"Who is he?" Wang Xu asked.

"The Dark Night Saint Venerable, although he's only in the Five Elements Saint Venerable Realm, his Chaos Primordial Technique cultivation has reached the Fifth Level, just one step away from the Sixth Level," the Ancestor of Wine and Music said. "Among over a thousand of us, he has the best chance of passing the trial."

Dark Night Saint Venerable.

Wang Xu silently noted down this name and the cold figure.

"Little one, you belong to a special life clan, lacking in comprehension. If you really can't make it, live freely like I do. Anyway, the Primordial Qi here is abundant, the Power of Law Origin is surging. Even if you fail the trial, at least there's no life-threatening danger. Someday, a descendant with truly strong comprehension will come in and successfully pass the trial, and then we can all leave together!" The Ancestor of Wine and Music took a big gulp of wine and laughed.

Indeed, just because they couldn't pass the trial didn't mean those who come after couldn't. As long as one succeeds, the rest could all be saved.

Saint Venerable Ancestors are beings of eternal life, with endless lifespans, who have no need to worry about being stuck here.

Wang Xu couldn't help but smile.

The two talked for a long time, and the Ancestor of Wine and Music told Wang Xu about other Saint Venerable Ancestors, letting Wang Xu get to know all of them.

"After eating and drinking my fill, it's time for a good sleep!" Although he'd been with the Ancestor of Wine and Music for less than a hundred years, Wang Xu felt like he was an old child, without the airs of someone of the Ancestor Realm.

...

The Ancestor of Wine and Music slept while Wang Xu began to enter a state of cultivation, going to "browse" the Chaos Primordial Technique "Zheng."

"Zheng!"

"Conquer all things, enslave all beings!"

"The soul is the origin of all things, the root of all life comes from the soul. To control the soul is to control all things, to conquer everything!"

Domineering!

Those few opening words alone made Wang Xu feel an unprecedented sense of dominance.

Like the Emperor standing atop the heavens, commanding the world.

Overlooking the vast beings from above, with a single hand, life and death are determined.

Two hundred years later.

"So this is how it is... It's a Chaos Primordial Technique for soul cultivation, but within it is a method of using Soul Power—enslavement."

Wang Xu slowly opened his eyes.

In simple terms, enslavement is to let one's Soul Power infiltrate another's soul, influencing their mindset and thoughts, creating a sense of "submission."

For instance, when you successfully enslave a Star Giant Beast, it would feel close to you, as if you are a kin in its eyes.

This is a process of letting the soul develop faith, which binds the living being, making it willing to do anything.

"'Zheng' is divided into six levels. The First Level is 'Heart Capturing.'"

"The Second Level is 'Soul Control.'"

"The Third Level is 'Mind Transition.'"

"The Fourth Level is 'Soul Realm.'"

"The Fifth Level is 'Ten Thousand Paths of Light.'"

"The Sixth Level is 'Grinding Plate Great Space-Time.'"

Each level is more difficult than the last.

Soul Power is elusive, after researching for two hundred years, Wang Xu still couldn't reach even the threshold of the First Layer.

"I have plenty of time to consume. I refuse to believe I can't master a Chaos Primordial Technique!" Wang Xu's fighting spirit rose.

In the outside world, he had nowhere to go. Fengye's aura would eventually be discovered.

Rather than that, he chose to stay in this Profound Dragon Room, practicing the Chaos Primordial Technique, strengthening his own Soul Power.

Wang Xu immersed himself into the cultivation of the Chaos Primordial Technique "Zheng."

Time flew by day by day.

On this day, the always silent and indifferent Dark Night Saint Venerable suddenly opened his eyes and stood up.

He leaped into the Dark Void, quickly arriving in front of the Dragon Circle.

Roar!

Roar!

Over a hundred White Dragons swam over, their bodies crashing against invisible power barriers, roared angrily at the Dark Night Saint Venerable.

The Dark Night Saint Venerable spoke, "Lan Ji, come out, I want to undergo the trial!"

As soon as he finished speaking.

A blue stream of light flew out from the void, revealing a soul-like deep blue apparition beside the Dark Night Saint Venerable.

"Ready? Let's begin," Lan Ji waved a hand, and the invisible barrier blocking the White Dragons completely disappeared. Ten White Dragons broke past the cage range, roaring and charging at the Dark Night Saint Venerable!

"Hmph!"

The Dark Night Saint Venerable coldly snorted, raising his hand effortlessly, easily gripping the ten White Dragons in his large hand.

Crack... Crack...

With a hard squeeze of his huge hand, the ten White Dragons immediately suffered heavy damage, their life force greatly diminished.

After all, he was in the Five Elements Saint Venerable Realm, and these White Dragons were only in the Primordial Saint Venerable Realm. Even if they all came together, they were no match for him.

"Enslave!"

Swoosh~~

A strange power burst out of the Dark Night Saint Venerable's body, transforming into a flashing black light, heading straight for the ten White Dragons.

The ten White Dragons didn't even have the energy to struggle and could only be at his mercy.

The black light entered their bodies, and the ten White Dragons ceased their ferocity, becoming as tame as pets.

"Master."

"Master."

The ten White Dragons had completely forgotten what had just occurred, affectionately surrounding the Dark Night Saint Venerable.

With the ten White Dragons, the Dark Night Saint Venerable moved past the Dragon Circle of the White Dragons, approaching the Dragon Circle of the Blue Dragons.

When he arrived, the barrier of the Blue Dragon's Dragon Circle happened to be lifted.

Roar!

The ten Blue Dragons roared angrily, charging forward.

