Lin Yun hurriedly looked up. On the half-man-high stone platform, a light barrier appeared, enveloping a token within.
At that moment, the light barrier slowly opened, fully revealing the token to Lin Yun.
…
Inside the main hall of the temple.
The stone statue guards instantly came to life.
“This disturbance… Is someone passing the ultimate trial?” The stone statue guards were all visibly shocked.
The fluctuation just now had spread throughout the entire divine palace, and they naturally felt it.
At this moment, a black mist figure instantly materialised.
“Captain!” Several stone statue guards immediately saluted the black mist figure.
“That disturbance just now… Did someone pass the ultimate trial? What’s going on?” The black mist figure, filled with shock, immediately inquired.
“No idea, Captain. Could it be Lin Yun? He’s the only one in the divine palace.” One of the stone statue guards replied.
“Quick! Let’s go check!”
After speaking, the black mist figure rushed towards the location of the ultimate trial.
In that moment, the black mist figure’s heart was in suspense.
For him, if Lin Yun truly succeeded, it meant he could finally leave this place.
…
On the other side.
Lin Yun had already walked to the stone platform.
The next moment, Lin Yun reached out with a slightly trembling hand and firmly grasped the token.
Lin Yun was fully aware that this token was the key to reaching the ancestral land!
And now, Lin Yun had obtained it!
The moment the token was in his hand, Lin Yun felt his heart pounding furiously.
“I… I did it!”
Lin Yun stared intently at the token in his hand.
Overcome with excitement, Lin Yun’s hands couldn’t stop trembling!
For nearly a thousand years, Lin Yun had been relentlessly cultivating for this very moment!
At that moment, Lin Yun sensed movement behind him.
Turning his head, he saw the black mist figure and the stone statue guards appearing at the starting point of the corridor.
“Lin Yun, you… You actually reached the endpoint!?”
When the black mist figure saw Lin Yun standing at the stone platform at the endpoint, he was both shocked and delighted!
“Old Black, I succeeded!”
Lin Yun raised the token in his hand, his face beaming with a smile.
“Haha, great! Great! That’s fantastic!”
Upon seeing the token in Lin Yun’s hand, the black mist figure burst into laughter, excitedly shouting praises.
Now, he could finally be certain that he, too, could return to the ancestral land!
“By the way, Lin Yun, how did you pass the trial? Have you reached the Saint realm?” The black mist figure hurriedly asked.
“No, I’m still at the third-level Dominator realm.” Lin Yun replied with a smile.
“You guy, you’re incredible, passing the ultimate trial at the third-level Dominator realm!” The black mist figure couldn’t help but praise.
The ultimate trial was designed to be passable only by those in the Saint realm.
For those who had reached the Saint realm, passing this stage was generally quite easy.
But for cultivators below the Saint realm, passing this stage was almost impossible!
Of course, Lin Yun’s passage through this stage was extremely strenuous and precarious, barely making it through.
The fact that those in the Saint realm could pass this stage easily also highlighted that Lin Yun still had a gap compared to the Saint realm.
“Old Black, after passing the ultimate trial, I’m now a Heavenly Fire Lieutenant, right? So, what are the rewards for passing?” Lin Yun asked eagerly.
“You guy, the token itself is your reward for passing. It’s the key to the ancestral land, which is already the best reward!” The black mist figure said excitedly.
Clearly, the black mist figure was also eager to return to the ancestral land.
“That’s true.”
Lin Yun nodded, fully aware of how precious a slot to the ancestral land was. The value of this reward was indeed immense!
After all, the black mist figure had repeatedly emphasized that facilitating a single transfer from here came at a significant cost!
“But, apart from this, isn’t there any other reward?” Lin Yun couldn’t help but ask.
“There are other rewards, naturally. They’re on the stone wall ahead. The token is the key to activate them.” The black mist figure pointed forward.
Hearing this, Lin Yun took the token and walked to the stone wall at the end.
On the stone wall was a groove.
The groove was exactly the shape of the token.
So, Lin Yun placed the token into the groove.
The token fit perfectly into the groove.
The next moment, the stone wall slowly opened.
Before him was a small secret chamber, and Lin Yun immediately stepped inside.
Inside the chamber were two stone platforms.
Lin Yun approached the first platform, where a secret manual was placed.
“Exterminating Heavenly Fire, what a domineering name!”
Lin Yun picked up the manual, clearly intrigued.
Immediately, Lin Yun infused his inner energy to activate it, and a flood of information surged into his mind.
“Exterminating Heavenly Fire”, one of the signature sacred techniques of the Heavenly Fire Temple, only accessible to Heavenly Fire Lieutenants and above. This manual is strictly forbidden from being leaked. Once learned, a soul contract is automatically formed; leaking it violates the oath, resulting in the soul’s annihilation!
Lin Yun wasn’t surprised by this, as it was the Heavenly Fire Temple’s signature technique. How could they allow it to be leaked?
Lin Yun didn’t rush to study it, as now wasn’t the time for cultivation.
He needed to see what other rewards there were.
Lin Yun moved forward to the second stone platform.
On it was a set of fiery red armour, looking very striking.
Lin Yun guessed this was likely the armour for a Heavenly Fire Lieutenant.
So, Lin Yun stored the armour in his storage space.
These two items, along with the token, were the complete rewards for passing the ultimate trial.
The token was the greatest reward, as securing a slot to the ancestral land was priceless!
The other two were merely supplementary rewards.
Then, Lin Yun exited the secret chamber.
“Lin Yun, remember to take the token from the stone wall.” Old Black, standing at the corridor’s starting point, reminded Lin Yun, as the token was of utmost importance.
“Alright.”
Lin Yun responded, then retrieved the token, and the secret chamber slowly closed.
Holding the token, Lin Yun walked back.
When he had rushed through this corridor, it was an arduous journey, but now, walking back, it was like an ordinary path with no obstacles. Lin Yun easily returned to the starting point and met up with the black mist figure and the others.
“Greetings, Lieutenant!” The black mist figure saluted Lin Yun.
With Lin Yun’s promotion to Heavenly Fire Lieutenant, he had naturally become his superior.
“Greetings, Lieutenant!” The stone statue guards also immediately saluted Lin Yun.
“Old Black, no need to be so formal. Though I’ve been promoted to Heavenly Fire Lieutenant, this isn’t the ancestral land, so we don’t need to fuss over such things.” Lin Yun said with a smile.
Previously, the token provided by the black mist figure had played a significant role in Lin Yun’s breakthrough to the Dominator realm.
Although the black mist figure had his own motives, Lin Yun still regarded him as a friend.
