feel like a product of this era.
Perhaps it was some kind of extremely rare, or even extinct, ancient medicinal plant.
Jun Xiaoyao shook his head slightly and put it into his Magical Artifact.
"I thought I would experience a great battle, but I didn't expect…" Jun Xiaoyao was slightly lost in thought.
He had almost made a move against the Ghost-Masked Woman.
But the Ghost-Masked Woman just gave him a flower and disappeared.
"This trial won't just be passed like this, will it?" Jun Xiaoyao raised an eyebrow.
However, it was exactly as Jun Xiaoyao thought.
He was teleported out of this place and ascended to the thousandth floor.
Jun Xiaoyao was very surprised, and at the same time, there was a hint of complexity in his eyes.
He knew that the Ghost-Masked Woman had helped him again, creating another Karma.
Otherwise, if Jun Xiaoyao wanted to pass this floor by force, it wouldn't have been easy.
Just as Jun Xiaoyao stepped onto the thousandth floor.
The nine hundred ninety-ninth floor.
A figure stumbled in, it was Qin Wudao.
"Cough… cough… Those Luantian Seven Heroes are indeed strong, but I still passed."
This figure was Qin Wudao.
Although he was disheveled and greatly exhausted at the moment.
His eyes, however, burned with fire, filled with excitement.
Even the sworn enemies of Luan Gu the Great, the Luantian Seven Heroes, couldn't stop him.
What reason did he have not to ascend to the thousandth floor?
"As the Legacy of Luan Gu, I shall reach the summit!" Qin Wudao was full of fighting spirit, his Battle Intent overflowing, and his entire body surged with magical power!
However, in the next moment, before his eyes, a misty haze appeared.
Vaguely, a peerlessly graceful figure emerged.
Qin Wudao didn't even get a clear look before he felt a terrifyingly boundless power assaulting him.
Before this power, Qin Wudao felt as if he was a drop in the ocean, incredibly tiny.
He didn't even have a chance to react before his body was heavily struck, and he spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood.
He was directly blasted out of the Chaotic Ancient Tower and then landed heavily on the ground.
Boom!
A tremor like a meteorite landing erupted, the ground cracked, spreading out huge, spiderweb-like fissures.
In the center lay the disheveled Qin Wudao, his chin covered in blood.
"This…"
From all directions, all the Prodigies had stunned expressions, not having recovered their senses.
"It's the Qin Family's Divine Child!"
Almost all eyes fell on Qin Wudao, with a hint of pity in their depths.
This Qin Wudao seemed a bit miserable.
"It seems he still failed…"
Yu Yunshang and Fentian's gazes also fell upon him.
"How could this be, how is this possible, just a little bit, just a little bit more and I would have reached the summit…"
Qin Wudao got up from the pit, in a daze, his mind somewhat blank.
Wasn't he the Legacy of Luan Gu?
His strength and Aptitude were also fine.
Ascending to the thousandth floor and obtaining the Legacy of Luan Gu should have been a sure thing.
But now, why was it like this?
If he had lost after a great battle, Qin Wudao would have nothing to say, only that he was inferior.
But the problem was.
He had just stepped onto the nine hundred ninety-ninth floor, and before he could even clearly see the opponent's figure, he was miserably blasted out.
It felt as if…
That peerlessly graceful figure deliberately didn't want him to pass the trial.