The Dark Night Saint Venerable, as before, used brute force to control the ten Blue Dragons and then emitted Soul Power to enslave them...

...

"So this is the process of the trial."

Like the others, Wang Xu awoke from his cultivation state, looking into the distance, observing the trial of the Dark Night Saint Venerable.

"Just as the Ancestor of Wine and Music said, each trial in a Dragon Circle will send out ten Dragon Beasts at a time, progressing step by step, trying one Dragon Circle after another."

"But, can he really succeed?"

Wang Xu was not optimistic about the Dark Night Saint Venerable, even though the Dark Night Saint Venerable had already cultivated the Chaos Primordial Technique "Assault" to the Fifth Level, it still seemed impossible to enslave ten Golden Dragons.

Ten Golden Dragons, which are equivalent to ten beings of the Ancestor Realm.

To enslave them, one must first defeat and subdue them.

For a Saint Venerable Realm to compare with the Ancestor Realm is already quite remarkable, considered a genius of monstrous caliber, but to confront ten Ancestor Realm beings at once and subdue them, such a Saint Venerable is simply a monster.

The Blue Dragons, Red Dragons, and Yellow Dragons were all easily dealt with by the Dark Night Saint Venerable.

Even the ten Silver Dragons, who were also at the Five Elements Saint Venerable Realm like him, were unable to resist and were enslaved by the Dark Night Saint Venerable.

"The Dark Night Saint Venerable has successfully enslaved the Silver Dragons, and it seems extremely easy, it looks like there's hope in enslaving the Golden Dragons!"

"Really? If the Dark Night Saint Venerable succeeds, then won't we be able to leave this ghostly place? Dark Night Saint Venerable, go for it!"

"Although he is just a Saint Venerable, even an old man like me must admire him, his talent in Soul Element Techniques is too high, we cannot compare to him at all."

The Saint Venerable Ancestors voiced various praises.

They ardently hoped for the Dark Night Saint Venerable to succeed in enslaving the ten Golden Dragons, allowing them to leave this place.

This place was truly too dull.

Yet, this made them feel a pang of unwillingness.

They too had gained entry into the Profound Dragon Room with the Profound Dragon Talisman, so why did they not gain the Great Emperor's Treasure?

Roar!!

Roar!!

The Golden Dragon's Dragon Circle was opened, emanating frightful auras of the Ancestor Realm.

Golden scales, golden claws, golden eyes, the ten Golden Dragons' eyes shone with bloodthirsty light, ferociously fixing on the Dark Night Saint Venerable.

Clang!

From the void, the Dark Night Saint Venerable drew a Wide-Blade Giant Sword infused with vermillion mist, profound and bloodthirsty, foreshadowing destruction.

"Obsidian Shadow Sword!"

The Wide-Blade Giant Sword suddenly trembled, the void quaked, vermillion mist madly extended, forming a vermillion giant sword stretching millions of kilometers, making the Dark Night Saint Venerable look like an inconspicuous sesame seed before it.

Yet unexpectedly, this inconspicuous "sesame seed" roared, swinging the Wide-Blade Giant Sword, and the vermillion giant sword slashed, transforming into vermillion sword shadows, charging straight at the Golden Dragons.

"What a terrifying might!" Wang Xu's face changed slightly.

Even at such a distance, he could sense the terrifying power exploding from the Dark Night Saint Venerable, fearing that his true strength had long surpassed the Ancestor Realm!

A true monster.

Roar!

The ten Golden Dragons roared, lifting their heads, their golden tails stretching as long as the vermillion giant sword, viciously lashing out.

The vermillion giant sword clashed with the golden tail, causing the Dark Void to totter.

The ten Golden Dragons formed an encirclement against the Dark Night Saint Venerable, each strike was comparable to a full-force blow of an ordinary Ancestor Realm.

The Dark Night Saint Venerable blocked them all.

"His talent is not in the least inferior to the Nine Phoenix Blood Jade or the Golden Crow Yunzhan, and possibly even stronger!" Wang Xu thought, astonished.

Golden blood splattered; the Dark Night Saint Venerable, alone, matched ten Golden Dragons without faltering.

His speed, power, and manipulation of Law had reached an extremely terrifying realm!

...

The people below were all focused on this battle, the Dark Night Saint Venerable's strength elicited admiration from many Saint Venerable Ancestors.

Even Wang Xu had to admit, this Dark Night Saint Venerable was indeed monstrous, utterly beyond his understanding.

Sizzle!

Suddenly, an incredibly sharp Golden Dragon Claw tore into the Dark Night Saint Venerable, his body instantly transformed into vermillion black mist, instantaneously shifting to a distance, reshaping into a human form.

Yet, such as it was, his complexion had paled considerably.

"Law of Body Transformation?!" Once more, Wang Xu was shocked.

Law of Body Transformation, as the name implies, meant cultivating the physical body to the level of Law, able to transform freely into water, fire, gold, earth, wood... etc., approaching an Undying Body!

It must be understood, even the strongest physical body, when impacted by Law Power containing the essence of reversal, could not heal swiftly, equating to a severe injury.

But once reaching the Law of Body Transformation, even faced with Law Power containing the essence of reversal, it could not kill life forms whose bodies were akin to Law!

"To achieve the Law of Body Transformation, the realm of Reversal Law must reach 'Reversal Extreme'... Too terrifying, no wonder this Dark Night Saint Venerable can match ten Golden Dragons alone, turns out his Power of Laws, Realm Power, and Soul Power all have reached unprecedented heights!"

Wang Xu intently watched the battlefield, observing this battle with unparalleled seriousness. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets at Qidian(qidian.com), your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)